Neoma Tove Boardman


Associate Professor

Job description

Associate Professor

As an associate professor at the Dept. of Medical Biology, I currently work in a 50% teaching (human physiology) and 50% research (cardiovascular) position. 


  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Giulia Trani, Marco Scalabrin, Vanina Romanello, Rob C.I. Wüst :
    Intracellular to Interorgan Mitochondrial Communication in Striated Muscle in Health and Disease
    Endocrine reviews 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Synne Hansen, Tina Myhre Pedersen, Julie Marin, Neoma Tove Boardman, Ajay M. Shah, Ellen Aasum et al.:
    Overexpression of NOX2 Exacerbates AngII‐Mediated Cardiac Dysfunction and Metabolic Remodelling
    Antioxidants 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Tina Myhre Pedersen, Line Rossvoll, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Ellen Aasum :
    Diet-induced obese mouse hearts tolerate an acute high fatty acid exposure that also increases ischemic tolerance
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Synne Simonsen Hansen, Jim Lund, Celio X.C. Santos, Neoma Tove Boardman, Ajay M. Shah et al.:
    NADPH oxidase 2 mediates myocardial oxygen wasting in obesity
    Antioxidants 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Baher Migally, Chantal Pileggi, Gaganwir S. Parmar, Jian Ying Xuan, Keir Menzies et al.:
    Glutaredoxin-2 and Sirtuin-3 deficiencies impair cardiac mitochondrial energetics but their effects are not additive
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease 24. September 2020 DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Aleksander Tank Falck, Trine Lund, Xi Chu, Armas Maria Montserrat Martin, Jon Viljar Norvik et al.:
    Human concentrations of uric acid scavenges adaptive and maladaptive ROS in isolated rat hearts subjected to ischemic stress
    Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 13. September 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Line Rossvoll, Jim Lund, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Ellen Aasum :
    3-Weeks of Exercise Training Increases Ischemic-Tolerance in Hearts From High-Fat Diet Fed Mice
    Frontiers in Physiology 02. October 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marina Makrecka-Kuka, Edgars Liepinsh, Andrew J. Murray, Hélène Lemieux, Maija Dambrova, Kersti Tepp et al.:
    Altered mitochondrial metabolism in the insulin-resistant heart
    Acta Physiologica 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Tina Myhre Pedersen, Neoma Boardman, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Ellen Aasum :
    Isolated perfused working hearts provide valuable additional information during phenotypic assessment of the diabetic mouse heart
    PLOS ONE 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Neoma Boardman, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Jim Lund, Line Rossvoll, Ellen Aasum :
    Exercise of obese mice induces cardioprotection and oxygen sparing in hearts exposed to high-fat load
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2017 DOI
  • Jim Lund, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Line Rossvoll, Natale Pinheiro Lage Rolim, Muhammad Shakil Ahmed et al.:
    Exercise training promotes cardioprotection through oxygen-sparing action in high fat-fed mice
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2015 DOI
  • Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Ellen Aasum :
    How Exercise May Amend Metabolic Disturbances in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
    Antioxidants and Redox Signaling 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jens Petter Bakkehaug, Anders Benjamin Kildal, Erik Torgersen Engstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Torvind Næsheim, Leif R. Rønning et al.:
    Myosin activator omecamtiv mecarbil increases myocardial oxygen consumption and impairs cardiac efficiency mediated by resting myosin ATPase activity
    Circulation: Heart Failure 2015 DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Jan Magnus Aronsen, William Edward Louch, Ivar Sjaastad, Frode Willoch, Geir Arve Christensen et al.:
    Impaired left ventricular mechanical and energetic function in mice after cardiomyocyte-specific excision of Serca2
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2014 ARKIV / DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Jan Magnus Aronsen, William Edward Louch, Ivar Sjaastad, Frode Willoch, Geir Arve Christensen et al.:
    Impaired left ventricular mechanical and energetic function in mice after cardiomyocyte-specific excision of Serca2
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2014 DOI
  • Ahmed Murtaz Khalid, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Terje Larsen, david lester Severson, Neoma Tove Boardman, Martin Hagve et al.:
    Cardioprotective effect of the PPAR ligand tetradecylthioacetic acid in type 2 diabetic mice
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2011 DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Terje Larsen, david lester Severson, M Fadiel Essop, Ellen Aasum :
    Chronic and acute exposure of mouse hearts to fatty acids increases oxygen cost of excitation-contraction coupling
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2011 DOI
  • Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Jim Lund, Martin Hagve, Ahmed Murtaz Khalid, Ulrik Wisløff et al.:
    High intensity interval training alters substrate utilization and reduces oxygen consumption in the heart
    Journal of applied physiology 2011 DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Terje Larsen, DL Severson, Ellen Aasum :
    Increased O-2 cost of basal metabolism and excitation-contraction coupling in hearts from type 2 diabetic mice
    American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2009 DOI
  • Ole-Jakob How, Terje Larsen, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Ahmed Murtaz Khalid, Eivind S. P. Myhre, AJ Myrray et al.:
    Rosiglitazone treatment improves cardiac efficiency in hearts from diabetic mice
    Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry 2007
  • Nina Krako Jakovljevic, Neoma Tove Boardman, Marina Makrecka-Kuka :
    Editorial: Lipotoxicity, mitotoxicity, and drug targets
    Frontiers in Endocrinology 2023 DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman :
    Harnessing the protective role of OPA-1 in diabetic cardiomyopathy
    Acta Physiologica 2020 DOI
  • Kirsti Ytrehus, Neoma Tove Boardman, trine Lund, Svetlana Zykova, Trond Geir Jenssen :
    The uric acid paradox, a confounder in cardiovascular research and experimental studies of cardioprotection
    Conditioning Medicine 2019
  • Jens Petter Bakkehaug, Anders Benjamin Kildal, Erik Torgersen Engstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Torvind Næsheim, Leif R. Rønning et al.:
    Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Myosin Activator Omecamtiv Mecarbil Increases Myocardial Oxygen Consumption and Impairs Cardiac Efficiency Mediated by Resting Myosin ATPase Activity"
    Circulation: Heart Failure 2015 DOI
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Ellen Aasum :
    Cardiometabolic adaptations to altered fuel supply, Ca2+ handling and exercise
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2011
  • Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Jim Lund, Martin Hagve, Ulrik Wisløff, Terje Larsen et al.:
    Exercise-induced Increase In Cardiac Efficiency - The Impact of Intensity
    2009
  • Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Jim Lund, Martin Hagve, Ulrik Wisløff, Terje Larsen et al.:
    Metabolic adaptations in the physiologically hypertrophied heart
    2009
  • Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Neoma Tove Boardman, Jim Lund, Martin Hagve, Ulrik Wisløff, Terje Larsen et al.:
    Exercise-induced Increase In Cardiac Efficiency - The Impact of Intensity
    Circulation 2009
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Terje Larsen, david lester Severson, Ellen Aasum :
    Oxygen cost of E-C coupling in the diabetic heart
    2008
  • Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Ahmed Murtaz Khalid, Neoma Tove Boardman, Terje Larsen, Ellen Aasum :
    The pan ppar ligand tta has a direct cardiometabolic effect in normal and diabetic mice
    2008
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Terje Larsen, david lester Severson, Ellen Aasum :
    The O2 cost of basal metabolism and excitation-contraction coupling is increased in hearts from type 2 diabetic mice
    2008
  • Neoma Tove Boardman, Anne Dragøy Hafstad, Terje Larsen, david lester Severson, Ellen Aasum :
    Oxygen cost of E-C coupling in the diabetic heart
    Hjerteforum 2008
  • Anne K. Jonassen, Helge Wiig, Neoma Tove Boardman :
    Evaluation of the effect of direct activation of p70s6 kinase on cell survival after ischemic-reperfusion
    Universitetet i Bergen 2006

