Anna Krook

I am a Professor of Integrative Physiology at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.  I currently serve as teacher representative in Konsistoriet. I am Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Diabetologia and Associate Editor of American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism.  (Photo credit Fredrik Persson)

Education
Bachelor of Science (Class I, Hons), Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom;

Master of Science, Department of Pathology, Queens University, Canada;

Doctor of Philosophy, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

I completed my doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge, UK, focusing on insulin receptor mutations in patients with severe syndromes of insulin resistance. Since then my research interest is focused on understanding insulin action at the molecular level. Work in my research group is currently focused on three broad areas, all centred around skeletal muscle metabolism. These include understanding the role non-coding RNA directs muscle metabolism and insulin sensitivity, transcriptional regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism and the effects of metabolites, hormones and other circulatory factors. We are interested in how insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism are affected by type 2 diabetes and by exercise, both at the cellular level and by studying people with or without type 2 diabetes after various exercise interventions.

Link to the research group home page is here: https://ki.se/en/fyfa/integrative-physiology

I am course director for the 15 credit course in the Master's Programme in Translational Physiology and Pharmacology, given in the spring every year. Please find link below: https://education.ki.se/student/physiological-and-pharmacological-mechanisms-and-experimental-approaches-15-credits/4ff002