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.
