This section is composed of 15 research groups and 4 project groups. We are characterized by excellence in enabling technologies within molecular and computational biology and a strong focus on curiosity driven basic science with a track record of ground-breaking research. Fundamental discoveries of enzyme activities have inspired a wide research portfolio spanning early development to aging and implications for human disease during the entire life course.

This strong focus on fundamental research has resulted in the section being awarded a Centre of excellence, Centre for Embryology and Healthy Development (CRESCO) that started 1st July 2023.

Our research strategy is aligned with the overall aims at Oslo University Hospital and Clinic of Laboratory Medicine. In addition we have priorities in three pillars; ground-breaking research, development of talent and innovation.

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

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Research groups:

RNA/DNA base modifications	Stem Cells, Ageing and Cancer	Fungal and Bacterial Infections Research Group
Cellular Responses to DNA Damage	Cell and tissue dynamics	Genome and Epigenome Regulation in Embryo Development, Ageing and Disease
Structural Biology and DNA repair	Clinical Virology Research Group	Stem Cell Dynamics and RNA Regulation
Laboratory for Dynamic Gene Regulation	Virology Research Group	Genome Instability in Ageing and Disease
Targeting tumors of central nervous system	Genome Dynamics	Bacterial Defense Systems and Antimicrobial Resistance Group

Mari Kaarbø, leader of the Virology Research Group at Oslo University Hospital, was interviewed by the journal Bioingeniøren after leading one of the research teams that collaborated on the “Oslo patient” project. Kaarbø has been primarily responsible for the careful examination of the patient’s blood and gut cells to identify HIV reservoirs. The patient has been off treatment and clinically virus‑free for nearly three years.