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Anna Svärd

PhD student

In my research I study periodontitis (tooth-loss). I focus on improving diagnostics of this disease by measuring biomarkers with nano sensors. We are also interested in studying the effects of bacteriocins on key-pathogens such as P.gingivalis.

Publications

2022

Quentin Palomar, Anna Svärd, Shuangshuang Zeng, Qitao Hu, Funing Liu, Daniel Aili, Zhen Zhang (2022) Detection of gingipain activity using solid state nanopore sensors Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, Vol. 368, Article 132209 Continue to DOI

2020

Anna Svärd, Jessica Neilands, Eleonor Palm, Gunnel Svensater, Torbjorn Bengtsson, Daniel Aili (2020) Protein-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles as Refractometric Nanoplasmonic Sensors for the Detection of Proteolytic Activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis ACS Applied Nano Materials, Vol. 3, p. 9822-9830 Continue to DOI
Anna Svärd, Malin Hammerman, Pernilla T. Eliasson (2020) Elastin levels are higher in healing tendons than in intact tendons and influence tissue compliance The FASEB Journal, Vol. 34, p. 13409-13418 Continue to DOI

2018

Zeinab Rouhbakhsh, Daniel Aili, Erik Martinsson, Anna Svärd, Marcus Bäck, Mohammad R. Housaindokht, Peter Nilsson, Robert Selegård (2018) Self-Assembly of a Structurally Defined Chiro-Optical Peptide-Oligothiophene Hybrid Material ACS Omega, Vol. 3, p. 15066-15075 Continue to DOI

2016

Hazem Khalaf, Sravya Sowdamini Nakka, Camilla Sandén, Anna Svärd, Kjell Hultenby, Nikolai Scherbak, Daniel Aili, Torbjorn Bengtsson (2016) Antibacterial effects of Lactobacillus and bacteriocin PLNC8 alpha beta on the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis BMC Microbiology, Vol. 16 Continue to DOI

Expertise

  • Biomedicine
  • Odontology
  • In vivo studies

Background

  • Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), Gothenburg University, Sweden
  • MSc in Biomedicine, Linköping University, Sweden

Publications

2022

Quentin Palomar, Anna Svärd, Shuangshuang Zeng, Qitao Hu, Funing Liu, Daniel Aili, Zhen Zhang (2022) Detection of gingipain activity using solid state nanopore sensors Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, Vol. 368, Article 132209 Continue to DOI

2020

Anna Svärd, Jessica Neilands, Eleonor Palm, Gunnel Svensater, Torbjorn Bengtsson, Daniel Aili (2020) Protein-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles as Refractometric Nanoplasmonic Sensors for the Detection of Proteolytic Activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis ACS Applied Nano Materials, Vol. 3, p. 9822-9830 Continue to DOI
Anna Svärd, Malin Hammerman, Pernilla T. Eliasson (2020) Elastin levels are higher in healing tendons than in intact tendons and influence tissue compliance The FASEB Journal, Vol. 34, p. 13409-13418 Continue to DOI

More about my research

Laboratory of molecular materials

We are a multidisciplinary team with a passion for science. Our research is focused on design and development of molecules, soft materials and hybrid nanoscale components and devices for a wide range of biomedical applications.

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