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Tomás McKenna

Tomás McKenna

@tomasmckenna.bsky.social

Juggling software development, neuroscience and entrepreneurship.

Co-CEO // CIO at Mother.

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I'm a Swirish scientist working at https://mother.technology , an XR focused digital healthcare start-up, in Stockholm, Sweden. I am a driven, enthusiastic person with a high motivation to always do my best.

After my Ph.D. on disease mechanisms in premature ageing at KI, I did a postdoc on the stem cell niche. This split into working on the branching morphogenesis of the mammary gland, which branched out into quitting my post-doc to start a deep-tech company using VR for mental health treatments.

It's a long story...

English is my mother-tongue, I also speak Swedish fluently, have good German, and know beagán beag Gaeilge. When not researching, I enjoy Brazilian ju-jitsu (pandemics allowing...), climbing, skiing, photography and microscopy.

Career: 5

Co-CEO // CIO

Mother.

Oct 2022 - Present

Mother.

Dec 2021 - Oct 2022

A deep-tech, hard-science, mental health company of neuroscientists, biotechnologists and software engineers. https://mother.technology

Karolinska University Hospital

Apr 2020 - Aug 2020

Worked nights doing C19 PCR tests, at the lab with the nicest views ever.

Karolinska Institutet (and a bit at the University of Helsinki kind of)

May 2016 - Jul 2019

Postdoc that started focusing on lamina and cell morphology, split off into branching morphogenesis and ended prematurely when I left to start-up.

Chemist

Karolinska Institutet

Jun 2008 - May 2010

Skills: 5

Interpersonal

English

Other

ImmunofluorescenceLaboratory SkillsMicrosurgeryMolecular & Cellular Biology

Projects: 1

IF

Credentials: 1

Felasa C

Education: 3

Karolinska institutet

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

2010 - 2015

Linköping University

Tekn. Lic.

2004 - 2008

Dublin City University

B.Sc

1999 - 2003

Courses: 14

  • Process analytical technology

  • Developmental Biology for Regenerative Medicine

    2188

  • Applied Bioinformatics

    2414

  • To communicate science in different contexts

    2144

  • Philosophy of science and research ethics

    1386

  • Laboratory animal science

    1131

  • Basic Laboratory safety

    2690

  • Functional Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging (fFMI) in biomedical research

    2348

  • Pathology

    2044

  • Modern methods in DNA sequencing

    2218

  • Gene Expression Analysis

    2409

  • The Biology of Inflammation

    2388

  • Basic Course in Medical Statistics

    1383

  • Surgical Techniques in Rat and Mouse

    2647

Languages: 3

  • English(Native or bilingual)
  • Swedish(Professional working)
  • German(Limited working)

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Bluesky (@tomasmckenna.bsky.social)

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