Center for Diabetes Research is an interdisciplinary research center that integrates clinical investigations with large-scale genetic analyses and different model systems. The center collaborates with various groups at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital in an effort to find new diabetes genes and map new mechanisms involved in diabetes development. The main aim is to develop new diagnostic tools that can be tested in population-based registries and biobanks before being used in clinical practice, thus facilitating individualized diabetes care.
The center has six principal investigators: (1) Professor Pål R. Njølstad, MD PhD; (2) Professor Helge Ræder, MD PhD; (3) Professor Simona Chera, PhD; (4) Professor Anders Molven, PhD; (5) Professor Stefan Johansson, PhD; Professor Valeriya Lyssenko, MD PhD.
The groups work together to:
1. Find new genetic risk factors for diabetes and its complications
2. Reveal novel disease mechanisms in diabetes development
3. Develop and implement improved targeted treatment of diabetes
We are located at the Children and Youth Hospital building, block 2, 6th floor, Haukelandsbakken 15, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
Publications from the Center for Diabetes Research can be found here.
We thank the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation (KGJ) for supporting important diabetes research in Bergen. We also thank the University of Bergen (UoB), Helse Vest, The Research Council of Norway (RCN), the Trond Mohn foundation (former BFS), Novo Nordisk Fonden and the European Research Council (ERC).
Most recent publications
- Relation of Health-Related Quality of Life with Glycemic Control and Use of Diabetes Technology in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Results from a National Population Based Study
- The genetic risk factor CEL-HYB1 causes proteotoxicity and chronic pancreatitis in mice
- A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height
- Fat Malabsorption and Ursodeoxycholic Acid Treatment in Children With Reduced Organic Solute Transporter-α (<em>SLC51A</em>) Expression
- A national intercalated medical student research program - student perceptions, satisfaction, and factors associated with pursuing a PhD