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A better structural understanding of the dopamine transporter

Professor Claus Juul Løland has been named Distinguished Investigator by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, receiving a grant of 11.4 mill DKK to further investigate the human dopamine transporter.

PREPARE4VBD annual meeting Uganda 2025

UCPH led Research Project on Vector-Borne Diseases held final Annual meeting and Outreach event in Uganda.

CLEAR Network workshop Madrid 2025

The “Instituto Química Física Blas Cabrera” (CSIC) in central Madrid hosted the 2025 CLEAR network meeting, training and mid-term review - from Monday March 24th till Friday March 28th.

Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug

The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. Researchers from the University…

Everyday PrEP negotiations - new book exposes the paradoxes of HIV prevention pills

A new open-access book published by Policy Press offers a groundbreaking perspective on one of the most promising tools in HIV prevention: PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Løppke C et al. NPJ Precis Oncol 9: 144, 2025

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

Webinar highlights: How do we translate eHealth research to real-world use?

What we see again and again is that digital tools for mental health have become more visible, more accepted, and more expected than ever. But visibility does not always translate into easy implementation.

Andrew Thompson joins CMP

Andrew joins the OF-CANCER team

Mousa A et al. Nat Commun 16: 4268, 2025

Team DRUGS paper published.

Bjarne Styrishave, our new professor of drug toxicology

Bjarne Styrishave is now professor at Department of Pharmacy, where he is group leader of the research group Toxicology and Drug Metabolism.

Researchers map 7,000-year-old genetic mutation that protects against HIV

Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose.

He looks at our noisy world with concern

The newspaper Berlingske has launched a series of articles - Silence in a noisy world - where they take a closer look at how noise affects us. The first article was an interview with neuroscientist Albert Gjedde.

Eske Willerslev and team link Native American community to their ancestors through ancient DNA

Researchers help the Native American Picuris Pueblo people uncovering their history using ancient DNA. Their research connects the Picuris Pueblo not only to their ancestors but also to the UNESCO World Heritage site of…

Eske Willerslev and team link Native American community to their ancestors through ancient DNA

Researchers help the Native American Picuris Pueblo people uncovering their history using ancient DNA. Their research connects the Picuris Pueblo not only to their ancestors but also to the UNESCO World Heritage site of…

New paper from the Svejstrup group in Molecular Cell

New paper from the Svejstrup group in Molecular Cell is online now. This study makes two important contributions to the transcription field. First, showing the specificity of RNAPII-CTD kinases CDK9 and CDK12. Second,…

Hansen Group secures DKK 15.6 million to improve the diagnosis of steatotic liver disease

Applying omics technology and machine learning to blood samples could pave the way for earlier detection and precise treatment of steatotic liver – a disease that many people don't know they have. This is the goal of th…

Chronic headache, ADHD, Alzheimer’s and psychosis: Young researchers at SUND receive large grants

10 young researchers conducting brain research at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have received funding from the Lundbeck Foundation LF Postdocs and Early-Career Clinician Scientists programmes.

Chronic headache, ADHD, Alzheimer’s and psychosis: Young researchers at SUND receive large grants

10 young researchers conducting brain research at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have received funding from the Lundbeck Foundation LF Postdocs and Early-Career Clinician Scientists programmes.

Time to bin your supplements? Low levels of NAD+ may not drive aging

Mice retained normal muscle function and health even though their NAD+ levels were reduced by 85%, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. Given that NAD levels drop by only up to 30% through ageing…

Early Career Clinician Scientists

Postdoc Martin Kaag Rasmussen from the Centre for Translational Neuromedicine has received a grant of DKK 2,499,920 from Early Career Clinician Scientists

Maja Kirstine Dahl Jeppesen: Natural resources and rights for global health

Meet Maja Kirstine Dahl Jeppesen, a Postdoc at the Global Health Section, University of Copenhagen.

Bacteria Use Ancient War Trick to Outsmart Viruses – and It Could Help Us Fight Superbugs

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming—who famously used enemy…

Bassi M et al. PLoS Pathog 21: e1013107, 2025

Team EPITOPE paper published

Dog drool, bleach, and a Neanderthal child

Archaeological objects have often accumulated protein contamination over many years. How do you remove such protein contamination prior to palaeoproteomic analysis, without damaging the ancient proteins?