Biography
Nicolas Pillon is an associate professor of cell and molecular biology at Karolinska Institutet. His research interests include immunometabolism, skeletal muscle function, metabolic diseases and bioinformatics. He leads the Inflammation and Metabolism team, which focuses on understanding the complex interplay between the immune system and metabolic responses in health and disease.
Interests
- Immunometabolism
- Skeletal Muscle
- Metabolic diseases
- Bioinformatics
Education
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Docent in Cell and Molecular Biology, 2021
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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PhD in Biochemistry, 2011
University of Lyon, France
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Master in Physiology, 2006
University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
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BSc in Molecular Biology, 2004
University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
News
Nicolas Pillon and colleagues published a new study in the American Journal of Physiology which settled a scientific debate about the localisation and role of the succinate receptor SUCNR1/GPR91 in skeletal muscle. Confirming previous publications but refuting other, Ahmed Abdelmoez demonstrated that macrophages but not skeletal muscle cells respond to extracellular succinate via SUCNR1/GPR91.
Nicolas Pillon and colleagues published a new study in Science Advances demonstrating that individuals with type 2 diabetes respond differently to exercise.
Nicolas Pillon at the Karolinska Institute has received a research grant of 1,000,000 Swedish Kronor from us at Diabetes Wellness Sweden for his project “Regulation of glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes by eicosanoids.”
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Experience
Assistant senior lecturer
Responsibilities include:
- Team leader for the group inflammation and metabolism
- Docent in cell and molecular Biology
- Course responsible for the physiology course in the biomedicine bachelor program at Karolinska Institutet
- Course responsible for physiology courses in the master of medical engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Assistant Professor
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lecturer
PhD Candidate
Skills
Wet lab
In vitro models
Molecular biology
Biochemistry
Animal experimentation
Human physiology
Dry lab
Data Science
R programming
Bash
Statistics
Projects
The database and web app to meta-analyse skeletal muscle transcriptomic responses. MetaMEx provides a complete overview the behavior of genes across all published exercise and inactivity transcriptomic studies.
Collection of databases to study skeletal muscle responses in health and disease.
Contact
- nicolas.pillon@ki.se
- Solnavägen 9, Stockholm,
- Biomedicum building, quarter C4
- Weekdays 08:30 to 17:30
- Zoom Me