Curriculum
vitae
CATHARINA OLSSON, PhD
Born 1968 in Göteborg,
Sweden.
PhD
in Zoophysiology at University of Göteborg, Sweden, January 2000.
PhD-studies between 1993 and 2000.
See PhD-studies, Publications,
Meetings
Spring
2005 - Back the Department of Zoophysiology, Göteborg University,
again. Teaching and research.
See Teaching
Spring
2004 - Scientist
(temp.), AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, April 2004 - February 2005
Research and teaching at the Department of Zoophysiology, University of
Göteborg, January - March 2004.
See Teaching
Post-doc (Research Officer) at Prof. Marcello
Costa's and Dr. Simon Brookes' lab, Department of Human Physiology, Flinders
University, Adelaide, South Australia, November 2001 - December 2003.
See Publications, Meetings
Autumn
2001 - teaching at the Department of Zoophysiology, University of Göteborg.
Autumn 2000 and spring 2001 - Studies in Journalism (40 p) at University
of Göteborg, in combination with part time work (teaching and research)
at the Department of zoophysiology. Researcher at the department during
spring 2000.
See Teaching
Studies
in biology at University of Göteborg, autumn 1988 to spring 1993
Moved to Uppsala in 1991. Studies in biology and eg French. Back to Göteborg
in spring 1993 and finished my studies with a project at the department
of Zoophysiology (20 p).
See Previous studies
PhD-STUDIES IN
ZOOPHYSIOLOGY,
University of Göteborg
Accepted - October 19, 1993
Dissertation (opponent Dr C. Hoyle, London) - December 10, 1999
Title of thesis: "Inhibitory
control of gastrointestinal motility – Evolutionary aspects on distribution
and effects of PACAP, VIP and nitric oxide"
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - January 17, 2000
Including:
Courses (25 p)
Immunology (University of Uppsala, 10 p) 3 p
Zoophysiology 3 p
Comparative anatomy of the autonomic nervous system 3 p
Zoophysiological methods 2 p
Radiation protection 1 p
Laboratory animals 3 p
Statistics for biologists 1 p
Functional anatomy of the centrala nervous system 4 p
Computer knowledge 2 p
Embryology 3 p
Literature (10
p)
Molecular endocrinolgy (Bolander) 2 p
Textbook of medical physiology (Guyton) 5 p
The life of vertebrates (Young) 3 p
Seminars och
conferences (5 p)
PUBLICATIONS
Reviews
C. OLSSON & S. HOLMGREN (2001)
The control of gut motility. Comp Biochem Physiol (A) 128:481-503
C. OLSSON & S. HOLMGREN (1997)
Nitric oxide in the fish gut. Comp Biochem Physiol (A) 118:959-964
Papers
C.
OLSSON, B.N. CHEN, S.L. JONES, M. COSTA & S.J.H. BROOKES (2005)
Comparison of extrinsic efferent innervation of the guinea pig distal
colon and rectum. Submitted
C. OLSSON, M. COSTA & S.J.H. BROOKES (2004)
Neurochemical characterisation of extrinsic innervation of the guinea
pig rectum.J Comp Neurol 470:357-371
C. OLSSON (2002)
Distribution and effect of PACAP, VIP, nitric oxide and GABA in the gastrointestinal
tract of the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. J Exp Biol
205:1123-1134
C. OLSSON & S. HOLMGREN (2000)
PACAP and nitric oxide inhibit contractions in proximal intestine of the
Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. J Exp Biol 203:575-583
C. OLSSON &
I.L. GIBBINS (1999)
Nitric oxide synthase in the gastrointestinal tract of the estuarine crocodile,
Crocodylus porosus. Cell Tissue Res 296:433-437
C. OLSSON &
S. HOLMGREN (1999)
PACAP inhibits spontaneous contractions in the intestine of the Atlantic
cod, Gadus morhua. Ann NY Acad Sci 865:512-514
C. OLSSON, G. ALDMAN,
S. HOLMGREN & A. LARSSON (1998)
CCK and stomach motility in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.
