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Marcelo Barraza-Alfaro joins NBIA as MSCA Fellow

Marcelo earned his PhD in July 2022 from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, followed by a three-year postdoctoral associate position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Marcelo will join the…

Two new grants will support clinical translation of cell therapies for dementia and kidney disease

Grants will support clinical translation of cell therapies for dementia and kidney disease.

New study pinpoints Europe’s most critical wetlands for climate action

Europe must restore at least 30% of degraded wetlands within the next four years, but where should efforts be prioritised? Researchers from the University of Copenhagen now offer an answer with the first detailed map of…

Asbjørn Risom, PhD

PhD fellow Asbjørn Risom, 1 May 2026 – 30 April 2029, supervised by Professor Niels Richard Hansen, with Markus Jochum from the Niels Bohr Institute serving as co-supervisor.

Carlos Miguel Dos Santos Oliveira, Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor Carlos Miguel Dos Santos Oliveira, 5 February 2026 – 31 December 2026, hosted by Professor Trine Krogh Boomsma.

Nikolaj Thams, Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor Nikolaj Thams, appointed in the Section for Statistics and Probability, from 1 June 2026 onwards.

Oscar Peralta Gutierrez, Associate Professor

Associate Professor Oscar Peralta Gutierrez, appointed in the Section for Insurance and Economics, from 1 June 2026 onwards.

Niels Bohr Institute Wins Flagship European Grant for the Physics of Living Matter

International research team, led by Amin Doostmohammadi at NBI, awarded the first European edition of Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme

The Building Blocks of the Universe – New Book by Professor Thomas Just Sørensen

A new book about the chemical elements and the periodic table—for everyone from upper primary and lower secondary school students through high school students, and in fact for all curious adults.

Kurt Stokbro Joins CBQS spin-out

Deep-tech investor and entrepreneur Kurt Stokbro joins Magnolia Quantum Sensing as business advisor and first investor, supporting the commercialization of breakthrough quantum sensing technology for MRI.

Tobias Boesen Larsen, PhD

PhD student Tobias Boesen Larsen has been appointed for the period 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029. Supervisor: Professor Mogens Steffensen.

Experimental postdoc position in development and fabrication of dissipatively-stabilized superconducting qubits

NQCP is looking for a motivated experimental postdoc to develop cutting-edge architectures for dissipatively corrected bosonic qubits in superconducting circuit devices. Our goal is ambitious: to develop a new approach…

Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades

A new attribution study shows that the latest European heatwave was made much more intense by fossil-fuel-driven climate change and would have been far less likely in the past.

Frigg Maj Nøhr Larsen, PhD

PhD Frigg Maj Nøhr Larsen has been employed for the period 14 April 2026 – 15 April 2029,

New Postdoc in the Analysis & Quantum section

Three new Postdocin the Analysis & Quantum section

Record-breaking SMBE 2026 conference brings more than 1,700 evolutionary biologists to Copenhagen

The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2026 conference concluded after a week of inspiring science, lively discussions, and record-breaking participation, with more than 1,700 researchers gathering in…

How cell shape and behavior reveal future cell identity

Study in Systems Biology reveals that cell shape and behavior contain predictive information about future cell identity.

A new model for dark energy rewrites the fate of the Universe

New study based on six years of data from the Dark Energy Survey challenges the standard cosmological model - could force a rethink of what drives the accelerating expansion of the Universe.

Professor Tom Gilbert elected to the EMBO Membership

The Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics is proud to announce that our Director, Professor Tom Gilbert, has been elected to the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Membership - one of the highest…

"I gathered small pieces from experts across CBMR and puzzled it together"

Born in Germany and raised mostly in Sweden, Svenja Hansson joined CBMR as a PhD Student in the Barrès Group, where she established a CRISPRi screening system in human stem cells differentiated into skeletal muscle to…

Martin Pessah Receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

The award recognizes internationally renowned researchers for their outstanding academic achievements and future potential. It will support extended research visits to Germany, during which Martin Pessah will strengthe…

Third BOHR21 Workshop hosted by the Niels Bohr Archive

The Third BOHR21 Workshop takes place in Copenhagen from 29 June to 1 July 2026 in the historic Auditorium A at the old Niels Bohr Institute.

Craig Day has received the prestigious Sapere Aude: DFF-Research Leader Grant

The Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen congratulates Craig Day, Assistant Professor, on receiving the prestigious Sapere_Aude: DFF-Research Leader Grant.

Homing pigeon navigation relies on superparamagnetic macrophages under overcast conditions

In Science by Lisowski, C., ... Thorup, K., ... and Kurts, C. (2026)