Mette Langaas
Background and activities
Mette Langaas is a Professor of Statistics an Deputy head of Education at the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Professor Langaas has an MSc in Industrial Mathematics and a PhD in Statistics from NTNU.
She has since 2018 status as distinguished educator at NTNU (merittert underviser).
Publications in Google scholar: https://scholar.google.no/citations?hl=no&user=DdgPJq0AAAAJ
Professor Langaas has supervised 7 PhD and Postdoc, 34 MSc and Diploma students.
Recent Work Experience
- 2019-2020: Sabbatical at the Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.
- 2017-2021: Group leader Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU.
- 2016- Professor II at the Norwegian Computing Center, Big Insights.
- 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
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database
2021
- (2021) Riktig karakter med dobbel sensur?. www.universitetsavisa.no.
- (2021) A new method for exploring gene–gene and gene–environment interactions in GWAS with tree ensemble methods and SHAP values. BMC Bioinformatics. vol. 22 (1).
2020
- (2020) Computationally efficient familywise error rate control in genome‐wide association studies using score tests for generalized linear models. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. vol. 47 (4).
- (2020) Mobile Sensing in Substance Use Research: A Scoping Review. Telemedicine journal and e-health. vol. 26 (10).
2019
- (2019) Digitale læringsressurser i matematikk og statistikk. MNT-konferansen 2019 . Nasjonalt senter for realfagsrekruttering; Tromsø. 2019-03-28 - 2019-03-29.
- (2019) Circulating microRNAs as predictive biomarkers of myocardial infarction: Evidence from the HUNT study. Atherosclerosis. vol. 289.
2018
- (2018) Powerful extreme phenotype sampling designs and score tests for genetic association studies. Statistics in Medicine. vol. 37 (28).
2017
- (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).
- (2017) Læringsressurser i grunnutdanningen i matematikk - kvalitet, tilgjengelighet og differensiering. Læring om læring. vol. 1.
- (2017) Bruk av digitale øvinger i grunnutdanningen i matematikk. Læring om læring. vol. 1.
- (2017) Alternativ forelesningsstruktur i grunnutdanningen i matematikk. Læring om læring. vol. 1 (1).
2016
- (2016) Statistical Analysis for High-Dimensional Data. Springer. 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-27097-5.
- (2016) Intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity from parents to their adolescent offspring - The HUNT study. PLOS ONE. vol. 11 (11).
2015
- (2015) Plant defence responses in oilseed rape MINELESS plants after attack by the cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae. Journal of Experimental Botany. vol. 66 (2).
2014
- (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).
- (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).
- (2014) Functional Toll-like receptors in primary first-trimester trophoblasts. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. vol. 106.
2013
- (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).
- (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).
- (2013) Balanced caloric macronutrient composition downregulates immunological gene expression in human blood cells - adipose tissue responses diverges. Omics. vol. 17 (1).
- (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).
- (2013) Differential Gene Expression at the Maternal-Fetal Interface in Preeclampsia Is Influenced by Gestational Age. PLOS ONE. vol. 8 (7).
- (2013) The duration of gastrin treatment affects global gene expression and molecular responses involved in ER stress and anti-apoptosis. BMC Genomics. vol. 14.
- (2013) Activation of endosomal Toll-like receptors in first trimester trophoblasts. Pregnancy Hypertension. vol. 3 (81).
- (2013) Cell surface Toll-like receptors in primary trophoblasts from first trimester placentas. Pregnancy Hypertension. vol. 3 (81).
- (2013) Functional Toll-like receptors in primary first trimester trophoblasts. Placenta. vol. 34 (9).
2012
- (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
- (2011) Computer based assessment of General Movements in Young Infants using one or two video recordings. Pediatric Research. vol. 70.
2010
- (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).
- (2010) Functional studies on RNA-transfected cell microarrays. Methods in molecular biology. vol. 629.
- (2010) A Bayesian hierarchical model for quantitative real-time PCR data. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. vol. 9 (1).
- (2010) Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 in Pre-eclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction: Reduced Gene Expression in Decidual Tissue and Protein Expression in Extravillous Trophoblasts. Placenta. vol. 31 (7).
2009
- (2009) Changes in Regulation of Metabolic and Immunological Pathways in Leukocytes Due to Alterations in Macronutrient Composition. Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics. vol. 2 (4-5).
- (2009) Pathological and physiological hypertrophies are regulated by distinct gene programs. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation. vol. 16 (6).
2008
- (2008) A Nutrigenomcs Approach to Define a “Lifestyle Algorithm” to Be Used in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy. Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics. vol. 1 (1-2).
- (2008) Leukocytes – A Reliable Source For Genomewide Screening To Identify Dietary Responses. Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics. vol. 1 (6).
- (2008) Gene expression profiling of skeletal muscle in exercise-trained and sedentary rats with inborn high and low VO2max. Physiological Genomics. vol. 35 (3).
- (2008) Aerobic capacity-dependent differences in cardiac gene expression. Physiological Genomics. vol. 33.
- (2008) Decidual expression and maternal serum levels of heme oxygenase 1 are increased in pre-eclampsia. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. vol. 87 (3).
- (2008) Functional studies on transfected cell microarray analysed by linear regression modelling. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). vol. 36 (15).
- (2008) Identification of novel neuroendocrine-specific tumour genes. British Journal of Cancer. vol. 99 (8).
- (2008) Identification of novel neuroendocrine-specific tumour genes. British Journal of Cancer. vol. 99 (8).
- (2008) Changes in gene expression of gastric mucosa during therapeutic acid inhibition. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepathology. vol. 20.
2007
- (2007) A Nutrigenomcs Approach to Define a “Lifestyle Algorithm” to Be Used in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy. 1st Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics (ISNN) . International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics (ISNN); Athen. 2007-11-11 - 2007-11-13.
- (2007) Fetal growth restriction is associated with reduced FasL expression by decidual cells. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. vol. 74.
- (2007) Understanding sample size: What determines the required number of microarrays for an experiment?. Trends in Plant Science. vol. 12 (2).
2006
- (2006) GeneTools - application for functional annotation and statistical hypothesis testing. BMC Bioinformatics. vol. 7 (470).
- (2006) Fetal growth restriction is associated with reduced FasL expression by decidual cells. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology.
2005
- (2005) Identification of novel growth factor-responsive genes in neuroendocrine gastrointestinal tumour cells. British Journal of Cancer. vol. 92 (8).
- (2005) Identification of novel growth factor-responsive genes in neuroendocrine gastrointestinal tumour cells. British Journal of Cancer. vol. 92.
- (2005) Estimating the proportion of true null hypotheses, with application to DNA microarray data. Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series B-statistical Methodology. vol. 67.
- (2005) Limitations of mRNA amplification from small-size cell samples. BMC Genomics.
2004
- (2004) Medical technology: Health surveys and biobanking. A Foresight analysis towards 2020. 2004.
- (2004) glme: a C-program for parameter estimation using Gibbs-sampling in large linear mixed-effects models, with applications to DNA microarray data. 2004. Preprint Series in Statistics (2/2004).
2003
- (2003) Effects of mRNA amplification on gene expression ratios in cDNA experiments estimated by analysis of variance. BMC Genomics. vol. 4 (11).
2002
- (2002) Analysis of repeatability in spotted cDNA microarrays. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). vol. 30 (14).
1999
- (1999) Simulated likelihood methods for complex double-platform line transect surveys. Biometrics. vol. 55.
1997
- (1997) Abundance of northeastern Atlantic minke whales, estimates for 1989 and 1995. Rep. int. Whal. Commn. vol. 47.