Geir Christensen

Professor Emeritus

Stokke group

“A passionate mentor looks back“, professor Geir Christensen retires March 2024.

Email: geir.christensen@medisin.uio.no
Phone: +47 906 71 853

Education
– MD 1982
– PhD 1993
– Master of Health Administration 2004

Positions (selected)
– Professor of Medicine 2003-
– Founder and Head, Norwegian PhD School of Heart Research ( NORHEART) 2013-
– Head, Centre for Heart Failure Research 2003-2018
– Visiting Scientist, University of California, San Diego 1996-1997
– Postdoctoral Researcher 1993-1996
– PhD Student 1986-1992
– Resident, Internal Medicine 1982-1986

Awards, committees and memberships
– Award for Outstanding Research, Norwegian Health Association presented by King Harald V 2011
– Head of Organizing Committee, Annual Symposium on Heart Research 2003-2020
– Elected Member, The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters 2018-

Research area

Cell signaling
Diastolic dysfunction
Fibrosis
Heart failure

Latest publications

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Udjus C, Halvorsen B, Kong XY, Sagen EL, Martinsen M, Yang K, Løberg EM, Christensen G, Skjønsberg OH, Larsen KO (2024)
Alveolar hypoxia induces organ-specific inflammasome-related inflammation in male mouse lungs
Physiol Rep, 12 (14), e16143
PubMed 39034131 DOI 10.14814/phy2.16143

Støle TP, Lunde M, Gehmlich K, Christensen G, Louch WE, Carlson CR (2024)
Exploring Syndecan-4 and MLP and Their Interaction in Primary Cardiomyocytes and H9c2 Cells
Cells, 13 (11)
PubMed 38891079 DOI 10.3390/cells13110947

Ruud M, Frisk M, Melleby AO, Norseng PA, Mohamed BA, Li J, Aronsen JM, Setterberg IE, Jakubiczka J, van Hout I, Coffey S, Shen X, Nygård S, Lunde IG, Tønnessen T, Jones PP, Sjaastad I, Gullestad L, Toischer K, Dahl CP, Christensen G, Louch WE (2024)
Regulation of cardiomyocyte t-tubule structure by preload and afterload: Roles in cardiac compensation and decompensation
J Physiol, 602 (18), 4487-4510
PubMed 38686538 DOI 10.1113/JP284566

Sasi A, Romaine A, Erusappan PM, Melleby AO, Hasic A, Dahl CP, Broch K, Almaas VM, Puertas RD, Roderick HL, Lunde IG, Sjaastad I, Vistnes M, Christensen G (2023)
Temporal expression and spatial distribution of the proteoglycan versican during cardiac fibrosis development
Matrix Biol Plus, 19-20, 100135
PubMed 38076279 DOI 10.1016/j.mbplus.2023.100135

Vistnes M, Erusappan PM, Sasi A, Nordén ES, Bergo KK, Romaine A, Lunde IG, Zhang L, Olsen MB, Øgaard J, Carlson CR, Wang CH, Riise J, Dahl CP, Fiane AE, Hauge-Iversen IM, Espe E, Melleby AO, Tønnessen T, Aronsen JM, Sjaastad I, Christensen G (2023)
Inhibition of the extracellular enzyme A disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motif 4 prevents cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction
Cardiovasc Res, 119 (10), 1915-1927
PubMed 37216909 DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvad078

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