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LEAP2: A new hormone with big implications for metabolism?

Often called the hunger hormone, ghrelin tells your brain you are hungry and increases your appetite. Another recently discovered hormone, LEAP2, prevents ghrelin from sending these signals, thereby lowering appetite.

ESCMID Study Group for Food and waterborne infections (EFWISG)

On February 26th 2025, Jennifer Moussa presented on the 20th webinar about “Plasmid-mediated resistance: exploring the effect of antibiotics and transfer dynamics in water environments”. Link to more information on…

Danielle Marie Agnello: Advancing co-creation in public and global health

In this spotlight, Danielle talks about the thing she is most passionate about: Co-creation! To her, co-creation is what we need in order to tackle current and future complex and wicked problems.

Visit from the University of Georgia and SSI

On March 3 to 7, Professor Justin Bahl and PhD student Sachin Subedi from the University of Georgia visited the avian influenza epidemiology group at UCPH together with Lasse Engbo Christiansen and Kaare Græsbøll from…

New Research: Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD

New research from Denmark reveals that a mother’s diet during pregnancy—characterised by a Western dietary pattern high in fat and sugar and low in fresh ingredients—may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders…

New Research: Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD

New research from Denmark reveals that a mother’s diet during pregnancy—characterised by a Western dietary pattern high in fat and sugar and low in fresh ingredients—may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders…

Lyimo E et al. Malar J 24: 68, 2025

Team DRUGS/ DISCOVERY/ TANZANIA paper published

Aves KL et al. Vaccines 13, 207, 2025

Team VLPVAC/ BIVAC paper published

Disordered drugs with high solubility are the aim of Marie Curie Fellow

Leonard Siebert has received 1.5 mill DKK from the EU in the prestigious Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024 Call for the project DRUG-SPIN, working closely together with pharmaceutical expert Professor Thomas…

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”.

Osmonbaeva N et al. BMC Infect Dis 25: 280, 2025

Team DRUGS paper published

VAT adjustments could save 170,000 lives a year in Europe

170,000 deaths a year could be avoided if European countries were to increase value-added tax (VAT) rates on meat and dairy products, while reducing them on fruits and vegetables. Such changes would also reduce Europe’s…

Rethinking Muscle: New study challenges old classifications

Our current approach to dividing muscle fibers into separate types may need to be revised following new research by an international team of scientists.

SAVE THE DATE for the 6th Nordic Conference on Pediatric and Orphan Medicines June 3-6, 2025

The Pediatric conferences have been organized since 2017, under the Nordic Trial Alliance (NTA) NordForsk umbrella. The goal has been to increase the attractiveness of Finland and the Nordic Region for conducting…

"Multicomponent Drugs: co-crystals, co-amorphous & deep eutectic systems" Special Issue

The Special Issue shall collect contributions on poorly soluble drugs suited to enable their oral administration through all kinds of multicomponent systems such as co-crystals, co-amorphous and deep eutectic systems. I…

EuPAT 12 Special Issue ”Pharmaceutical innovations at the crossroads: Smart therapeutics, AI and manufacturing”

This special issue aims to showcase the latest advancements in pharmaceutical manufacturing sciences, with a special emphasis on interdisciplinary research and collaborative efforts bridging academia, industry, and…

Nanna Skeltved

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Podcast on CORDIScovery

Lars Hviid talks about the EU-sponsored PAMSEQ project

CeBIL Director Prof. Timo Minssen joins editorial board of JIPLP (Oxford University Press)

CeBIL Director Prof. Timo Minssen joins editorial board of Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (JIPLP) by Oxford University Press. JIPLP is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to intellectual property law and…

Stroke as spiritual possession: Study highlights barriers to stroke care in Zanzibar

New research from Zanzibar suggests that cultural beliefs about stroke are creating significant barriers to accessing medical care.

Tang J et al. STAR Protoc 6: 103635, 2025

Team OF-BIOMARKER/ BIOENGINEERING/ OF-CANCER paper published

Living a Cancer Surveillance Life

Professor Ayo Wahlberg has together with Julie I. P. Gislinge, Anna Byrjalsen, Klara V. Naver, Helle V. Clausen, Pernille Ravn, Kresten R. Petersen and Karin Wadt co-written the article 'Living a Cancer Surveillance…

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…

Vitus ES et al. Gastro Hep Adv 4: 100581, 2024

Team EPITOPE paper published