Nils-Göran Larsson is a Swedish professor specializing in mitochondrial biology.[1]
Larsson started his career in 1987, focusing on the study of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations related to human disease.[2] During the early 1990s, Larsson identified gaps in the understanding of mitochondrial function, prompting him to further his specialization in biochemistry and mouse genetics at Stanford University as a HHMI Physician Postdoctoral Fellow in 1994.[2] [3]
From July 2002 until December 2015, Larsson was a professor in mitochondrial genetics at the Center for Inborn Errors of Metabolism at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital.[4]
In 2008, Larsson joined the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany, as one of its founding directors, where he continued his research on mitochondrial dysfunction.[2] He was also affiliated to Karolinska Institutet until 2015.[2]
In 2016, Larsson returned to lead the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.[2] He has been an external member of the Max Planck Society since 2019.[2] He is also a member of Nobel Prize committee.[5] [6]