Symposium Speaker

Håkan Westerblad

Håkan Westerblad is professor in cellular muscle physiology at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. He and his colleagues developed techniques to study contractile function in isolated, intact fibres from mammalian skeletal muscle. A major focus of his research has been on cellular mechanisms of skeletal muscle fatigue. He is a senior editor of Journal of Physiology and European Journal of Applied Physiology. He has published ~160 peer-reviewed papers and these have been quoted ~6000 times.

Selected recent publications:
ANDERSSON, D.C., FAUCONNIER, J., YAMADA, T., LACAMPAGNE, A., ZHANG, S.-J., KATZ, A. & WESTERBLAD, H. (2011) Mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species contributes to the β-adrenergic stimulation of mouse cardiomyocytes. J Physiol 589, 1791-1801. ANDERSSON, D.C., FAUCONNIER, J., PARK, C.B., ZHANG, S.-J., THIREAU, J., IVARSSON, N., LARSSON, N.-G. & WESTERBLAD, H. (2011) Enhanced cardiomyocyte Ca2+ cycling precedes terminal AV-block in mitochondrial cardiomyopathy Mterf3 KO mice. Antioxid Redox Signal, 15, 2455-2464.LAMB, G.D. & WESTERBLAD, H. (2011) Acute effects of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species on the contractile function of skeletal muscle. J Physiol 589, 2119-2127. WESTERBLAD, H. & ALLEN, D.G. (2011) Emerging roles of ROS/RNS in muscle function and fatigue. Antioxid Redox Signal 15, 2487-2499. TAVI, P. & WESTERBLAD, H. (2011) The role of in vivo Ca²⁺ signals acting on Ca²⁺-calmodulin-dependent proteins for skeletal muscle plasticity. J Physiol 589, 5021–5031. HERNÁNDEZ, A., CHENG, A.J. & WESTERBLAD, H. (2012) Antioxidants and skeletal muscle performance: ’Common knowledge’ vs. experimental evidence. Front Physiol 3.

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