J Exp Biol 202:161-170
C. OLSSON &
S. HOLMGREN (1996)
Involvement of nitric oxide in inhibitory innervation of urinary bladder
of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Am J Physiol 270:R1380-R1385
C. OLSSON &
P. KARILA (1995)
Coexistence of NADPH-diaphorase and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
in the enteric nervous system of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
and the dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Cell Tissue Res 280:297-305
C. OLSSON &
S. HOLMGREN (1994)
Distribution of PACAP (pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide)-like
and helospectin-like peptides in the teleost gut. Cell Tissue Res 277:539-547
P.A. LYNN , C. OLSSON,
V.ZAGORODNYUK, M. COSTA & S.J.H. BROOKES (2003) Rectal
intraganglionic laminar endings are transduction sites of extrinsic mechanoreceptors
in the guinea pig rectum. Gastroenterology 125:786-794
M. AXELSSON, C.
OLSSON, I. GIBBINS, S. HOLMGREN AND C. FRANKLIN (2001)
Nitric oxide, a potent vasodilator of the aortic anastomosis in the estuarine
crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Gen Comp Endocrinol 122:198-204
J. KÅGSTRÖM,
C. OLSSON, M. AXELSSON & C. FRANKLIN (1998)
Peptidergic control of gastrointestinal blood flow in the estuarine crocodile,
Crocodylus porosus. Am J Physiol 274:R1740-R1750
F. SHAHBAZI, P.
KARILA, C. OLSSON, S. HOLMGREN, J.M. CONLON & J. JENSEN (1998)
Primary structure, distribution, and effects on motility of CGRP in the
intestine of the cod Gadus morhua. Am J Physiol 275:R19-R28
I.L. GIBBINS, C.
OLSSON & S. HOLMGREN (1995)
Distribution of neurons reactive for NADPH-diaphorase in the branchial
nerves of a teleost fish, Gadus morhua. Neurosci Lett 193:1-4
SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Oral
presentations
VIII International
Symposium on Fish Physiology
Uppsala (August 15-18, 1998)
4th International
Congress on Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
Birmingham, UK (August 6-11, 1995)
4th Neuroscience day
Gothenburg (October 13, 1999)
6th GGSB symposium
Gothenburg (January 15, 1999)
3rd Neuroscience
day
Gothenburg (October 1, 1997)
2nd Neuroscience
day
Särö (October 17, 1996)
And seminars at the Department of Zoophysiology, University of Göteborg
and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University
Posters
3rd Meeting
of the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN)
Calgary,
Canada (July, 2003)
Enteric Nervous System
Banff,
Canada (July, 2003)
Australian Neuroscience Society
Adelaide, Australia (January, 2003)
Australian Gastroenterology
Week
Adelaide, Australia (October, 2002)
4th International
Symposium on VIP, PACAP, glucagon and related peptides
Elsinore, Denmark (September 1-4, 1999)
12th International
Symposium on Regulatory Peptides
Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA (September 16-20, 1998)
3rd International
Symposium on VIP, PACAP and related peptides
Freiburg, Germany (September 17-20, 1997)
11th International
Symposium on Regulatory Peptides
Copenhagen, Denmark (September 3-7, 1996)
Participant
5th Neuroscience
day
Göteborg (October 11, 2000)
Symposium on the
Enteric Nervous System
Göteborg, (September 2-4, 1998)
TEACHING
Department of Zoophysiology, University of Göteborg
Lecturer
Integrative biomedicin 10 p
Humanphysiology 10 p
Course assistant
Including laboratory work on courses in zoophysiology, cell physiology
and neurobiology
Supervisor
Exam projects (10 or 20 p)
2004 Sophie Bengtsson
2005 Malin Andersson
Laboratory supervisor
for Exam projects (10 or 20 p)
1998 Jenny Hanell
1999 Anna Holmberg, Ulrika Hägg, Linda Andersson
GUEST REASERCH
Dept Zoology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia,
March 1996
Flinders Medical School, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, April
1996
Dept Physiology and Nneuroscience, University of Lund, Sweden, March
1998
PREVIOUS STUDIES
Degree of Master of Science in Biology, University of Göteborg
November 30, 1993
including:
Chemistry 20 p
Cellbiology, microbiology and genetics 10 p
Botany 10 p
Ecology 6 p
Zoology 10 p
Faunistics and floristics 4 p
Theme course 1 10 p
Theme course 2 10 p
Biochemistry 10 p
Organic chemistry 10 p
Cellphysiology 10 p
Zoophysiology 10 p
Zooecology (University of Uppsala) 10 p
Molecular genetics (University of Uppsala) 10 p
Zoophysiology 20 p - Immunohistochemical localisation of PACAP and
VIP in the teleost gut
Also
Indiancultures
of America (University of Uppsala) 10 p 1991
French A (University of Uppsala) 18 p 1992
Celtic (University of Uppsala 5 p 1992
History of Göteborg and western Sweden (University of Göteborg)
10 p 1994
Humanecology (University
of Göteborg)
20 p 1997
Journalism (University of Göteborg) 40 p 2001
E-mail: catharina.olsson@hem.utfors.se
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modified 2005-05-01
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