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Erik Gerner

Research Student

Department of Biomaterials
Mail
erik.gerner@biomaterials.gu.se
Visiting address
Arvid Wallgrens backe 20

About Erik Gerner

CURRENTLY:

Erik Gerner defended his doctoral thesis in the research subject of biomaterial science, September 9, 2022

The title of his/her thesis is – Role of sodium salicylate as virulence inhibitor for soft tissue infections

More information about the thesis

RESEARCH:

Erik Gerner holds a master of science in biotechnology and graduated from Chalmers University of Technology in 2011. Since then, Erik has worked at the Gothenburg-based medical device company Mölnlycke Health Care with a focus on developing wound care solutions for infected wounds. Since 2018, Erik pursues PhD studies at the Department of Biomaterials at University 91̽»¨. The industrial PhD project is about finding novel treatment solutions for infected wounds, with a focus on targeting the bacterial communicating system - quorum sensing. The project is co-financed by Mölnlycke and the Swedish foundation for strategic research (SSF) and involves in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models.

Research website: /en/research/trobos-group

Research interests:

  • Wound infections and imparied wound healing
  • Bacterial pathogenesis and virulence
  • Biofilm formation, visualization
  • Quorum sensing
  • Inflammation
  • in vivo infection models