Pia Rengtved Lundegaard

Short presentation

I have a background in molecular biology and genetics from the university of Edinburgh, UK. I did my PhD as a collaboration between the lab of E. Elizabeth Patton at the university of Edinburgh, and a biotech company, NeuroSearch A/S, that was based in Ballerup, Denmark. After finishing my PhD I joined the lab of Professor Søren Peter Olesen, the Danish National Arrhytmia Research Center, and two years ago, I started working in the Cardiac Genetics group, headed by Assoc. professor Morten S. Olesen. Our group uses human genetics and patient cohorts, to understand and identify genetic factors contributing to the development of cardiac arrhythmias. I have a strong interest in the development and function of the cardiovascular system, and in particularly the contributing factors to the development of cardiac arrhythmias, and the molecular and metabolic processes that are important for the proper function of the cadiomyocyte.

Primary fields of research

• Developmental biology
• Cardiac function
• Arrhythmia
• Genetics

CV

EDUCATION

2016    PhD in molecular genetics and medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM), University of Edinburgh, UK

2008    M.Sc. by Research, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK.

2006    B.Sc. with Honours in Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University Of Edinburgh, UK.

Award classification: 2:1.

2000    Degree as medical laboratory technician, Department of Pathology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, DK. Thesis grade: 13

WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 – current: Assistant Professor, Cardiac Genetics Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health And Medicine, University of Copenhagen.
2017 – 2018: Molecular biologist, Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Rigshospitalet

2015 – 2017: Postdoctoral fellow, The Ion Channel group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Copenhagen. 

2014 – 2017: Daily leader of the Zebrafish core facility at the Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Copenhagen. Main responsibilities: Daily leader of the Zebrafish core facility.

2006 – 2007:  Research technician in Dr. Adele Marston’s Lab, Wellcome Trust Center for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh

2002- 2003: Research technician in Topotarget A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2000 – 2002: Medical laboratory technician at the Department of Pathology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

SUPERVISION

PhD students = 1 (2012-2018), Master Students = 4 (3 current), Bachelor students = 2

FUNDING

The Carlsberg Foundation, 2 year individual postdoc fellowship.

AWARDS

The Danielsen Family Foundation: 120,000 dkr
Fondsbørsvekselerer Henry Hansen og Hustru Karla Hansens Legat: DKK 300,000