Molecular Nutrition

We study

• The role of intracellular lipid droplets and how alterations in these may lead to various lipid-mediated diseases (Dalen).
• The roles of stress receptors, aryl hydrocarbon receptor and poly ADP-ribose polymerase 7, in metabolism, inflammation and cancer (Matthews).
• Genetic regulation of diet induced metabolic diseases and the health benefits of exercise physiology (Norheim).
• Metabolic regulation of inflammation in cancer and autoimmunity (Skålhegg).

We provide

• The Norwegian Transgenic Centre (NTS), which is a core facility specializing in advanced transgene technology, uses genome editing and related technologies to generate genetically modified mouse models. NTS also assists with import, cryopreservation and rederivation of mouse models, and administer the national biobank of genetically modified mouse models. The centre also offers a metabolic phenotyping platform and equipment for determining body composition in small animals. The services and the equipment is available to researchers within the Department, the Institute, and for external users.

Principal investigators

• Knut Tomas Dalen
• Jason Matthews
• Frode Amador Norheim
• Bjørn Steen Skålhegg

Recent publications

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