A national centre for transdisciplinary biotechnology training, research and innovation.
DNL is a response to the strategic initiative “Digital Life – convergence for innovation” funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN). DLN is a virtual center involving research projects all over Norway. In the first funding period (2016–2021) the centre was managed by NTNU, UiB and UiO. In the second funding period, DLN 2.0 (2021–2026), NMBU, OUS, SINTEF and UiT have joined as owner institutions and have become members of the competence hub that manages the centre.