Ivan Nalvarte

Ivan Nalvarte

Principal Researcher | Docent
Visiting address: BioClinicum J9:20, Visionsgatan 4, 17165 Solna
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 Neurogeriatrik Nalvarte, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Associate professor (Docent, Senior researcher).


    I am a principal investigator and group leader at the Division of Neurogeriatrics at Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

Research

  • My background is in neuroendocrinology and my research focuses on the effects of sex hormone signaling on healthy brain aging. A major research topic of mine is how aberrant sex hormone signaling during endocrine sensitive life stages can modulate risk of depressive and neurodegenerative conditions. To this end, I am part of a network of specialists that employ multidisciplinary approaches, combining human epidemiological data with innovative experimental modeling and large-scale data integration to spearhead this research area.

Teaching

  • 2019-2023: Course leader: Biomedicine Master program thesis work and
    examination, Karolinska Institutet
    2018- : Target Organ Toxicology, Nuclear receptor signalling & EDCs,
    Karolinska Institutet
    2016- : Tutor in “Sex hormones and ESC differentiation”, Post-graduate
    course in Human Embryonic Stem Cells, 2212, Karolinska Institutet
    2015-: Co-organizer and Responsible for the course Functional Genomics,
    Biomedicine Bachelor programme, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    2014-2017: Applied Science Communication (ACB2), Biomedicine Master
    programme, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    2013- : Applied Science Communication (ACB4), Biomedicine Master programme,
    Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    2014- : Tutor in “Proteomic techniques and applications”, Biomedicine
    Bachelor programme, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    03/2012: Tutor in WiMo 2012 Wissenschaftsmonat für Medizinstudierende,
    theory, University of Basel, basel, Switzerland
    09-10/2011: Tutor in Introduction to Biology, theory. University of Basel,
    Basel, Switzerland
    2008-2009: Tutor in “Proteomic techniques and applications”, Molecular
    Nutrition undergraduate programme, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    2008-2009: Responsible for the Theoretical and practical teaching in
    proteomics for researchers. Department of Biosciences and Nutrition,
    Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
    2007-2009: Molecular biology. Theory and practice. Co-responsible for the
    course. Biomedicine undergraduate programme, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,
    Sweden
    2002-2006: Teaching assistance at undergraduate courses in Molecular
    immunology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and General Chemistry at
    Södertörns högskola and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Grants

Employments

  • Principal Researcher, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
  • Principal Researcher, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2023
  • Researcher, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 2017-2022
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 2013-2017

Degrees and Education

  • Master's degree in Biomolecular Chemistry, Biomolecular Chemistry, Södertörns University, 2021
  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2018
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 2006
  • Bachelor Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 1998

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