Gunnar Hansson 2 connections

CURRICULUM VITAE

Gunnar C. Hansson

Date of birth: January 30, 1951 in Lessebo, Sweden
Swedish personal number: 510130-2791. US social security number: 579-06-5176

Address: Stenungsundsgatan 8
416 74 Gothenburg
SWEDEN

Address work:
Göteborg University
Department of Medical Biochemistry
Medicinaregatan 9
S-413 90 Gothenburg
SWEDEN

Social: Married, 3 children (1979, 1982, 1990)

Basic education:
Studentexamen Växjö (natural sciences) 1970

Medical education:
Medical School, University of Gothenburg 1970 1976
Medicine kandidat 1972
M.D. (läkarexamen) 1976

Medical licence
Licence to practice medicine in Sweden (legitimerad läkare) 1989 -

Scientific training:
Part time 1972 1976
Full time 1976 1981
-PhD. (medicine doktorsexamen) 1981
-Docent in Medical and Physiological Chemistry (Medical Biochemistry) 1983

Scientific positions:
-Post-doc. position (forskarassistent) 1984-1987 at the Department of Medical Biochemistry

-Associate professor (Senior Lecturer for Research) of Molecular Biology at the Medical Faculty of Göteborg University, 1987-1996. Permanent-tenured position (universitetslektor).

Professorships
-Appointed as Associate Professor (‘Biträdande professor’) in Molecular Biology Göteborg University, 1996-1998

-Full professor of Medical Biochemistry (medicinsk och fysiologisk kemi), Department of Medical Biochemistry, Göteborg University, 1998 - present.

Affiliated to Internal Medicine, Sahlgrens Hospital, 20%, 2005-

Abroad:
-Visiting fellow Feb.1983-June 1984, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD., USA
-Visiting scientist Mayo Clinic; Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (Sept. 1998-June 1999).

Positions as physician:
Physician in chronic illnesses clinic (1 month), ear-nose-throat clinic (3 months), paediatrics (university clinic)(3 months), blood bank (3 months), and psychiatry (University clinic)(3 months). Surgery and Internal Medicine at Sahlgrenska Univeristy Hospital (10 months) and emergency room at out-patient clinic in Stenungsund (total about 10 month full time work).

Honorary positions:
Started PhD-student organisation at Medical Students Union in Göteborg. Its first chairman (ombudsman) 1979-1980. 1981 its secretary.
Member of one of the Medical faculty committees (biochemistry) evaluating Ph.D. examinations, 1992-1998. Chairman of the committee 1994-1998.
Expert for the Medical faculty in an advisary University committee (HSGU) analysing incorporation of the College for Nursing etc. 1997-1998. Did not support the proposals that came from the main committee.
Regular member of the Medical faculty board for basic education (grundutbildningsnämnd) 1997-1998.
Vice Chairman of Department of Medical Biochemistry 2000 - 2005
Head of Ph.D. student education 2000 - 2006.
Board member of Centre for Gastroenterological Research, Göteborg University 1998 - 2005
Repsonisble for space allocation within the Department, 2000 - present.
Chairman of Science committee of Department 2006 -.
Board member of The Swedish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2004 - present.
Board member of The Swedish Society for Mass Spectrometry (SMSS) 1997 - 2006
Chairman of The Swedish Society for Mass Spectrometry (SMSS) 2006 -
Board member of MIVAC (Mucosa, immunobiology, and vaccine center) 2006-
Member of the board for Sahlgrenska Academy (Faculty borad for Medical -, Dental -, and Nursery School) at Göteborg University, 2007 -

