MD, PhD
Unit for HTS-diagnostics, Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Dr Berge hasbeen involved in research and genetic testing of lipid disorders for several years. In 2000-2002 he was a post doc in Professor Helen H. Hobbs lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where he was involved in the research that led to the identification and characterization of the genes ABCG5 and ABCG8 that are involved in sitosterolemia.
For the last 5 years Dr Berge has been the unit leader for the HTS-diagnostics unit, Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital. Together with his co-workers he is providing genetic diagnosis for rare disorders using next generation sequencing, mainly by whole genome sequencing.”