News from the Foundation
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The Danish National Research Foundation is ready to invest DKK 1.1 billion in 10 new Centers of Excellence
The board of the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) has decided to invest DKK 657 million and allocate an additional DKK 440 million to 10…
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…
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IDUN center leader Professor Anja Boisen receives an ERC Proof of Concept 2019 grant
Professor Anja Boisen, head of center at the DNRF Center of Excellence IDUN, recently received one of the prestigious Proof of Concept (PoC) grants from…
Read more![Photo of the Milky Way. Photo: Nathan Anderson.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Milky-way-Photo-credit-Nathan-Anderson-825x510.jpeg)
Other July News in Brief
Poul Nissen and researchers from Aarhus University show first structure of important membrane protein Professor and former DNRF head of center Poul Nissen is the…
Read more![Horses in nature. Credit: Ludovic Orlando/CGG](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CGG-pic-Ludovic-Orlando-825x510.jpg)
Other May News in Brief
Professor Elvira Brattico from MIB in BBC podcast on sound At this year’s international science festival in Gothenburg, Professor Elvira Brattico, from the Center of…
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Agreement on Pioneer Centers initiative is in place – 1 billion DKK to research focusing on major societal challenges
PRESS RELEASE ON THE PIONEER INITIATIVE During the recent negotiation of Denmark’s Financial Act, the parties of the Danish Parliament agreed to give 177 million…
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Read the DNRF’s Annual Report 2018
The DNRF’s Annual Report 2018 has now been published and a link can be found below. In the report you can read about the foundation’s…
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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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Other December News in Brief
Head of Center Lone Grams is appointed to the board of Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) As of January 1, 2019, head of the DNRF…
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Four researchers with a connection to the DNRF receive Sapere Aude grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark
Recently, 34 researchers received the good news that they will become Sapere Aude research leaders, with grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. Four of…
Read more![Chair of The Danish National Research Foundation, Professor Jens Kehlet Nørskov.](https://dg.dk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Foto-Jens-Kehlet-Beskåret-825x510.jpg)
Jens Kehlet Nørskov appointed new chair of the Danish National Research Foundation
Press release: The minister of Higher Education and Science, Tommy Ahlers, has appointed Jens Kehlet Nørskov, a professor at DTU, as the new chair of…
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