About
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest public institution of research and higher education with approximately 27,200 students and 6,500 employees. It is also Norway’s oldest and highest ranked university, with 50% of the Norwegian ERC grants and more than 40% of the Norwegian Centres of Excellence. The Faculty of Medicine’s teaching and research extends over a large area, from basic biomedical research to clinical studies and public health. The Faculty is highly active in dissemination and innovation activities. The research environment at the Department of Nutrition, at the Medical Faculty was recently evaluated by the Research Council of Norway as being very good to excellent, thus being among the top 10% highest research environments evaluated in Norway.
Role in LongITools
The University of Oslo led the RNA expression analysis in work packages 4,5 and 6 and participated in research activities in the field of cardiometabolic diseases, nutrition and toxicology.