Jill Katharina Olofsson

CV

EDUCATION

2011-2015: PhD student, Section of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2008-2010: Master of Medical Science, Forensic Science; Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Thesis: The value of Y-STR analysis in sexual assault cases

2007-2008: Studies at the Master Program of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

2003-2007: Bachelor of Science, Honours in Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada. Thesis: Characterization of two regions in the human X Inactive Specific Transcript, XIST

RESEARCH AND TRAINING

February 2011-:  PhD studies, Section of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

June 2010- February 2011: Forensic genetics assistance, Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark.

January- June 2010: Master Thesis: "The value of Y-STR analysis in sexual assault cases"; Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (performed at the Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark).

June- August 2009: Student helper, Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark.

June-August 2008: Summer research scholarship, Lund University; ”Expression of serotonin in rat brain, an animal model of Parkinson’s “; Dr. Angela Cenci-Nilsson’s laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.

June-August 2007: Summer research scholarship, Lund University; “Detection of a deletion on chromosome 6 with fluorescent in-situhybridisation (FISH) in acute lymphatic lymphoma (ALL)”; Dr. Bertil Johansson’s laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,  Sweden.

September 2006- May 2007: Bachelor Thesis: "Characterization of two regions in the human X Inactive Specific Transcript, XIST"; Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (performed in Dr. Caolyn Brown's laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada).

June-July 2006: Summer research volunteer, University of British Columbia; “X chromosome studies and breast and ovarian carcinoma”; Dr. Wendy Robbinson’s laboratory Child & Family Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.