About the research group

The Renal Research Group belongs to the Department of Clinical Medicine at UiB with strong links to the Renal Unit at Haukeland University Hospital (external link)(Helse Bergen). The group is an open forum for clinical and translational kidney research in Bergen and has been directed by Associate Professor Øystein Solberg Eikrem. Traditionally, the Renal Research Group has combined human/animal studies of disease mechanisms and molecular kidney biopsy analyses with epidemiological studies of risk factors of chronic kidney disease.

Senior Scientists belong to the group, including Prof. Hans-Peter Marti.  Prof. Einar Svarstad and Camilla Tøndel, PhD, direct all clinical and histological Fabry studies together with Rannveig Skrunes, PhD. Prof. Bjørn E. Vikse at UiB and Helse Fonna (external link) (Haugesund Hospital), the winner of the Falch's Junior Award (external link) 2017 of our Faculty of Medicine, has a particular focus on epidemiology and on proteomics (e.g. IgA nephropathy). Associate Prof. Sabine Leh, the renal pathologist of the Norwegian Kidney Biopsy Registry (NKBR), is instrumental in all studies related to kidney histology, including automated image analysis. Associate Professor Thomas Knoop and Professor Rune Bjørneklett have translational and clinical projects on IgA nephropathy and C3 nephropathy.

Addresses

Mailing address:

Department of Clinical Medicine
The Laboratory Building
Haukeland University Hospital
5021 Bergen
NORWAY

 

Visiting address: 

Department of Clinical Medicine 
The laboratory building, 7th floor
Haukeland University Hospital 
5021 Bergen 

 

Members of the Renal Research Group

Renal Research Group: Translational and Clinical Research Staff

Renal Research Group: Senior Members

Laboratories and facilities

Core facilities at K1 and K2:
The core facilities at the Faculty of Medicine have a diverse collection of scientific equipment and highly qualified supporting technical staff. More details.

The renal research group, as a part of the Department of clinical medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, is utilizing the resources of the core facility to contribute to the scientific output of the department. The group also have access to the core labfacilities at K2 

Nephrology research laboratories:
 

  • General laboratory
  • Organ-on-chip technology at the Renal research group: The renal research group group is one of the first research groups to work with a commercially available kidney-on-chip (Emulate) (external link)

 

  • Morphology lab

People

Group manager