Jorge Ruas
Professor
E-mail: jorge.ruas@ki.se
Telephone: +46852487261
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, Biomedicum C5, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C3 Fysiologi och farmakologi, C3 FyFa Molekylär och cellulär arbetsfysiologi, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Professor of Molecular Physiology and Principal Investigator of the Molecular and Cellular Exercise Physiology research group.
After receiving my Pharm.D. degree from the University of Lisbon, I moved to ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (KI) for my doctoral studies. During that time I investigated how cellular oxygen levels can regulate adaptive gene expression, and in 2005 received my Ph.D. in Medical Sciences.
In 2006 I moved to Boston to pursue postdoctoral studies at the Division of Metabolism and Chronic Disease at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. During this period I focused on the study of transcriptional networks that control skeletal muscle physiology.
In July 2011 I setup my research group at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at KI, became Associate Professor in 2016, and Professor of Molecular Physiology in 2020. My group aims to identify the molecular mediators of the health benefits of exercise and to use this knowledge to develop novel disease therapies.
Academic honours, awards and prizes
2022 The Med. Dr. Axel Hirsch Prize 2022
2019 Novo Nordisk Foundation Ascending Investigator, Endocrinology and Metabolism
2017 The Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research
2016 Swedish Research Council Consolidator Grant
2015 Senior Researcher Award from ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡
2014 Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigator Award
2013 Malin and Lennart Philipson Prize (link to ki.se/news)
Jorge Ruas - award winner 2013-2015 (link to Malin and Lennart Philipson's foundation website)
2012 Novo Nordisk Fonden Excellence Project Award
2012 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant
2011 Assistant Professor Grant from the Swedish Research Council
2011 Young Investigator Award in Diabetes. Strategic Research Programme in Diabetes at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (Sweden).
2006 Wenner Gren Fellow
Research
- Research in our laboratory is aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms that mediate skeletal muscle adaptations to diverse challenges and their local and systemic consequences. We are particularly interested in understanding how exercised or sedentary skeletal muscle can crosstalk with other organs, and how it can affect individual health and disease.
Teaching
- I teach several subjects to the Medicine and Biomedicine programs at KI, and participate as lecturer in diverse doctoral courses. I am also an invited professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon.
Articles
- Article: SKELETAL MUSCLE. 2025;15(1):9
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2025;328(2):E274-E285
- Article: ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA. 2024;104:adv40796
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):9826
- Journal article: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2024;224:s9-s10
- Article: AGING CELL. 2024;23(11):e14295
- Article: MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE. 2024;56(10):2007-2015
- Journal article: ELIFE. 2024;12
- Article: ELIFE. 2024;12:rp92707
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2024;121(34):e2319724121
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2024;82:101912
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY. 2024;103(1):151377
- Article: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE. 2024;1870(2):166980
- Article: NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY. 2024;19(2):237-245
- Journal article: NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY. 2024;19(2)
- Journal article: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2023;384(Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9 2021):s188-S193
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2023;42(1):112021
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2023;13:1043543
- Article: CELLS. 2022;11(19):2944
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2022;298(9):102328
- Article: BMC BIOLOGY. 2022;20(1):169
- Article: NATURE METABOLISM. 2022;4(6):739-758
- Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2022;118(6):1520-1534
- Article: SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2022;14(638):eaba9112
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY. 2022;322(1):C49-C62
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2021;35(12):e22010
- Article: CELL METABOLISM. 2021;33(11):2215-2230.e8
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):5948
- Article: METABOLITES. 2021;11(8):508
- Article: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING. 2021;118(6):2234-2242
- Article: BMC BIOLOGY. 2021;19(1):57
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):6453
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):1026
- Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2020;3(1):541
- Article: NURSING OPEN. 2020;7(5):1446-1452
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2020;39:101012
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2020;34:72-84
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2020;117(6):2978-2986
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2020;11:591476
- Article: REDOX BIOLOGY. 2020;28:101387
- Article: SKELETAL MUSCLE. 2019;9(1):26
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2019;10(1):2767
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;13
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;13
- Article: CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2019;115(1):107-118
- Article: PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS. 2018;50(12):1071-1082
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2018;284(5):519-533
- Article: EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2018;10(8):e8613
- Journal article: IBJ PLUS. 2018
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2018;9:28-42
- Article: CELL METABOLISM. 2018;27(2):378-392.e5
- Journal article: ANNALS OF RESEARCH IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 2018;(ex2018):79-80
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2018;7:12-22
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MYOLOGY. 2017;27(4):7218
- Article: ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY. 2017;91(6):2469-2489
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2017;18(3):636-646
- Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 2016;594(23):7049-7071
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:30928
- Article: SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2016;8(350):350ra103
- Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 2016;594(15):4371-4388
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2016;291(29):15169-15184
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY. 2016;310(10):C836-C840
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2015;112(50):15492-15497
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2015;4(12):891-902
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2014;111(44):15756-15761
- Article: CELL. 2014;159(1):33-45
- Article: CELL. 2014;157(6):1279-1291
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER. 2014;13:54
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2014;306(2):E157-E167
- Journal article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2013;27(S1):940.18
- Article: CELL. 2012;151(6):1319-1331
- Article: GENES & DEVELOPMENT. 2011;25(12):1232-1244
- Article: CELL METABOLISM. 2011;13(2):160-169
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2010;107(50):21866-21871
- Article: DEVELOPMENT. 2010;137(20):3489-3499
- Article: NATURE. 2010;466(7305):451-456
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2010;285(4):2601-2609
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2009;106(52):22510-22515
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2009;106(50):21401-21406
- Article: GENES & DEVELOPMENT. 2008;22(10):1397-1409
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2008;105(9):3368-3373
- Article: NATURE. 2008;451(7181):1008-1012
- Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2007;21(8):1821-1830
- Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY. 2006;26(12):4628-4641
- Article: DEVELOPMENTAL CELL. 2005;9(5):617-628
- Article: JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE. 2005;118(2):301-311
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2003;278(9):6816-6823
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2002;277(41):38723-38730
- Article: PHARMACOGENETICS AND GENOMICS. 1997;7(4):333-335
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Employments
- Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2020-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2016
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2005
- Pharm.D., University of Lisbon, 1995
Visiting research fellowships
- Postdoc, Harvard Medical School, Postdoc in Molecular Muscle Physiology, 2006-2011