Nirajan Neupane, Tissue-specificity of mitochondrial proteostasis in health and disease, 2023 (opponent Docent Alexander Kastaniotis, University of Oulu)
Markus Sainio, Genetics and mechanisms of rare inherited neuromuscular disorders - A focus on neurofilament light, 2022 (opponent Prof. Pascale Bomont, University of Lyon)
Rosa Woldegebriel, Identification and role of MCM3AP disease gene in neurological disease spectrum and its neuronal modelling, 2021 (opponent Prof. Marina Kennerson, University of Sydney and ANZAC Research Institute)
Taru Hilander, Molecular Consequences of Transfer-RNA Charging Defects, 2017 (opponent Dr. Anthony Antonellis, University of Michigan Medical School)