Dr Birgitta Olofsson
Position: Academic Training Manager
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From VEGF-B, vasculogenesis in zebrafish and hemocyte function in drosophila to optimal foraging in C.elegans. Never a dull moment!
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Selected publications:
Olofsson B. The olfactory neuron AWC promotes avoidance of normally palatable food following chronic dietary restriction. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 2014; 217: 1790-1798.
Milward K, Busch KE, Murphy RJ, de Bono M, Olofsson B. Neuronal and molecular substrates for optimal foraging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011;108: 20672-20677.
Cohen M, Reale V, Olofsson B, Knights A, Evans P, de Bono M. Coordinated regulation of foraging and metabolism in C. elegans by RFamide neuropeptide signalling. Cell Metabolism 2009; 9:375-385
Olofsson B, Page DT. Condensation of the central nervous system in embryonic Drosophila is inhibited by blocking hemocyte migration or neural activity. Developmental Biology 2005; 279: 233-243
Ober EA, Olofsson B, Makinen T, Jin SW, Shoji W, Koh GY, Alitalo K, Stainier DY. Vegfc is required for vascular development and endoderm morphogenesis in zebrafish. EMBO Reports. 2004; 5 :78-84.
Olofsson B, Korpelainen E, Pepper MS, Mandiota SJ, Aase K, Kumar V, Gunji Y, Jeltsch MM, Shibuya M, Alitalo K, Eriksson U. Vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B) binds to VEGF receptor-1 and regulates plasminogen activator activity in endothelial cells. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998; 95:11709-11714.
Olofsson B, Pajusola K, Kaipainen A, von Euler G, Joukov V, Saksela O, Orpana A, Pettersson RF, Alitalo K, Eriksson U. Vascular endothelial growth factor B, a novel growth factor for endothelial cells. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1996; 93:2576-2581
