Anne Heidi Skogholt

Currently I am working as a researcher at ISM. I am assist different research groups involved in the HUNT-genes All-in project by defining phenotypes related to their disease domain.

I am also working as a PhD-candidate where I am investigating genetical differences in blood between healthy subjects and patients with lung cancer

Responsibilities:

• Gene expression analysis
• Isolate totalRNA from blood and biopsies
• Establish a method to isolate totalRNA (both mRNA and miRNA) from PAXgene and Tempus tubes for RNA profiling
• Sequencing
• SNPlex
• Establish a SNPlex platform
• Find interesting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA repair genes using databases
• PCR optimization for amplification of very low concentrations of DNA

 

Work Experience:

• 2016, June - present, Researcher at NTNU
• 2010, September - present, PhD student at NTNU
• 2007 June - 2010, August, Scientific Assistant, NTNU
• 2007, February - May, Engineer, NTNU
• 2006, June, Engineer, NTNU
• 1997 - 2008, Proxy, Sør-Trøndelag Police

 

Lectures and popular dissemination:

• November 2011; Children's University. Lectured about DNA for children between 8 and 11 years.
• June 2009; Organized and represented a stand called "Body, cells, DNA, DNA" with the "DNAniacs" - Where we presented molecular biological research at the faculty of Medicine to the public during the opening of the new hospital St.Olavs.
• 25 September 2009 - 26 September 2009; Organized and represented a stand called "Body, cells, DNA, DNA" with the "DNAniacs" at the National Science Week in Trondheim. We won the award for best stand.
• November 2009; Held a lecture entitled: "miRNAs as clinical biomarkers for lung cancer diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of response therapautic "
• 14 October 2008 - 16 October 2008; Held a lecture entitled: "Local facility: SNPlex analysis"
• 29 October 2007 - 30 October 2007; Held a lecture entitled: "SNPlex genotyping for Analyzing EPOS materia "
• 12 September 2006 - 19 September 2006; Held a lecture entitled: "Polymerase chain reaction for amplification of ultrasmall quantities of DNA - Significance of DNA quality for efficiency and fidelity."

 

Education and training:

• 2009 spring; PhD courses: Medical Statistics II (KLMED8005)
• 2008, autumn; PhD courses: Medical Statistics I (KLMED8004)
• 2008, autumn; PhD courses: Introduction to research (SMED8004)
• 2008, March; PhD courses: Microarray technology and data analysis - laboratory exercises (MOL8003)
• 2008, March; " Special Conference of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW): The Role of DNA polymorphisms in complex traits and diseases"
• 2007, spring; PhD courses: Protein Structures (BT8108)
• 2007, February; Super User by Tecan Freedom EVOware. Practical and theoretical understanding of Tecan Tecan robot and Freddeom EVOware standard software.
• 2005 summer; ENLINO (EN = environment, LI = Lithuania, NO = Norway); A Lithuanian - Norwegian master's program for master students. Environmental Science that included biodiversity and environmental management, genetic and evolutionary toxicology and molecular methods in ecology
• 2001 - 2006; Master of Science in Biotechnology, "Polymerase Chain Reaction for Amplification of Ultra Small Quantities of DNA - DNA Significance of Quality of Efficiency and Fidelity"
• 2000 - 2001; Microbiology , ecology , chemistry
• 1999 - 2000; Philosophicum Examen , Examen Facultatum ; Ethics and Social Anthropology