Sanne Løkkegaard Larsen

Sanne Løkkegaard Larsen is a visiting researcher at the Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, affiliated with Odense University Hospital (OUH) and the Research Unit of Clinical Microbiology (Odense). Her work focuses on clinical microbiology and bioinformatics, particularly in bacterial outbreak analysis and sequencing technologies.

• Education: Master's degree in Biomedicine.

Her research includes:

• Optimizing PCR diagnostics for Lyme neuroborreliosis
• Developing bioinformatic pipelines like RSYD-BASIC for bacterial sequence analysis
• Comparing sequencing methods (Illumina, Nanopore) for outbreak investigations
• Decentralized Salmonella serovar prediction via whole genome sequencing

She actively collaborates with institutions like Karolinska Institute (KI) and participates in clinical metagenomics conferences.