New funding for research projects and infrastructure
Several iNANO researchers could go on Christmas holidays with the good news that they had received one or more research grants. Congratulations to Henrik Birkedal, Julián Valero Moreno, Menglin Chen, Jørgen Kjems, Magnus Kjærgaard, Poul Nissen, Michael Truong-Giang Nguyen, and Nikolaj Roth. Thank you to the Novo Nordisk Foundation, AUFF NOVA, and the Carlsberg Foundation.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation:
Project Grants in Bioscience and Basic Biomedicine
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Professor Henrik Birkedal, Altered biomineralization in xlinked hypophosphatemia - a reflection of improper processing of mineralization controlling osteopontin, DKK 3,000,000
Novo Interdisciplinary Synergy
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Professor Henrik Birkedal, Multiscale label-free 3D x-ray imaging: Visualizing cells and tissue architecture simultaneously (Xtreme-CT), Total grant is 15.000.000 of which Henrik Birkedal will receive DKK 3,500,000. DTU is main applicant.
AUFF NOVA
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Assistant Professor Julián Valero Moreno, Building artificial molecular motors using novel RNA catalysts, DKK 2,499,565
The Carlsberg Foundation:
Semper Ardens accelerate
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Associate Professor Magnus Kjærgaard, Dephosphorylation dynamics in membraneless organelles, DKK 4,999,509. Read more about this project in a news article on mbg.au.dk.
Research infrastructure
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Associate Professor Menglin Chen, Volumetric Bioprinting of complex living‐tissue constructs within seconds, DKK 894,770
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Professor Jørgen Kjems, Controlling the assembly of nanoparticles for RNA and protein encapsulation, DKK 800,000
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Associate Professor Poul Nissen, A platform for yeast and mammalian cell culture production of membrane proteins, DKK 361,703
Internationaliserings fellowship
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Postdoc Michael Truong-Giang Nguyen, Biosynthesis of genetically encoded biopolymers with abiological monomers, DKK 1,020,000
Reintegration fellowship
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Postdoc Nikolaj Roth, Emergent Properties from Correlated Disorder, DKK 1,369,649