Johanna Lanner, PhD

Dr. Lanner is an expert in muscle physiology, and her interdisciplinary and translational research program is focused on understanding mechanisms underpinning reduced muscle function and performance. Her background includes a master’s degree in chemistry from Stockholm University and a PhD in medical sciences from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. She did her postdoc training in Professor Susan Hamilton’s laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, focusing on muscle dysfunction in RYR-1-related diseases. Her preclinical lab is located at The Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, and her research on human performance is situated at The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences where she is a Professor of physiology.   

Johanna has conducted research on different signaling pathways in muscles for over a decade and has made significant advances in this field by characterizing novel mechanisms of muscle weakness and linking oxidative stress and altered muscle metabolism to the impaired contractile function of muscle. She has published over 70 original articles and reviews in leading scientific journals and is frequently invited to present her research at acknowledged scientific conferences and congresses.