Group - Emma Sparr
Graduate students
2023-Noemi Ferrante Carrante (co-supervisor: Sara Linse)
2021- Nikol Labecka (co-supervisors: Joakim Stenhammar and Kevin Roger (univ Toulouse))
2020- Jing Hu (co-supervisor: Sara Linse)
2020- Max Lindberg (Main supervisor: Sara Linse)
2020- Emil Axell (Main supervisor: Sara Linse)
2017- Alexandra Andersson (Main supervisor: Peter Jönsson)
Postdoctoral researchers, Guest researchers & Project students
2023- Nizar Alsharif (postdoc) Collaboration with Martin Malmsten
2022- Runtian Qie (postdoc)
2020- Marco Fornasier (postdoc) Collaboration with Peter Jönsson
Graduated PhDs
2022: Simon Fridolf: NMR studies on lipid-peptide co-aggregation between ganglioside-containing membranes and α-synuclein (Co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Daniel Topgaard)
2022: Katarzyna Makasewicz: α-synuclein interactions with lipid membranes
2021: Rebecca Frankel (Co-assembly of proteins and lipids: From lipodiscs to amyloid aggregates (Co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Sara Linse)
2021: Veronica Lattanzi: Amyloid β peptide: from monomer solubility to fibril structure (Co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Sara Linse)
2021: Marija Dubackic: alpha-synuclein: amyloid fibrils and interactions with lipid membranes (Co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Ulf Olsson)
2020 Jon Pallbo: Aggregation behavior and peptide-lipid interaction in an amyloid model system
2018 Ricardo Gaspar: α-Synuclein Fibril Formation and the Effects of Lipid Membranes
2018 Jenny Andersson: Self-Assembly in Lipid-Protein Systems : Lung Surfactant, Stratum Corneum and Model Membranes
2016 Dat Pham: Foreign molecules in biomembranes : Molecular effects on intact stratum corneum and model lipid systems
2013 Sebastian Björklund: Skin hydration - How water and osmolytes influence biophysical properties of stratum corneum
2012 Agnes Michanek: RNA in model lipid membranes - interactions in bulk and at surfaces
2012: Erik Hellstrand: Protein-lipid association and aggregation : from neurodegenerative disease to nanosafety (co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Sara Linse)
2012 Agnieszka Nowacka: Polarization transfer solid-state NMR for studying soft matter: From surfactants to the stratum corneum(co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Daniel Topgaard)
2011 Fatima Costa-Balogh: Diffusion studies: from model membranes to transdermal devices (co-supervisor. Formally enrolled at Coimbra university, Portugal)
2009 Christoffer Åberg: Steady-State Diffusion in Complex Amphiphilic Films
Alumni
2019 -2022 Xiaoyan Liu (postdoc)
2019-2021 Maria Gunnarsson (postdoc)
2018-2022: Katarzyna Makasewicz (PhD student)
2017-2021: Rebecca Frankel (PhD student. Co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Sara Linse)
2017-2021: Marija Dubackic: (PhD student. Co-supervisor. Main supervisor: Ulf Olsson)
2016-2020: Jon Pallbo (PhD student)
2018 -2021 Björn Stenqvist, (postdoc)
2020 Nikolet Kis (Guest PhD student)
2019 -2020 Yoshihiko Sonoki (Guest Researcher from Kao Coorperation)
2015 - 2019 Enamul Mojumdar (postdoc)
2017-2019 Dat Pham (postdoc, collab l'oréal)
2015 -2018 Ilaria Idini (postdoc, collab. Sara Linse & Andrew Jackson (ESS))
2015 -2017 Meina Wang (postdoc)
2013 -2016 Aleksandra Dabkowska (postdoc)
2013 -2018 Ricardo Gaspar (PhD student, co-supervisor: Sara Linse)
2013 - 2018 Jenny Andersson (PhD student, co-supervisor: Tommy Nylander)
2012-2017 Dat Pham (PhD student, co-supervisor Daniel Topgaard)
2014: Kevin Roger (postdoc)
2009 - 2014: Marie Grey (postdoc, collab. Patrik Brundin, Sara Linse)
2009 -2014:Martin Lundqvist (Kemilektorslänk collab. Sara Linse)
2008-2013: Sebastian Björklund (PhD student. Co-supervisors: Johan Engblom & Krister Thuresson). Thesis: Skin hydration - How water and osmolytes influence biophysical properties of stratum corneum
2010-2012: Erik Hellstrand (PhD student, co-supervised with Sara Linse).
