Biorecognition

We are interested in the molecular mechanisms behind biomolecular recognition and functional response.

The Biorecognition group is divided into four labs. Please visit the lab pages to learn more about our research.

Funding for large-scale interdisciplinary project

Escaping the Combinatorial Explosion: Expert-Enhanced Heuristic Navigation of Chemical Space (eHACS)

Project funding from the NFR to carry out a collaborative project on expert-enhanced de novo design of small molecules.

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A new mouse model gave surprising findings about Folling Disease

A new study from the University in Bergen may shed light on the comorbidities found in adults suffering from this rare disease.

Research project

New mental health project aims to uncover insulin-related mechanisms linking disorders of body and brain.

An important European-funded initiative has been launched to explore how common molecular mechanisms may link metabolic disorders, especially type 2 diabetes and obesity, with brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and autism spectrum disorders. Jan Haavik and...

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From molecule to medicine

Martinez and collaborators are developing a pharmacological chaperone therapy for acute intermittent porphyria

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The structure of the enzyme implicated in phenylketonuria (PKU)

The structure of full-length phenylalanine hydroxylase in complex with the cofactor BH4 is presented in the most recent issue of PNAS. As the cofactor is also used as a therapy for PKU, this structure is of medical importance.