Other affiliations
Department of Molecular Medicine
Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital
Academic interests
- Intracellular membrane trafficking
- The molecular mechanisms of autophagy
- Role of autophagy in disease (cancer and neurodegeneration)
Courses taught
- MEDSEM1- Medisinstudiet 1. semester
- MEDSEM2: Medisinstudiet 2. Semester
- Lectures: protein structure, enzymes, enzyme kineticts, regulation of enzymes, membrane trafficking, autophagy
- Practical lab course in enzyme kinetics and cell signaling
Background
Education
- Dr. Scient (PhD), University of Oslo (UiO), 1996, Molecular Cell Biology
- Cand.Scient (MSc), UiO, 1992. Cell Biology
Positions
- 2011-present: Professor, Division of Biochemistry, Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IMB), UiO
- 2015-2016: Head of Department of Molecular Medicine, IMB, UiO
- 2013-2014: Deputy head of Institute, IMB, UiO
- 2009-2010: Associate professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO
- 2007-2009: Associate professor II, Institute for Molecular Biosciences, UiO
- 2005-2009: Senior Scientist and project leader, Dept. of Biochemistry, the Norwegian Radium Hospital
- 2004-2005: visiting scientist Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk institute for Biological Studies, CA
- 2002-2003: Senior Scientist and Project leader, Dept. of Immunosystems, Dynal Biotech ASA
- 1996-2001, 2004: Postdoc fellow, Dept. of Biochemistry, the Norwegian Radium Hospital
Awards
- King Olav Vs Cancer Research prize (2019)
- Elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences
- Ragnar Mørk’s legacy prize 2007