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Pharma Research

2023.05.25

Are eye exams reliable in their prediction of glaucoma?

This topic, as well as several other related subjects, will be examined by the project FOREVER-OCT, a new project that has received 4.2 mill DKK from the VELUX FOUNDATION.

Pharma Education

2023.05.22

Teacher of the year 2022

Professor Dan Stærk has been appointed Teacher of the year 2022 by the students. It is the third time Dan Stærk has been named Teacher of the year: he also received the acknowledgement in 2004 and 2018.

Pharma Outreach

2023.04.26

”Medicinens Verden” – the World of Medicine, our new series of talks

Medicinens Verden is a new initiative will bring the exciting world of our research to people outside of the university, as the talks all have a popular science perspective.

Pharma Outreach

2023.04.26

A CAN-group master student is Brain Battle finalist

Collin A. Shampine is one of three finalists in the Lundbeck Brain Battle, an annual competition MSc students or MSc graduates seeking an industrial PhD in neuroscience at Lundbeck.

Pharma Research

2023.03.31

Three Marie-Curie postdoctoral Fellowships at ILF

Three grants from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship programme. The postdocs are Laurie Peverini and Nadine Ritter with Professor Stephan Pless and Karl Tobias Gustavsson with Associate Professor Matthias…

Pharma News

2023.03.09

New Head of Department: “The pharmaceutical area has always been very close to my heart”

On 1 April, Professor Dan Stærk becomes Head of the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology. One of his ambitions is to “set the department’s committed and talented staff free”.

Pharma Research

2023.02.27

Is a better treatment of chronic bone pain possible?

ACTaNet hopes to create an efficient treatment of chronic pain in a project that received 1.2 mill Euro from Eurostar. Anne-Marie Heegaard from Dept. of Drug Design and Pharmacology is heading the research contribution…

Pharma Research

2023.02.14

Alexander Hauser receives 4.8 mill DKK for peptide signalling systems project

Alexander Hauser has received the grant from Carlsberg Foundation’s Semper Ardens: Accelerate programme for the project “Discovery of Novel Peptide-GPCR Signalling Systems across Evolutionary Domains”.

Pharma Research

2023.01.16

Four researchers from ILF receive 114 mill DKK to expand our knowledge of the human brain

Four ambitious research projects supported by the Lundbeck Foundation will give us completely new insights into the human brain, hopefully paving the way for new treatments of diseases such as Parkinson’s disease,…

Pharma Outreach

2022.12.16

Videnskabsklubben receives the Amalienborg Prize

December 13, Professor Petrine Wellendorph participated in a ceremony at Amalienborg, where Videnskabsklubben received the Amalienborg Prize from HM Queen Margrethe on behalf of Dronning Margrethes og Prins Henriks Fond…

PhD Fellowships

2022.12.06

Center for Medicinal Chemistry announces 6 PhD fellowships

Center for Medicinal Chemistry announces its first initiative of co-funded PhD fellowships with the industry. The initiative is financed with 9 mill DKK and is a broad collaboration

Pharma Talks

2022.09.30

Professor Bente Vestergaard is now emerita

After an exciting and influential career with a great scientific impact, Professor Bente Vestergaard has now changed her title to Professor Emerita.

Pharma PhD

2022.09.06

DRA Summer School about research, career and diversity

The Drug Research Academy (DRA) summer school took place 25-26 August 2022. This year, 115 PhD students and supervisors participated in the event, enjoying the beautiful venue Bymose Hegn in Helsinge and the…

Pharma Research

2022.06.23

Professor Bente Frølund receives a Novo Nerd 2022 grant

Bente Frølund has recently received 8.5 mill DKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to the project “Proximity-inducing new downstream chemistries - A platform for re-wiring cell signaling”.

matching researchers

2022.06.07

“You have a new match!”

The “PerMed Match-Making Day” of the Personalised Medicine Research Cluster was a great success, and will likely be the beginning of many new matches between researchers.

Professor inauguration

2022.05.06

Professor Lennart Bunch, our new professor in medicinal chemistry

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology have welcomed Lennart Bunch as Professor of Medicinal Chemistry.

Grant

2022.05.02

New research to detect glaucoma timely

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen receives a grant to launch a project to identify early signs of eye diseases before they develop in the patient.

2022.04.27

Anna Klawonn and Alexander Hauser new members of Lundbeck Foundation Investigators Network

The Lundbeck Foundation has admitted assistant professors Alexander Hauser and Anna Mathia Klawonn into their recently established network of researchers, LFIN, Lundbeck Foundation Investigators Network.

Professor inauguration

2022.04.21

Stephan Pless, our new professor in chemical biology of ion channels

Friday before Easter Stephan Pless was inaugurated as Professor within Chemical Biology of Ion Channels at Department of Drug Design and Pharmacy.

Skin

2022.04.04

Our skin cells could tell a tale of Parkinson’s without us even knowing

The lipids, or fat molecules, in the skin are significantly different in patients with a certain type of Parkinson’s disease from healthy individuals, a new multicenter study involving the University of Copenhagen finds…

2022.03.04

This molecule is vital to our survival. Now we know what it looks like

In order to live, all mammals depend on the function of a large molecule in our nerve cells made up of four proteins.

2022.03.03

Fredrik Björkling: 36 years in the Danish pharmaceutical industry and academia

Professor Fredrik Björkling was celebrated at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology on his retirement last week.

