Contributors
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Kim Höglund. received. her. degree. in. biotechnology.
from.Chalmers.University.of.Technology.in.2011..She.
did.her.master’s.thesis.in.Professor.Paul.Gatenholm’s.
group. at. the. Biosynthetic. Blood. Vessels. Laboratory.
during. the. autumn. of. 2010.. Her. master’s. thesis.
included.the.optimization.of.cellulose.production.for.
the.production.of.bacterial.cellulose.blood.vessels..Her.
interest. in. biomaterials. and. their. biological. effect. on.
cells. has. led. her. into. the. area. of. tissue. engineering..
Today.she.works.with.cell.culturing.on.starch.particles.
to.determine.how.different.surface.modifications.affect.cell.growth.
Sara Johannesson. received. her. PhD. in. 2005. at. the.
Karolinska.Institutet..In.collaboration.with.the.pharmaceutical.company.AstraZeneca,.she.developed.an.
in.vitro.organotypic.rat.hippocampal.model.for.investigations.of.neuro. degenerative.processes.in.Alzheimer’s. disease.. After. moving. to. Gothenburg,. Sweden,.
she. worked. in. Eric. Hanses’s. research. group. at.
Gothenburg. University. on. electrophysiological. and.
immunohistochemical. studies. of. the. N-methyl-Daspartate. (NMDA). receptors. in. the. hippocampal.
region.of.the.rat.brain..Since.early.2011,.she.has.worked.as.a.laboratory.manager.in.Paul.Gatenholm’s.group.at.Chalmers.University.of.Technology..She.
has. mainly. worked. with. the. biosynthetic. blood. vessel. project,. and. most.
recently. she. started. a. research. project. where. the. main. goal. is. to. develop.
neuronal.networks.on.BNC.
Kara Johnson.is.a.MRI.Research.Technologists.at.the.
Virginia. Tech. Carilion. Research. Institute,. USA.. She.
works.in.the.Montague.Lab.studying.decision-making.
using.fMRI.analysis.of.brain.function..Kara.graduated.
in. May. 2011. with. a. degree. in. electrical. engineering.
from.Virginia.Tech..She.has.assisted.at.BC.Genesis.in.
designing. the. prototype. for. a. biomechanical. microweaver. in. order. to. produce. the. meniscus. for. the.
human.knee..She.has.been.a.member.of.Theta.Tau.and.
IEEE.(Institute.of.Electrical.and.Electronics.Engineers).since.2007.
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Kim Höglund. received. her. degree. in. biotechnology.
from.Chalmers.University.of.Technology.in.2011..She.
did.her.master’s.thesis.in.Professor.Paul.Gatenholm’s.
group. at. the. Biosynthetic. Blood. Vessels. Laboratory.
during. the. autumn. of. 2010.. Her. master’s. thesis.
included.the.optimization.of.cellulose.production.for.
the.production.of.bacterial.cellulose.blood.vessels..Her.
interest. in. biomaterials. and. their. biological. effect. on.
cells. has. led. her. into. the. area. of. tissue. engineering..
Today.she.works.with.cell.culturing.on.starch.particles.
to.determine.how.different.surface.modifications.affect.cell.growth.
Sara Johannesson. received. her. PhD. in. 2005. at. the.
Karolinska.Institutet..In.collaboration.with.the.pharmaceutical.company.AstraZeneca,.she.developed.an.
in.vitro.organotypic.rat.hippocampal.model.for.investigations.of.neuro. degenerative.processes.in.Alzheimer’s. disease.. After. moving. to. Gothenburg,. Sweden,.
she. worked. in. Eric. Hanses’s. research. group. at.
Gothenburg. University. on. electrophysiological. and.
immunohistochemical. studies. of. the. N-methyl-Daspartate. (NMDA). receptors. in. the. hippocampal.
region.of.the.rat.brain..Since.early.2011,.she.has.worked.as.a.laboratory.manager.in.Paul.Gatenholm’s.group.at.Chalmers.University.of.Technology..She.
has. mainly. worked. with. the. biosynthetic. blood. vessel. project,. and. most.
recently. she. started. a. research. project. where. the. main. goal. is. to. develop.
neuronal.networks.on.BNC.
Kara Johnson.is.a.MRI.Research.Technologists.at.the.
Virginia. Tech. Carilion. Research. Institute,. USA.. She.
works.in.the.Montague.Lab.studying.decision-making.
using.fMRI.analysis.of.brain.function..Kara.graduated.
in. May. 2011. with. a. degree. in. electrical. engineering.
from.Virginia.Tech..She.has.assisted.at.BC.Genesis.in.
designing. the. prototype. for. a. biomechanical. microweaver. in. order. to. produce. the. meniscus. for. the.
human.knee..She.has.been.a.member.of.Theta.Tau.and.
IEEE.(Institute.of.Electrical.and.Electronics.Engineers).since.2007.