Alīna Reķēna successfully defended her doctoral thesis on the topic “Computational Design of Yeast-Based Cell Factories”. The doctoral thesis supervisor was Associate Professor Petri-Jaan Lahtvee. The thesis opponents were Professor Marija Cvijovic (Chalmers University of Technology) and Professor Emeritus Merja Penttilä (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland). Congratulations, Dr. Alīna Reķēna! We wish you exciting .