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title: Theses
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date: '2026-08-22'
description: 'Theses A list of theses completed in the laboratory by our students is available here: List of Theses The following PhD theses were defended in the laboratory. 2026 Hamed Karimi, PhD, Development of Computational and Statistical Methods for Fluorescence-Based Diffusion Measurements, May 2026 2025…'
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# Theses

A list of theses completed in the laboratory by our students is available here: [List of Theses](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/theses-completed-in-the-laboratory)

The following PhD theses were defended in the laboratory.

## 2026

- Hamed Karimi, PhD, [Development of Computational and Statistical Methods for Fluorescence-Based Diffusion Measurements](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/hamed-karimi), May 2026

## 2025

- Romain Bernasconi, PhD, [Unravelling the Mechanisms of Energetics-Induced Fast-to-Slow Phenotypic Shift in Creatine-Deficient Mice](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/romain-bernasconi), December 2025

## 2022

- Jelena Branovets, PhD, [Energetics and Calcium Handling in Hearts from Creatine-Deficient Mice](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/jelena-branovets), September 2022

## 2017

- Natalja Jepihhina, PhD, [Heterogeneity of Diffusion Restrictions in Cardiomyocytes](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/natalja-jepihhina), September 2017

## 2016

- Martin Laasmaa, PhD, [Revealing Aspects of Cardiac Function from Fluorescence and Electrophysiological Recordings](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/martin-laasmaa), December 2016

## 2015

- Mari Kalda, PhD, [Mechanoenergetics of a Single Cardiomyocyte](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/mari-kalda), December 2015
- Niina Karro, PhD, [Analysis of ADP Compartmentation in Cardiomyocytes and Its Role in Protection Against Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Opening](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/niina-karro), October 2015

## 2013

- Mervi Sepp, PhD, [Estimation of Diffusion Restrictions in Cardiomyocytes Using Kinetic Measurements](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/mervi-sepp), August 2013

## 2012

- Ardo Illaste, PhD, [Analysis of Molecular Movements in Cardiac Myocytes](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/ardo-illaste), February 2012
- David W. Schryer, PhD, [Metabolic Flux Analysis of Compartmentalized Systems using Dynamic Isotopologue Modeling](https://sysbio.taltech.ee/theses/david-w-schryer), April 2012

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