About us

Centre for Diagnostics is part of Department of Health Technology at DTU, placed at Lyngby Campus in building 202. We have one of the most advanced laboratories in the world but also an amazing team who meet you with years of expertise within the fields of assay development and diagnostics.

Your gateway to human diagnostics at DTU

DTU develops and creates value using natural and technical sciences to the benefit of the society - we contribute the overall DTU goal by:

  • Developing diagnostic tools that solve problems for the hospital sector, biotech industry and society in general.
  • Supporting DTU research groups by developing assays and lending assay expertise hereby enabling DTU technology transfer.
  • Offering diagnostic test capacity and expertise to hospitals and universities.

Meet the team behind Centre for Diagnostics

Helene Larsen

Head of Centre for Diagnostics

Helene Larsen

Ensure the centre as a successful gateway to laboratory diagnostics at DTU and ensure start-up, progress and level of innovation in collaboration projects.

Business Developer

Kristian Bluff

Sanne Schou Berger

Assay developer

Sanne Schou Berger

Development and implementation of diagnostic assays for measuring biomarkers and disease specific antibodies.

Ilaria Mainero Rocca

Assay developer

Ilaria  Mainero Rocca

Development of Aptamer

Nigel Robert Caterer

Assay developer

Nigel Robert Caterer

Developing and commercializing of Quick/Rapid tests known as lateral flow assays (LFAs).

Kasama Chusang Larsen

Molecular biologist

Kasama Chusang Larsen

qPCR assay development and optimization on Qiagen and Fluidigm platforms on the Biomark HD instrument. Testing commercial samples on Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) platform.
Ivan Larsen

Laboratory Technician

Ivan Larsen

Jonas Høgberg

Laboratory Technician

Jonas Høgberg

Assist in development, optimizing and implement of various molecular techniques and assays.

Louisa Obari

QA Responsible       

Louisa Obari

Communication and marketing, Quality assurance and analysis and verification of RT-PCR results, including our RT-qPCR assays for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in humans.  

Christina Andersen

Quality manager

Christina Andersen

Assuring high quality of the laboratory techniques in the easiest possible way by implementing new technology and systems.

Hanxi Li

PhD Student

Hanxi Li