Dr. Tommy Nilsson
Academic title(s):
Professor - Department of Medicine
Director - Proteomics at the Research Institute of the MUHC-Glen site
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Current research:
My research interests are in three main areas: 1) Human NAFLD; In depth proteomics, transcriptomics and advanced bioinformatics analysis of human liver samples have enabled us to highlight a number of novel proteins associated with hepatic lipid droplets with links to type 2 diabetes, cancer as well as lipophagy. 2) Mapping of protein-protein interactions using biotin in vivo proximity labeling (BioID) 3) Investigating the role of ARFGAP1, an ARF-activating/ COPI uncoating protein, on hepatic lipid droplets.
Projects:
We look at proteins that associate with lipid droplets in relation to human fatty liver disease.
Selected publications:
Research areas:
Endocrinology/ Diabetes