Dr. Nils-Goran Larsson is a professor in mitochondrial genetics at the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Dr. Larsson is also a senior consultant at the Center for Inherited Metabolic Diseases at the Karolinska university hospital. Dr. Larsson has reached international acclaim for his work, and has become one of the leading scientists within the field of mitochondrial genetics. Dr. Larsson is a member of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, and one of the current members of the Nobel Committee for Medicine or Physiology.