The group is part of the Endocrinology Unit at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH).
Group leaders
Niklas Mejhert
Principal ResearcherAfter spending five years as a Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, Niklas returned to Karolinska Institutet in 2019 on a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global fellowship. Shortly after his return, he started a joint group with Mikael Rydén.
Mikael Ryden
Professor/Senior PhysicianMikael is a Senior consultant in endocrinology and Professor of adipose tissue research. He has spent the last 25 years of his career focusing on studies of white adipose tissue. Mikael is the co-leader of the research group together with Niklas Mejhert.
Support staff
Thais de Castro Barbosa
Senior Research Infrastructure SpecialistThais received her Ph.D. at the University of Sao Paulo. Thereafter she moved to Stockholm for her postdoctoral studies, where she focused on the effects of paternal transgenerational inheritance of metabolic diseases.
Thais joined the Rydén and Mejhert lab in 2018 as Research Specialist.
Katarina Hertel
Research nurseKatarina is an experienced research nurse who is the key person in all clinical studies performed in the lab. She is an expert in methods such as clamps, indirect calorimetry, tissue biopsies and different types of metabolic challenges.
Lena Lindberg
AdministratorLena is the administrative anchor of the research group and has been working at Karolinska Institutet over three decades. She is the go-to person for everything spanning from orders to travels as well as all other small and big administrative tasks.
Eva Steninger
Research nurseEwa is an experienced research nurse who is involved in all clinical studies performed in the lab. She has vast experience in methods such as ultrasound to determine carotid-intima media thickness and peripheral tissue oxygen measures.
Lina Cordeddu
Senior Research Infrastructure SpecialistLina earned her Ph.D. in Italy and subsequently worked in Italy, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Sweden where she focused multiple different aspects of cardiovascular disease and cancer. At the Rydén and Mejhert lab since 2023, Lina works as a lab manager.
Researchers
All group members are found under the Members and Contact tab.
Open positions
We are always interested in recruiting talented and curious researchers. All positions at Karolinska Institutet are advertised in open competition. If you want to know more about open positions within the research group, please contact mikael.ryden@ki.se or niklas.mejhert@ki.se