New doctor aims to create a better understanding of the kidneys and the development of cancer
Professor Lene Niemann Nejsum of the Department of Clinical Medicine can now also call herself a doctor of epithelial cell physiology and the physiology of disease, after defending her doctoral dissertation on the kidneys’ regulation of the body’s fluid balance and the development of cancer diseases.
With a background in molecular biology and a Ph.D. in medicine, Professor Nejsum has dedicated herself to studying how proteins facilitate the transport of water across cell membranes.
These special water channel proteins are involved in regulating the body’s fluid balance, but also in other physiological functions and pathophysiological conditions, including cancer.
Lene Niemann Nejsum’s doctoral dissertation is about the aquaporins in the kidneys, which are involved in regulating the body’s water balance, and about newly discovered functions of the aquaporins, including the regulation of cellular adhesion and their significance in the development and spread of cancer.
The research is important for understanding both how the kidneys work and are involved in regulating the body’s fluid balance, and the role of the water channel proteins in the development of cancer diseases.
Contact
Professor Lene Niemann Nejsum PhD, DMSc
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine
Mobile: +45 2116 3121
E-mail: nejsum@clin.au.dk