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    Research interests

    Research interests:

    My passion is how the human body works. Physiology is the science of the body - from basic cell function to the integrated mechanisms of the whole body and how we are influenced by our environment. This is the key to improving health and treating disease. 

    My reseach has been focused on the heart and the metabolic changes that occur as a cause, or consequence, of heart failure. Heart failure and cardiovascular disease remain a leading cause of death in Norway and worldwide yet treatment is ambiguous and knowledge gaps remain. 

    Overall themes of current ongoing projects are related to heart failure risk factors such as metabolic disease and hypertension and the underlying mechanisms which lead to the development of heart failure.  A focus of our research is on the role of the mitochondria, and how impaired mitochondrial mechanisms contribute to pathological changes observed during heart failure.  Mitochondria are the metabolic hub in the cell that regulate cell homeostasis and stress. Therefore their role in myocardial energy metabolism, redox regulation, cellular stress response and cardiac calcium homoestasis are of major interest.  


    We use a translational approach in our studies through physiological and cellular study of the heart. Some examples include:

    • isolated organ perfusion
    • in vivo imaging
    • cellular and molecular imaging

    Education:

    2017-2018: Post-doctoral fellow, in the laboratory of Professor Mary-Ellen Harper, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

    2011: PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology, in the laboratory of Professor Ellen Aasum, Dept. Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT 

    2006: MSc in Cardiovascular Physiology, in the laboratory of Anne K. Jonassen, Dept. Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen

    2004: BSc in Exercise Science (Specialization: Clinical Exercise Physiology), Faculty of Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Teaching

    My passion is how the human body works. Physiology is the science of the body from basic cell function to the integrated mechanisms of the whole body and how we are influenced by our environment.  I teach human physiology and laboratory methods for students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT. Some of my current responsibilities are:

    Course Leader: MBI1000 Biomedicine in the 21st century

    Course Leader: MBI-2013 Human Physiology for Biomedicine Students

    Lecturer in human physiology:

    Bachelor level

    • TPL-1004 Basic Biomedicine - Dental Hygiene
    • RAD-1120 Anatomy and physiology for radiologic technologists 
    • FYT-11010 Basic physiology for human movement and function - Physiotherapy 
    • MED-1501 Various Lab Courses in human physiology
    • MED-2501 "Skeletal muscle in human movement" - Medicine
    • MED-2013/ERN-2009 Human physiology - Biomedicine/Clinical Nutrition

    Masters level

    • MBI-3016 Human Physiology - "Skeletal muscle"

    Current research supervision

    • 3 PhD 
    • 1 MSc