News about The brain

Podcast: The key to better sleep is found during the day

Professor Birgitte Kornum talks about her research in the podcast series “The World Explained” (Verden forsøgt forklaret), a series of conversations held at the UCPH Library.

Three researchers at SUND are Ascending Investigators

Lundbeck Foundation has named Jean-Francois Perrier, Carmelo Bellardita and Jannick Prentø Ascending Investigators.

Two Ascending Investigators

Professor Jean-Francois Perrier and Associate Professor Carmelo Bellardita have been named Ascending Investigators by the Lundbeck Foundation.

Independent Research Fund Denmark funded four new research projects

Professor Bente Frølund, Professor Lennart Bunch, Associate Professor Umberto Maria Battisti and Professor Stephan Pless recently received funding from the DFF 1 call.

DFF funds four research projects at Department of Neuroscience

Independent Research Fund Denmark funds four new research projects at the Department of Neuroscience under the call “DFF-Research Project 1”.

Lars Hvass is BRIDGE Fellow

Postdoc Lars Hvass has recently been named BRIDGE Fellow. The title of his project is “Pre-targeted Radioligand Therapy of Breast Cancer Brain Metastases”.

The brain continues to flush out waste products far into old age

Every day the brain produces around half a litre of fluid, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which protects the brain from injuries and is responsible for nutrient delivery and waste product removal from the brain cells.

The superpower of sleep

Professor Birgitte Rahbek Kornum talks about vital sleep in “Genstart”, DR's news podcast.

Safety becomes more important than foraging when a specific neuronal circuit in the brain is activated

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified a neural circuit in the mouse’s brain which ensures that it prioritises safety over other needs, e.g. food seeking, and that this happens automatically when…

Andy and the STEM-PD journey

Patient Andrew Cassy shares personal story on his participation in the STEM-PD clinical trial.

A better structural understanding of the dopamine transporter

Professor Claus Juul Løland has been named Distinguished Investigator by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, receiving a grant of 11.4 mill DKK to further investigate the human dopamine transporter.

He looks at our noisy world with concern

The newspaper Berlingske has launched a series of articles - Silence in a noisy world - where they take a closer look at how noise affects us. The first article was an interview with neuroscientist Albert Gjedde.

Early Career Clinician Scientists

Postdoc Martin Kaag Rasmussen from the Centre for Translational Neuromedicine has received a grant of DKK 2,499,920 from Early Career Clinician Scientists

The Department of Neuroscience Hires Two New Associate Professors

The Department of Neuroscience warmly welcomes new associate professors Celia Kjærby and Carmelo Bellardita.

Marco Polimeni receives Marie Curie grant

Postdoc Marco Polimeni has received the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant of 2 mill DKK for the two-year project ELSa, "Early-stage Liquid-liquid phase separation of alpha-synuclein”.

Neuroscience Academy Denmark Receives Grant of DKK 222 Million to Elevate Danish Neuroscience Research

With the new grant from the Lundbeck Foundation, Neuroscience Academy Denmark can continue the NAD PhD programme and advance new and ongoing projects to encourage collaboration between neuroscience research groups in…

Department of Neuroscience on the radio

Martin Lauritzen and Albert Gjedde visited the Danish radio program "Hjernekassen".

New project will investigate fast processes in protein phase transition connected to Parkinson’s disease

Professor Vito Foderà has received 3.4 mill DKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the project “Unraveling the Connection between Protein Phase Separation and Amyloid Morphology by Modular Microfluidics”.

NanoPANS Consortium Awarded Funding for Parkinson’s Treatment

A pioneering research project aimed at developing innovative treatments and diagnostic tools for Parkinson's disease has received 20 000 000 DKK funding from LundbeckFonden.

AI, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s: Brain research at SUND receives major grants

Two neuroscience research projects at SUND receive grants from the Lundbeck Foundation. A total of nine researchers are a part of four supported projects.

NeuroGrads rock at their yearly winter school

Science is so much more than just diving into one’s studies in a secluded laboratory. Nowadays one must bridge disciplines, collaborate, network, and communicate one’s results to be truly impactful.

Researchers discover the pump for the brain’s ‘washing machine’

When we sleep, waste products are removed from our brain. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have learned what drives the process.

Transferrable skills for PhD students – Invaluable!

In preparation for the yearly winter school for the PhD students within neuroscience at Faculty of Health and Medical Science, UCPH – the NeuroGrads, we hosted three workshops on important transferrable skills.

Electrical stimulation of the nervous system can improve motor learning

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the brain's ability to learn certain skills can be significantly enhanced if both the brain and nervous system are primed by carefully-calibrated,…