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Keynote Talk ALBA Open day 2016

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Selected Public Speaking & Outreach Activities

European Researcher's Night 2015

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"Top Ciencia" CosmoCaixa STEM Professions Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain

Invited speaker at International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) & the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's Global Women's Breakfast 2023

Spanish Synchrotron User Association & ALBA user meeting 2023 (Keynote Talk)

What does BioSAXS do? Click here

(Video courtecy of ANSTO)

Food for Thought Network Break the Bias event for IWD 2022

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Together at 3pm, Aegean regional TV. Interview on COVID Vaccines, 2021 (Video in Greek)

About

Christina draws her consulting skills from rigorus experience in leading diverse teams and ground breaking science over the past 16 years in ALBA Synchrotron (Spain), the Australian Synchrotron and academia. Her background and past experience mainly lie in oncology with a great interest in developing skin diagnostics and therapeutics, as well as instrumentation. She has also worked extensively in tissue engineering, additive manufacturing and has established a global network of connections with academia. Her research has always had a translational focus and has contributed to the discovery of novel drug delivery methods and testing as well as the improvement of medical procedures in ophthalmology.

"I have developed strong skills coordinating multicultural and multidisciplinary teams of internal and external stakeholders for the completion of projects. I have been able to successfully deliver the BioSAXS beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, implementing it within 3 years and on budget" as Christina stated.

She is people-oriented with a great ability to build relationships and lead teams to high performance. With a solid capacity of prioritizing and handling multiple deadlines, considered highly efficient and with an international mindset.

Christina is a Greek native speaker, fluent in English and Spanish, with an international mindset and experience as she has lived in the UK, Spain and Australia.

Key areas of expertise

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★ Leading multidisciplinary teams
★ Cross-Cultural management expertise
★ Setting excellent operational frameworks
★ Scientific/Academic Writing & Conference Speaker
★ Building partnerships with stakeholders
★ Strong Coordination & Network Builder
★ Project Management & Science Communicator
★ Strategic Mindset & Innovation Driven

Analytical skills and technique expertise

★ Cell culture (primary and stem cell)

★ Immunohistochemistry 

★ Light & conforcal microscopy

★ Electron microscopy & tomography

★ Synchrotron SAXS/WAXS

★ Synchrotron FTIR

★ In silico structural analysis of proteins and lipid systems

★ Molecular simulations

★ In vitro drug testing and improvement 

★ Oncology & cancer biology

★ Corneal science including corneal organ culture

Christina Kamma-Lorger

Peer Reviewed Scientific Publications

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  1. da Silva D.P., Pinheiro J., Abdulghani S., Kamma-Lorger C., Martínez J.C., Solano E., Mateus A., Pascoal-Faria P., Mitchell G.R. Property mapping of LDPE during 3D printing: evaluating morphological development with X-ray scattering. Front. Mech. Eng 9:1232562. doi: 10.3389/fmech.2023.1232562.

  2. Miralles E., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Domènech O., Sosa L., Casals I., Calpena A.C, Silva Abreu M. Assessment of efficacy and safety using an Agonist PPAR-ɣ loaded nanocarriers for inflammatory eye diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 23;23(19):11184. doi: 10.3390/ijms231911184.

  3. Haverkamp R.G., Sizeland K.H., Wells H.C., Kamma-Lorger C. Collagen dehydration. Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 Sep 1;216:140-147. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.06.180. Epub 2022 Jul 4.

  4. da Silva D.P., Pinheiro J., Abdulghani S., Kamma Lorger C., Martinez J.C., Solano E., Mateus A., Pascoal-Faria P., Mitchell G.R. Changing the Paradigm-Controlling Polymer Morphology during 3D Printing Defines Properties. Polymers (Basel). 2022 Apr 19;14(9):1638. doi: 10.3390/polym14091638.

  5. da Silva D., Pinheiro J., Abdulghani S., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Solano E., Martinez J.C, Pascoal-Faria P., Mateus A., Mitchell G.R. Controlling morphological development during Additive Manufac-2 turing: a route to mapping of properties. 2021. Mater. Proc. 2022, 8(1), 116.

