Nicolas Pillon
Deputy Departmental Director Of Education
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
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Top SchoolNicolas Pillon is an associate professor and research team leader at Karolinska Institutet with eight years of postdoctoral and faculty experience focused on the interplay between inflammatory signaling and metabolic responses in skeletal muscle during exercise and type 2 diabetes. He combines leadership in higher education—now serving as Deputy Departmental Director of Education—with hands-on lab science as head of the Inflammation and Metabolism group. His trajectory includes prestigious fellowships (Marie Skłodowska-Curie) and international training from France to Canada, reflecting a strong cross-border research network. Nicolas pairs translational curiosity with pedagogy, overseeing undergraduate and advanced programs while advancing molecular insights into muscle physiology. He is known for integrating metabolic cues with immune responses in ways that reveal non-obvious links between exercise physiology and metabolic disease. Based in Stockholm, he brings academic rigor and administrative stewardship to both research and curriculum development.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Docent, Docent at Karolinska InstitutetDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Université de LyonBachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at Université Grenoble Alpes
Github Skills (3)
meta-analysis8
transcriptomics7
meta7
Github contributions (5)
NicoPillon/MetaMEx
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:28 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
NicoPillon/shiny-server
May 2022 - Apr 2025
Contributions:170 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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