CPR

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research is currently being established at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, to promote basic and applied discovery research on human proteins of medical relevance. The establishment of the center announced in April 2007 has been made possible by a donation of 600 million DKK (~113 MUSD) from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and through significant contributions from the University of Copenhagen for the renovation of the Center laboratories.

The Center comprises a wide range of expertise and skills within its research departments, with activities in the areas of disease systems biology, proteomics, high throughput protein production and characterisation, chemical biology, disease biology, and protein therapeutics. The Center will also contribute to the progress of translational research within medicine and provide fundamental insights which can be used to promote drug discovery and development.

For more detailed descriptions of the plans regarding the activities at the research center, please see the description of our research departments.

Currently ~60 members have been recruited (out of an expected ~150, at full strength).

Call for Proposals

We are now searching for Research Directors and Group Leaders within the disease biology research area.

Join Us

Technician in Protein Analysis
Chemical Biology Unit
Deadline for applications: 29 March 2010
For more information please click here.

Molecular Biology Scientist
Protein Production Unit
Deadline for applications: 11 April 2010
For more information please click here.

CPR Seminar Series

17 March 2010, 14:00
Professor Thomas Bjørnholm, Director of Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen
Title: Bionanotechnology and synthetic biology 
Additional information

21 April 2010, 14:00
Professor Kristian Helin, Director Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen
Title: The role of Polycomb group proteins and lysine demethylases in stem cell differentiation and cancer

19 May 2010, 14:00
Professor Udo Oppermann, Principal Investigator Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) Oxford
Title: Open source chemistry towards epigenetic target classes

16 June 2010, 14:00
Professor Jesper Svejstrup, Head of Mechanisms of Gene Transcription Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute
Title: TBA

For previous seminars - please click here!