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Paradise Under Pressure

Paradise Under Pressure – new podcast series reveals the consequences of increased tourism in Zanzibar.

Community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis in Malawi

A research project in Malawi sets out to test the effectiveness of community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis.

Scientists pinpoint brain coordinates for face blindness

Danish and Norwegian researchers have moved one step closer to understanding where face blindness stems from in the brain.

29-year-old Danish physicist helps pioneering Harvard researchers understand cancer

The result is a major step forward towards understanding and preventing cancer. The new knowledge could even be used for detecting problems within cells before cancer develops.

Niels Grarup wins Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research

CBMR's Niels Grarup has won the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research for his work with the increase in type 2 diabetes in Greenland.

New tool opens up old data and discovers novel links between exercise and health

MetaMEx pools data from 66 studies that examined the impact of exercise on gene behavior in muscles and holds enormous potential.

Young scientists from Department of Neuroscience win prizes for best poster presentations at NeuroGrad Winter School 2020

Young scientists from Department of Neuroscience won 1st (Sara Lolansen, MacAulay lab) and 3rd (Maite Marcantoni, Kiehn lab) prize for best poster presentations. Sara also received the 3rd prize for best abstract.

Sports physician receives major prize

Michael Kjær is receiving the 2020 Hagedorn Prize for research that has created pioneering new knowledge on rehabilitation and retraining after injuries. The Prize is accompanied by DKK 1.5 million.

Cancer Research Becomes Part of the Schedule for High School Students

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev Gentofte Hospital have teamed up with teachers from Roskilde High School to develop new teaching material on data analysis, cancer and precision medicine. The…

Researcher discovers terrifying epilepsy demon on 2,700-year-old clay tablet

A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq describing medical treatments has suddenly revealed a secret – a hitherto overlooked drawing of the demon that the ancient Assyrians thought caused epilepsy. It is the…

Ancient “Chewing Gum” Yields Insights into People and Bacteria of the Past

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old “chewing gum”.

Inside the CBMR (un)Conference

On November 29, CBMR came together for its first (un)Conference, a teambuilding day with sessions that were crowdsourced entirely by the staff themselves.

Three DDA grants for CBMR postdocs and PhDs

The Danish Diabetes Academy is handing out grants amounting to DKK 16.6 million to a total of thirteen diabetes researchers and three visiting professors. Nine of the recipients are associated with the University of…

Great International Recognition to Simon Bekker-Jensen

Professor Simon Bekker-Jensen has been given one of the very prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. The grant will be used to research defence mechanisms in the skin during stress and ageing.

Dietary Supplements May Delay Aging in Animal Models

Patients with Werner Syndrome age significantly earlier than others. In animal models for the disease – roundworms and banana flies – supplements of the drug NAD+ prolong life and delay age-related diseases. This is…

Birgitte Rahbek Kornum receives DKK 4.5 Mio. from the Carlsberg Foundation

Associate Professor Birgitte Rahbek Kornum has been awarded the Carlsberg Foundation Young Researcher Fellowship of DKK 4.481.103 for the project ‘Neuronal regulation of sleep and wakefulness during sickness’. The…

Maasai men develop lifestyle diseases during calorie-saturated health refuge

Every year, many Maasai men go on a four-week long health refuge in the bush. Here, they consume huge amounts of meat and eat herbs.

Global Health Case Challenge 2019: And the winners are...

The winners of the Global Health Case Challenge 2019 are...

Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science

In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical science. This has led thousands of science activists to protest that the state neglects its duty to treat its citizens…

Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science

In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical science. This has led thousands of science activists to protest that the state neglects its duty to treat its citizens…

New discoveries map out CRISPR-Cas defence systems in bacteria

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cells trigger their defence against outside attacks. This could affect how diseases are fought in the future.

Department of Neuroscience receives DKK 55 million from the Lundbeck Foundation

The Lundbeck Foundation has decided to support five projects at Department of Neuroscience which all aim at finding the cause for different brain diseases. Prof. Ulrik Gether and Assis. Prof. Freja Herborg receive DKK…

New insight as to how cells maintain their identity

In the body's cells, some proteins are of vital importance as to which genes are active or turned off. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have discovered…

Repeated Periods of Poverty Accelerate the Ageing Process

People who have found themselves below the relative poverty threshold four or more times in their adult life age significantly earlier than others. This is shown in new research from the Department of Health and Medical…