Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This […]

Structural variants (SVs) represent an important class of genetic variants that have the potential to significantly impact the function and regulation of genes, influence phenotypic variation and cause a range of diseases. Unfortunately, SVs remain […]

Kai Fjær recently defended her thesis entitled “Whole genome sequencing with Oxford Nanopore and de novo genome assemblies of lipid-producing fungi in phylum Mucoromycota”. The focus of this work has been cultivation of 11 different […]

This Autumn, a new master study program in genome science is offered at NMBU.  The students will be part of an international research team that studies genomes in micro-organisms, plants, fish and animals. The program […]

Two CIGENE colleagues, Kristina Stenløkk and Marius Strand, started their scientific career as students at KBM, NMBU. They have provided in-depth interviews on motivation and challenges on their road towards becoming researchers in bioinformatics. Check […]