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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Line Hein-Kristensen
Date of birth: 11 July 1982
Nationality: Danish
Marital status: In a relationship (no children)
Personal address: Ingerslevsgade 134 4th, 1705 København V, Denmark
Personal e-mail: [email protected]. Personal tel. + 45 27286388
EDUCATION
2008
Master of Science in biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
 Student Exchange Programme, University of Otago, New Zealand, spring 2006.
 Title of master thesis (Statens Serum Institut and Copenhagen University
Hospital): The immunological effects of DTP vaccine and vitamin A in an
experimental malaria model.
2005
Bachelor of Science in biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
 Title of bachelor thesis (Statens Serum Institut): The genetic mechanisms behind
antigenic variation in the human pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium.
2001
Mathematical Student exam, Birkerød Gymnasium, Denmark
Additional non-credited courses:
Licensing PhD. course in Laboratory Animal Science, University of Southern Denmark, 2007
EMPLOYMENTS
3/09PhD student at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark: Spectrum
and activity of novel antimicrobial peptidomimetics
1/09
Academic, Statens Serum Institut. Investigating the combined immunological effects of
DTP vaccine and vitamin A using extensive statistical analysis of a recently completed
study with the aim to submit a scientific article.
11/07-2/08
Student research assistant, Lica Pharmaceuticals. Responsible for flow cytometric
parasitic enumeration in a preclinical study of an antimalarial drug candidate.
7/05-2/06
Student research assistant, Statens Serum Institut (full time from November 2005).
Investigating antigenic variation in the human pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium by
analysing consecutive DNA-sequences during infection.
AWARDS AND FUNDINGS
Young Scientist Award Winner 2008 (Danish Society of Parasitology) for the poster “Validation of
the use of acridine orange in flow cytometric parasitic enumeration.”
Main applicant for the grant “The immunological effects of vitamin A and vaccines in an animal
model.” 30.000kr, received for master project, April 2008.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Hein-Kristensen, L., K. M. Knapp, H. Franzyk & L. Gram. Bacterial membrane activity of αpeptide/β-peptoid chimeras: Influence of amino acid composition and chain length on the activity
against different bacterial strains. BMC Microbiology 2011; 11; 144
Jørgensen, M.J., Hein-Kristensen, L., Hempel, C., Ravn, H., Wiese, L., Kurtzhals, J. & Benn, CS.
The effect of vitamin A supplementation and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination on parasitemia
in an experimental murine malaria model. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2011; 43(4);
296-303.
Hein-Kristensen, L., Jørgensen, M.J., Ravn, H., Wiese, L., Kurtzhals, J. & Benn, CS. Simultaneous
administration of vitamin A and DTP vaccine modulates the immune response in a murine cerebral
malaria model. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 2010;72(4);302-308.
Hein-Kristensen, L., Wiese, L. & Staalsoe, T. In-depth validation of acridine orange staining for flow
cytometric parasite and reticulocyte enumeration in an experimental model using Plasmodium
berghei. Experimental Parasitology 2009;123(2);152-157.
PRESENTATIONS
Poster presentation at the 50th InterScience Conference for Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy, September 2010: Linking activity and mode of action to length in a novel
peptidomimetics library
Oral presentation at the LMC Food Microbiology Network Symposium, May 2010: Activity and
mechanism of action of novel synthetic peptidomimetics
Oral presentation at the Spring Symposium for the Danish Society for Parasitology, March 2009:
The use of an experimental cerebral malaria model to elucidate the immunological mechanisms of
DTP vaccine and vitamin A.
Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Danish Society of Immunology, May 2008: The
immunological effects of DTP vaccine and vitamin A in an experimental malaria model.