Kaisa Thorell, MSc Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Phone: +46(0)31 772 3886 Fax: +46(0)31 772 3801 E-mail: kaisa.thorell [at] gu.se Office: Room 3057B     Education and degrees 2008 M.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden Employments 2008 Research Assistant Clinical Genetics, GU and Dep of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers Technical University. 2010 Research Assistant Medical Biochemistry, Gothenburg University 2010- PhD student, Dep. of Microbiology and Immunology, Gothenburg University and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers Publications, Patents & Presentations Publications 2006 Carlsson, Thorell, Liberg, Leanderson. SPI-C and STAT6 can cooperate to stimulate IgE germline transcription, Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Jun 16;344(4):1155-60. 2009 Thorell K, Bergman A, Carén H, Nilsson S, Kogner P, Martinsson T, Abel F. Verification of genes differentially expressed in neuroblastoma tumours: a study of potential tumour suppressor genes. BMC Med Genomics. 2009 Aug 17;2:53. Poster presentations 2008 “Verification and investigation of genes differentially expressed in Neuroblastoma “, Advances in Neuroblastoma Research, Chiba, Japan 2010 “Transcriptional progression of atrophic gastritis development reveals the molecular details of antralization of the corpus mucosa”, AACR Inflammation as a cause of cancer, San Diego U.S. Teaching and Tutoring Experience 2007 Tutor in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Lund University 2011 Teaching basic Immunology methods, Gothenburg University Grants, Awards and Prizes 2006 Magnus Blix’ scholarship for the bachellor’s thesis “Spi-C is a more potent activator of STAT6 dependent IgE germline transcription than Pu1” 2008 Mary Beve foundation for Childhood Cancer – 6 months research stipend Organization and Management 2005-2006 Chairman of the Biomedical student union in Lund 2005-2006 2005-2007 Member of the board for adaptation to the Bologna standard for higher education in Lund, both at university level and at the Medical Faculty. Personal text My curiosity led me into the field of biomedical research and once there I immediately got caught by the scientific problem solving and creativity, but also the experimental work. Step by step in my education I’ve begun to focus on medical genetics and I’ve also become more and more interested in the statistical and mathematical applications in the field of genetics and the systems biology approaches in medical research. I’m also very interested in immunology especially autoimmunity and immune system regulation. My curiosity has also led me to broad knowledge in a lot of different subjects and I easily and quickly grasp new contexts I get into. I really appreciate to work with people of different scientific backgrounds, which stimulate me a lot. I easily express myself both orally and in written text and I've had a lot of training in presenting science and teaching both people with no scientific background and from various scientific disciplines. Besides of my interest in biomedicine and science in general I am very interested in music and enjoy singing and listening to a lot of different music. I’m also fond of sports, and most of all I’m rock climbing, both indoors for practice and outdoors.