Thesis: Protein-lipid association and aggregation. From neurogenerative diseases to nanosafety
2010-2012: Tahereh Mokthari (postdoc)
2007-2012: Agnieszka Nowacka (PhD student. Main supervisor: Daniel Topgaard).
Thesis: Polarization transfer solid-state NMR for studying soft matter: From surfactants to the stratum corneum
2007-2012: Agnes Michanek (PhD student. Co-supervisor: Tommy Nylander) (currently at HemoCue)
Thesis: RNA in model membranes - Interactions in bulk and at surfaces
2004-2011: Fatima Costa-Balogh (PhD student. Main supervisors: Juan José Sousa & Alberto Pais, Coimbra University).
Thesis: Diffusion studies: From model membranes to transdermal devices
2008-2010: Peter Falkman (Nilsson, postdoc) (currently at Malmö University)
2010: Marie-Louise Ainalem (postdoc) (currently at ESS AB)
2004-2009:Christoffer Åberg (PhD student. Supervisors: ES & Håkan Wennerström).
Thesis: Steady-state diffusion in complex amphiphilic films (currently at University Collage Dublin)
2009: Alcides Simao (Guest PhD student, Coimbra University)
2004, 2006: Claudia Silva (Guest PhD student, Coimbra University)
2004, 2005, 2006: Marc Eeman (Guest PhD student, Univ Liège)
Undergraduate student projects (since 2004)
2022: Linnea Gunnarsson: The effects of bilayer composition, osmotic gradients and microgel adsorption on deformation in giant unilamellar vesicles
2021: Lena Würtle: a-synuclein and lipid coaggregation
2020: Sandra Larsson: Molecular dynamics and keratin structure in human nails, and comparison to hair and skin
2019: Nikol Labecka: The effects of UVB exposure and chemical treatment on molecular and macroscopic properties of stratum corneum
2018: Nicolas Velasquez: Extraction and characterization of stratum corneum lipids
2018: Simon Fridolf: The effect of ganglioside GM3 on the mobility and structure of lipid-alfa-sunuclein co-assemblies: A combined NMR and scattering study
2016: Helena Mateo: Natural molecules to protect membrane against dehydration. Osmolytes and dehydrin proteins
2015: Natascia Guaducci (Università di Bari, Italy): Interaction between a-synuclein and lipid vesciles - a fluorescenc correlation spectroscopy study
2014: Kira Bartnik (LMU, Munich): Influence of gangliosides on the adsorption of monomeric a-synuclein to supported lipid bilayers- a QCM study
2014: Ellen Rieloff: Adsorption of Thermoresponsive Microgels to Lipid Membranes
2013: Samira Mohensi (collaboration Bioglan): Characterization of film formed by topical creams
2012: Jenny Andersson. Stratum Corneum HydrationIn the Presence of Moisturizers
2012: My Mattsson. Cardiolipin in phospholipid bilayers: A calorimetric study
2011: Christoph Testud (Freiburg Univ). Film formation at the air liquid interface
2011: Irem Nasir. Kinetic and Surface Properties of alpha-synuclein: Investigating the Difference between Pure Peptide and Phospholipid Including Aggregates
2010: Mathias Björklund. A QCM-D study of the interactions between mixed lipid bilayers and ssRNA/dsDNA
2009: Christian Gudmundson. RNA and DNA adsorption to zwitterionic and charged monolayers at the air-liquid interface
2009: Åsa Larsson (collab l'oréal). The occlusive properties of cosmetic creams
2009: Anna Clemens (Aachen Univ). Transport studies in double-porous lipid membranes
2008: Stephane Douzane (ESPCI, Paris). How moisturizers protect lipid membranes against osmotic stress
2006: Cécile Pairin (ENSCP, Paris). Diffusion in responding lipid microstructures inside porous media
2006: Nora Kristen (Basel Univ). Interaction between RNA/DNA and lipid bilayers at interfaces
2006: Linn Bengtsson (collab Johan Engblom & Marie Wahlgren). Diffusion of water and drugs in skin and how it is regulated by the water activity
2005: Agnes Zettergren. Interaction between RNA and model lipids membranes
2004: Maurice Mourad (Utrecht University). Aggregation of superoxide dismutase and amyloid beta in the presence of phospholipids