Cardiovascular Research Group

The Cardiovascular Research Group (CVRG) conducts research with a focus on mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and aging. For this we use intact animals, organs and isolated cells. The research has a translational aspect, reflected in a long-term collaboration with research groups both locally (Department of Clinical Medicine and the University Hospital of Northern Norway), nationally and internationally (UK, USA, Germany, Austria). The members of the CVRG are also involved in teaching physiology as part of many courses at the UiT, including the school of medicine, odontology, bachelor and master level in biomedicine, radiography, nutrition, nursing, physiotherapy, paramedicine, dental hygiene and biomedical laboratory science.

Our people



The Cardiovascular Research Group at IMB Foto: CVRG

Back, left to right: Liv Tone Eliassen, Timofey Kondratyev, Ole-Jakob How, Ellen Aasum, Trine Lund, Luis Hortels. Middle, left to right: Astri Jeanette Meen, Radu Cazacu, Neoma Tove Boardman, Hadil Bassam Mustafa Zakarna, Britt Nanny Fuglesteg, Anne Dragøy Hafstad. Front, left to right: Joanna Konieczny, Asad Akhtar, Anne Catrine Furuheim Bryn, Anita Mir Armandi.

Publications at CVRG


Students

The CRG have students from many of the study programs as bachelor, master and PhDs


Our projects



Events at the CRV group

September 12, 2025 - 23rd Annual Norwegian Symposium on Heart Research (https://norheart.no/latest-news/): Great time and very good science in the annual NORHEART meeting at the Soria Moria hotel in Oslo. Nelsy, Joanna, and Maria del Pilar presented their research and Brage and Luis attended as panelist.

Ellen Åsum and Neoma Boardman attended the IUPS 2025 - a joint meeting with Europhysiology- in Frankurt this September. Leading experts in the field of physiology of mammals large and small. A meeting in the spirit of physiology!

It was nice to be invited for a talk by our neighbours at the Dept. of Arctic and Marine Biology UiT, (Fernando Cazarez Marquez) who helped organize the Special Interest Group meeting for Comparative Physiology. 

Members of the CVRG attended the 22nd annual SHVM meeting 22-25 June 2025 in beautiful Bordeaux : https://shvm2025.azuleon.org/

The theme of the meeting was: Shedding Light on Emerging Metabolic Targets in Cardiovascular Diseases

PhD-students Cathrine F Bryn and Joanna Konieczny presented parts of their PhD projects as posters and Professor Anne D Hafstad gave a short talk about the MitoLupus project.

Professor Terje S Larsen and associate professor Neoma T Boardman also attended the meeting.

May 21, 2025 - NORHEART seminar on Cardiac Metabolism in Tromsø! (https://norheart.no/latest-news/): The CVRG hosted a very interesting seminar on cardiac metabolism in May. National and international cardiac researcher gathered for this event where we also enjoyed very tasty local food!

April 24-26, 2025 - 9th Annual Cardiovascular Bioengineering Symposium at CNIC (Madrid, Spain) (https://cnic-conference.com/): Luis presented his work on “making better scars” at the meeting in Madrid. Lots of sun and good science!

An image from one of the the latest publication of our group-member Samuel Geiseler was chosen for the cover page in the latest edition of The Journal of Physiology!

Courses that group members are involved in:

 Bachelor in Biomedicine

 Master in Biomedicine

 Bachelor in laboratory science

 Bachelor in Nutrition

 Bachelor in physiotherapy

Bachelor in Paramedicine

Bachelor in Radiography

Bachelor nursing

 Bachelor in dental hygiene

Medicine

Odontology

 Master’s degree in Midwifery

 

Alumni 


Cardiovascular Research Group


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luis.hortells@uit.no
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