Prof. Dr. Ger JM Stienen
Head of Department Physiology KCMC University.
Professor Ger Stienen is Head of the Department of Physiology at KCMC University. He is an emeritus professor from the Department of Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Personal profile
Professor Ger Stienen is Head of the Department of Physiology at KCMC University. He is an emeritus professor from the Department of Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His main research interests are energy metabolism and contractile function in skeletal and cardiac muscle in health and disease. He (co)authored 194 papers and book chapters and is member of European Society for Muscle Research, Biophysical Society USA and the East African Society of Physiological Sciences. Email: ger.stienen@kcmcu.ac.tz.
Education
College of Pathologists of East Central and Southern Africa
– Present
The College of Pathologists of South Africa
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Recent publications
- Cardiac disorders and pathophysiology of sarcomeric proteins. van der Velden J, Stienen GJM. Physiol Rev. 99:381-426, 2019.
- Disturbed cardiac mitochondrial and cytosolic calcium handling in a metabolic risk-related rat model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Miranda-Silva D, Wüst RCI, Conceição G, Gonçalves-Rodrigues P, Gonçalves N, Gonçalves A, Kuster DWD, Leite-Moreira AF, van der Velden J, de Sousa Beleza JM, Magalhães J, Stienen GJM, Falcão-Pires I. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 228:e13378, 2020.
- Orthophosphate increase the efficiency of the slow isoform of muscle myosin in the presence of omecamtiv mecarbil. Governali S, Caremani M, Gallart C, Pertici I, Stienen GJM, Piazzesi G, Otthenheim CAC, Lombardi V, Linari M. Nature Communications 11:3505, 2020.
- In vitro assessment of cardiac function using skinned cardiomyocytes. Gonçalves-Rodrigues P, Almeida-Coelho J, Gonçalves A, Amorim F, Leite-Moreira AF, Stienen GJM, Falcão-Pires I. J Vis Exp 160, e60247, 2020. Doi:10.3791/60427.
- Early adjustments in mitochondrial structure and function in skeletal muscle to high altitude: design and rationale of the first study from the Kilimanjaro Biobank. Stienen GJM. Biophys Rev 12:793–798, 2020. Doi:10.1007/s12551-020-00710-8.
- Online Assignments at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Stienen GJM, Ibrahim G, Luzinge H, Mteta AK, Msuya L, Bartlett JA. The Biophysicist 3:71-74, 2022. Doi:10.35459/tbp.2021.000194.
- The 50th anniversary of the European Society for Muscle Research: a journey through half a century of scientific advances. Stienen GJM, Reggiani C. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 45:87-94, 2024. Doi:10.1007/s10974-024-09666-8.
- PhysioCAFUN: a competency-based curriculum development guideline to strengthen physiology education in Africa. Abdullateef Isiaka Alagbonsi, M. Faadiel Essop, Yasser El-Wazir, Trevor Nyakudya, Goma Fastone, Frank Mojiminiyi, Amal Saeed, Ger J.M. Stienen, Emmanuel Balandya, Yinusa Raji, Fatou Bintou Sarr, Abdoulaye SAMB, Ashabilan Ebrahim, Ulrich Pohl, Dee U. Silverthorn. Adv Physiol Educ. 49:53-62, 2025. Doi:10.1152/advan.00160.2024.