About the Editor
Eric HanssenEric Hanssen studied molecular biology at the Université Blaise
Pascal in France. He then spent four years at the Université Claude Bernard in
Lyon, France, where he worked on his Ph.D. titled: “Molecular and ultrastructural
studies of fibrillin containing microfibrils in elastic tissues. Evolution of fibrillin
during ageing”. This work involved the development of molecular tools, antibodies
and RNA probes, to study extracellular matrix by electron microscopy. He then
acquired his first postdoctoral experience as a “Fondation pour la Recherche
Medicale” Fellow and Australian Research Council IREX Fellow at the University
of Adelaide in South Australia. His main research field remained in extracellular
matrix and elastic tissue, applying molecular biology tools and immuno-electron
microscopy. He then moved on to La Trobe University to develop new imaging
technique involving x-rays and electrons with a strong emphasis on
three-dimensional imaging of red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite,
Plasmodium falciparum. He is now an Associate Professor at the Bio21 Molecular
Science and Biotechnology Institute where he heads the Advanced Microscopy
Facility and focusses on cellular three-dimensional imaging.
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Eric HanssenEric Hanssen studied molecular biology at the Université Blaise
Pascal in France. He then spent four years at the Université Claude Bernard in
Lyon, France, where he worked on his Ph.D. titled: “Molecular and ultrastructural
studies of fibrillin containing microfibrils in elastic tissues. Evolution of fibrillin
during ageing”. This work involved the development of molecular tools, antibodies
and RNA probes, to study extracellular matrix by electron microscopy. He then
acquired his first postdoctoral experience as a “Fondation pour la Recherche
Medicale” Fellow and Australian Research Council IREX Fellow at the University
of Adelaide in South Australia. His main research field remained in extracellular
matrix and elastic tissue, applying molecular biology tools and immuno-electron
microscopy. He then moved on to La Trobe University to develop new imaging
technique involving x-rays and electrons with a strong emphasis on
three-dimensional imaging of red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite,
Plasmodium falciparum. He is now an Associate Professor at the Bio21 Molecular
Science and Biotechnology Institute where he heads the Advanced Microscopy
Facility and focusses on cellular three-dimensional imaging.
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