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Elodie Trouche
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Education: |
Ph.D. Utilisation of
adult stem cells in the case of cell therapy of solids organs: Study of
relations grafted cells/ tissular environment. University Paul Sabatier, Tolouse,
France, March 2010.
M.Sc. Physiology and
integrated cellular physiopathology. Specialty: Physiopathology.
M.Sc. Cell biology
and physiology. Speciality: animal physiology. University of Paul Sabatier,
Toulouse, France
B.Sc. Cell Biology
and Physiology, University of Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
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Project:
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Platelet-rich
autologous fibrin matrixes. Joint with
BioTechnology Institute (BTI).
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Publications:
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Characterization
of monoamine oxidases in mesenchymal stem cells: role in hydrogen
peroxide generation and serotonin-dependant apoptosis.
Trouche E,
Mias C, Seguelas MH, Ordener C, Cussac D, Parini A. Stem Cells Dev. 2010, in press.
Evaluation
of alginate microspheres for mesenchymal stem cells engraftment on
solid organ.
E. Trouche,
S. Girod, C. Mias, F. Tortosa, C. Ceccaldi, MH. Seguelas, D. Calise, A.
Parini, D. Cussac and B. Sallerin. Cell Transplantation, 2010, in press.
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Funding:
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Strategic
research program ETORGAI of
the Department of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce of the Basque
government and BTI S.L.
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Doctoral
students:
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Ricardo
Tejero (July 2008 - current)
Ricardo is doing his Ph.D. part-time while working at the BioTechnology
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Education:
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M.Eng.
(Materials Science), INSA de Lyon, France, 2005 (Grande
École d’Ingénieurs – Institut National des Sciences
Appliquées). Master Thesis in R&D Biomaterials Engineering
with Honours at the Dresden University of Technology, Biomaterials AG,
Germany, 2005.
B.Eng. Cycle
Préparatoire, INSA de Lyon, France, 2002.
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Project:
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Platelet-rich
autologous fibrin matrixes.
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Publicaitons:
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R.
Tejero. Surface Engineering. In: Anitua, E. (ed.) A biological approach
to implantology. Teamwork Media; Vitoria-Spain 2008.
R. Tejero, S. Bierbaum, T. Douglas, A. Reinstorf, H. Worch, D.
Scharnweber. Glucuronic acid and phosphoserin act as mineralization
mediators of collagen I based biomimetic substrates. J Mater Sci: Mater
Med. 2009; In Press.
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Presentations:
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R.
Tejero-Cantero. Bioespecific surfaces. 7th
International Oral Implantology Simposium, BTI September 2008, Bilbao,
Spain.
R. Tejero-Cantero.
Model molecules and Electrochemistry produce
collagen-based biomimetic coatings. 17th European Association for
Osseointegration Congress, September 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ling Zhu (May
2009 - current):
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Education:
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M.Res.
in Bioinformatics, University of York, UK, 2006.
B.Sc. in Medicine
(First-Class Honors), Chongqing University of Medical
Sciences, China, 2005.
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Project: |
Organizing transmembrane
proteins in solid-supported lipid bilayers.
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Swati Gupta (December
2009 - current): |
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Education: |
M.Sc.
Biological Sciences (Specialization in Infection and Immunity),
University of Leeds, UK. (2008-09); first class with distinction.
B.Sc. (Biochemistry), University of Delhi, India, 2008.
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Project: |
Blood-biomaterial
interactions.
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Danijela
Gregurec (April
2011 - current): |
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Education: |
M.Sc. (Applied Chemistry), University
of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2010.
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Project:
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Titania-supported lipid bilayers.
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assistants: |
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Marta Gallego-González
(January
2008 - current):
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Education: |
Advanced
Studies Diploma (DEA), University of Santiago de Compostela.
M.Sc. (Physics),
University of Santiago de Compostela.
B.Sc. (Physics),
University of Santiago de Compostela. |
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Publications: |
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D.
Johannsmann, I. Reviakine,
E.
