News about Health

New types of chemicals found in Danish drinking water

Measurements reveal more than 400 different chemicals in water from a single Danish waterwork. Several of the compounds can have adverse health effects. According to the University of Copenhagen analytical chemists…

The intestinal ecosystem directly affects anorexia

Severe changes in the intestinal ecosystem of bacteria and viruses directly affect the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa.

Starting field work and trying out Photovoice with children and youth

The Y-ENGAGE team dedicated the two last weeks of March 2023 to enter the field-sites of the seven PhD-studies in Tanzania.

The global health sector depends on women but favours men

Women make up more than 70 percent of the healthcare workforce globally, but the industry still favors men. This can create blind spots in research and lead to global personnel shortages.

The University of Copenhagen invests in the development of medicines from health-promoting gut bacteria

The University of Copenhagen is the first Danish university to invest in a company based on its own research in a unique collaboration with a venture fund. In April 2023, the spinout GutCRINE ApS received initial fundin…

Pandemic ripples

Pandemic ripples Scrutinizing Arctic communities’ perspectives on COVID-19 and mental health – A case against damage-culture Daria Schwalbe, Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Culture and the Mind, Faculty of…

Why Trust?

Why trust? A mixed-method investigation of the origins and meaning of trust during the COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark Professor Merlin Schaeffer has contributed the article ‘Why trust? A mixed-method investigation of the…

Your baby’s gut is crawling with unknown viruses

Babies tumble about with more than 200 previously unknown viral families within their intestines. This large number comes as a surprise to researchers from the University of Copenhagen and COPSAC, who closely studied th…

BRIC/Finsen spinout Adcendo Aps moves forward towards clinical trials

Closing a Series A extension financing of 31 million euro will allow BRIC/Finsen spinout Adcendo ApS to conduct broad phase 1 testing of their uPARAP ADC, starting by the end of 2024.

New online course can help you learn more about mental well-being

What do communities mean for your mental well-being? What does social media do to your sleep? And why do we need breaks to stay mentally healthy? These are some of the many questions you can find answers to by following…

Snapshots of the smallest programmable nuclease TnpB published in Nature

A team led by Professor Virginijus Šikšnys from Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) determined the structure of TnpB using cryo-electron microscopy in collaboration with the group of Professor Guillermo…

Guillermo Montoya receives prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

Three researchers at SUND have been awarded with the highly prestigious European Research Council's Advanced Grant of DKK 18 million for innovative research over the next five years.

SUND receives three prestigious Advanced Grants for innovative projects

Three researchers at SUND have been awarded with the highly prestigious European Research Council's Advanced Grant of DKK 18 million for innovative research over the next five years.

Trust hardly makes us careless and complacent in crisis situations

A new study highlights the importance of mutual trust between citizens and authorities when society is facing a crisis.

‘DNA replication in a tube’ provides new insights into chromatin assembly

Researchers from the Groth group (CPR) and the Mattiroli group (Hubrecht Institute) re-created DNA replication and chromatin assembly in a test tube. They discovered that the crosstalk between these two fundamental…

Hormone predicts ability to maintain weight loss

The appetite hormone neurotensin released by the intestine upon eating may predict our ability to maintain weight loss, new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

IF receives the distinguished Marie-Curie postdoctoral Fellowship

Postdoc Seref Akay has received the highly competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. During the project, Associate Professor Anan Yaghmur will supervise Seref Akay.

Medical Museion wins communication award

Medical Museion wins the communication award “Formidlingsprisen 2022” for the exhibition project “The World is in You”.

'Life & Death of Proteins': Conference Organized by UBIMOTIF Network

'Life & Death of Proteins' is an international conference organized by the UBIMOTIF network, taking place in Rome in November 2023. Registration is open now until 30 June.

Anthropological image wins best scientific photo of the year award

The Danish National Research Foundation's award for best scientific photo in 2023 tells the story of a diabetes epidemic that has gone global.

CeBIL Visitor Jorge L Contreras talks at CIPA Podcast

In his book The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA (Hachette/Algonquin, 2021), CeBIL visitor Professor Jorge Contreras brings this important and unique case to life. Through…

Turning data into drawings: distributing children’s books on wild forest foods in East Africa

Research on how to improve food and nutrition security has the potential to make real-life contributions for local communities suffering from nutrient deficiencies. Yet, most research remains inaccessible to people who…

Lena Skovgaard Andersen is the new Director of University of Copenhagen’s School of Global Health

Professor Flemming Konradsen has passed the baton to Assistant Professor Lena Skovgaard Andersen when the board of the School of Global Health unanimously elected her as the new director of the School of Global Health.

Hospital births can do more harm than good

A new summary of the best available research published in the internationally recognized Cochrane Library shows that planned hospital births can do more harm than good.