Teaching:
Long experience of teaching at undergraduate (Medical school, Dental school, Pharmacy school) as well as several Ph. D. courses. Large experience in teaching administration.
Present comittments:
• Head (blockchef) for the Molecular Cell Biology part (25 weeks) of the Pharmacy (Apotekar) program, 2000 - present.
• Planned and responsible (kursledare) for the detailed planning of Molecular Cell Biology part 4, Metabolism (5 weeks) of the Pharmacy (Apotekar) program, 2007 - .
• Planned and responsible (kursledare) for a practical course in modern cell biology at advanced level for Biopharmact students (BVLP, Apotekar), 5 credit points, 2000-2007, 2010-.
• Teaching biochemistry of the gastrointestinal canal for medical students, 1 week, 1995-

Bibliography:
See separate list.
Published 170 scientific publications. 29 of these have been published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Three recent in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA

Selected invitation to conferences/presentations (last 5 years only):
2004:
ELSO Cell biology meeting, Nice, France
Invited lecture at Stanford University, USA
Invited lecture at McGill University, Canada
2005:
Gordon conference: Cilia, mucus and mucociliary clearance, USA
European CF Conference, Greece
Conference: Mucin in Health and Disease, England
2006:
Symposium: Frontiers in Glycomics: Bioinformatics and biomarkers in disease, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Symposium: Pathobiology of the intestinal mucosa, Hannover
Invited lectures at Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Invited lecture at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
2007:
Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Willamsburg, May 2007
13th International Congress of Immunology August 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mucin in Health and Disease, Cambridge, July 2007
Tear Fluid Symposium, Sicily, Sept. 2007
North American CF Conference, Anaheim, CA. Symposium organizer and speaker, October 2007
2008:
Conference on innate immunity, MTC, KI, Jan. 2008
European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Prague, June 2008
6th European Mucosal Immunology Group meeting “EMIG 2008” Milan, Italy, 2008.
Ph. D. course in Copenhagen (October)
Ph. D. course Helsinki (December)

2009 (until now)
Cilia, mucus and mucociliary interactions, Gordon Confererence, Italy, Feb 2009
Dutch Gastroenterological Society, The Netherlands March 2009
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Jubilee, Stockhom April 2009
Mucus in Health and Disease, Cambridge, July 2009
Microbes and Health, National Acad. Sci. USA Sackler Symposia, CA, Nov. 2009


Organisation of international meetings:
Mucus and mucins, Gothenburg 1995. About 150 participants.
Mass spectrometry in biology, Hindås 1997. About 50 participants.
XIIIth Interantional Cystic Fibrosis Congress, Stockholm 2000, About 1500 participants
Innate immunity in the gastrointestinal tract, October 2003, About 90 participants
CFTR in the gastrointestinal tract, November 2005, About 90 participants
Symposium at North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, October 2007
Posttranslational modifications, Annual SMSS symposium, April 2008, About 100 paricipants
Annual scientific meeting for SMSS, 2007, 2008, 2009
Vice-chairman for FEBS 2010, joint meeting organized by Sweden-Norway in Gothenburg

Organisation of seminar series
Together with Per Elias organised the seminar series 'Molecular Aspects on Cell Biology' 1991-1998.

Science Policy
Article on funding of medical research in Dagens Nyheter, main Swedish newspaper, 2001

Editorial Board
Biochemical Journal 2003 -
Glycobiology 2006 -

Reviewer for the following journals:
Biochemical Journal (member of advisary board)
Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry
British Journal of Cancer
EMBO Journal
EMBO Reports
European Journal of Biochemistry
European Journal of Cancer
European Journal of Cell Biology
European Respiratory Journal
FASEB Journal
FEBS letters
Gastroenterology
Glycobiology
Glycoconjugate Journal
Gut
International Journal of Cancer
J. Cellular Biochemistry
Lipids
The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)
Tumor Biology

Evaluation of applications:
The Swedish Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1998 -
EU FP6, several
Welcome trust, UK
Israel Science Foundation
German CF Foundation
UK CF Foundation
Canadian CF Foundation
Austrian Science Foundation
Professor in Biochemistry, SLU Uppsala, 2002
Lektor in Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala 2004
Lektor Copenhagen University 2008

