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Pål Kvello

Pål Kvello

Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

pal.kvello@ntnu.no
+4773412325 Lysholmbygget, Kalvskinnet
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About

Pål Kvello was trained as a general teacher at Nord-Trøndelag University College, and he continued with a master's degree and a doctoral degree in biology at Dr. Hanna Mustaparta's laboratory, department of biology, NTNU. There he studied how the nervous system of insects detects and processes information about taste qualities. This work continued with a post-doctoral position in Dr. Kristin Scott's laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, where Pål studied how taste neurons in the central nervous system influence feeding behavior in fruit flies. Due to a lack of methods to identify functional connections between neurons in fruit flies, Pål started a post-doctoral period in Dr. Menno Witter's laboratory at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience to learn whole-cell multipatch electrophysiology. With this method, he investigated how neurons in different layers of the cerebral cortex in rats and mice are connected in neural networks. Using a transgenic rat model for Alzheimer's disease, he also investigated how this disease can affect the function of neurons and networks in the entorhinal part of the cerebral cortex. Currently, Pål Kvello has his own research group at the Department of Teacher Education https://www.ntnu.no/web/ilu/nevrodidaktikk where the aim is to develop methods and material to increase students' knowledge of the nervous system, as well as the application of this knowledge in other fields.

Research

  • The Neurodidactics group

Publications

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2021

  • Kvello, Pål; Gericke, Niklas. (2021) Identifying knowledge important to teach about the nervous system in the context of secondary biology and science education–A Delphi study. PLOS ONE. volum 16 (12).
    Academic article

2020

  • Chu, Xi; KC, Pramod; Ian, Elena; Kvello, Pål; Liu, Yand; Wang, Guirong; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2020) Neuronal architecture of the second-order CO2 pathway in the brain of a noctuid moth. Scientific Reports. volum 10.
    Academic article
  • KC, Pramod; Chu, Xi; Kvello, Pål; Zhao, Xin-Cheng; Wang, Gui-Rong; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2020) Revisiting the Labial Pit Organ Pathway in the Noctuid Moth, Helicoverpa armigera. Frontiers in Physiology. volum 11 (202).
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål; Barstad, Stine Slaatsveen; Rønning, Bernt; Moen, Elin Tronsaune; Østerlie, Ove. (2020) Omvendt undervisning versus tradisjonell undervisning i naturfag på ungdomsskolen: En studie av elevers motivasjon, forberedelser og læringsutbytte. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO). volum 14 (1).
    Academic article

2019

  • Heggland, Ingrid; Kvello, Pål; Witter, Menno. (2019) Electrophysiological Characterization of Networks and Single Cells in the Hippocampal Region of a Transgenic Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. eNeuro. volum 6 (1).
    Academic article

2014

  • Pool, Allan-Hermann; Kvello, Pål; Mann, Kevin; Cheung, Samantha; Gordon, Michael; Wang, Liming; Scott, Kristin. (2014) Four GABAergic Interneurons Impose Feeding Restraint in Drosophila. Neuron. volum 83 (1).
    Academic article
  • Zhao, Xin-Cheng; Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Lillevoll, Siri Corneliussen; Mustaparta, Hanna; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2014) Representation of pheromones, interspecific signals, and plant odors in higher olfactory centers; mapping physiologically identified antennal-lobe projection neurons in the male heliothine moth. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 8 (186).
    Academic article

2013

  • Kvello, Pål. (2013) Lykkemedisin. 2013. ISBN 9788282513241.
    Popularized science book

2012

  • Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Kvello, Pål; Kirkerud, Nicholas; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2012) Activity in neurons of a putative protocerebral circuit representing information about a 10 component plant odor blend in Heliothis virescens. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 6.
    Academic article

2010

  • Kvello, Pål; Jørgensen, Kari; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2010) Central gustatory neurons integrate taste quality information from four appendages in the moth Heliothis virescens. Journal of Neurophysiology. volum 103 (6).
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2010) I hodet på en nattsvermer. VG : Verdens gang.
    Popular scientific article
  • Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2010) Inside a moth`s brain. Gemini.
    Popular scientific article
  • Kvello, Pål; Mustaparta, Hanna; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2010) Forskning i verdenstoppen. Adresseavisen.
    Popular scientific article
  • Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Kvello, Pål; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2010) Integration of the antennal lobe glomeruli and three projection neurons in the standard brain atlas of the moth Heliothis virescens. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 4.
    Academic article

