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Brain Prize ceremony 2014

Mon, 19 May 2014 09:32:00 GMT

The Brain Prize for 2014 is awarded to Stanislas Dehaene, Giacomo Rizzolatti and Trevor Robbins for
'their pioneering research on higher brain mechanisms underpinning such complex human functions as literacy, numeracy, motivated behaviour and social cognition, and for their efforts to understand cognitive and behavioural disorders.
The prize was presented by her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary at a ceremony at the Black Diamond building in May 2014.
For more info www.thebrainprize.com

Prorector Thomas Bjørnholm and Copenhagen Spin-outs

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:48:53 GMT

COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESEARCH, INDUSTRY AND INVESTORS

Prorector at University of Copenhagen is interviewed about Copenhagen Spin-outs. Copenhagen Spin-outs is a collaboration between the academic research environment and industry with a focus on innovation and commercialisation of biotech research in the capital region area. In the project we will focus on strenthening the collaboration between universities, research parks and investors to speed up the effort to promote the good ideas from the research institutions and turn them into sustainable biotech companies. The spin-outs will work within the areas of MedTech, Diagnostics, Pharmaceuticals as well as Industrial biotech and Food.

Copenhagen Spin-outs run from 2012-2014, and is funded with 20 million DKK from EU Regional Fund, 8 million DKK from the Captal Regions Growth Forum and 12 million DKK from the partners.

To read more, please visit http://copenhagenspin-outs.dk/

The value of Spin-outs by Martin Bonde, Chairman Dansk Biotek and Copenhagen...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:18:54 GMT

What is the societal value of public biotech Spin-outs? Where is the link to industry and how should central administration support it? Martin Bonde explains what it takes to make it and what value it provides.

Brain Prize 2012: Excerpts from the Prize Ceremony 2012-06-05

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:12:05 GMT

In May 2012, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark handed The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Prize award to Christine Petit and Karen Steel ‘for their unique, world-leading contributions to our understanding of the genetic regulation of the development and functioning of the ear, and for elucidating the causes of many of the hundreds of inherited forms of deafness’.The ceremony took place at the Black Diamond in Copenhagen, Denmark.

For more information please contact:
Kim Krogsgaard, MD, DMSc or Director Mobile: +45 2014 8384 Phone: +45 3917 8240 kk@thebrainprize.org
Nils Axelsen, MD, DMsc Chairman Mobile: +45 40548646
Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation Ole Maaløes Vej 3 2200 N Copenhagen
Denmark
www.thebrainprize.org

Brain Prize winner Tamás Freund lecture on Endocannabinoid signalling in the...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:22:12 GMT

Prof. Tamás Freund's talk on his scientific work that led to the Brain Prize award. Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation hosted the annual Brain Prize Meeting at Hindsgavl Castle in Denmark from October 6-8th, 2011. The meeting was planned in collaboration with the Danish Neuroscience Schools and Danish Society for Neuroscience and it allowed for interaction between the three Hungarian prize winners and Danish brain researchers.

The Brain Prize Meeting 2011

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:52:25 GMT

Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation hosted the annual Brain Prize Meeting at Hindsgavl Castle in Denmark from October 6-8th, 2011. The meeting was planned in collaboration with the Danish Neuroscience Schools and Danish Society for Neuroscience and it allowed for interaction between the three Hungarian prize winners and Danish brain researchers.

BGI opening 2012

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:35:05 GMT

On March 3, 2011, a new research center--Danish Platform for Large-scale Sequencing and Bioinformaticsis to be funded with DKK 170 million by Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation (DKK 84 million), BGI (DKK 60 million) and other partners. This center aims to support development of cancer vaccines and Danish genome research. There are two projects in this platform: One project is to identify previously unknown pathogens that will lead to the development and patenting of commercial vaccines. The second is to establish a unique catalogue of the millions of variations in Danes' DNA. BGI Europe (an overseas branch of BGI) situated at Copenhagen Bio Science Park (COBIS) will play an important role in the disease prevention and genome research.

The following article is quoted from the news release of University of Copenhagen:
http://news.ku.dk/all_news/2011/2011.3/majorgranttosupportdevelopmentofcancervaccine/

Klinisk Forskningscenter - Lab

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:05:14 GMT

Klinisk Forskningscenter er en tværfaglig afdeling på Hvidovre hospital, som yder støte og vejledning til forskningsprojekter og forskere, samt udvikler de faglige og forskningsmæssige ressourcer på hospitalet. 
 Fra hjemmesiden:  Klinisk Forskningscenter blev etableret i 1999 med en forskningschef og en mindre stab. Staben består i 2007 af 12 fast- og 26 fondsansatte, heraf er 12 Ph.d.-studerende. Endvidere er 10 prægraduate studerende tilknyttet afdelingen.  Formålet er at fremme hospitalets overordnede mål for forskning, sikre en optimal udnyttelse af kompetencer og ressourcer samt sikre sammenhæng i indsatsen. Styrken i forskningscentret er, at problemstillinger, der afdækkes under det kliniske arbejde, kan belyses i videnskabelige projekter, der trækker på centrets og hospitalets ekspertise og ressourcer. Forskningscentret koordinerer aktiviteterne i en række afdelinger med metodologisk sammenfald i forskningsopgaverne. Forskningscentret varetager selvstændigt eller i samarbejde med andre forskningsmiljøer på hospitalet nye forsknings- og udviklingsopgver af større art.  Klinisk Forskningscenter er karakteriseret ved en omfattende sundhedsvidenskabelig forskning, dels gennem egne projekter, dels ved deltagelse i andre afdelingers projekter. Forskningsaktiviteterne spænder fra grundvidenskabelig forskning og laboratorieforskning til randomiserede klinisk kontrollerede undersøgelser og forskning i pleje og omsorg. Medarbejderstaben tæller endvidere to biostatistikere, der bl.a. tilbyder statistisk bistand til hospitalets ansatte samt til samarbejdspartnere og efter forudgående aftale til rekvireret arbejde.  Det er Klinisk Forskningscenters mål at fastholde og udbygge den videnskabelige aktivitet.  Forskningscentret har opbygget en markant forskningsmæssig profil og vil være i front indenfor kernefelterne, der bl.a. indbefatter translationel forskning indenfor cancer, virologi og inflammation.  Uddannelsesfunktionen omfatter prægraduat undervisning af lægestuderende, biologistuderende, laborantelever samt postgraduat universitetsrelateret kursus- og undervisningsaktiviteter.  Mål for Klinisk Forskningscenter  Forskningscentret skal være i front indenfor molekylærbiologisk-immunologisk og virologisk forskning. Forskningscentret skal kunne tiltrække de bedste forskere indenfor miljøet og være drivkraft for tværfaglig forskningsaktivitet. Forskningscentret skal bidrage til at styrke netværksdannelse med såvel offentlige som private institutioner Forskningscentret skal bidrage til synliggørelse af hospitalets forskningsaktivitet. Der henvises iøvrigt til hjemmesiden : ‪http://www.hvidovrehospital.dk/menu/Afdelinger/Klinisk+Forskningscenter/‬