Current major external funding:
 Science Research Council 2007-2009; SEK 1 200 000/year; Structure, function and biosynthesis of mucins from the intestinal tract.This application got the highest score (18.8 ) given that year by the Biochemistry Committee.
 Science Research Council 2009-2011; SEK 2 000 000/year; Samverkansprojekt.
 The Swedish Cancer Foundation 2009-2011; SEK 850 000/year; Tumor-assocoaited mucins and their role in the development of cancer
 Wallenberg Foundation, 2007 Expensive equipment, SEK 5 000 000: Mass Spectrometer - Orbitrap
 EU financed project 2007-2010 Proteases in inflammatory bowel diseases, 800 000/year
 LUA/ALF, Ulcerative Colitis - a disease of the mucosal barrier, 2008-2010, 1 700 000/year
 Lundberg Foundation 2008, 1 300 000 for equipment

Supervision of PhD.- completed thesis (year of graduation and current position)
1. Dan Baeckström 1995, his own group at the Dept. Medical Biochemistry in Gothenburg
2. Jing-Yang Mu, 1996, together with prof. Ove Lundgren
3. Ke Zhang, 1997, bioinformatic scientist at a biotech company; Ceres Inc., CA, USA (http://www.ceres-inc.com/).
4. Niclas Karlsson, 1997, Senior Scientist Centre for BioAnalytical Sciences, Chemistry Department, NUI Galway, Ireland
5. Rein Sikut, January 30, 1998, head of immunology group at a biotech. company; Finnish Immuntechnology Ltd., Tartu, Estonia (http://www.finnish-immunotech.com/)
6. Noomi Asker, May 27, 1998. Post-doc Physiology
7. Magnus Axelsson, April 23, 1999, Internship in Clinical Pharmacology
8. Kristina Thomsson, May 2000, post-doc in my laboratory.
9. Fredrik Olson, October 2002. post-doc Wallenberglaboratoriet, Götebrog University
10. Christian Andersson 2003, post-doc in another laboratory, Göteborg University
11. Sirle Laos Dec. 2005, post-doc Barcelona, Spain
12. Martin Lidell Mar. 2006, post-doc at Inst. Biomedicine, Göteborg University
13. Emily Malmberg, Sept 2006, Post-doc Copenhagen University
14. Jessica Holmén Larsson, October 2006, post-doc at MIVAC
15. Tiange Lang, October 2007, post-doc in France
16. Malin Johansson, June 2009, post-doc in the lab.
Currently supervising four Ph.D. students.

Former and current international and national Post-docs in the laboratory:
1.Daniella Steel (from UK), currently scientist at Chalmers, Göteborg
2. Rein Sikut (from Estonia), see above
3. Klaus Godl (from Germany), starting as a protemics expert at a biotech. company; Axxima, Munchen, Germany (http://www.axxima.com/)
4. Julia Fernandez-Rodrigues (from Spain), at Swegene imaging centre
5. Cristina Weinberg (from New Zealand), BioTech company in New Zealand
6. Malin Bäckström (from Sweden), in my laboratory
7. Elin Grahn (from Sweden), post-doc in Örebro
8. Kristina Thomsson, in my laboratory
10. Iris Härd, at the Dept.
11. Jenny McKinzie, Shared post-doc with Univ. Oslo, structural project
11. Ana Rodriguez Pinero, Spain, in my laboratory
12. Daniel Ambort, Switzerland, in my laboratory
13. Babu Sharamsha, India, in my laboratory
14. Malin Johansson, in my laboratory.

Current staff in the laboratory
Four Ph.D. students
Six post-docs (one works in Oslo)
One senior scientist, mass spectrometrist (Ph.D.)
One technician
One nurse (part-time)

External PhD. examiner
1. Peter Aagaard-Nielsen, 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark
2. Helle Hassan, 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark
3. Torunn Thingstad 2000, Oslo, Norway
4. Hans Wandall, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark
5. Mads Peter Agervig Tarp, 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark

August 2009