Contributors
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Maja Puchades.received.her.DEA.degree.in.1993.at.the.
University.of.Aix-Marseille.III.in.biochemistry.and.her.
PhD.in.2003.working.with.. Davidsson.and.Blennow.on.
the.development.of.new.proteomics.methods.to.study.
biomarkers.for.Alzheimer’s.disease.at.the.Department.
of. Clinical. Neurosciences,. Sahlgrenska. Academy,.
Gothenburg.University,.Sweden..After.two.years.as.a.
teomics.of.glioblastoma.tumors,.she.joined.the.laboratory. of. A. G. Ewing. and. worked. with. neuronal.
network.cultures.on.microchips.with.electrochemical.
and.fluorescence.detection..In.2010,.she.was.appointed.as.laboratory.manager.
by.Paul.Gatenholm.at.Chalmers.University.of.Technology.and.worked.on.the.
bio. synthetic.blood.vessels.project..In.2011,.she.moved.with.her.family.to.Oslo,.
. Norway..She.is.now.studying.neuro-.and.gliotransmission.in.mice.models.of.
Parkinson’s. . disease. with. Gundersen. and. Storm-Mathisen. at. the. Synaptic.
. Neurochemistry.Lab,.Oslo.University.
Carlos Renato Rambo.has.received.a.degree.in.physics.from.the.University.of.São.Paulo,.Brazil.(1994)..He.
has.a.. master’s.degree.in.materials.science.and.engineering. from. the. University. of. São. Paulo,. . Brazil.
(1997),. a. PhD. in. materials. science. and. engineering.
from.the.University.of.São.Paulo,.Brazil.(2001),.and.is.
doing.postdoctorate.work.at.the.University.of.Erlangen-Nurnberg,.. Germany.(2005)..He.has.worked.since.
2010.in.the.Electrical.Engineering.Department.at.the.
Federal. University. of. Santa. Catarina.. He. has. been.
working.on.biomaterials,.tissue.engineering,.and.the.
development.of.highly.porous.ceramics.and.. composites.by biotemplating.
Andrea Rojas.is.a.material.science.and.engineering.
master.student.with.a.biomedical.engineering.minor.
at.Virginia.Tech..She.did.her.undergraduate.work.in.
materials. science. and. engineering. at. Virginia. Tech..
She. works. in. the. Bioelectromechanical. Systems.
ics,.electrophoresis,.and.dielectrophoresis.to.manipulate. particles. and. cells.. Andrea. is. a. recipient. of. the.
NIH.Initiative.to.Maximize.Student.Diversity.(IMSD).
. fellowship..Her.research.interests.include.fabricating.
biomaterials.or.biomedical.devices.for.enhancing.the.
quality.of.life.for.others.