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.

Sanne Schou Berger

Assay developer

Sanne Schou Berger

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

Jesper Freddie Sørensen

assay developer

Jesper Freddie Sørensen

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

Louisa Obari

Assay developer

Louisa Obari

Company contact, funds acquisition, analysis and verification of RT-PCR results (including our RT-qPCR for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in humans).

Charikleia Despoina Vagianou

Assay developer

Chara Vagianou

Aptamer development and validation against multiple targets that can be used as diagnostic biomarkers.
Ilaria Mainero Rocca

Assay developer

Ilaria  Mainero Rocca

Kasama Chusang Larsen

Molecular biologist

Kasama Chusang Larsen

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

Molecular biologist

Linette Buxbom Nielsen

Process optimization and real-time PCR development.
Ivan Larsen

Laboratory Technician

Ivan Larsen

Jonas Høgberg

Laboratory Technician

Jonas Høgberg

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

Hanxi Li

PhD Student

Hanxi Li

Christina Andersen

Quality manager

Christina Andersen

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

Mary Orlene Singco Andersen

Lab Technician Trainee

Mary Orlene Singco Andersen

Our super quick learner lab technician trainee, who will learn how to master single- and multiplex RT-qPCR, SPR, Luminex, MSD. For her final thesis Mary will help generate aptamers for detection of Borrelia in human serum using an mPOF device.

Kristian Bluff

business developer

Kristian Bluff