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20082024

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Education / Professional preparation
2003 Associate Professor (Docent) at the Medical Faculty, Lund University, Sweden. Subject: Medical Inflammation Research.
1997-98 Post-doc in the group of Prof. Rikard Holmdahl, University of Lund, Dept. for Cell and Molecular Biology, Section for Medical Inflammation Research.
1995-97 Post doc in the group of Dr. James DiSanto, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France. INSERM U429, Developpement normal et pathologique du systeme immunitaire.
1994 PhD degree in Molecular Biotechnology, University of Umeå, Medical Faculty, Dept. for Applied Cell and Molecular Biology. Title of thesis: "B cell repertoire development in normal physiology and autoimmune disease". Supervisor: Dr. Dan Holmberg.
1985-87 Medical Student, Umeå University.

Appointments
2005-04-01 - Lecturer in microbiology and immunology, Dept. of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen University.
2004-05 Researcher, Sect. for Medical Inflammation Research, CMB, Lund University.
2000-03 Assistant Professor, Swedish Research Council. Location: Lund University, Dept. for Cell and Molecular Biology, Section for Medical Inflammation Research.
1998-99 Assistant Professor, Inflammation Network, Foundation for Strategic Research, Sweden. Location: Lund University.
1995 Assistant Professor, Lund University, Dept. for Cell and Molecular Biology, Section for Medical Inflammation Research.
1994 Assistant Professor, Umeå University, Dept. for Applied Cell and Molecular Biology.

Primary fields of research

The primary research area is on mechanisms leading to development of chronic inflammatory diseases, where the research strategy is to understand the genetics behind development of disease in experimental models for Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Teaching

-pharmaceutical microbiology
-immunology/inflammation
-genetics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keywords

  • Former Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • autoimmunity
  • genetics
  • immunology
  • experimental animal models

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