Mette Langaas

Professor Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

mette.langaas@ntnu.no +47 73591697 +47 98847649

Mette Langaas is a Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences. She belongs to the Statistics Group. Professor Langaas has an MSc in Industrial Mathematics and a PhD from NTNU.

Recent Work Experience

2014-2015 Sabbatical at the Centre for the Genetics Origins of Health and Disease, University of Western Australia.
2014- Professor in Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU.
2010-2014 Associate Professor in Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU.
2009-2010 Associate Professor in Medical Statistics at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Cancer Research, NTNU.
2008-2009 Sabbatical at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia Bioinformatics Group headed by Professor Terry Speed.
2007-2008 Part time (20%) position as Assocate Professor II at Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.
2004-2009 Associate Professor in Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU
2002-2003: Postdoc in Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU.
1996-2001: Research scientist at Statistical Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (SAMBA) group ab the Norwegian Computing Center.

Memberships

Royal Statistical Society
Norwegian Statistical Association

Professor Langaas has supervised 7 PhD and Postdoc, 18 MSc and Diploma students.

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

2017

Bjørnland, Thea; Langaas, Mette; Grill, Valdemar Erik Robert; Mostad, Ingrid Løvold. (2017) Assessing gene-environment interaction effects of FTO, MC4R and lifestyle factors on obesity using an extreme phenotype sampling design: Results from the HUNT study. PLoS ONE. vol. 12 (4).

2016

Næss, Marit; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Langaas, Mette; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Kvaløy, Kirsti. (2016) Intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity from parents to their adolescent offspring - The HUNT study. PLoS ONE. vol. 11 (11).

2015

Ahuja, Ishita; van Dam, Nicole; Winge, Per; Trælnes, Marianne; Heydorova, Aysel; Rohloff, Jens; Langaas, Mette; Bones, Atle M.. (2015) Plant defence responses in oilseed rape MINELESS plants after attack by the cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae. Journal of Experimental Botany. vol. 66 (2).
Næss, Marit; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Langaas, Mette; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Kvaløy, Kirsti. (2015) Intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity from parents to their adolescent offspring - a HUNT Study. Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement. vol. 25.

2014

Langaas, Mette; Bakke, Øyvind. (2014) Robust methods to detect disease-genotype association in genetic association studies: Calculate p-values using exact conditional enumeration instead of simulated permutations or asymptotic approximations. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. vol. 13 (6).
Mostad, Ingrid Løvold; Langaas, Mette; Grill, Valdemar. (2014) Central obesity is associated with lower intake of whole-grain bread and less frequent breakfast and lunch: Results from the HUNT study, an adult all-population survey. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. vol. 39 (7).
Tangerås, Line; Stødle, Guro; Olsen, Guro Dalheim; Leknes, Ann-Helen; Gundersen, Astrid; Skei, Bente; Vikdal, Anne Jorunn; Ryan, Liv; Steinkjer, Bjørg; Myklebost, Merete; Langaas, Mette; Austgulen, Rigmor; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte. (2014) Functional Toll-like receptors in primary first-trimester trophoblasts. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. vol. 106.

