About Broegelmann Resarch Laboratory (BRL)
BRL is an immunology research unit with a focus on Autoimmunity and Mucosal Immunobiology at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital. The Laboratory was initiated in 1957 after a donation to the University of Bergen and is co-localized and integrated with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Gade Institute. Internationally the unit is one of the leading groups on Experimental, Clinical and Genetic Studies of Sjögren´s syndrome and currently holds a EU funded Marie Curie Training Site. A broad repertoire of molecular and cellular methods in immunology and molecular biology has been established.
The core financial support comes from the Broegelmann Foundation. Other major funding agencies have been EU (four contracts), the Research Council of Norway (“miljøstøtte”) and the Foundation Health and Rehabilitation. Between 1962 and 2002 BRL has contributed to the finalization of 50 PhD/doctoral and 14 Master degrees. BFL has been the organizer of three international immunology meetings in Bergen 1997, 2001 and 2002. Since 1999 the unit is one of three Scandinavian Editorial offices for Scandinavian Journal of Immunology with Prof R. Jonsson as Editor-in-Chief.
Research Areas:
Autoimmunity/chronic inflammation; molecular medicine; mucosal immunity; immunopathology; tumour immunology; nutrition and immunology.
