IEMR, Research Groups

Disease Mechanisms of Heart Failure
Prof Ole M. Sejersted and Prof Ivar Sjaastad

• Altered microstructure and relocation of membrane proteins in failing cardiac cells
• Altered electrical properties of the failing myocardium
• Calcium signaling in failing heart cells
• Altered contraction patterns in failing hearts
• Skeletal muscle fatigue mechanisms

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Myocardial Hypertrophy and Heart Failure
Prof Geir Christensen

• Cytokines and heart failure
• Mechanical stress-sensors and myocardial hypertrophy and failure

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Prof Petter Andreas Steen and Prof Kjetil Sunde

Cardiac Fibrinolysis and Myocardial Regeneration
Prof Arnfinn Ilebekk

• Regulation of cardiac fibrinolysis
• Cardiac regeneration

Structural studies of Ca2+-ATPases in the plasma membrane
Senior Scientist Jens Preben Morth

Myocardial remodeling and reverse remodeling in pressure overload
Prof Theis Tønnessen

New cardiac markers
Prof Torbjørn Omland

Hypoxia; Cardiac and Pulmonary Effects
Prof Ole Henning Skjønsberg

Center for Clinical Heart Research; Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology
Prof Ingebjørg Seljeflot and Prof Harald Arnesen