  6. Silva-Abreu M., Miralles E., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Espina M., García M.L., Calpena A.C.  Stabilization by Nano Spray Dryer of Pioglitazone Polymeric Nanosystems: Development, In Vivo, Ex Vivo and Synchrotron Analysis. Pharmaceutics. 2021 Oct 20;13(11):1751. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13111751.

  7. Estévez-Gallego J., Josa-Prado F., Ku S., Buey R.M., Balaguer F., Prota A.E., Lucena-Agell D., Kamma-Lorger C., Yagi T., Iwamoto H., Duschesne L., Barasoain I., Steinmetz M.O., Chrétien D., Kamimura S., Díaz J.F., Oliva M.A. Structural model for differential cap maturation at growing microtubule ends. Elife. 2020 Mar 10;9. pii: e50155.

  8. Gil S., Solano E., Martínez-Trucharte F., Martínez-Esaín J., Pérez-Berná A.J., Conesa J.J., Kamma-Lorger C., Alsina M., Sabés M. Multiparametric analysis of the effectiveness of cisplatin on cutaneous squamous carcinoma cells using two different types of adjuvants. PLoS One. 2020 Mar 6;15(3):e0230022.

  9. Combarro Palacios I., Olsson C., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Swenson J., Cerveny S. Motions of water and solutes-Slaving versus plasticization phenomena. J Chem Phys. 2019 Mar 28;150(12):124902. doi: 10.1063/1.5030064.

  10. Siano M., Paroli G., Potenza M.A.C., Iriso U., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Nosych A.A., Mazzoni S. Electron Beam size measurements using the heterodyne near field speckles at ALBA. Proc IBIC201, Malmö, Sweden 2019:0-3.

  11. Pereira-Leite C., Nunes C., Bozelli J.C. Jr, Schreier S., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Cuccovia I.M., Reis S. Can NO-indomethacin counteract the topical gastric toxicity induced by indomethacin interactions with phospholipid bilayers? Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2018 Sep 1;169:375-383. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.05.019. Epub 2018 May 23.

  12. Pereira-Leite C., Nunes C., Grahl D., Bozelli J.C., Schreier S., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Cuccovia I.M., Reis S. Acemetacin-phosphatidylcholine interactions are determined by the drug ionization state. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2018 20(21):14398-14409. doi: 10.1039/c8cp01698d.

  13. González J.B., González N., Collderlram C., Ribó L., Fontsere A., Jover-Manas G., Villanueva J., Llonch M., Peña G., Gevorgyan A., Nikitin Y., Martinez J.C., Kamma-Lorger C., Solano E., Sics I., Ferrer S., Malfois M. NCD-SWEET Beamline Upgrade. Proc MEDSI18, Paris, France 2018:374-376.

  14. González N., González J.B., Collderlram C., Llonch M., Ladrera J., Fontsere A., Jover-Manas G., Martinez J.C., Kamma-Lorger C., Sics I., Ferrer S., Malfois M. Beam Conditioning Optics at the ALBA NCD-SWEET Beamline. Proc MEDSI18, Paris, France 2018:365-367.

  15. Mazzoni S., Roncarolo F., Trad G., Paroli G., Potenza M., Siano M., Iriso U., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Nosych A.A. Progres son transverse beamprofile measurement using the heterodyne near field speckles method at ALBA. Proc IBIC2018, Shanghai, China 2018:538-541.

  16. Hayes S., White T., Boote C., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Bell J., Meredith C., Sorensen T., Terrill N., Burghammer M., Meek K.M. The structural response of the cornea to changes in stromal hydration. J R Soc Interface. 2017 Jun;14(131). pii: 20170062. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0062.

  17. Crosas E., Castellvi A., Crespo I., Fulla D., Gil-Ortiz F., Fuertes G., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Malfois M., Aranda M.A., Juanhuix J. Uridine as a new scavenger for synchrotron-based structural biology techniques. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2017 Jan 1;24(Pt 1):53-62. doi: 10.1107/S1600577516018452. Epub 2017 Jan 1.

  18. Khan I., Mateus A., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Mitchell G.R.  Part Specific Applications of Additive Manufacturing  Procedia Manufacturing. 2017 (12) 89-95.