2013

Adde, Lars; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Langaas, Mette; Støen, Ragnhild. (2013) Identification of fidgety movements and prediction of CP by the use of computer-based video analysis is more accurate when based on two video recordings. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. vol. 29 (6).
Berg, Kirsti; Langaas, Mette; Ericsson, Madelene; Pleym, Hilde; Basu, Samar; Nordrum, Ivar Skjåk; Vitale, Nicola; Haaverstad, Rune. (2013) Acetylsalicylic acid treatment until surgery reduces oxidative stress and inflammation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. vol. 43 (6).
Brattbakk, Hans-Richard; Arbo, Ingerid Brænne; Aagaard, Siv; Lindseth, Inge; De Soysa, Ann Kristin Hjelle; Langaas, Mette; Kulseng, Bård Eirik; Lindberg, Fedon A.; Johansen, Berit. (2013) Balanced caloric macronutrient composition downregulates immunological gene expression in human blood cells - adipose tissue responses diverges. Omics. vol. 17 (1).
Fladvad, Torill; Klepstad, Pål; Langaas, Mette; Dale, Ola; Kaasa, Stein; Caraceni, Augusto; Skorpen, Frank. (2013) Variability in UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes and morphine metabolism. Observations from a cross-sectional multicenter study in advanced cancer patients with pain. Pharmacogenetics & Genomics. vol. 23 (3).
Lian, Ingrid Alsos; Langaas, Mette; Moses, Eric; Johansson, Åsa. (2013) Differential Gene Expression at the Maternal-Fetal Interface in Preeclampsia Is Influenced by Gestational Age. PLoS ONE. vol. 8 (7).
Selvik, Linn-Karina M.; Fjeldbo, Christina Sæten; Flatberg, Arnar; Steigedal, Tonje; Misund, Kristine; Anderssen, Endre; Doseth, Berit; Langaas, Mette; Tripathi, Sushil; Beisvag, Vidar; Lægreid, Astrid; Thommesen, Liv; Bruland, Torunn. (2013) The duration of gastrin treatment affects global gene expression and molecular responses involved in ER stress and anti-apoptosis. BMC Genomics. vol. 14.
Stødle, Guro; Tangerås, Line; Olsen, Guro Dalheim; Leknes, Ann-Helen; Gundersen, Astrid; Ryan, Liv; Steinkjer, Bjørg; Skei, Bente; Vikdal, Anne Jorunn; Myklebost, Merete; Langaas, Mette; Austgulen, Rigmor; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte. (2013) Activation of endosomal Toll-like receptors in first trimester trophoblasts. Pregnancy Hypertension. vol. 3 (81).
Tangerås, Line; Stødle, Guro; Olsen, Guro Dalheim; Gundersen, Astrid; Leknes, Ann-Helen; Ryan, Liv; Steinkjer, Bjørg; Skei, Bente; Vikdal, Anne Jorunn; Myklebost, Merete; Langaas, Mette; Austgulen, Rigmor; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte. (2013) Cell surface Toll-like receptors in primary trophoblasts from first trimester placentas. Pregnancy Hypertension. vol. 3 (81).
Tangerås, Line; Stødle, Guro; Olsen, Guro Dalheim; Leknes, Ann-Helen; Gundersen, Astrid; Skei, Bente; Vikdal, Anne Jorunn; Ryan, Liv; Steinkjer, Bjørg; Myklebost, Merete; Langaas, Mette; Ausgtulen, Rigmor; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte. (2013) Functional Toll-like receptors in primary first trimester trophoblasts. Placenta. vol. 34 (9).

2012

Lydersen, Stian; Langaas, Mette; Bakke, Øyvind. (2012) The exact unconditional z-pooled test for equality of two binomial probabilities: optimal choice of the Berger and Boos confidence coefficient. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. vol. 82 (9).

2011

Adde, Lars; Langaas, Mette; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Støen, Ragnhild. (2011) Computer based assessment of General Movements in Young Infants using one or two video recordings. Pediatric Research. vol. 70.

2010

Brattbakk, Hans-Richard; Arbo, Ingerid Brænne; Langaas, Mette; Kulseng, Bård Eirik; Lindberg, Fedon; Johansen, Berit. (2010) Moderate-Carbohydrate Diet Induces Changes in Leukocyte Gene Expression Patterns and Pro-Inflammatory Biomarkers Towards a More Healthy Phenotype, Compared to a High-Carbohydrate Diet. Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics. vol. 3 (2-3).
Fjeldbo, Christina Sæten; Misund, Kristine; Günther, Clara-Cecilie; Langaas, Mette; Steigedal, Tonje; Thommesen, Liv; Lægreid, Astrid; Bruland, Torunn. (2010) Functional studies on RNA-transfected cell microarrays. Methods in Molecular Biology. vol. 629.