M.Sc. Mari Savolainen will defend her thesis entitled “The effects of prolyl oligopeptidase inhibition in α-synuclein based mouse models of Parkinson’s disease” on Friday 30.10. in Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki. This is the first PhD thesis that was done completely in PREP in neurodegenerative disorders group, and the supervisors have been docent Timo Myöhänen and Prof. (emer.) Pekka T. Männistö. The opponent for the defense will be Prof. Heikki Tanila from University of Eastern Finland. Best luck for the dissertation, Mari!