Rojas, M. Gallego 2008 Effect of sample
heterogeneity on the interpretation of QCM(-D) data: Comparison of
combined QCM/AFM measurements with finite element method (FEM) modeling. Anal.Chem. 80, 8891-8899.
E. Rojas, M. Gallego,
I. Reviakine 2008 Effect of sample
heterogeneity on the interpretation of QCM(-D) data: impurity effects. Anal.Chem. 80, 8982-8990.
N. Barros, M. Gallego
and
S. Feijoo 2007 Thermochimica
Acta 458: 18-22.
N. Barros, M.
Gallego and S. Feijoo 2004 Chemistry &
Biodiversity 1(10):
1560-1568. |
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Presentations:
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N.
Barros, M. Gallego and S Feijoo Sensitivity
of the calorimetric indicators
of soil microbial activity
XIVth ISBC Conference 2006, Gdansk (Poland).
M. Gallego, Use
of microcalorimetry in monitoring soil microbial processes, oral
presentation at Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, July
2005, North Wyke – Devon (U.K.)
M. Gallego, S.
Feijoo and N. Barros A new model to
monitor the loss of soil biomass
IC-EpsMsO Conference 2005, Patras (Greece)
M. Gallego, S.
Fernández, S. Feijóo and N. Barros The relationship of
the specific substrate degradation rate (Ac) and the enthalpies of the
microbial reactions in soils, Thermodynamics 2003, Cambridge
(U.K.)
M. Gallego, S.
Fernández, S. Feijóo and N. Barros Microcalorimetric
calculation of the specific rate of catabolic activity (Ac) of glucose
in soils: biophysic significance and applications, APHYS 2003,
Badajoz
(Spain). |
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Belén
Sánchez Martínez de Ilárduya (March 2011 - current): |
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Education: |
Ph.D., Analytical
Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (October 2010).
M.Sc. in Chemistry
(specialization: Analytical/inorganic chemistry), University of the
Basque Country Faculty of Science and Technology (July
2003). |
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Funding:
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SAIOTEK
grant BiONE to BTI S.L. and CIC biomaGUNE
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Visting/M.Sc./Exchange Students:
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Nicole Hain,
Diploma (M.Sc.) project
(June 2010 - February 2011): |
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Education:
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Visiting
Student from the Department of Chemistry, Clausthal Institute
of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. |
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Funding:
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CIC biomaGUNE
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Group Members: |
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Sandra
Camarero Espinosa, M.Sc. student and technician (April
2009 - December 2010). |
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Education: |
University
of the Basque Country, School of Technical Engineerig. San Sebastian,
Spain, (2008).
M.Sc. (Advanced
Materials)
School of Engineering of the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao,
Spain (2010). |
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Nicole Hain
(August 2009 - November 2009):
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Education:
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Visiting
student from the Clausthal Institute of Technology,
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.
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Funding:
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ERASMUS
scholarship.
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Cornelis
Lütgebauks (November 2008 - August 2009): |
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Education:
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B.Sc.
Biomedical Engineering, University of Applied Science (Münster),
Faculty of Physics and Engineering. Thesis performed at ETH Zürich
(Switzerland), April - September 2008. |
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Project: |
Deformation of
phosphatidyl serine
containing liposomes on titania.
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Madeline
Coxwell-Mathewman (November 2008 - May 2009): |
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Education:
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B.Sc.
(Honours) Biology, The University of York, UK, 2008
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Project: |
Phospholipid
asymmetry in free-standing and solid-supporrted lipid systems.
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Amaia
Rebollo,
Ph.D. (November 2008 - January 2009)
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Education: |
Ph.D.
in Biotechnology, University of Navarra, Spain, 2008.
M.Sc. in Biochemistry,
University of Navarra, Spain, 2002.
M.Sc. in Biology,
University of Navarra, Spain, 2001.
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Project:
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Blood-biomaterial
interactions. |
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Maitena
Soubelet Fagoaga (February 2008 - September 2008) |
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Education: |
M.Sc.
(Biology), the University of the
Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain) 2007.
M.Sc. in Molecular
Biology and Biomedicine, the University of the
Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain)/CIC biomaGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain),
2008. |
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Project: |
M.Sc.
