Frode Vartdal

Main goal
The Deputy Deans and I aim to improve the quality of research and teaching at the faculty. A key task for us in order to achieve this goal, is to enable our co-workers to develop both themselves and their fields of expertise.
Academic interests
My main area of research has been within the fields of neuroimmunology and transplantational immunology, with a focus on B-lymfocytes, bone marrow cells, multiple sclerosis and T-lymfocytes.
Background
Elected Dean at The Faculty of Medicine 2011 - 2014.
- Head of Institute of Clinical Medicine (2010)
- Head of Faculty Division Rikshospitalet (2006 - 2009)
- Specialist in Immunology and Transfusion Medicine
- Professor of Immunology since 1990
- MD in 1975, PhD in 1984 at University of Oslo
I have published more than 100 articles and supervised eight PhD candidates.
Since 1978 I have worked at Rikshospitalet in various positions, among other things as Research Fellow, Head of Department and Head of Clinic. I have been member of numerous adjudication committees evaluating PhD dissertations and academic positions.
Positions held
- Member of The Novo Nordic Foundation (2000 - 2009)
- President of The Norwegian Society for Immunology (1999 - 2002)
- Member of EU Expert Committee on Biomedical Research (1989 - 1992)
Publications
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Tomescu-Baciu, Alina; Johansen, Jorunn; Holmøy, Trygve; Greiff, Victor; Stensland, Maria & De Souza, Gustavo Antonio [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Persistence of intrathecal oligoclonal B cells and IgG in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimmunology. ISSN 0165-5728. 333:576966, p. 1–7. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2019.576966. Full text in Research Archive
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Tomescu-Baciu, Alina; Vartdal, Frode; Holmøy, Trygve; Vedeler, Christian A. & Lossius, Peter Andreas Vold (2018). G1m1 predominance of intrathecal virus-specific antibodies in multiple sclerosis. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. ISSN 2328-9503. 5(10), p. 1303–1309. doi: 10.1002/acn3.642. Full text in Research Archive
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Høglund, Rune Alexander; Polak, Justyna; Vartdal, Frode; Holmøy, Trygve & Lossius, Peter Andreas Vold (2018). B-cell composition in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients treated with dimethyl fumarate. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. ISSN 2211-0348. 26, p. 90–95. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.08.032. Full text in Research Archive
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Lossius, Peter Andreas Vold; Tomescu-Baciu, Alina; Holmøy, Trygve; Vedeler, Christian A.; Røsjø, Egil Rørvik & Lorentzen, Åslaug Rudjord [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2017). Selective intrathecal enrichment of G1m1-positive B cells in multiple sclerosis. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. ISSN 2328-9503. 4(10), p. 756–761. doi: 10.1002/acn3.451. Full text in Research Archive
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Lossius, Peter Andreas Vold; Johansen, Jorunn; Vartdal, Frode & Holmøy, Trygve (2016). High-throughput sequencing of immune repertoires in multiple sclerosis. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. ISSN 2328-9503. 3(4), p. 295–306. doi: 10.1002/acn3.295. Full text in Research Archive
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Johansen, Jorunn; Vartdal, Frode; Desmarais, Cindy; Tutturen, Astrid Elisabeth Voorham; De Souza, Gustavo Antonio & Lossius, Peter Andreas Vold [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2015). Intrathecal BCR transcriptome in multiple sclerosis versus other neuroinflammation: Equally diverse and compartmentalized, but more mutated, biased and overlapping with the proteome. Clinical Immunology. ISSN 1521-6616. 160(2), p. 211–225. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2015.06.001.
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Lossius, Peter Andreas Vold; Johansen, Jorunn; Vartdal, Frode; Robins, Harlan; Saltyte Benth, Jurate & Holmøy, Trygve [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). High-throughput sequencing of TCR repertoires in multiple sclerosis reveals intrathecal enrichment of EBV-reactive CD8+ T cells. European Journal of Immunology. ISSN 0014-2980. 44(11), p. 3439–3452. doi: 10.1002/eji.201444662.
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Sollid, Ludvig Magne; Lundin, Knut Erik Aslaksen; Leivestad, Torbjørn; Spurkland, Anne & Vartdal, Frode (2021). Erik Thorsby (1938-2021). Immunogenetics. ISSN 0093-7711. 73(3), p. 203–205. doi: 10.1007/s00251-021-01218-5.
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Vartdal, Frode (2018). Gratulerer med studievalget! Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 138(12).
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Vartdal, Frode (2014). I samsvar med lova. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 134(3), p. 267–267. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.14.0078.