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…
The brain 2022.11.23 Major discovery about mammalian brains surprises researchers In a new breakthrough to understand more about the mammalian brain, University of Copenhagen…
Nobel Prize 2022.10.06 University of Copenhagen professor wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry Professor Morten Meldal, of the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Chemistry, has been awarde…
Medicinal Chemistry 2022.03.31 Revolutionary tool could meet future pandemics with accelerated response A new tool speeds up development of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products by more than one…
2022.01.24 Maria Escudero-Escribano Wins 2021 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship Department of Chemistry congratulates associate professor María Escudero Escribano being announced…
2021.12.06 CHEM researcher on list of highly cited researchers Jan Rossmeisl from the Department of Chemistry is on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list from…
2021.10.14 Science News: Identifying proteins through fingerprinting Fingerprinting proteins enables researchers to more easily identify interesting industrial or…
2021.09.22 New Novo Nordisk Foundation Center aims at recycling CO2 The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded €84.7 million for establishing the world’s first…
2021.09.15 Bo Wegge Laursen receives Ellen and Niels Bjerrum's Chemist Prize In 2021 Ellen and Niels Bjerrum's Chemist Prize has been awarded to Bo Wegge Laursen, Professor at…
PROTEINS AND AI 2021.08.31 Using artificial intelligence to fingerprint suspicious proteins An artificial intelligence tool created by researchers at the University of Copenhagen can quickly…
awards 2021.05.05 Elite Researcher 2021: "I find solutions for problems that we don't even have yet." Chemist Gemma Solomon is an explorer in the world of molecules, where among billions of molecules,…
Disease prevention 2021.04.28 New metabolism regulating method: Could improve prostate cancer and high cholesterol treatments Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method that makes it possible to…
Diabetes 2020.12.03 Better diabetes treatment: New insulin molecule can self-regulate blood sugar Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and biotech firm Gubra have developed a new insulin…
artificial intelligence 2020.11.03 New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world Sorting huge amounts of data is a bottleneck in protein research, a field that is crucial to make…
egyptology 2020.10.26 Inks containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri Analysing 12 ancient Egyptian papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy, University of Copenhagen…
2020.10.06 Tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals could be discovered by quantum simulators Professors Gemma Solomon and Jesper Nygård along with other researchers from the Nano-Science Cente…
2020.08.14 Quoted from Aarhus University: Researchers discover how plants distinguish beneficial from harmful microbes Legume plants know their friends from their enemies, and now we know how they do it at the molecula…
2019.12.12 Paper in Nature Communications A scientific collaboration led by researchers at iNANO/Aarhus University and Copenhagen University…
Enzymes 2019.11.27 Vital ingredient in everything from washing detergents to pharmaceuticals: Researchers finally grasp the work week of enzymes Scientists have found a novel way of monitoring individual enzymes as they chomp through fat. The…
chemistry 2019.11.04 Breakthrough: Researchers find the key to making fluorescent silver A fluorescent blend of silver and DNA could help us better understand diseases. University of…
Green chemistry 2019.10.23 New center to replace oil and gas with sustainable chemistry The chemical industry requires new technologies as they phase out oil and gas in the years ahead.…
2019.09.20 Frances Arnold’s visit (23 May, 2019) On 23 May, 2019, we had a very special visit: 2018 Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold, Linus Pauling…
2019.08.26 Nikos Hatzakis receives award for his contribution to science in Europe Nikos Hatzakis, Associate Professor from Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center, has been…
2019.08.22 Largest-made segments of the elusive carbon allotrope 6,6,12-graphyne In a paper just published in Nature Communications, the syntheses and properties of the largest…
2019.08.22 Largest-made segments of the elusive carbon allotrope 6,6,12-graphyne In a paper just published in Nature Communications, the syntheses and properties of the largest…
2019.08.11 Jan Rossmeisl receives the Alexander M. Kuznetsov Prize for Theoretical Chemistry Professor Jan Rossmeisl from the Department of Chemistry has been awarded the 2019 Alexander M.…
2019.05.06 Dr. María Escudero Escribano receives Clara Immerwahr Award 2019 As the first ever researcher in Denmark, Dr. María Escudero Escribano from the Department of…
2019.04.09 Breakthrough Study of Cell Signaling Holds Promise for Immune Research and Beyond An international collaboration under the Center for Geometrically Engineered Cellular Systems has…
HONORARY AWARD: 2019.03.08 Research Talent: Artists and researchers see the world from new angles As a youth, Kirsten Marie Ørnsbjerg Jensen imagined studying art history or playing classical music…
Energy 2019.03.05 Discovering the next generation of catalysts The use of solar and wind energy must be doubled to meet the world's demand for clean energy over…
counterfeit goods 2019.02.20 New weapon to combat counterfeit goods: use your smartphone to check for fake merchandise Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have invented a chemical fingerprint that, when used…
Genetic Research 2018.11.29 New Research Could Fine-Tune the Gene Scissors CRISPR When researchers and doctors use the tool CRISPR to correct genetic errors, it may have side effect…
2018.09.02 Jan Rossmeisl receives medal On 23 August 2018 Jan Rossmeisl, professor at Department of Chemistry and member of the Nano-Scienc…
2018.08.24 Assistant Professor Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen receives funding: EUR 1.4 million from the EU Assistant Professor Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen, Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center,…
2018.08.20 European talent programme bets on UCPH-researchers Female researchers were more strongly represented than ever before, when the European Research…
Nano science 2018.06.07 Current-insulating molecules can shrink electronics University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered the most current-insulating molecule ever. The…
New marking system 2018.01.29 New marking technique could halt counterfeit goods Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed the world's most secure marking system…
2018.01.24 Villum Young Investigator Grant for Jiwoong Lee and Maria Escudero Escribano María Escudero Escribano, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry at the University of…
TALENT: 2017.12.07 Talent Prize goes to Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen For her research in materials, Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen has received the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women I…
ART in SCIENCE: 2017.10.17 Culture (Night) is (also) art More than 3,500 people visited ARTiS: ART in SCIENCE exhibition on Culture Night 14 October. The…
Substances in solution and solid materials: 2017.02.07 Researchers will find the structure of the smallest building blocks in nano-chemistry Structure and function on nano-scale level. Two young researchers have received funding - DKK 10…
QUANTUM COMPUTING: 2016.10.27 A molecular, scalable, building block for quantum computing A grant of DKK 4m from the Villum Foundation has been given to associate professor Stergios…
IN ELEVATED CIRCLES: 2016.06.01 Thomas Just Sørensen new member of the Young Academy Associate Professor Thomas Just Sørensen is one of ten new members of the Young Academy, part of th…
Chemistry business 2016.05.20 High-tech measuring company to come out of University of Copenhagen A new spin-out company from the University of Copenhagen, FRS-systems, is to provide pharmaceutical…
OPEN POSITION: 2016.05.10 Open position as postdoc at Dept of Chemistry and the Nano-Science Center In Nikos Hatzakis' group Nanoenzymes, there is an open position as postdoc.
Visual science 2016.02.04 University kicks off battle of beautiful data Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen and Faculty of SCIENCE are inviting researchers…
Chemical award 2016.01.29 Torkil Holm prize for straddling chemistry and biology Professor Dimitrios Stamou is awarded the Torkil Holm prize for work on borders between chemistry…
Miracle carbon 2013.03.01 Eco-friendly "use and throw-away" electronics via carbon chemistry Would you like a t-shirt that can go on Facebook? A TV screen that can be rolled up and taken to th…