Jesper Brahm

Primary fields of research

Transport of electrolytes, nonelectrolytes, and water across cell membranes with focus on the erythrocyte membrane

Current research

Some solutes and water are transported very rapidly across the red cell membrane that complicate the characterization of the transport process. I have developed a technique, the continuous flow tube method, that allows determination of half times of the transport processes in the millisecond range. The method is used to characterize transport kinetics of chloride, urea, glucose, and water that all use different pathways to cross the red blood cell membrane

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Jesper Brahm: Curriculum Vitae

Degrees
1972 Cand. med. (Medical Examination), University of Copenhagen
1972 ECFMG (Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates) examination, Copenhagen
1984 Permission to practice independently as a physician
1978 Licentiate degree (Ph.D.), University of Copenhagen.
1986 Doctoral degree in medical sciences (Dr. med.), University of Copenhagen.

Professional experience
Clinical Positions
1972-1973 Resident, Surgical Department I, Municipal Hospital of Copenhagen
1973-1987 Visitator (Medical officer in charge of the distribution of patients among the hospitals in the municipality of Copenhagen)
1982-1983 Resident, Psychiatric Department O and Medical Department A, the State Hospital, Copenhagen

University Positions
1969-1973 Instructor in biophysics, University of Copenhagen
1973-1976 Research scholarship, Department of Biophysics, University of Copenhagen
1975-1978 Matriculated as Ph.D. student, University of Copenhagen
1976-1978 Senior research scholarship, Department of Biophysics, University of Copenhagen
1978-1979 Assistant professor, Department of Biophysics, University of Copenhagen
1979-1987 Associate professor, Department of Biophysics, University of Copenhagen
1987-1988 Associate professor, Department of General Physiology and Biophysics, University of Copenhagen
1988-1990 Recipient of an Alfred Benzon Senior Investigator Fellowship
1990-1992 Associate professor, Department of General Physiology and Biophysics, University of Copenhagen
1992-2009 Associate professor, Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen
2009- Associate professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen