Research group leadership
Philippe Collas, PhD, Professor - Principal Investigator and Head of Group
philc@medisin.uio.no
Thomas Sæther, PhD, Associate Professor - Administrative Head of Group -
Project leaders
Nolwenn Briand, PhD, Researcher - Adipose tissue biology
Aurélie Bellanger, PhD, Researcher - Nuclear lamins and EMT
aurelie.bellanger@medisin.uio.no
Julia Madsen-Østerbye, PhD, Researcher - Laminopathies
j.k.madsen-osterbye@medisin.uio.no
Marie Rogne, PhD, Researcher - Microproteins and cancer metastasis
The rest of the team
Natalia M. Galigniana, PhD - Postdoc
Sandra Bryne, MSc - PhD student
Sumithra Taraldsen - Administrative Assistant
Kristin Vekterud, BSc - Principal Engineer
Mohamed Abdelhalim, PhD - Bioinformatician
Tasmia Jinnurine, MSc - Engineer
Emily Martinsen, MSc - Guest researcher
... and 48 alumni
Our lab retreats
Every two years we go on a retreat somewhere in Europe where one us is from or has family, mixing science, outdoors activities, and good food...
Where have we been? Croatia, Denmark, France (4 times), Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Spain




