Elias Arnér (Elias S. J. Arnér; born 2 March 1966) is a
Swedish
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professor in
biochemistry active in the fields of
redox biology and
cancer research. He studied medicine at
Karolinska Institutet and became a
medical doctor
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in 1997. He received his
Ph.D. in 1993 from Karolinska Institutet on the subject of
nucleoside analogues in relation to
cancer and
HIV treatment. He moved to
Munich,
Germany where he started focusing on
selenoproteins In molecular biology a selenoprotein is any protein that includes a selenocysteine (Sec, U, Se-Cys) amino acid residue. Among functionally characterized selenoproteins are five glutathione peroxidases (GPX) and three thioredoxin reductases, (TrxR/TX ...
. He returned to Karolinska Institutet where he became
associate professor
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in 2000 and appointed
professor in 2009. He is head of the biochemistry division in the department of medical biochemistry and biophysics at Karolinska Institutet. In 2017 he chairs th
Se2017 – 200 Years of Selenium Research Conference.
Research
The research of Arnér focuses on redox control of cell function and mechanisms of selenoprotein dependent pathways, with a special interest in the mammalian thioredoxin system. Another focus of research is the development of production systems for selenoproteins and their potential use in diverse biotechnological applications.
Private Life and Artistic work
Arnér is the son of Swedish writer
Sivar Arnér (1909–1997) and the Hungarian-born artist and author
Lenke Rothman (1929–2008). He has created several installation, seminars and publications with the conceptual artist
Per Hüttner:
Begrepp - En samling and
(In)Visible Dialogues
(In)visible Dialogues was an art project realized at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 2011. It was initiated by artist Per Huttner and biochemist Elias Arnér. The project was transgressing the boundaries of exhibition, publicatio ...
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[(In)visible Dialogues, 2011, design by Åbäke. Published by Dent-de-Leone. and ]
Publications
Publication list in PubMedProfile in Google ScholarArnér entry in ORCID
Collaborative works with Per Hüttner:
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(In)Visible Dialogues
(In)visible Dialogues was an art project realized at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 2011. It was initiated by artist Per Huttner and biochemist Elias Arnér. The project was transgressing the boundaries of exhibition, publicatio ...
, 2011, languages: English and Swedish, 240 pages, design by Åbäke. Published by
Dent-de-Leone. and
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Begrepp - En samling, 1992, ed. P. Huttner and E. Arnér with texts by Erna Möller, Rolf Luft, Lenke Rothman, Lennart Wetterberg and Lars Olson, Published by
Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.
References
External links
Elias Arnér profile page at Karolinska InstitutetThe Division of Biochemistry at Karolinska Institutet
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Swedish biochemists
1966 births
Living people
Academic staff of the Karolinska Institute
Swedish educators