  19. Khan I., Mohan S.D., Belbut M., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Mateus A., Geoffrey R. Mitchell Multiscale Structure Evolution in Electrically Conductive Nanocomposites Studied by SAXS. Procedia Manufacturing. 2017 (12) 79-88.

  20. Fernández E., Fajarí L., Rodríguez G., Cócera M., Moner V., Barbosa-Barros L., Kamma-Lorger C.S., de la Maza A., López O. Reducing the Harmful Effects of Infrared Radiation on the Skin Using Bicosomes Incorporating ß-Carotene. Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2016 Jul 6;29(4):169-177.

  21. El-Hachemi Z., Balaban T.S., Campos J.L., Cespedes S., Crusats J., Escudero C., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Llorens J., Malfois M., Mitchell G.R., Tojeira A.P., Ribó J.M. Effect of Hydrodynamic Forces on meso-(4-Sulfonatophenyl)-Substituted Porphyrin J-Aggregate Nanoparticles: Elasticity, Plasticity and Breaking. Chemistry. 2016 Jul 4;22(28):9740-9. doi: 10.1002/chem.201600874. Epub 2016 May 30.

  22. Morgan S.R., Dooley E.P., Kamma-Lorger C., Funderburgh J.L., Funderburgh M.L., Meek K.M. Early wound healing of laser in situ keratomileusis-like flaps after treatment with human corneal stromal stem cells. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2016 Feb;42(2):302-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.09.023.

  23. Kamma-Lorger C.S., Pinali C., Martínez J.C., Harris J., Young R.D., Bredrup C., Crosas E., Malfois M., Rødahl E., Meek K.M., Knupp C. Role of Decorin Core Protein in Collagen Organisation in Congenital Stromal Corneal Dystrophy (CSCD). PLoS One. 2016 Feb 1;11(2):e0147948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147948. eCollection 2016.

  24. Khan I., Geoffrey M., Mateus A., Kamma-Lorger C.S. Time resolved strain dependent morphological study of electrically conducting nanocomposites. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 646, Issue 1, article id. 012034 (2015).

  25. Gardner S.J., White N., Albon J., Knupp C., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Meek K.M. Measuring the Refractive Index of Bovine Corneal Stromal Cells Using Quantitative Phase Imaging. Biophys J. 2015 Oct 20;109(8):1592-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.08.046.

  26. Boote C., Dooley E.P.,  Gardner S.,  Kamma-Lorger C.S., Hayes S., Nielsen K., Hjortdal J., Sorensen T., Terrill N., Meek K.M. Correction: Quantification of collagen ultrastructure after penetrating keratoplasty - implications for corneal biomechanics PloS One 2013 Sep 24;8(9). doi:10.1371/annotation/1ca782a6-c5c1-4ef8-9c08-ca8ae0cdbaa6. eCollection 2013.

  27. Boote C., Dooley E.P.,  Gardner S.,  Kamma-Lorger C.S., Hayes S., Nielsen K., Hjortdal J., Sorensen T., Terrill N., Meek K.M. Quantification of collagen ultrastructure after penetrating keratoplasty - implications for corneal biomechanics PloS One 2013;8(9). doi:10.1371/annotation/1ca782a6-c5c1-4ef8-9c08-ca8ae0cdbaa6. PLoS One. 2014;9(3):e93246.

  28. Hayes S., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Boote C., Young R.D., Quantock A.J., Rost A., Khatib Y., Harris J., Burghammer M, Yagi N., Terrill N., Pérez J., Meek K.M. The Effect of Riboflavin/UVA Collagen Cross-linking Therapy on the Structure and Hydrodynamic Behaviour of the Ungulate and Rabbit Corneal Stroma. PloS ONE 2013; 8(1):e52860. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052860. Epub 2013 Jan 17.

