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title: 'Three theses defended in Applied Physics'
url: 'https://sysbio.taltech.ee/news/250611-theses-applied-physics'
markdown: 'https://sysbio.taltech.ee/news/250611-theses-applied-physics.md'
date: '2025-06-11'
description: "Congratulations to three students from the Laboratory of Systems Biology who defended their master's theses in Applied Physics on 5 June. Marten Pärg defended Implementing 3D Imaging in Single Molecule Localization Microscopy with Astigmatism. His work implemented three-dimensional super-resolution…"
taxonomy:
  tag:
    - thesis
    - MSc
    - physics
    - 'fluorescence microscopy'
    - 'fluorescence correlation spectroscopy'
    - 'raster image correlation spectroscopy'
    - 'calcium dynamics'
    - 'mathematical modeling'
---

# Three theses defended in Applied Physics

Congratulations to three students from the Laboratory of Systems Biology who defended their master's theses in Applied Physics on 5 June.

Marten Pärg defended *Implementing 3D Imaging in Single Molecule Localization Microscopy with Astigmatism*. His work implemented three-dimensional super-resolution imaging by using astigmatism to encode molecular depth in fluorescence microscopy.

Otto Gustavson defended *Studies of diffusion in cardiac muscle cells*. His research used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and raster image correlation spectroscopy to investigate diffusion in cardiomyocytes.

Maike Mona Širinov defended *Calcium activation in cardiac muscle: experimental and modelling studies*. Her work combined experiments and mathematical modelling to study calcium activation in heart muscle.

We congratulate Marten, Otto, and Maike Mona, and wish them every success in their future work.

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