OUH - Dept. of Microbiology

Welcome to the Department of Microbiology

Head of department: Fredrik Müller
Head of research section: Hilde Loge Nilsen

Research groups:

RNA/DNA base modifications Ingrun Alseth	Stem Cells, Ageing and Cancer Lorena Arranz	Fungal and Bacterial Infections Research Group Jørgen V. Bjørnholt
Cellular Responses to DNA Damage Magnar Bjørås	Cell and tissue dynamics Stig Ove Bøe	Genome and Epigenome Regulation in Embryo Development, Ageing and Disease John Arne Dahl
Structural Biology and DNA repair Bjørn Dalhus	Clinical Virology Research Group Susanne G. Dudman	Stem Cell Dynamics and RNA Regulation Adam A. Filipczyk
Laboratory for Dynamic Gene Regulation Arne Klungland	Virology Research Group Mari Kaarbø	Genome Instability in Ageing and Disease Hilde L. Nilsen
Targeting tumors of central nervous system Deo Prakash Pandey	Genome Dynamics Tone Tønjum	Bacterial Defense Systems and Antimicrobial Resistance Group James Booth and Emily Helgesen

Department of Microbiology Project groups

Matussek project group

Autophagy regulation in development and disease

Oligodendrocytes in health and disease

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Recent publications

Granerud BK, Kaarbø M, Al-Baldawi H, The Norwegian Sars-CoV-Study Group Investigators, Otterdal K, Halvorsen B, Lind A, Rayner S, Holter JC, Dudman S (2025)
Droplet Digital PCR or Real-Time PCR as a Method for Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Plasma-Is There a Difference?
Viruses, 17 (6)
DOI 10.3390/v17060772, PubMed 40573363

Sandven L, Brekke H, Lier T, Tverelv LR, Afset JE, Sivertsen A, Hanevik K (2025)
Transitioning from microscopy to PCR for protozoa in Norway - impact on detection of protozoa and helminths: a register study
Epidemiol Infect, 1-21 (in press)
DOI 10.1017/S0950268825100228, PubMed 40566823

Bai X, Raju SC, Knudsen AD, Thudium RF, Arentoft NS, Gelpi M, Heidari SL, Kunisaki KM, Kristiansen K, Hov JR, Nielsen SD, Trøseid M (2025)
Microbiome profiling reveals gut bacterial species associated with rapid lung function decline in people with HIV
Front Immunol, 16, 1555441
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1555441, PubMed 40557154

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