Malin Åkerblom
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Brief Curriculum Vitae
Research Experience and Education
2019 May-Present: Assistant researcher at Molecular Neuromodulation, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
2015 January-2019 April: Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Michael McManus, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, USA
2014 May-December: Postdoctoral employee at Molecular Neurogenetics, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
2010-2014: PhD in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
Thesis defended: 25th of April 2014
Thesis title: The role of miRNA in neurogenesis and cell specification
2008-2010: M.Sc. in Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
2005-2008: B.Sc. in Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
Honours and Awards
2018-2019 Fellowship from Sweden America Foundation
2015-2017 Postdoctoral fellowship from Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish research council)
2015-2016 EMBO Non-stipendiary long term fellowship
2014 Anna Greta Crafoord Prize awarded for the best thesis work at faculty of medicine 2014, Lund University
Publications
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Visualizing Arc protein dynamics and localization in the mammalian brain using AAV-mediated in situ gene labeling
Martino Avallone, Joaquin Pardo, Tadiwos F. Mergiya, Jana Rajova, Atte Räsänen, et al.
(2023) Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16
Journal articleA novel two-factor monosynaptic TRIO tracing method for assessment of circuit integration of hESC-derived dopamine transplants
Patrick Aldrin-Kirk, Malin Åkerblom, Tiago Cardoso, Sara Nolbrant, Andrew F. Adler, et al.
(2022) Stem Cell Reports, 17 p.159-172
Journal articleThermoregulation via Temperature-Dependent PGD2 Production in Mouse Preoptic Area
Tongfei A Wang, Chin Fen Teo, Malin Åkerblom, Chao Chen, Marena Tynan-La Fontaine, et al.
(2019) Neuron, 103 p.7-322
Journal articlelet-7 regulates radial migration of new-born neurons through positive regulation of autophagy
Rebecca Petri, Karolina Pircs, Marie E Jönsson, Malin Åkerblom, Per Ludvik Brattås, et al.
(2017) EMBO Journal, 36 p.1379-1391
Journal articleDistinct cognitive effects and underlying transcriptome changes upon inhibition of individual miRNAs in hippocampal neurons.
Josephine Malmevik, Rebecca Petri, Pina Knauff, Per Ludvik Brattaas, Malin Åkerblom, et al.
(2016) Scientific Reports, 6
Journal articleIdentification of the miRNA targetome in hippocampal neurons using RIP-seq.
Josephine Malmevik, Rebecca Petri, Thies Klüssendorf, Pina Knauff, Malin Åkerblom, et al.
(2015) Scientific Reports, 5
Journal articleComprehensive analysis of microRNA expression in regionalized human neural progenitor cells reveals microRNA-10 as a caudalizing factor.
Marie Jönsson, Jenny Nelander Wahlestedt, Malin Åkerblom, Agnete Kirkeby, Josephine Malmevik, et al.
(2015) Development: For advances in developmental biology and stem cells, 142 p.3166-3177
Journal articleThe Role of miRNA in Neurogenesis and Cell Specification
Malin Åkerblom
(2014) Lund University Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series, 2014:44
DissertationmicroRNA-125 distinguishes developmentally generated and adult-born olfactory bulb interneurons.
Malin Åkerblom, Rebecca Petri, Rohit Sachdeva, Thies Klüssendorf, Bengt Mattsson, et al.
(2014) Development: For advances in developmental biology and stem cells, 141 p.1580-1588
Journal articlemiRNAs in brain development.
Rebecca Petri, Josephine Malmevik, Liana Fasching, Malin Åkerblom, Johan Jakobsson
(2014) Experimental Cell Research, 321 p.84-89
Journal article reviewMicroRNAs as Neuronal Fate Determinants.
Malin Åkerblom, Johan Jakobsson
(2014) Neuroscientist, 20 p.235-242
Journal article reviewmicroRNA and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Josephine Malmevik, Malin Åkerblom, Johan Jakobsson
(2013) microRNAs in Toxicology and Medicine
Book chapterVisualization and genetic modification of resident brain microglia using lentiviral vectors regulated by microRNA-9.
Malin Åkerblom, Rohit Sachdeva, Luis Quintino, Erika Elgstrand Wettergren, Katie Chapman, et al.
(2013) Nature Communications, 4
Journal articleFunctional Studies of microRNAs in Neural Stem Cells : Problems and Perspectives
Malin Åkerblom, Rohit Sachdeva, Johan Jakobsson
(2012) Frontiers in Neuroscience, 6
Journal articleMicroRNA-124 Is a Subventricular Zone Neuronal Fate Determinant.
Malin Åkerblom, Rohit Sachdeva, Isabelle Barde, Sonia Verp, Bernhard Gentner, et al.
(2012) The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 32 p.8879-8889
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