Dissemination Prize

2024.04.16

“I read the email several times to see if it was really true”

The Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Research Dissemination Prize 2024 goes to Associate Professor Kristine Bohmann, who excels at communicating research and captivating the audience.

GRANTS

2024.04.11

Three SUND researchers receive prestigious ERC Advanced Grants

Three researchers at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receive the ERC Advanced Grants of EUR 2.5 million for innovative research over the next five years.

AWARD

2024.04.02

Maiken Nedergaard's glymphatic system research earns top scientific honor

Professor Maiken Nedergaard at the University of Copenhagen is the recipient of the 2024 HFSP Nakasone Award, recognizing pioneering contributions to life sciences and neurology.

Grant

2024.03.27

What makes planets habitable? New grant will help researchers get answers

Martin Schiller from Globe Institute has received an ERC grant of over DKK 14 million for his research into planets and the conditions that need to be present for life to emerge.

Green data

2024.03.26

Health data storage has a climate cost. In the future data may be stored in DNA

A lot of energy is required to analyse and store large amounts of data. We may therefore have to take a different approach to data storage in the future. So says a professor Søren Brunak at the University of Copenhagen.

Green medicine

2024.03.26

Waste products could innovate pharmaceutical material design

Research highlights the potential for utilizing molecules extracted from side stream products in food and oil industry in the context of pharmaceutical innovation, showcasing the power of interdisciplinary research in…

The brain

2024.03.26

New Imaging Method Illuminates Oxygen's Journey in the Brain

Researchers can now observe in real time how oxygen moves around in the brains of mice. This could provide insights into diseases such as Alzheimer's, strokes, and heart attacks.

Data science

2024.03.22

DKK 11 million for developing synthetic health datasets

A research project with researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University has received DKK 11.3 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to develop and test methods for creating synthetic health…

Forensic medicine

2024.03.15

"Signs of a crime are visible on the body years after it has been committed”

Steen Holger Hansen has been in Ukraine together with a team of forensic technicians. Here he helped investigate war crimes that Vladimir Putin is accused of having committed.

Innovation

2024.03.15

DKK 180 million for university-industry collaboration

The University of Copenhagen has joined the Open Discovery Innovation Network, ODIN, anchored at Aarhus University. The platform, which recently received DKK 180 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, aims…

Vaccines

2024.03.14

NIVI welcomes Executive Director and CEO to lead novel vaccine research and development initiative

Dr. Nicholas Jackson will be the Executive Director and CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity (NIVI), a partnership between the University of Copenhagen and the Novo Nordisk Foundation,…

Genes

2024.03.08

Secrets of cell division revealed by cutting-edge imaging technique

Research from University of Copenhagen enhances our understanding of cell division. The study utilized super-resolution microscopy to visualize the protein complexes at the molecular level.

Virus

2024.02.27

Coronavirus uses unexpected part of the body to spread

Researchers have found an unexpected connection between coronavirus and Fragile X Syndrome, which is the most common hereditary cause of intellectual disability.

Cells

2024.02.22

New 3D model: This is how the body’s building blocks are made

Human cells contain ribosomes, a complex machine that produces proteins for the rest of the body. Now the researchers have come closer to understanding how the ribosome works.

The brain

2024.02.22

Newly discovered brain cells play a key role in right and left turns

Researchers have discovered a network of neurons in the brain of mice that help them make right and left turns. In the future, the discovery may be used in treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Weight loss treatment

2024.02.20

With regular exercise, medical weight loss treatment does not have to be permanent

For nearly a year, we have been debating weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and similar products and what happens when people stop taking them. Are they able to maintain weight loss? A new Danish study…

Grant

2024.02.14

Large grant makes it possible to continue groundbreaking research in the brain

DKK 35 million grant enables Professor Ole Kiehn to continue his research into brain motor control and to shed light on fundamental mechanisms of motor disorders in neurodegenerative diseases.

Week Sex

2024.02.07

Week Sex: 6 myths about sexual health

Is herpes always contagious or only during outbreaks? Does the pill cause long-term infertility issues? And was female ‘hysteria’ really treated with orgasms by doctors in the past? Every year, there is an entire week…

Labour

2024.02.05

Globally, women in labour are overtreated. The consequences are dire

Too many women receive oxytocin augmentation and undergo cesarean sections, exposing both women and children to unnecessary risks, a new analysis concludes. The prevalence of overtreatment is shocking, say the…

grant

2024.02.01

17 million for Danish research in data science

Two researchers from SUND each receive a grant for their projects in data science from the Novo Nordisk Foundation's Data Science Investigator Program. The funds will be used for deep learning and machine learning to…

bones

2024.02.01

45,000-year-old bones shed light on modern humans’ arrival to Northwestern Europe

Based on bones determined to be from Homo sapiens, modern humans, an international research team discovered that modern humans reached Northwestern Europe earlier than we thought, and in a much colder environment.