  29. Boote C., Du Y., Morgan S., Harris J., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Hayes S., Lathrop K.L., Roh D.S., Burrow M.K., Hiller J., Terrill N.J., Funderburgh J.L., Meek K.M. Quantitative assessment of ultrastructure and light scatter in mouse corneal debridment wounds. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:2786-95

  30. Hayes S., Khan S., Boote C., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Dooley E.P., Lewis J., Hawksworth N., Sorensen T., Daya S., Meek K.M. Research Letter: A depth profile study of abnormal collagen orientation in keratoconus corneas. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2012; 130:251-2

  31. Kamma-Lorger C.S., Wehbe K., Boote C., Meek K.M., Cinque G. FTIR has the potential to detect stem cells in the bovine corneal stroma. J Phys Chem Biophys. 2011; 1:1

  32. Hayes S., Cafaro T.A., Boguslawska P.J., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Boote C., Harris J., Young R., Hiller J., Terrill N.,  Meek  K.M.,  Serra  H.M.  The  effect  of  vitamin  C  deficiency  and  chronic  ultraviolet-B  exposure  on corneal ultrastructure: a preliminary investigation. Molecular Vision. 2011; 17:3107-15.

  33. Hayes S., Boote C., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Rajan M. S., Harris J., Dooley E., Hawksworth N., Hiller J., Terill N.J., Hafezi F., Brahma A. K., Quantock A.J., Meek K.M. Riboflavin/UVA Collagen Cross-Linking-Induced Changes in Normal and Keratoconus Corneal Stroma. PLoS ONE 6(8): e22405. Epub 2011 Aug 5

  34. Boote C., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Hayes S., Harris J., Burghammer M., Hiller J., Terrill N.J., Meek K.M.  Quantification of Collagen Organization in the Peripheral Human Cornea at Micron-Scale Resolution. Biophys J. 2011; 101:33-42.

  35. Mi S., Dooley E.P., Albon J., Boulton M.E., Meek K.M., Kamma-Lorger C.S.  Adhesion of laser in situ  keratomileusis-like flaps in the cornea: Effects of crosslinking, stromal fibroblasts, and cytokine  treatment. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011; 37:166-72.

  36. Boote C., Elsheikh A., Kassem W., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Hocking P.M., White N., Inglehearn C.F., Ali M., Meek K.M.  The influence of lamellar orientation on corneal material behavior: biomechanical and  structural changes in an avian corneal disorder. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011; 52:1243-51.

  37. Kamma-Lorger C.S., Boote C., Hayes S., Moger J., Burghammer M., Knupp C., Quantock A.J., Sorensen T., Di Cola E., White N., Young R.D., Meek K.M.  Collagen and mature elastic fibre organisation as a function  of depth in the human cornea and limbus. J Struct Biol.2010; 169:424-30.

  38. Hayes S. and Kamma-Lorger C.S. Letter to editor: Staged intrastromal delivery of riboflavin with UVA cross-linking in advanced bullous keratopathy: laboratory investigation and first clinical case. J Refract. Surgery 2009; 25: 687. Author reply 687-8.

  39. Abahussin M., Hayes S., Knox Cartwright N., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Khan Y., Marshall J., Meek K.M. 3D collagen orientation study in human cornea using x-ray diffraction and femtosecond laser technology. Invest. Opththalmol. & Vis. Sci. 2009; 50: 5159

  40. Boote C., Hayes S., Young R.D., Kamma-Lorger C.S., Hocking P.M., Elsheikh A., Inglehearn C.F., Ali M., Meek K.M. Ultrastructural changes in the retinopathy, globe enlarged (rge) chick cornea. J Struct. Biol. 2009; 166: 195-204.

  41. Kamma-Lorger C.S., Boote C., Hayes S., Albon J., Boulton M.E., Meek K.M. Collagen ultrastructural changes during stromal wound healing in organ cultured bovine corneas. Exp. Eye Res. 2009; 88:953-959.

  42. Kamma-Lorger C.S., Hayes S., Boote C., Burghammer M.,. Boulton M.E, Meek K.M. Effects on collagen orientation in the cornea after trephine injury. Mol. Vis. 2009; 15: 378-385.

  43. Carrington L.M., Albon J., Anderson I., Kamma C., Boulton M. Differential regulation of key stages in early corneal wound healing by TGF-b isoforms and their inhibitors. Invest. Opththalmol. & Vis. Sci. 2006 May;47:1886-94.

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