Lab Members

Lab pictures

Picture of the lab at Aarhus University.

Picture of the lab at UC San Diego with collaborators.

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Picture of the lab at UCSD in 2015

Picture of the lab at UCSD in 2016

Picture of the lab at UCSD in 2017

Picture of the lab and friends of the lab at UCSD in 2018

Picture of the lab at UCSD in 2019

Picture of the lab at UCSD in 2020

Picture of the lab and friends of the lab at UCSD in 2021

Picture of the lab at UCSD with friends and collaborators in 2022
Madison is unfortunately missing this time.

Picture of the lab at Aarhus University in 2023.

Stephan Lange, PhD
Associate Professor. Aarhus University,
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Denmark
Associate Professor. UC San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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Team members at UC San Diego

Team members at Aarhus University
and Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Virginia Actis Dato
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint appointment with the lab of Dr. Cho)

UC San Diego

Jeppe Høegh Kallesøe
Lab Manager

Aarhus University

Brigita Medelyte
Laboratory Technician

Aarhus University
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Virginia Fochi
PhD student

2024 recipient of a Helga og Peter Kornings Fond Scholarship
2024 recipient of a Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond Scholarship

Aarhus University

Robert Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow

Aarhus University

Lena A.M. Nielsen
PhD student

2024 recipient of a Helga og Peter Kornings Fond Scholarship

Aarhus University

Jon Herskind
Postdoctoral Fellow

2024 recipient of a Knud Højgaards Fond Scholarship

Aarhus University

Lucas Friberg Jacobsen
MD student

Aarhus University

Lab alumni

	Alexander Lun Lab Assistant, 2012-2014 Volunteer, 2015 2012 Recipient of an AHA Summer Undergraduate Fellowship
	Nour Marogy Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2015 2015 recipient of a Ledell Family Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship UC-San Diego
	Stephanie Myers Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016 2014 recipient of the Doris A. Howell Scholarship 2015 recipient of a EUREKA! undergraduate fellowship. UC-San Diego
	Paige Shapiro Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2015 BS/MS student, 2015-2016 2014 recipient of the Ledell Family Research Scholarship 2016 graduated MSc UC-San Diego
	Meagan Wu Volunteer, 2013-2014 Canyon Crest Academy Stanford University
	Stephanie Yuan Volunteer, 2014-2015 Torrey Pines High School Georgetown University
	Alice Schweiger High School Volunteer, 2015-2016 Canyon Crest Academy UC Los Angeles
	Lauren Waller Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016 2015 recipient of a UCSD Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Undergraduate Fellowship 2016 recipient of a Ledell Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship UC-San Diego
	Louisa Habich Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2017 University of Bielefeld, Germany
	Jennifer Yuan High School Volunteer, 2016-2017 Torrey Pines High School SDSU
	Allyson Xie High School Volunteer 2016-2017 Westview High School MIT
	Matthew Wright Undergraduate Researcher 2017 2017 recipient of an AHA Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Cal Poly Pomona
	Patrick Desmond, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar 2016-2017
	Anush Velmurugan Undergraduate Researcher 2017-2018 UC-San Diego
	Valeria Marrocco, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar 2016-2019
	Luisa Lengenfelder Visiting Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2019 University of Bielefeld, Germany
	Sarah Alsbach Visiting Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2019 University of Bielefeld, Germany
	Kavya Tallapaka Undergraduate Researcher, 2017-2019 2017 recipient of a UC San Diego Chancellor’s Research Summer Undergraduate Research Award for Science and Engineering UC-San Diego
	Jim Nguyen Undergraduate Researcher, 2017-2019 2018 recipient of a UC San Diego Julia Brown Research Scholarship for Medical Research UC-San Diego
	Sanja Zenker Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2020 University of Bielefeld, Germany
	Lydia Sagath Visiting PhD student, 2019-2020 University of Helsinki, Finland
	Eric Esteve, PhD Visiting Associate Professor, 2018-2020 University of Grenoble Alps, France
	Andrea Biju Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2021 2019 recipient of an AHA Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship UC-San Diego
	Jordan Blondelle, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar 2014-2021 2014 AMC Young Investigator Competition Finalist 2015 recipient of a Philippe Foundation Scholarship 2015 recipient of an EMC poster award 2017 recipient of an Development Grant from the MDA
	Kyohei Fujita, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow (joint appointment with the lab of Dr. Sheikh) 2020-2024 2023 CVBE Abstract Award 2023 UCSD Schulman Award for Cardiovascular Research UC-San Diego
	Madison Clark Undergraduate Researcher 2018-2022 Research Assistant & affiliated Researcher 2022-2023 2018 AHA Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2022 ISHR Poster Award 2022 Master of Science, Gothenburg University, Sweden 2023 PhD student Aarhus University, Denmark Aarhus Universty/UC San Diego

Collaborators
Our research is done in collaboration with groups in other universities or with partners from industry. Here is a list of collaborators that partner with us for our research projects:

Dr. Eric Esteve. UC-San Diego, USA & Univeristy of Grenoble, France
Dr. Carina Wallgren-Pettersson. University of Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Katarina Pelin. University of Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Jane Seto. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Vincenzo Sorrentino. University of Siena, Italy
Dr. Elisabeth Ehler. King's College London, UK
Dr. Katja Gehmlich. University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Bjarne Udd. University of Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Jeffrey Singer. Portland State University, USA
Dr. Carol Gregorio. University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Dr. Guy Benian. Emory University, USA
Dr. Richard Lieber. UC-San Diego, Rehabilitation Institute Chicago, USA
Dr. Andrea Domenighetti. Rehabilitation Institute Chicago, USA
Dr. Emma Borgeson. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Andrew McCulloch. UC-San Diego, USA
Dr. Kirk Peterson. UC-San Diego, USA
Dr. Majid Ghassemian. UC-San Diego, USA
Dr. Karen Christman. UC-San Diego, USA
Dr. Entela Bollano and Dr. Niklas Bergh, Sahlgrenska University Hospital,
Gothenburg, Sweden
ACEA Bioscience. San Diego, USA. More info >

Volunteer work and positions
Aarhus University Undergraduate student and prospective PhD student who would like to start in the laboratory are encouraged to contact Dr. Lange directly.

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