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“Extremely satisfying” as researchers find new hope for heart patients

There is currently no cure for the heart condition ARVC, which usually affects young individuals. A new study from the University of Copenhagen presents a surprising new treatment strategy.

...once they learn to coexist - ScienceNEWS.dk

Our Research in the Media Bacteria play an important role in the dairy industry. Lactic acid bacteria are needed to make cheese, buttermilk, yogurt and many other products. New research from Associate professor Mette…

Cover page article in Nucleic Acids Research

Here, we present the first comprehensive analysis of CRISPR-Cas systems across the largest curated dataset of wildtype bacterial and archeal plasmids.

Global health summer courses: 150 students are ready to tackle future global health challenges

Over three weeks, 150 students from more than 20 different countries have participated in School of Global Health's summer courses

Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience

On August 22, 2022, the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) invited Anne Bach Nielsen, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen and Nina Blom Andersen, reader at University College Copenhagen…

The PartoMa guidelines and seminars are now implemented at all study sites in Dar es Salaam

The PartoMa guidelines were adapted for Dar es Salaam last year, and they have now been implemented at five of the biggest and most congested maternity units in the city

Kick-off meeting in Kampala

On August 20-21, key members of the study team met for an inception workshop in Kampala.

New Group leader at SIC wants to understand eczema

“This is a really exciting opportunity. I think that the network and the support that the skin center provides is close to unmatched,” says Jonathan Coquet about joining the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Cente…

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MSc graduation in Characterization of ABCC6 substrate specificity – A long-sought key to prevent vascular calcification

Villum Experiment supports a new unconventional EvoChip project

The Villum Experiment Call supports unconventional ideas with potential breakthrough. This is exactly what characterise Assistant Professor Ostaizka Aizpurua’s new project: EvoChip: pioneering comparative evolutionary…

Dormant tumour cells use a differentiated cloak to hide from treatments

A group of reNEW scientists has analysed a great number of colon tumours aiming to understand how some tumour cells avoid dying upon treatment with chemotherapies.

Not all kinds of lockdown measures for COVID-19 subsequently improved air quality

A newly published study by Jiawei Zhang and his colleagues, surprisingly showed that not all kinds of lockdown measures for COVID-19 subsequently improved air quality.

Teacher of the Year: A living legend, whether in glitter or gladiator garb

He is a living legend in his department – known to occasionally sport a gladiator costume or sequin jacket and electric guitar. Not a speck of dust has settled on this epic lecturer after 38 years of teaching. To the…

A new publication from the Hickson group in Molecular Cell

"RAD51 protects human cells from transcription-replication conflicts"

Birgitte Kornum is Carlsberg Foundation's Researcher of the Month #8

Birgitte Rahbek Kornum searches in both genes and molecules for the causes of the sleeping disease Narcolepsy. This month she is the Carlsberg Foundation’s Researcher of the Month.

DNA in Viking poop sheds new light on 55,000-year-old relationship between gut companions

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites – the whipworm. The mapping reflects the parasite’s global spread and its…

Podcast: The PFAS problem - From Fanø to Flint

Professor Lisbeth E. Knudsen contributes to podcast about health and clean drinking water in Denmark

Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg receives the Young Researcher Award from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation

Postdoc Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg has received the Young Researcher Award from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation for her research in whether gut hormones can be used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

New book: Global Health in a Danish Context

The book has a specific focus on inspiring a debate about the opportunities and challenges that globalization entails for health, health professionals and health practices in Denmark.

Seeking parallels in the new trends and paradigms in contemporary arts and social research in (Global) Mental Health

by Felipe Szabzon ruruHaus, Central Office of Documenta Fiftheenth, Kassel – Authors own image This summer I visited two great exhibitions: The “Documenta Fifteenth” in Kassel, Germany, and the “Forensic Architecture …

Physician-patient match matters

Ida Lykke Kristiansen from CEBI and her co-author Sophie Yanying Sheng from University College San Diego have investigated the importance of the match between primary care physicians and patients.

Warring genetic parasites could lead to new defenses against dangerous bacteria

Plasmids – a type of autonomous genetic parasites in bacteria – are armed with a previously unknown arsenal of CRISPR-Cas "gene tools" that are frequently deployed to combat other plasmids, according to research from th…

New DDSA Fellow will improve the predictions of protein variants using machine learning methods

Richard Michael is one of the first ten candidates to receive the prestigious PhD fellowship from the Danish Data Science Academy (DDSA). He will be conducting research within protein engineering at the Machine Learning…

Hologenomics viewed through a mathematical lens

A recent paper published by researchers from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH) and collaborators on a strategic model of a host-microbe-microbe system not only reveals the importance of a joint host-microbe…