The Hietakangas lab studies how animal body responds to changes in nutrition. Their goal is to understand how specific macronutrients in the diet, such as sugars and amino acids, affect energy metabolism, growth and stem cell function. Uncovering the regulation of these physiological processes will bring new insight into human diseases associated with nutrition and metabolism.
Prof. Ville Hietakangas will give a talk titled "Nutrient regulation of intestinal stem cells - from organ-wide analysis to new molecular mechanisms"
CanCell "Young Shot" talk: "The Protrudin pathway in phagocytosis" will be given by Liv Anker Elfmark, a PhD student in the Stenmark lab.