Our group has several research projects:
- Deciphering tumor-host biology (2018-2024 “Toppforsk”, The Norwegian Research Council) - The projects aims to characterize the reciprocal communication between tumor and host, metabolically and transcriptionally.
- Development of novel genetic tools to enable independent manipulation of tumor and host tissues in order to systematically interrogate what cellular mechanisms are required for tumor-microenvironment interactions that supports tumor growth and cancer cachexia.
- Study the role of inflammation and reactive oxygen species stress signaling on tumor growth, cell competition, and systemic effects.
- Uncovering Nutrient Vulnerabilities to stall Tumor Growth in vivo (2021-2024, South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, and EMBO).
- Modeling Human multi-organ disease-Cancer Cachexia (2022-2025, University of Oslo, Life Science): The project is a collaboration between four labs to establish and utilize multi-organ experimental model system to address mechanisms of human disease that will have relevance to personalized medicine.