2009

  • Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Rybak, Jürgen; Menzel, Randolf; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2009) Digital, three-dimensional average shaped atlas of the Heliothis virescens brain with integrated gustatory and olfactory neurons. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 3 (14).
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål. (2009) Neurons forming the network involved in gustatory coding and learning in the moth Heliothis virescens: Physiological and morphological characterisation, and integration into a standard brain atlas. 2009.
    PhD thesis

2006

  • Jørgensen, Kari; Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2006) Two closely located areas in the suboesophageal ganglion and the tritocerebrum receive projections of gustatory receptor neurons located on the antennae and the proboscis in the moth Heliothis virescens. Journal of Comparative Neurology. volum 496 (1).
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2006) A confined taste area in a lepidopteran brain. Arthropod structure & development. volum 35 (1).
    Academic article

Scientific articles

  • Kvello, Pål; Gericke, Niklas. (2021) Identifying knowledge important to teach about the nervous system in the context of secondary biology and science education–A Delphi study. PLOS ONE. volum 16 (12).
    Academic article
  • Chu, Xi; KC, Pramod; Ian, Elena; Kvello, Pål; Liu, Yand; Wang, Guirong; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2020) Neuronal architecture of the second-order CO2 pathway in the brain of a noctuid moth. Scientific Reports. volum 10.
    Academic article
  • KC, Pramod; Chu, Xi; Kvello, Pål; Zhao, Xin-Cheng; Wang, Gui-Rong; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2020) Revisiting the Labial Pit Organ Pathway in the Noctuid Moth, Helicoverpa armigera. Frontiers in Physiology. volum 11 (202).
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål; Barstad, Stine Slaatsveen; Rønning, Bernt; Moen, Elin Tronsaune; Østerlie, Ove. (2020) Omvendt undervisning versus tradisjonell undervisning i naturfag på ungdomsskolen: En studie av elevers motivasjon, forberedelser og læringsutbytte. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO). volum 14 (1).
    Academic article
  • Heggland, Ingrid; Kvello, Pål; Witter, Menno. (2019) Electrophysiological Characterization of Networks and Single Cells in the Hippocampal Region of a Transgenic Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. eNeuro. volum 6 (1).
    Academic article
  • Pool, Allan-Hermann; Kvello, Pål; Mann, Kevin; Cheung, Samantha; Gordon, Michael; Wang, Liming; Scott, Kristin. (2014) Four GABAergic Interneurons Impose Feeding Restraint in Drosophila. Neuron. volum 83 (1).
    Academic article
  • Zhao, Xin-Cheng; Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Lillevoll, Siri Corneliussen; Mustaparta, Hanna; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2014) Representation of pheromones, interspecific signals, and plant odors in higher olfactory centers; mapping physiologically identified antennal-lobe projection neurons in the male heliothine moth. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 8 (186).
    Academic article
  • Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Kvello, Pål; Kirkerud, Nicholas; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2012) Activity in neurons of a putative protocerebral circuit representing information about a 10 component plant odor blend in Heliothis virescens. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 6.
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål; Jørgensen, Kari; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2010) Central gustatory neurons integrate taste quality information from four appendages in the moth Heliothis virescens. Journal of Neurophysiology. volum 103 (6).
    Academic article
  • Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Kvello, Pål; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2010) Integration of the antennal lobe glomeruli and three projection neurons in the standard brain atlas of the moth Heliothis virescens. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 4.
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Rybak, Jürgen; Menzel, Randolf; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2009) Digital, three-dimensional average shaped atlas of the Heliothis virescens brain with integrated gustatory and olfactory neurons. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. volum 3 (14).
    Academic article
  • Jørgensen, Kari; Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2006) Two closely located areas in the suboesophageal ganglion and the tritocerebrum receive projections of gustatory receptor neurons located on the antennae and the proboscis in the moth Heliothis virescens. Journal of Comparative Neurology. volum 496 (1).
    Academic article
  • Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2006) A confined taste area in a lepidopteran brain. Arthropod structure & development. volum 35 (1).
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2010) I hodet på en nattsvermer. VG : Verdens gang.
    Popular scientific article
  • Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2010) Inside a moth`s brain. Gemini.
    Popular scientific article
  • Kvello, Pål; Mustaparta, Hanna; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2010) Forskning i verdenstoppen. Adresseavisen.
    Popular scientific article

