Research group leaders and Team leaders at FyFa
On this page you will find information about ongoing research groups and teams at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Physiology
Physiology studies how living organisms, organs and systems function under normal conditions, focusing on processes that maintain health, such as body temperature regulation. It also examines responses to extreme conditions and disease, leading to new treatments. At Karolinska Institutet, physiology underpins most research, including studies on muscle fatigue and how exercise lowers disease risk.
Daniel Andersson - Translational cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology
Barbara Canlon - Experimental audiology
Christopher Cederroth - Translational Auditory Neuroscience
Karima Chergui - Molecular neurophysiology
Qiaolin Deng - Germ cell biology and developmental programming in epigenetic inheritance of diseases
Lars Karlsson - Environmental physiology
Anna Krook (Juleen Zierath) - Integrative physiology
Juleen Zierath - Integrative Physiology
Johanna Lanner - Molecular muscle physiology and pathophysiology
Peter Lindholm - Hyperbaric medicine
Nicolas Pillon - Inflammation and metabolism
Jorge Ruas - Molecular and cellular exercise physiology
Carl Johan Sundberg - Molecular exercise physiology
Sebastien Talbot - Neuroimmunology of cancer
Elisabet Stener-Victorin - Reproductive endocrinology and metabolism
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the science of chemical substances and their interaction with living organisms, covering composition, production, toxicity, and medical use. At Karolinska Institutet, research often links to physiology and clinical work, aiming to uncover molecular mechanisms behind diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and psychiatric disorders, to develop diagnostics, personalized treatments, and new drug targets.
Igor Adameyko - Developmental biology and regenerative medicine
Cristiana Cruceanu - Developmental and Translational Neurobiology
Göran Engberg - Electrophysiological neuropharmacology
Sophie Erhardt - Neuropsychoimmunology
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg - Section of Pharmacogenetics
Kent Jardemark - Translational Pharmacology
Volker Lauschke - Personalized Medicine and Drug Development
Harald Lund - Neuroimmunovascular biology
Jon Lundberg - Pharmacological nitric oxide research
Helin Norberg - Protein degradation pathways
Gunnar Schulte - Receptor biology and signaling
Paweł Kozielewicz - Molecular pharmacology of GPCRs
Carl Sellgren Majkowitz - Applied Developmental Neurobiology
Camilla Svensson - Molecular pain research
Anesthesiology and intensive care
Anesthesiology covers anesthesia, anesthetics, and intensive care, including perioperative and pain medicine. Research in anesthesiology and intensive care at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology is carried out in connection with Function Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care at Karolinska University Hospital and Intensive Care at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital. This fosters research in anesthesiology, intensive care, and pain management. We teach across all levels, training nurses and physicians in these specialties.
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