Trygve Brauns Leergaard

Trygve Brauns Leergaard is a Professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo. His academic work focuses on neuroanatomy, brain connectivity mapping, morphological phenotyping, and neuroinformatics, particularly in rodent models.

• MD, University of Leiden (1996)
• PhD, University of Oslo (2000)

Research Interests: Leergaard specializes in digital brain atlasing, histological validation of neuroimaging, and neuroinformatics. His work bridges computational methods with neuroanatomical studies, emphasizing standardization of brain mapping techniques.

Recent Publications: His 2024–2025 research includes developing spatial integration workflows, comparative brain atlas metadata models, and developmental mouse brain atlases. Earlier work (2018–2023) explored neurodegenerative disease models, brain tumor growth patterns, and Parkinson's disease mechanisms.

Laboratory & Collaborations: He co-leads the Neural Systems and Graphics Computing Laboratory and collaborates internationally with institutions including UC San Diego, Duke University, and NTNU.