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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”.

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.

New malaria study is good news for pregnant women

Each year, 13 million pregnant women get malaria, and as drug resistance increases, the disease is hard to control. A new study provides the WHO with new knowledge on prevention and treatment.

Risk of heart problems makes Danes get flu vaccination

More Danes got vaccinated for the seasonal flu if they received a nudging letter from the health authorities, which linked the flu and the risk of subsequent heart problems, study concludes.

Asier Senosiain

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

Bartender model predicts how drugs affect each person

A model based on numerous studies of people with type 2 diabetes can make a new type of prediction: how a certain drug would affect each person at the molecular biological level.

Bartender model predicts how drugs affect each person

A model based on numerous studies of people with type 2 diabetes can make a new type of prediction: how a certain drug would affect each person at the molecular biological level.

New Head of Department: “The pharmaceutical area has always been very close to my heart”

On 1 April, Professor Dan Stærk becomes Head of the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology. One of his ambitions is to “set the department’s committed and talented staff free”.

Resistant bacteria are a global problem. Now researchers may have found the solution

A new substance has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin lymphoma. This is good news for the patients, but also for the global threat of antibiotics resistance.