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Natasa Nikolic is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Oslo's Department of Pharmacy, affiliated with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Her roles include teaching courses such as Pharmacotherapy 1, Pharmacotherapy 2 and Physiology 3, and Pharmaceutical Microbiology. She holds a PhD from the Department of Pharmacy (UiO) and has extensive postdoctoral research experience in pharmacology and metabolic studies.
- Education:
- Postdoc, Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo
- PhD in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo
- Cand.pharm (Pharmacy Degree), Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo
- Research Interests:
- Metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle cells
- In vitro modeling of exercise and metabolic disorders
- Role of electrical pulse stimulation in mimicking exercise effects
- Lipid and glucose metabolism in obesity and diabetes
Her research emphasizes cellular models to study metabolic pathways, particularly how exercise mimetics and metabolic challenges affect skeletal muscle function. Key areas include mitochondrial function, substrate utilization, and disease modeling. Over 15 recent articles explore topics like fatty acid oxidation, oxidative capacity in spinal cord injury patients, and liver inflammation in NASH.
Nikolic collaborates with institutions like the Norwegian Medicines Agency and European Medicines Agency. She has advised the Research Section at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and contributed to pharmaceutical research projects. Her lab's work focuses on translational pharmacology linking cellular metabolism to clinical outcomes.
