Maria Falkenberg
individual
About
Maria Falkenberg is a Swedish biochemist and Professor of Medical Biochemistry at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, where she studies human mitochondrial DNA replication and mitochondrial disease mechanisms. She is publicly associated with Pretzel Therapeutics, where launch materials dated September 12, 2022 named her Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, while the company's current About Us page accessed June 10, 2026 lists her as a Co-Founder. Her profile is best characterized as a scientific and ecosystem influence role in mitochondrial biology, rare disease, and aging-related therapeutics rather than a capital-deployment role.
Areas of interest
mitochondrial biologymitochondrial DNA replicationgene expressionRNA biologymedical biochemistrygeneticsageingmitochondrial diseasecell metabolism