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Kristina Hedfalk

Professor

Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology
Mail
kristina.hedfalk@gu.se
Visiting address
Medicinaregatan 7 B
41390 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 462
40530 Göteborg

Deputy Head of Department

Swedish NMR Centre
Telephone
+46 31-786 39 23
+46 766-18 39 23
Mail
kristina.hedfalk@gu.se
Visiting address
Medicinaregatan 7 B
41390 Göteborg
Room number
6455
Postal address
Box 462
40530 Göteborg

Deputy Head of Department

Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology
Telephone
+46 31-786 39 23
+46 766-18 39 23
Mail
kristina.hedfalk@gu.se
Visiting address
Medicinaregatan 7 B
41390 Göteborg
Room number
6455
Postal address
Box 462
40530 Göteborg

About Kristina Hedfalk

Research

My research focuses on integral membrane proteins; their structure, function and regulation with a special focus on aquaporins (water channels in the cellular membrane of all living species). A certain interest in also directed towards an increased understanding of the production of membrane bound proteins in order to minimize the well known bottle neck limiting detailed studies of eukaryotic membrane proteins in particular.

Research group: Johannes Panagiotidis (PhD student), Ulrika Lind (Senior Scientist) & Nicklas Bonander (Senior Scientist)

Citation Metrics: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=_gE3NHsAAAAJ&hl=sv

Undergraduate teaching

I am teaching in biochemistry, advanced level:

  • Design and production of biomolecules (KEM350), course responsible

Administrative comissions

  • Deputy head at the department

Protein Production Sweden - PPS

Hedfalk lab is harboring a local node of Protein Production Sweden (PPS; www.gu.se/pps), a national research infrastructure established in 2022. PPS focuses on the production and purification of (mainly) recombinant protein reagents for all Swedish researchers. The seven participating PPS labs use several different expression systems which allows the production of many types of proteins. Researchers can access the PPS infrastructure via a common entry-point and obtain individualized support based on their research needs throughout the whole process of protein production and purification. This can include all steps from project counselling and initial design to final quality control, or any single/multiple step(s) of the process.

To get more information about PPS’ services and the participating nodes, or apply for project support, please visit:

www.gu.se/pps

Please feel free to also contact the head of the node for yeast production: Kristina Hedfalk (kristina. hedfalk@gu.se)