We focus on primary as well as metastatic tumours to the brain. We perform basic and translational research, with the aim to better understand how brain tumors are initiated and to better delineate the mechanisms responsible for tumor growth.
The Bjerkvig lab is part of the Translational Cancer Research Group at the Department of Biomedicine.
Video: barcoded cells from a micro-brain grown in culture invade a healthy brain. Credit: Wenjing Zhou.
Principal investigator: the lab is lead by Professor Rolf Bjerkvig. Visit his personal page.