Anna Svärd
PhD student
Anna is a doctoral student with a joint employment between Linköping University and Örebro University. Prior to starting her PhD in 2017 she completed a international master´s programme in biomedicine at the Medical Faculty in Linköping and she also holds a degree in odontology from Gothenburg University. Anna is combining her PhD studies with part-time clinical duty.
Research interest
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.
Expertise in
- Biomedicine
- Odontology
- In Vivo studies
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
MSc in Biomedicine
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Selected publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Khalaf H, Nakka SS, Sandén C, Svärd A, Hultenby K, Scherbak N, Aili D, Bengtsson T, "Antibacterial effects of Lactobacillus and bacteriocin PLNC8 αβ on the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis", BMC Microbiol., 2016, 16(1), 188.
