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ENABLE

2019.11.26

270 times Homo Universalis in Nijmegen

What will a scientist look like in the future? 270 international young scientists answered this and…

TwelveBIO

2019.11.19

New startup company to refine gene editing tool for diagnostics and treatment

A spin-out company from the University of Copenhagen called TwelveBIO has set out to improve CRISPR…

Grant

2019.11.19

Sapere Aude Grants for Research in the Arctic, Bacteria and DNA Damage

Three researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the University of Copenhagen, ar…

Collaboration

2019.11.13

Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in reconstructing the evolutionary…

Collaboration

2019.11.06

Researchers discover how cells know their future and forget their past

All cells in the body contain the same genetic material. The difference between cells therefore…

Proteins

2019.10.28

Researchers Find ‘Protein-Scaffolding’ for Repairing DNA Damage

At the University of Copenhagen, researchers have discovered how some types of proteins stabilize…

Fat

2019.10.25

Brown and white body fat speak different languages

Most adults have two types of body fat: white and brown. New research from the University of…

2019.10.11

Magnus Borup Bloch supported by NEYE-Fonden

NEYE-Fonden has awarded PhD student Magnus Borup Bloch a DKK 300.000 grant to support his research…

Cancer

2019.10.03

Large-scale mapping of protein networks behind tumor growth in the lungs

Lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. There were 2 million new…

2019.10.01

New insights into substrate selection for an essential protein phosphatase

A multi-disciplinary research team headed by Professor Jakob Nilsson from Novo Nordisk Foundation…

2019.09.30

Mann Group receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant for new project to support the Human Cell Atlas

Earlier this year, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative (CZI) awarded USD 68 million to a total of 38…

Bacteria

2019.09.24

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 cell…

Award

2019.09.23

Professor Søren Brunak receives the Fernström Prize

Today, this year’s Fernströmpris was awarded to Professor Søren Brunak from Novo Nordisk Foundatio…

Evolution

2019.09.11

Ground-breaking method to reconstruct the evolution of all species

By looking into fossil teeth from almost 2 million years old rhinos, researchers from the Universit…

Grant

2019.09.02

Major grant strengthens leading Danish position in protein research

Since its inauguration in 2009, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research has placed…

Event

2019.08.22

Nobel Laureate and Microscope Pioneer to visit Copenhagen

The physicist and Nobel Laureate Stefan W. Hell will visit the University of Copenhagen on Tuesday,…

2019.08.06

CPR talent receives the Walter Schulz Foundation Research Prize 2018

On May 15 2019, postdoctoral researcher Fabian Coscia from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for…

Heart

2019.07.08

Researchers Map the Heart's Own Pacemaker in Mice

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have now mapped the proteins in the heart's natural…

Proteins

2019.06.27

Large EU grant for training the next generation of protein researchers

The new PhD researchers will uncover the protein codes 'SLiMs' (in red), which in the picture are…

KFJ award

2019.06.21

Leading Researchers of Physical Activity and Health Data Receive Prestigious Award

Michael Kjær and Søren Brunak from the University of Copenhagen are this year’s recipients of the…

Health Data

2019.05.24

New Algorithm Uses Disease History to Predict Intensive Care Patients’ Chances of Survival

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet have used data on more than 230,00…

2019.05.08

Montoya receives grant to sharpen CRISPR-scissors

Professor Guillermo Montoya from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research has been…

2019.05.08

Matthias Mann is a finalist for the European Inventor Award 2019

The European Patent Office has nominated CPR proteomics pioneer Matthias Mann for the European…

Grants

2019.05.08

Eight Grants for Research in Bioscience, Metabolism, and Clinical Practice

Eight researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have…

Boserup Prize

2019.04.30

Research Talent Receives the Boserup Prize

This year the medical science award, the Boserup Prize, goes to Postdoc Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtse…

2019.04.25

CPR receives two fellows in the new translational excellence programme, BRIDGE

CPR postdocs Francesco Russo and David Westergaard both receives fellowships from the new…

2019.04.12

Prestigious EU-fellowship goes to ‘deep visual proteomics’ pipeline research

The European Commission has granted the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships to more than…

2019.04.10

CPR says goodbye for now and thanks to two long-lasting SAB members

We have been extremely fortunate to have had two excellent advisors on our scientific advisory…

2019.03.27

Two visits by ScienceTalent Academy

Twice this year CPR welcomed the ScienceTalent Academy to experience the research taking place at…

HEART PATIENTS

2019.03.14

Big Step Towards More Personalised Medicine for Heart Patients

Cardiologists from Rigshospitalet, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and specialists…

Differences in diagnoses

2019.03.10

Study: Across Diseases, Women Are Diagnosed Later Than Men

When considering all diseases, there are big differences between the course of men’s and women's…

Prize

2019.02.28

Elite Research Price Goes to Outstanding Protein Research

Professor Chunaram Choudhary is one of this year’s recipients of the Ministry of Higher Education…

2019.02.28

Novel research from the Nilsson lab raises concerns on CRISPR technology for analyzing essential genes

Forskning fra Nilsson-laboratoriet ved Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR)…

Cancer

2019.02.27

Researchers discover cell mechanism that delays and repairs DNA-damage that can lead to cancer

Skin Atlas

2019.02.25

World’s First Skin Atlas to See the Light of Day

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have compiled an atlas of the protein composition of…

Digital Health

2019.02.08

Denmark and SUND Are ‘Rearming’ Digitally for the Future of Health Research

A new supercomputer, important collaborations on personalised medicine and a national strategy for…

2019.02.06

Nikos Hatzakis new associate member of CPR

CPR welcomes Associate Professor Nikos Hatzakis as associate member