Monica Aasrum

Monica Aasrum is a Senior Engineer and Researcher at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Oslo, with a dr.philos. (2016) and cand.scient. (1994) in Biochemistry. Her research spans cell signaling in pancreatic and colorectal cancers, focusing on growth factor interactions, drug resistance, and metastatic mechanisms.

• Education:
  • dr.philos., Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, 2016
  • cand.scient., Department of Biochemistry, University of Oslo, 1994

Research Interests center on molecular pathways in cancer progression, including EGFR and HGF signaling, matrix remodeling, and lipid-mediated responses. She investigates how pancreatic stellate cells modulate tumor behavior and how prostaglandins alter mitogenic pathways.

Publications highlight her expertise in chemoresistance mechanisms (e.g., LDHA/MCT4 glycolytic coupling), EGFR transactivation, and adaptor proteins like Gab1. Her work appears in journals such as Cancer Cell International, Cardiovascular Research, and BMC Cancer.