University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen, 18-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — With new advanced techniques developed by the Copenhagen Center for Glycomics at the University of Copenhagen it is possible to study cells in greater detail than ever before. The findings have just been published in the Journal … Read the full press release →

Copenhagen, 18-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — During the past two decades, 64 % of the Earth’s land-based area has experienced an increase in human pressure, shows a new map. It is part of a research study that also reveals agriculture and human … Read the full press release →

Copenhagen, 16-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Research from the University of Copenhagen is shedding new light on the brain’s complicated barrier tissue. The blood-brain barrier is an effective barrier which protects the brain, but which at the same time makes it difficult to … Read the full press release →

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has followed the recommendation of a unanimous nominating committee by appointing Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen as Dean of the Faculty of Law at University of Copenhagen. Copenhagen, 28-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen has been appointed Dean of the … Read the full press release →

STEM CELLS A grant of 6 million euros for the HumEn project brings together leading European stem cell-research groups and industrial partners in a coordinated and collaborative effort aimed at developing glucose-responsive, insulin-producing beta cells for future cell-replacement therapy in diabetes. … Read the full press release →

Researchers from Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have characterized a genetic aberration on a group of colorectal cancer patients. The discovery gives hope for a new and efficient treatment of colorectal cancer, which is a frequent … Read the full press release →

Copenhagen, Denmark, 11-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In the 1970s, a network of businessmen, politicians, and academics from the US, Europe, and Japan, also known as the Trilateral Commission, changed the way international politics was conducted. Informal links between Commission members, governments, and … Read the full press release →

Antioxidants in older men, a natural antioxidant compound found in red grapes and other plants – called resveratrol – blocks many of the cardiovascular benefits of exercise. This is the surprising result from a research project from the University of … Read the full press release →

14-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Oxford, NIMR Tanzania and Retrogenix LTD, have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of … Read the full press release →

1-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Board of the University of Copenhagen has decided to appoint Ralf Hemmingsen Rector until 1 March 2017. Ralf Hemmingsen has been Rector since November 2005 and his term will therefore total over 11 years. The position … Read the full press release →

The University of Copenhagen is now an official partner in the world’s most important platform for online courses, Coursera. The platform offers courses in everything from Søren Kierkegaard to global health, and the project looks to revolutionise the way in … Read the full press release →

THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE BODY 27-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Getting over damage to tendons can be a long and painful process. By combining the nuclear tests of the 1950s with tissue samples and modern technology, a research collaboration between the … Read the full press release →

25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ten percent of mares have difficulties conceiving. But now two Danish researchers have discovered what the trouble is and produced a product to help such horses become pregnant. The product has been successfully tested in the field … Read the full press release →

22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  Professor Claudia Welz from University of Copenhagen is the first theologian ever to receive one of the Ministry of Education’s prestigious EliteForsk research awards. The honor is given to internationally recognized young academics. Five PhD students … Read the full press release →

22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A single embryonic stem cell can develop into more than 200 specialized cell types that make up our body. This maturation process is called differentiation and is tightly regulated through strict control of gene activity. If the … Read the full press release →

27-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — An international research team has updated a Victorian map that has been the blueprint for our understanding of the diversity of life-forms across the world. The original map was created in 1876 by Alfred Russel Wallace, who … Read the full press release →

8-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Research led by the University of York has found that the impacts of climate change on rare plants in tropical mountains will vary considerably from site to site and from species to species. While some species will … Read the full press release →

23-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Scientists from The Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem) at the University of Copenhagen are contributing important knowledge about how stem cells develop best into insulin-producing cells. In the long term this new knowledge can improve diabetes treatment with … Read the full press release →

20-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Greenland’s viking settlers, the Norse, disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from Greenland about 500 years ago. Natural disasters, climate change and the inability to adapt have all been proposed as theories to explain their disappearance. But now a Danish-Canadian … Read the full press release →

20-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that a protein, known for causing cancer cells to spread around the body, is also one of the molecules that trigger repair processes in the brain. These findings are the … Read the full press release →