Josefine Lindroos studied Molecular Biology at Lund University (Sweden) and Copenhagen University (Denmark) and finished her master thesis in Jan 2010. She is currently in the Cell Communication in Health and Disease PhD program, working on her thesis in the lab of Prof. Wagner at the Institute of Laboratory Medicine (Medical University of Vienna).  Her scientific interests lie within obesity and inflammation and she is characterizing the role of novel adipogenic markers in adipogenesis and adipose tissue biology. She has been elected as the YSA Vice President for 2011-12 (previous Communications Officer 2010-11).