Gunbjørg Svineng
Job description
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5947-5647
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Research interests
Tumorbiology
Extracellular matrix degrading enzymes; uPAR and MMPs
Cell adhesion molecules; Integrins
Extracellular matrix proteins; Nephronectin
Metastasis related proteins; S100A4
Member of research group
CV
Head of Department, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, from 1.08.2017.
Affiliated Sydney University, Charles Perkins Center and ANZAC Research Institute, Australia, 2016-2017.
Head of Tumor Biology Research Group, 2015-2016.
Visiting researcher at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. 2010-2011.
Deputy leader Education, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø from 2009-2016.
Leader Section of Medical Biochemistry 2006-2009.
Associate Professor in Medical Biochemistry at the Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø from 2005.
Researcher in Marine Biotechnology, The Norwegian College of Fishery Sciences, University of Tromsø from 2004-2005.
Post.doc. in the Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø from 2001-2004. Supervisor: Prof. Terje Johansen.
PhD in Medical Sciences in 1999 from the Univeristy of Uppsala, Sweden. Supervisor: Prof. Staffan Johansson.
Master of Science, Molecular Biology, in 1993 from the Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway. Supervisor: Prof. Terje Johansen.