Dr Nils Halberg

Nils opened his independent laboratory in 2016 to better understand how alterations to the physiological state of patients affect tumors. The main focus so far has been to delineate the molecular machinery that drives the effect of obesity on tumor initiation and progression in breast and pancreas cancers.

Nils´ PhD work focussed on the interaction between obesity and insulin resistance, in the lab of Philipp Scherer at UTSW, USA. He then continued his training in tumor biology through the mentorship of Sohail Tavazoie at The Rockefeller University, New York, USA.

The Halberg Lab employs a mix of computational and wet lab biologists and primarily use system-wide approaches of mouse models and patient material.