Books

  • Kvello, Pål. (2013) Lykkemedisin. 2013. ISBN 9788282513241.
    Popularized science book

Report

  • Kvello, Pål. (2009) Neurons forming the network involved in gustatory coding and learning in the moth Heliothis virescens: Physiological and morphological characterisation, and integration into a standard brain atlas. 2009.
    PhD thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • MGLU3506 - Natural Science 1 (5-10) Module 2
  • PED6043 - Health and Well-Being in School
  • MGLU2506 - Natural Science 1 (5-10) Module 2

Media

2022

  • Programme management
    Berg, Bente Gunnveig; Chu, Xi; Kymre, Jonas Hansen; Kvello, Pål; Ian, Elena; Haug, Mikkel N.. (2022) Luktesystemets gåter. Trondheim, Forskningstorget 2022 [Internett]. 2022-09-23.
  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål. (2022) Ungdomsskoleelevers forståelse av nervesystemet. Hell konferansen . Naturfagsenteret; Hell. 2022-11-15 - 2022-11-16.
  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål. (2022) Utvikling av undervisningen om nervesystemet i grunnskolen. Invitert presentasjon . Institutt for realfag, Høgskulen i Volda; Volda. 2022-05-07 - 2022-05-07.

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål; Gericke, Niklas. (2021) Identifisering av kunnskap om nervesystemet som det er viktig å undervise om. Hell konferansen . Naturfagsenteret; Hell. 2021-11-17 - 2021-11-18.

2019

  • Poster
    KC, Pramod; Chu, Xi; Kvello, Pål; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2019) Mapping CO2 pathways in the noctuid moth, Helicoverpa armigera. 16th European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction (ESITO) ; Sardinia. 2019-09-15 - 2019-09-20.
  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål. (2019) Mapping the neural network underlying insect taste and feeding behavior. Gjesteforelesning . Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Bejing. 2019-03-25 - 2019-03-25.

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål; Lundheim, Lars Magne; Sneltvedt, Trym; Rotevatn, Synnøve Andersen; Bogfjellmo, Bendik; Kristoffersen, Marius Grønby; Kaiser, Sven-Erik Markhus; Lillegård, May Helen; Samdal, Kristin Langemyhr; Boye, Anders Johan Nesheim. (2018) Å bygge hjerner. Norgesuniversitetets høstkonferanse . DIKUT; Tromsø. 2018-09-19 - 2018-09-20.

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål; Lundheim, Lars Magne; Nyholm, Henrik; Nedregård, Benjamin; Sneltvedt, Trym; Malmo, Jan Tore; Feren, Kari; Haugstad, Kristin Elisabeth; Cyvin, Jardar; Solstad, Trygve; Rossing, Nils Kristian. (2017) Å bygge hjerner i grunnskolen. Hell-seminaret . Naturfagsenteret; Hell. 2017-11-15 - 2017-11-17.
  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål; Sneltvedt, Trym; Haugstad, Kristin Elisabeth; Feren, Kari; Malmo, Jan Tore; Cyvin, Jardar; Solstad, Trygve. (2017) From single neuron to brain function - a neural network building kit developed to fill in the missing link in school. Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education 2017 . NTNU; Trondheim. 2017-06-06 - 2017-06-09.

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål; Barstad, Stine Slaatsveen; Østerlie, Ove; Moen, Elin. (2016) Omvendt undervisning eller tradisjonell undervisning. Hva er best?. Forskerskole for lærerutdannere i naturfag . Nasjonalt nettverk for naturfagutdanning og Naturfagsenteret; Oslo. 2016-10-21 - 2016-10-21.

2015

  • Poster
    Heggland, Ingrid; Kvello, Pål; Witter, Menno. (2015) Electrophysiological characterisation of entorhinal layer II principal cells in pre-plaque McGill-R-Thy1-APP transgenic rats. Nordic Neuroscience . Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience; Trondheim. 2015-06-10 - 2015-06-12.
  • Poster
    Kvello, Pål; Amissah, Richard Quansah; Nilssen, Eirik Stamland; Witter, Menno. (2015) Connectivity and Molecular Identity of Principal Neurons in Layer Three of the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex. Nordic Neuroscience . Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience; Trondheim. 2015-06-10 - 2015-06-12.

