The Albertsen Lab is part of Center for Microbial Communities at Aalborg University. The Center has approx. 30 young scientist working with structure and function of microbial communities, primarily related to environmental biotechnology. The Center has state-of-the art equipment within DNA sequencing (Illumina MiSeq & HiSeq and Oxford Nanopore MinION & PromethION), proteomics, metabolomics and advanced microscopy.

Scientific Focus

Our research is focused on method development within DNA sequencing related topics including metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, amplicon sequencing and bioinformatic method development. A strong focus on new technologies related to novel applications, method and software development. Dedicated to make complex data, analysis and workflows simple and usable for the broader scientific community.