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Ricardo Tejero, Sandra Camarero, Ling Zhu, Swati Gupta, Elodie Trouche, Marta Gallego.
May 2010.
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Elodie Trouche (March 2010 - current)


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.








Project:
Platelet-rich autologous fibrin matrixes. Joint with BioTechnology Institute (BTI).




Publications:







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.





Funding:
Strategic research program ETORGAI of the Department of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce of the Basque government and BTI S.L.


Doctoral students:










Ricardo Tejero  (July 2008 - current)
Ricardo is doing his Ph.D. part-time while working at the BioTechnology Institute (BTI)



Education:
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.



Project:
Platelet-rich autologous fibrin matrixes.



Publicaitons:
 





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.





Presentations:







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.










Ling Zhu (May 2009 - current):




Education:
M.Res. in Bioinformatics, University of York, UK, 2006.
B.S in Medicine (First-Class Honors), Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, China, 2005.



Project: Organizing transmembrane proteins in solid-supported lipid bilayers.















Swati Gupta (December 2009 - current):



Education: M.Sc. Biological Sciences (Specialization in Infection and Immunity), University of Leeds, UK. (2008-09); first class with distinction.



Project: Blood-biomaterial interactions.














Technical assistants:


Marta Gallego-González (January 2008 - current)




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.



Publications:




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.




Presentations:






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).
















Visting/M.Sc./Exchange Students:



Sandra Camarero Espinosa (April 2009 - current)


Education:
University of the Basque Country, School of Technical Engineerig. San Sebastian, Spain, 2008.
Advanced Materials Master, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain. Current.









Project: Lipid diffusion in solid-supportred bilayers.










Nicole Hain (June 2010 - February 2011):


Education:
Visiting Student (Diploma project) from the Department of Chemistry, Clausthal Institute of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.







Funding:
CIC biomaGUNE
















Former Group Members:


Nicole Hain (August 2009 - November 2009):




Education:
Visiting student from the Clausthal Institute of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.








Funding:
ERASMUS scholarship.










Cornelis Lütgebauks (November 2008 - August 2009):



Education:
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, University of Applied Science (Münster), Faculty of Physics and Engineering. Thesis performed at ETH Zürich (Switzerland), April - September 2008.









Project: Deformation of phosphatidyl serine containing liposomes on titania.










Madeline Coxwell-Mathewman (November 2008 - May 2009):



Education:
B.Sc. (Honours) Biology, The University of York, UK, 2008










Project: Phospholipid asymmetry in free-standing and solid-supporrted lipid systems.










Amaia Rebollo, Ph.D. (November 2008 - January 2009)




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.




Project:
Blood-biomaterial interactions.









Maitena Soubelet Fagoaga (February 2008 - September 2008)



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.




Project: M.Sc. Project: Interfacial shear-acoustic response in well-defined soft systems.









Ava Allahyar (July 2008 - August 2008)






Education:
Masters in Biotechnology, focusing on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, at the Chalmers Institute of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden). 


Project: Protein analysis and purificaiton.



Funding:
CIC biomaGUNE Summer Research Fellowship










Rik Matena (March 2008 - August 2008)




Education:
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.



Project:
Interactions between anionic liposomes and surfaces of inorganic materials.



Funding:
ERASMUS










Edurne Teiletxea Malda (January 2007 - May 2008)



Education
M.Sc. (Chemistry), Univestiy of the Basque Country.
M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine, the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain, 2008).




Project:
Characterisation of supportred vesicular layers.




Funding:
CIC biomaGUNE Fellowship



Publications:





E. Tellechea, D. Johannsmann, I. Reviakine 2008 Model-independent analysis of QCM data on liposome adsorption: correlation between liposome size and the DG/DF ratio. Submitted to the Journal of Physical Chemistry.

G.A. Schawartz, E. Tellechea, J. Colmenero, A. Alegría 2005, J. Non-Crystalline Solid. 351, 2616.




Presentations:





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.










Elena Rojas Darceles (January 2007 - January 2008)



Education: M.Sc. in Biological Sciences (Technical Biology), Univestiy of the Basque Country.


Project: QCM/AFM studies of protein and vesicle adsorption on inorganic surfaces.


Funding: CIC biomaGUNE internship.



Publications:






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.










Jone Muñoz Ugartemendia (July 2007 - September 2007)




Education: Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of the Basque Country.




Project: Ions at interfaces between inorganic materials and model biological systems.




Funding: CIC biomaGUNE Summer Research Fellowship








Tabrisur Rahman Khan (October 2006 - March 2007) 






Education: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology M.Sc. program at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweeden.


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.



Funding: ETH Zurich / CIC biomaGUNE




Publications:





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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