Awards and Prizes
![Riikka Rinnan EliteForsk 2020](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Riikka-Rinnan-EliteForsk-2020.jpeg)
Riikka Rinnan from CENPERM receives one of the Elite Research Prizes 2020
Professor Riikka Rinnan, from the Center of Excellence CENPERM at the University of Copenhagen, is among this year’s five winners of the Ministry of Higher…
Read more![Niels bohr Professor John McGrath taler i andledningen af, at han modtager the Lieber Prize af The Brain and Behaviour Foundation](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BBRF2019_McGrath_c-825x510.jpg)
The DNRF Niels Bohr Professor John McGrath receives international prize for schizophrenia research
Professor John McGrath recently received the Lieber Prize for his research on schizophrenia, research that was partially conducted as part of his Niels Bohr Professorship…
Read more![Professor Carsten Rahbek og professor Rubina Raja modtager Dansk Magisterforenings Forskningspriser 2019.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/RubinaOgCarsten-825x510.jpg)
DNRF heads of center Rubina Raja and Carsten Rahbek receive the DM research prize 2019
For the 13th time, the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs (DM) has awarded research prizes to two researchers, and this year’s recipients are both…
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Other November News in Brief
Two researchers connected to the DNRF are among the Independent Research Fund Denmark’s 35 new Sapere Aude Research Leaders; a new study from CCG about…
Read more![Karl Anker Jørgensen. Foto Videnskabernes Selskab](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Karl-Anker-Jørgensen.-Foto-Science-Report-825x510.jpg)
Previous DNRF-head of center Karl Anker Jørgensen is the first recipient of H. C. Ørsted Gold Medal in 30 years
For the first time in 30 years, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and the Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science decided…
Read more![Billede fra overrækkelse af Carlsbergfondets Forskningspriser 2019. Fra venstre fungerende generalsekretær i Videnskabernes Selskab Marita Akhøj Nielsen, bestyrelsesformand i Carlsbergfondet Flemming Besenbacher, uddannelses- og forskningsminister Ane Halsbo-Jørgensen, prismodtager Thomas Kiørbo, prismodtager Mikael Rask Madsen, HKH Kronprinsessen og præsident i Videnskabernes Selskab Mogens Høgh Jensen](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CF-Forskpris19-825x510.jpg)
Mikael Rask Madsen receives the Carlsberg Foundation’s Award 2019
Professor and head of the DNRF center iCourts, Mikael Rask Madsen, was recently awarded one of this year’s two Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes. The prize…
Read more![Zoomed photo of a finger with microcontainers.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IDUN-mikrocontainere-825x510.jpg)
Other March News in Brief
Kirsten Marie Jensen received an honorary award for one of the world’s most talented female scientists Kirsten Marie Jensen, former Ph.D. student at the DNRF’s…
Read more![Collage of the three winning photos from the DNRF Photo Competition 2019.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kollage-123-2019-825x510.jpg)
The winning pictures in the DNRF’s photo competition 2019 have been chosen
Photos have the ability to unseal the world of science in a surprising and inviting way by revealing its beauty or otherwise fascinating appeal. The…
Read more![Two root nodules, Photo: Niels Sandal - The photo shows two nodules on the root of the leguminous plant Lotus japonicus. This plant exists in a symbiosis with the earth bacteria Mesorhizobium loti. In the symbiosis the bacteria obtain carbohydrates from the plant, and the bacteria deliver fixed nitrogen to the plant. Therefore, the plant can do without nitrogen fertilizer. The bacteria are colored with LacZ (dark blue), and the plant’s cell nuclei are colored with DAPI. The nuclei are seen as light blue dots. You can see the bacteria in the young nodule and on the surface of the older nodule. In our research group, we have isolated many of the plant genes that are necessary for symbiosis.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Lotus-japonicus-knold-crop-DAPI-levels-LacZ-2-825x510.jpg)
The winner of the DNRF Photo Competition 2019: Root nodules can hold the key to a sustainable agriculture
The subject of this year’s winning photo in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019 looks like something found in the far away areas of the universe,…
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Fascinating photo of a dental examination on a dead hedgehog has won second prize in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019
A photo of a dead hedgehog getting a dental examination is the second place winner in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019. Today, researchers know very…
Read more![The photo shows brain cancer cells of the type glioblastoma multiforme in movement, which are stained for DNA (blue) and actin cytoskeleton (red). The cell in the center of the photo is polynuclear, meaning that it contains multiple nuclei and therefore more DNA, which is often associated with cancer stem cells. Those are quite happy to move around, which can be seen in the photo by the long cellular process that stretches away from the blue nuclei. This shows the directions in which the cancer cell is heading. In patients with this type of brain cancer, it is the invasive cancer cells that constitutes a huge problem, because, with current treatments, they are impossible to exterminate. By invading healthy brain tissue, they are capable of using the brain’s own protection mechanisms, which, among other things, prevent harmful substances from entering the brain, and thereby also part of the compounds available for treatment.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MAX_Composite-1-825x510.png)
Photo of aggressive brain cancer cells wins third prize in the DNRF Photo Competition 2019
A photo of cancer cells in motion has been awarded third prize in the DNRF’s Photo Competition 2019. The cells originate from an aggressive type…
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Kristian Thygesen from CNG receives the Elite Research Prize 2019
Professor Kristian Sommer Thygesen, from the Center of Excellence CNG, is among this year’s five prize winners of the prestigious Elite Research Prizes. The prizes…
Read more![A picture of this year's Villum Young Investigators at the award ceremony at the Royal Library, Copenhagen.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Villum-Young-Investigator-825x510.jpg)
Seven talented researchers with a connection to the DNRF are among this year’s Villum Young Investigators
Out of 21 researchers selected as this year’s Villum Young Investigators are seven researchers with a connection to the DNRF. The Villum Young Investigators program…
Read more![Peter Laursen, post-doc at the University of Oslo and affiliated with the DNRF center DAWN, is the winner of Forskerzonen’s prize for best research communication 2018.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Peter-Laursen-FotoKristianHøjgaardNielsen-825x510.jpg)
DAWN-affiliated post-doc Peter Laursen wins award for best research communication at Forskerzonen in 2018
Astrophysicist Peter Laursen, a post-doc at the University of Oslo and also affiliated with the DNRF Center of Excellence Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) at the…
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Ane Fisker from CVIVA receives the Lundbeck Foundation’s Research Prize for Young Scientists 2018
Doctor and senior researcher at the DNRF’s Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA) Ane Bærent Fisker has received the Lundbeck Foundation’s Research Prize for Young…
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