Karsten Graa Hougaard Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Working at the department of Clinical Biochemistry sampling blood and performing biochemical tests. Also work at the very busy emergency department sampling blood and taking ECGs from acute ill and trauma patients.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Primarily preparing paraffin embedded and frozen tissue sections for the R&D department. I also implemented a relational database, together with interface software (programmed in Delphi), for tissue blocks and ordering microtome tissue sections. Moreover, I also worked a ½ year full-time on the Coverstainer® project - an automated H&E staining instument.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Delivered post throughout the area of Østerbro. Climbing staircases of multi-storey buildings, and interacting with mail-recipients and children along the way.

Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

A temporary position at the department of clinical biochemistry during the summer period. I had 24-hour duty, working single-handed in the laboratory from evening till sunrise, handling emergency blood tests and ECGs. Occasionally, I drove with a colleague to a remote village to take blood samples.

Master, Biochemistry

Elective courses in molecular cell biology, covering the areas of cell cycle regulation and epigenetic regulation, basic bioinformatics.

Bachelor, Biochemistry

General biochemistry (enzymology, cell biology, genetics, protein chemistry) and chemistry (organic, inorganic, physical, spectroscopy)..

Medical Laboratory Technologist, Biotechnology

At the time when I was enrolled, this education was more practically orientated, than it is today. Approximately 1 year theoretical.