News about Health

Embedment of probiotic bacteria in urinary catheter material to prevent infection

Project type: Master Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are common, and they are hard to treat due to the formation of bacterial biofilms on the catheter material, as biofilms are highly tolerant to…

Protein behavior in synthetic cells

Proteins may lose their normal function and lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This process, named protein aggregation, happens gradually in the brain over time, and it’s an…

Protein transfer during bacterial conjugations

Project type: Master Background: Conjugations are a bacterial sexual process in which a donor cell makes physical contact with a recipient cell, form a mating pair, and transfer a copy of the conjugative/mobilizable…

Searching for a mechanistic modulator of Tn7 transposition

Project Type: Master Background: The classical Tn7 transposon and recently discovered Tn7-CRISPR-Cas elements have been repurposed for development of a genomic DNA integration tool to engineer bacterial chromosomes in a…

Social evolution in microbial communities. Are we competing or working together?

Project type: Master Background: Diversity in societies enables a lot of opportunities. Individuals can specialize and perform tasks that benefit the entire community. Some are plumbers, while others are experts in hote…

Anna Kathrine Okholm joins CMP

Anna Kathrine joins the VAR2CSA team

Christoffer Gaarde joins CMP

Christoffer joins the DRUGS team

ERC awards grant to counteract metabolic diseases

UCPH researcher Zach Gerhart-Hines from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receives the prestigious European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant.

Linette K Olsen joins CMP

Linette joins the VAR2CSA team

Louise I Pedersen joins CMP

Louise joins the VAR2CSA team

New global health research projects about climate change and health in 2023

Danida Fellowship Center has granted the Global Health Section at the University of Copenhagen 30 million DKK for three new climate change and health related research projects in Tanzania, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

Change in transfer and breeding instruction forms and reviewing the department’s SOPs

Please read the information here.

Power shutdown at the Biocenter

The power shutdown applies to the entire basement in building 2. It will affect ventilation and other installations in animal facility, including lights (electronic board 2.01.AB). If the shutdown gives rise to…

1,5 million USD for improving care during pregnancy in overburdened urban health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

The PartoMa research team has received 10 million DKK from from Danida Fellowship Centre to support their work on improving quality of care in overburdened urban health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Coffee with milk may have an anti-inflammatory effect

Can something as simple as a cup of coffee with milk have an anti-inflammatory effect in humans? Apparently so, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. A combination of proteins and antioxidants…

Loved it! NeuroGrad Winter School F-2-F

After two years of corona-zoom versions – were the PhD students in neuroscience, the NeuroGrads, able to assemble for their yearly day of sharing their science at NeuroGrad Winter School.

Anabire NG et al. J Infect Dis (in press)

Team SURFACE manuscript accepted

A more efficient technology for oromucosal drug delivery

The project SAFE Patch recently received 1.5 mill DKK from the Innovation Fund Denmark’s InnoExplorer program to explore and develop the new “SAFE Patch” technology and bring it closer to commercialization.

Artificial human skin paves the way to new skin cancer therapy

In a new study, researchers have managed to curb skin cancer. The study was conducted on artificial human skin.

Construction work near the Biocenter - Test piloting performed

The piloting will begin on Monday Janurary 30th, and it is expected to last approx. 10 working days. AEM is still in dialogue with the contractor, and should you experience any irregularities, you are very welcome to…

“Are we cerebral subjects?” - Book launch event at the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) in Spain.

The Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) of the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in Tarragona, Spain, hosted the presentation of the book ¿Somos sujetos cerebrales? Neurociencias, salud mental y sociedad…

Disasters, Climate Change and Law: Reflections from the NEEDS conference and COPE stay

Photo: Holly Faulkner at the NEEDS 2022 Conference | Text: Holly Faulkner As someone who is interested in the intersection between law and disasters – it is always exciting to find an event that caters to both. This…

Kara-Lee Aves

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

Professor Ana Cvejic receives a grant to better understand the interplay between immune cells and cancer

Ana Cvejic, a professor at Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), was awarded the DNRF Chair Grant of 10 million DKK over a period of three years to gain knowledge about the interaction of immune and tumor cells.