Morten Laane is an expert microscopist and the world’s expert on spirochete infections. He has studied the Lyme spirochete’s (Borellia burgdorferi) life pathways. One of the last things Lynn Margulis did was go to Norway to work with Professor Laane on an English version of his papers in Norwegian. Laane is a retired professor from the Institute of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Oslo, Norway and has published many papers on microbiology.