Professor Kirsty Spalding

Kirsty Spalding received her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Western Australia, after which she completed a year as a Rotary Ambassadorial Academic Scholar at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Following her time as a postdoctoral fellow at the department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet (2002-2005), Kirsty received an assistant professor position from the Swedish Research Council. Currently she holds a full professorship in adipocyte biology at the Karolinska Institutet. Her research focuses on properties of human adipose tissue, with particular attention to adipocyte biology. Basic functions, such as adipocyte lipid and cell turnover, fat cell responses to obesity and hyperinsulinemia and cellular heterogeneity are investigated. Recognition for her work includes being recipient of an ERC Young Investigator award, Vallee Foundation Scholar, Fernströms prize in Medicine, Novo Nordisk Excellence award, Marie Curie Outgoing Fellowship award and Sven and Ebba Hagberg prize for medicine