About the Human Physiology Lab (Humanlab)
The Human Physiology Lab (Humanlab) is a research laboratory run by the Division of Clinical Physiology, within the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Karolinska Institutet. For more than 20 years the lab has carried out its own research into human physiological function and supported research by others, with particular depth in skeletal muscle and cardiovascular physiology.
Our research spans the regulation of skeletal muscle in health, disease and disuse, cardiovascular and blood volume physiology, and responses to exercise and to extreme environments. We study participants ranging from healthy volunteers to patient groups, using the invasive and non-invasive methods available at the lab.
The lab is embedded within Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge (Flemingsberg) and works in close collaboration with the hospital’s clinical units, ME Clinical Physiology and ME Clinical Neurophysiology. This integration gives us direct access to clinical expertise, and means physicians and emergency equipment are close at hand, making it a secure setting for invasive measurements and for studies involving patients.
Contact
Visiting address: Huddinge University Hospital C1:82, 141 86 Huddinge
Lab responsible
Mirko Mandić
LecturerLecturer in integrative physiology at KI, Campus Flemingsberg. Cardiovascular and skeletal muscle physiology: blood volume, hemoglobin mass, and muscle in extreme conditions.