The Cell Metabolism group
The Tronstad lab studies how changes in cell metabolism and mitochondrial function may disturb energy homeostasis and cause disease. The lab combines multimodal approaches to investigate energy metabolism in experimental models and clinical samples.
About the research group
The Cell Metabolism group (Tronstad lab) belongs to the Metabolism and Cancer (external link) research unit.
Biography
Prof. Tronstad completed his graduate studies in biochemistry at the University of Bergen (UiB) in 2002. As postdoc at the Haukeland University Hospital, he studied bioactive compounds with the potential to modulate mitochondrial functions in cancer cells. In 2005 he was recruited to the Department of Biomedicine, UiB, where he started his research group to investigate metabolism and mitochondrial physiology. His laboratory seeks to better our understanding of how defective mitochondrial homeostasis may disturb cell physiology, and how this may be involved in mechanisms of cancer and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
People
Group manager
Karl Johan Tronstad Professor
Group members
Henrique Chapola PhD Candidate
Sissel Dyrstad Researcher
Elise Norheim de Faveri Staff engineer
Fredrik Hoel PhD Candidate
Contact
For more information, contact the group leader, Professor Karl Johan Tronstad
- Emails
- tronstad@uib.no