2013

  • Interview
    Kvello, Pål. (2013) Forsker på hjerne, fantaserer om lykke. Byavisa.no [Internett]. 2013-11-19.
  • Interview
    Kvello, Pål. (2013) Selvopplevd lykke. Malvik-Bladet [Avis]. 2013-09-28.
  • Interview
    Kvello, Pål. (2013) Veien til lykke. Universitetsavisa [Internett]. 2013-10-28.

2011

  • Academic lecture
    Zhao, Xin-Cheng; Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte; Mustaparta, Hanna; Berg, Bente Gunnveig. (2011) Representation of pheromones and plant odors in protocerebral regions of the male heliothine moth. International scientific conference . European Society of Insect Taste and Olfaction (ESITO); St. Petersburg. 2011-09-19 - 2011-09-25.

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål. (2010) I hodet på en svermer. Behandling av lukt- og smaksinformasjon i hjernen hos et skadeinsekt. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab`s Akademi . Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab; Katedralskolens festsal. 2010-10-11 - 2010-10-11.
  • Academic lecture
    Mustaparta, Hanna; Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2010) Chemosensory coding and learning in the moth Heliothis virescens: searching for the neuonal network involved. Honeybee Neuroscience-a New, Old Model System, Bridging the Genomics, Physiology and Behavior. Where to in the Next 50 Years? . D. Eisenhardt, CG Galizia, and M Giurfa; University of Berlin. 2010-06-10 - 2010-06-13.

2009

  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål. (2009) Integration in central neurons of gustatory information from four appendages in the moth Heliothis virescens. European Chemoreception Research Organisation . European Chemoreception Research Organisation; Sardinia. 2009-09-24 - 2009-09-27.
  • Academic lecture
    Kvello, Pål. (2009) Integration in central neurons of gustatory information from four appendages in the moth Heliothis virescens. European symposium for insect taste and olfaction . European symposium for insect taste and olfaction; Sardinia. 2009-09-19 - 2009-09-24.
  • Interview
    Kvello, Pål; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye. (2009) I hodet på en svermer. Gemini [Avis]. 2009-12-09.

2008

  • Poster
    Stranden, Marit; Løfaldli, Bjarte Bye; Kvello, Pål; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2008) Integration of characterized olfactory interneurons into the standard brain atlas of the moth Heliothis virescens. The 15th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT)/ The 30th Annual meeting of Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) . The 15th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISO; San Francisco. 2008-07-21 - 2008-07-26.

2006

  • Poster
    Kvello, Pål; Jørgensen, Kari; Rø, Helge; Mustaparta, Hanna; Stranden, Marit. (2006) The neural pathways involved in olfactory conditioning of the proboscis extension response in Heliothis virescens. The 14th Jerusalem spring school in life science "The sense of smell" . The Institute fo Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of; Jerusalem. 2006-04-02 - 2006-04-06.

2005

  • Poster
    Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2005) The contact chemosensilla Sensilla styloconica on the proboscis of Heliothis virescens and the projection pattern of the associated receptor neurones in the central nervous system. Poster . International society of chemical ecology; Washington DC. 2005-07-23 - 2005-07-27.

2004

  • Poster
    Jørgensen, Kari; Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2004) Projection patterns in the brain of receptor neurons in contact chemosensilla on the antennae of Heliothis virescens. European chemoreception research organisation ; 2004-09-12 - 2004-09-15.
  • Poster
    Jørgensen, Kari; Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2004) Projection patterns in the brain of receptor neurons in contact chemosensilla on the antennae of Heliothis virescens. International symposium on olfaction and taste ; 2004-07-05 - 2004-07-09.
  • Academic lecture
    Jørgensen, Kari; Kvello, Pål; Almaas, Tor Jørgen; Mustaparta, Hanna. (2004) Two closely located areas in the suboesophageal ganglion receive projections of the taste receptor neurons located on the antennae and the proboscis in Heliothis virescens. International symposium on chemical senses and insect behavior ; 2004-07-10 - 2004-07-11.
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