Project: Interfacial shear-acoustic response in
well-defined soft systems. |
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Ava
Allahyar (July 2008 - August 2008)
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Education:
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Masters in
Biotechnology, focusing on
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, at the Chalmers Institute of
Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden). |
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Project: |
Protein analysis and purificaiton.
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Funding:
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CIC biomaGUNE Summer Research Fellowship
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Rik
Matena (March 2008 - August 2008)
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Education:
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B.Sc. (Physics), University College Utrecht
(Utrecht, the Netherlands). Magna
Cum Laude.
Current M.Sc. student at the University of Utrecht (Utrecht, the
Netherlands), Department of Physics. |
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Project:
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Interactions between anionic liposomes and
surfaces of inorganic materials.
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Funding:
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ERASMUS
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Edurne
Teiletxea Malda (January
2007 - May 2008) |
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Education:
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M.Sc.
(Chemistry), Univestiy of the Basque Country.
M.Sc. in
Molecular
Biology and Biomedicine, the University of the
Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain, 2008).
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Project:
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Characterisation of supportred
vesicular layers.
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Funding:
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CIC
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Publications:
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E. Tellechea, D. Johannsmann, R.
Richter, N. Steinmetz, I. Reviakine 2009
Model-independent
analysis of QCM data on colloidal particle adsorption. Langmuir 25, 5177 - 5184.
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Presentations:
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E.
Tellechea, D. Johannsmann, I.
Reviakine High-Frequency Shear
Rheology of Soft Colloidal Interfaces: Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Studies of Surface-Adsorbed Liposomes. 82nd ACS
Colloids and Surfaces Simposium, June 2008, Raleigh, North Carolina,
USA.
E. Tellechea and I. Reviakine The effect of the bilayer
bending modulus on the extent of deformation of surface adsorbed
vesicle: preliminary results. ESF conference on Biological
Surfaces and Interfaces, July 2007, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
E.
Tellechea, A. Alegria, y J.
Colmenero Estudio
de la influencia de la presión en la dinámica de la
transición vítrea
de polímeros. Avances
en Materiales
Poliméricos, September
2003, Tarragona,
Spain. |
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Elena Rojas
Darceles (January 2007
- January 2008) |
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Education:
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M.Sc.
in Biological Sciences (Technical
Biology), Univestiy of the Basque Country. |
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Project:
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QCM/AFM
studies of protein and vesicle
adsorption on inorganic surfaces. |
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Funding:
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CIC
biomaGUNE internship. |
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Publications:
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D.
Johannsmann, I. Reviakine, E.
Rojas, M. Gallego 2008 Effect of sample
heterogeneity on the interpretation of QCM(-D) data: Comparison of
combined QCM/AFM measurements with finite element method (FEM) modeling. Anal.Chem.
80, 8891-8899.
E. Rojas, M. Gallego,
I. Reviakine 2008 Effect of sample
heterogeneity on the interpretation of QCM(-D) data: impurity effects. Anal.Chem. 80, 8982-8990.
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Jone
Muñoz Ugartemendia
(July 2007 - September 2007)
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Education:
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Chemical and Materials Engineering,
University of the Basque Country.
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Project:
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Ions at interfaces between inorganic
materials and model biological systems.
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Funding:
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CIC biomaGUNE Summer Research Fellowship |
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Tabrisur
Rahman Khan (October 2006 -
March 2007)
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Education: |
Nanomaterials and
Nanotechnology M.Sc. program at the
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweeden. |
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Project: |
Nanoscale
dynamics of self-assembling
systems: the effect of lipid-surface interactions on the lateral
organization of lipids in the adsorbing veiscles. Joint with ETH Zurich
(Switzerland). Co-supervisor: Michelle
Grandin.
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Funding: |
ETH
Zurich / CIC biomaGUNE
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Publications: |
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T.R. Khan, H. M. Grandin, A. Mashaghi,
M. Textor, E. Reimhult, I. Reviakine 2008
Lipid
Redistribution in
Phosphatidylserine-containing Vesicles Adsorbing on Titania
Biointerphases 3(2), FA90 - FA95. |
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