2022.01.17

Two of our researchers have received the LF Experiment grant from the Lundbeck Foundation

Postdoc Laura Mikél Mc Nair and Associate Professor Matthias Herth have received the grant given by the Lundbeck Foundation for audacious and innovative projects.

PHARMADANMARK

2021.05.25

Lotte Stig Nørgaard new member of Pharmadanmark's Board of Representatives

Associate Professor Lotte Stig Nørgaard from the Department of Pharmacy was elected to the Board of Representatives of Pharmadanmark.

CANCER

2021.01.26

Researchers develop promising way to find new cancer drugs

The enzymes in human cells known as histone deacetylases, or HDACs, are targets for a handful of anticancer drugs because of their ability to affect gene expression

2021.01.13

New vaccine - should you be skeptic?

Camilla Foged Professor of vaccine design, Department of Farmaci, talks about the Corona vaccine Din internetbrowser understøtter ikke iframes. Det betyder, at videoen New vaccine - should you be skeptic? ikke kan…

ANTIVENOM

2020.12.03

Deadly snake bites: Potential antivenom discovered

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people lose their mobility or life after having been bitten by a venomous snake. Now Danish researchers propose an alternative type of antivenom, named Serpentides, that is simple to…

clinical pharmacy

2020.09.29

Pharma to Strengthen Patient-Centered Pharmacy

Population ageing means more people are treated with different kinds of drugs simultaneously. Treatments must be personalised, and the healthcare system needs more medicinal experts.

2020.08.27

24 young researchers talk about well-being and ambitions

The research environment in Denmark and globally is characterised by high ambitions and high expectations. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on researchers' often demanding working life and on creating a good working…

2020.05.13

When the Academic Project Turns into a Potential Drug

In this article you will find inspiration on how to integrate your research with innovation, what you can learn from the process, and where you can get help. The Defining Moment GHB is a chemical compound that is…

Podcast

2020.03.30

Listen to UCPH's Best Podcasts When You Take a Walk

Din internetbrowser understøtter ikke iframes. Det betyder, at videoen Tankelyn - ny podcast fra Københavns Universiet ikke kan afspilles. If you lack good company for, say, the after-work-walk in this time of…

2019.12.17

Hans Bräuner-Osborne New Head of the Graduate School as of 1 January 2020

It is a scientist with a huge research capacity and many years of experience in PhD training who has been appointed Head of the Graduate School as of 1 January 2020. From his many years as a supervisor for PhD…

2019.12.12

Nils Brünner Joins Lund University's Faculty of Medicine Board

Professor Emeritus Nils Brünner has been elected to the Lund University's Faculty of Medicine Board. He has extensive experience within oncology, both as a clinician and as a professor. In addition, he has been involve…

2019.12.03

UCPH Talent Programme Gives SUND Researchers New Perspectives on the Future

In November 2018, a committee under the University of Copenhagen's Research and Innovation Council (KUFIR) selected 24 researchers who would be part of UCPH's stake on talent development. Included in the list were 10…

Grants

2019.11.12

The Lundbeck Foundation Appoints Five New Fellows at the University of Copenhagen

The five new fellows from SUND. From the left: Cordelia Imig, Elisabeth Rexen The Wolf, Marco Donia, Thomas Qvistgaard Jepps, Tor Biering-Sørensen. For the 13th time, the Lundbeck Foundation has awarded a number of…

Drug targets

2019.11.05

Researchers find new signaling systems in human cells

The human cell has a wide variety of receptors on its surface that many molecules and therapeutic drugs can bind to in order to activate signals inside the cell to regulate different physiological functions. GPCRs are…

2019.10.25

The Lundbeck Foundation Supports Experienced Talents with Grants

As part of the ‘Ascending Investigators’ grant programme, eight researchers at SUND, incl. two from ILF, will each receive DKK 5 million for a number of projects.

2019.10.17

2021 Master Thesis projects available

Students who wish to complete their master thesis at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology are kindly asked to find the projects at Drug.ku.dk/education. The projects are listed under the Discipline areas as…

Grant

2019.09.13

Funding for Research into Better Personalised Treatment of Psychiatric Diseases

Professor Hans Bräuner-Osborne and Professor David Gloriam from the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology at the University of Copenhagen have received a grant of DKK 10 million from the Lundbeck Foundation. The…

'Protein & Peptide Drug Discovery

2019.08.22

Peptide and Protein Drug Discovery Symposium

PDZnet together with Zealand Pharma welcomes you at the scientific symposium entitled 'Protein & Peptide Drug Discovery' at Zealand Pharma on 3rd October 2019. The symposium will include talks by internationally…

2019.05.16

Researchers Map Communication Between Staphylococci

A professor from the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and professor Christian Adam Olsen from ILF have developed a new method for analysing the signalling molecules of staphylococci. Greater knowledge of how…

2019.05.02

Access to the Most Advanced Research Facilities in Europe

Gigantic new facilities in Lund and Hamburg provide researchers with unique opportunities to explore molecule structures and dynamics. Now researchers can apply for transnational life science collaborations within the…

2019.04.25

Master’s Degree Programme in Neuroscience on the Way

Bachelor students in health sciences will most likely be able dedicate their master’s degree to brain research. The ministry has just approved SUND’s new programme in neuroscience beginning in September 2020.