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5. December 2017

Inauguration of the Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI) headed by Professor Claus Thustrup Kreiner

The Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen hosted an event on November 29, to mark the official opening of the Center for Economic…

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30. November 2017

Five researchers affiliated with DNRF Centers of Excellence receive a Sapere Aude Grant

The Sapere Aude: IRFD Research Leader Grant aims to give brilliant, younger scientists the possibility to explore and work on important research ideas. The target…

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28. November 2017

Listen to IDUN head of center Anja Boisen tell about her excellent, nano-technological research

Recently, Anja Boisen gave a speech about her and the IDUN-center’s excellent research. This was given at the jubilee event for the Royal Danish Academy…

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28. November 2017

Head of Center Mette Birkedal Bruun receives prize for ‘outstanding research in the Humanities’

At a ceremony on 21 November 2017, Centre Director, Professor of Church History Mette Birkedal Bruun, received Einar Hansen’s Research Prize for her contribution to…

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28. November 2017

Double inauguration in the light of colliding stars

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz inaugurated his Niels Bohr Professorship and former DNRF center leader, Jens Hjorth, inaugurated his Villum Investigator Grant with talks and a reception at…

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20. November 2017

The end of ”Pump Fiction”: Head of Center Poul Nissen publishes in Nature Journal of Science

The more than 1000 different cells in the human body are capable of moving energy and material to those places in the body, where there…

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20. November 2017

Inauguration of the Center for Functional Genomics and Tissue Plasticity (ATLAS) headed by Professor Susanne Mandrup

The official opening of the Center for Functional Genomics and Tissue Plasticity (ATLAS) took place on November 6, 2017 at the University of Southern Denmark.…

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9. November 2017

Inauguration of the Center for Privacy Studies (PRIVACY) headed by Professor Mette Birkedal Bruun

The new Center for Privacy Studies was celebrated with speeches, a reception, and a tour of the newly established office space at the University of…

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9. November 2017

Head of center Leif Oxenløwe gets the Ib Henriksen research award for his socially relevant research

Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe been called ”a Danish research superstar” and builds his groundbreaking research upon the humble ideology “my idea is your idea”. This week,…

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7. November 2017

Opening of Center for Cellular Signal Patterns headed by head of center Jørgen Kjems

On Wednesday, November 1, the kick-off of the new Center for Cellular Signal Patterns (CellPAT) took place, which is one of 10 new centers that…

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7. November 2017

Open Access to Data – the DNRF annual meeting 2017

On November 3, the Danish National Research Foundation held its annual meeting for research political stakeholders and DNRF grantees. The topic for the meeting was…

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2. November 2017

Head of center Thomas Graven-Nielsen plays with people’s pain threshold on purpose

Shock, saltwater and chili pepper – three things that you wouldn’t normally imagine would be connected. Thomas Graven-Nielsen, professor and head of center for Neuroplasticity…

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30. October 2017

Listen to Professor Lone Gram talk about the secret life of bacteria in new podcast

Besides entering the role as head of center for the new, DNRF-financed Center of Excellence, Center for Microbial Secondary Metabolite, Lone Gram is also expert…

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30. October 2017

DNRF head of center Rubina Raja presents prestigious excavation project in Rome to Her Majesty Queen Margrethe

Last spring, Danish archaeologists paved the way for participating in an important and prestigious international collaboration, which was launched Thursday in a royal manner. This,…

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26. October 2017

UrbNet head of center Rubina Raja in international collaboration on digital learning platform

Head of Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) at Aarhus University (AU), Rubina Raja, was recently able to reveal an exciting and very meaningful collaboration:…

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