Laura Orellana

Laura Orellana

Biträdande Lektor
E-postadress: laura.orellana@ki.se
Besöksadress: BioClinicum - J6:06, Akademiska Stråket 1, 17164 Solna
Postadress: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Orellana, 171 77 Stockholm

Om mig

  • Jag är en strukturbiofysiker med medicinsk bakgrund. Mitt mål är att
    förstå mänskliga sjukdomar i atomskala: hur mutationer förändrar
    proteinstruktur, rörelser och biologisk funktion.
    2021: Petrus och Augusta Hedlunds Foundation Grant
    2021: Cancerfonden Junior Investigator Award
    2020: Jeanssons Foundation Young Leaders Grant
    2020: Karolinska Institute Research Foundation Special Grant
    2019: Karolinska Institute Tenure-track Faculty Position with start-up grant
    Award (KI Allocation of faculty funded career positions 2019 [1])
    2019: O.E. och Edla Johanssons Research Grant
    2016-2018: Sven och Lily Lawski Foundation Fellow
    *Academic Honors*
    2006: Extraordinary Prize for Academic Excellence in Biochemistry, University
    of Barcelona
    *2010–2014: PhD in Physics /summa cum laude/*/, /Faculty of Physics,
    University of Barcelona
    /Thesis: /“Protein Dynamics and Function studied by coarse-grained and
    atomistic theoretical approaches” [2]
    *2008–2011: Clinical training* (M.D. degree, 2nd cycle: 345 out of 500
    ECTS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona &
  • Hospital Universitari Sagrat Cor
    *2008 –2010: MSc in Biophysics*, Faculty of Physics, University of
    Barcelona
    *2006 – 2007: MSc in Structure &
  • Function of Proteins*, Barcelona
    Autonomous University
    *2003–2005: BSc in Biochemistry with Extraordinary Prize &
  • minor in
    Physics*, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
    *1999–2003: Medicine* (M.D. degree, 1st cycle), Faculty of Medicine,
    University of Barcelona
    *Academic appointments*
    *Nov. 2020: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Medical Sciences*,
    Karolinska Institute
    *2019-2020: Researcher (Forskare) in Structural Biology*, Stockholm
    University
    *2014-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Biophysics &
  • Cryo-EM*,
    Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) &
  • Stockholm University
    *2008-2014: Graduate Student in Protein Biophysics &
  • Molecular
    Modelling*, Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona &
  • Barcelona
    Supercomputing Center
    [1] https://ki.se/en/about/allocation-of-faculty-funded-career-positions-2019
    [2] https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/283656

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