Birth date: 1963-07-31
Address: Bortre Maden, pl. 1210
se-448 91 FLODA, Sweden
Education:
Pre-university: 3 years of life sciences, Nolaskolan, Örnsköldsvik.
Exame 1982
University: Biology/physiology/biochemistry 4 years (1984 – 1988).
B.Sc., Stockholm University, 1988
Licentiate of philosophy, Stockholm University, 1992
Doctor of philosophy (PhD), Stockholms University, 1995.
Present positions:
– Facility Manager, WABI Coordinator, Bioinformatics Platform, Science for Life
Laboratory Stockholm, KI/KTH/SU, Jan 2013-
– Head of Bioinformatics, Mutation Analysis Facility, Novum, Huddinge, Jan 2013-
Previous positions:
– Facility Manager Genome Bioinformatics, Genomics Platform, Science for Life
Laboratory Stockholm, KI/KTH/SU, Jan 2010- 2012
– Group Leader (avdelingschef), Department of Biosciences and Nutrition,
Karolinska instituet, June 2010- 2012
– Head of Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska
institutet, May 2009-2012
– Director of Research & Product Development, Regosan AB, Aug 2007-May 2008
– Associate Director, Discovery Research, Biovitrum AB, jan. 2006-july 2007
– Director of Bioinformatics, Arexis AB, april 2001 – jan. 2006
– Associate Director, Bioinformatics Section, Astrazeneca R&D Mölndal, june 2000-
april 2001
– Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Astrazeneca R&D Mölndal, jan. 1999-june
2000
– Bioinformatics group leader, FOI, NBC-defence, Umeå jan. 1998-dec. 1998
– Assistant professor, Umeå University, sept. 1996-dec. 1997
– Post doc. Shinshu University, Japan sept. 1995 -aug 1996
– Research assistent 100% SU july 1994-aug. 1995
– Position as doctoral student 100% SU july 1992-june 1994
– Founder and owner of an bioinformatics consultancy company, DynaNet AB,
1989-1992
– Teaching assistent 25% SU july 1990-june 1992
– Teaching assistent 40% SU july1988-july 1990
– Teaching assistent 100% SU may-june 1988
– Military service, Kustjägarskolan, KA1, nov. 1982-nov. 1983
Appointments: – Faculty board, representing the students, 1988-1990.
– Board member, National research school in Medical Bioinformatics, Karolinska
Institutet, 2004-2007
– Evaluation Board for defense of PhD thesis, Göteborg University, 2007.
Thomas Svensson, 630731-7831
– Evaluation Board for defense of PhD thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, 2012.
– Evaluation Board for defense of PhD thesis, Karolinska Institutet, 2013.
– Management committee member (MC) of COST Action BM1006 (www.cost.eu),
2011—
– Member of Scientific Evaluation Committee, The French National Cancer Institute
(INCa) call for projects “Structuring of Next Generation Sequencing for diagnostic
purposes in cancer”, 2013.
Teaching: – Teaching assistent on basic level (20%) 1988-92
– Responsible for the advanced course in zoofysiology 1990
– Partly responsible -“- 1991
– Lectures on the advanced course in zoofysiology 1992
– Lectures in Biochemistry for Medical students 1996-1997
– Lectures in Bioinformatics 1998-
– Lectures in systems biology, 2002-
Guest research:
– Prof. Kalervo Hiltunen, Dept. of medicial biochemistry, Oulu University, Finland. 8
weeks 1991.
– Prof. Kalervo Hiltunen, Dept. of medicial biochemistry, Oulu University, Finland. 8
weeks 1993
Supervision:
Project students (5-10 weeks) > 5 students during 1991-98
Master students (20 weeks) > 5 students during 1996-2005
Licentiate thesis (de facto supervisor), Susanna Engberg, Karolinska institutet,
1998
PhD thesis
Co-supervisor, Peter Sögård, Karolinska institutet, HiS, 2004-2007
Co-supervisor, Elie Järnmark, Karolinska instituet, HiS, 2005-2007
Co-supervisor, Jingwen Wang, Karolinska institutet, 2011–
Postdoctoral students
Co-supervisor, Kristin Bauer, Marie Curie Research Training Network (EURORA),
2006-2007