Uncategorized - March 31, 2021
Good news for chocolate lovers?
Danish scientists have showed that regularly eating chocolate might reduce risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), which is an irregular heartbeat. Few people can resist chocolate. That’s why a paper from US, Canadian, and Danish scientists in Heart 2017, from the British Medical Journal group, was hailed as good news. The study showed that regularly eating […]
Profiles in Science - March 8, 2021
Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2018: Frances H. Arnold
It is International Women’s Day and and we like to highlight some of the many inspiring women in life science we have had the opportunity to meet and interview. Frances H. Arnold is a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2018. Learn more about her bold approaches to optimizing enzymes for society’s benefit. “I’m interested in big […]
COVID-19 - December 1, 2020
COVID-19 vaccines: CEPI steps up
Since launching at Davos in 2017, an Oslo-based global organization has been accelerating pandemic preparations. Years before COVID-19 appeared, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) began working to make vaccine development – including for coronaviruses – faster and less of a financial burden. CEPI is a global nonprofit, supported by public and private funders, […]
Science article - June 20, 2020
How to succeed with heterologous genes
Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark upend conventional wisdom about introducing new genes into bacteria. Why do some foreign genes work well in a new host and some do not? The reasons are critical for synthetic biologists who add heterologous genes to bacteria. The issue is clinically relevant, since bacteria gain antibiotic resistance through […]
Business article - April 6, 2020
Engineers to entrepreneurs
Ideas from a California university inspire research and training in commercialization. It’s been a year since the launch of the Centre for Technology Entrepreneurship at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The university creates an average of 115 new companies a year, based on a 2018 analysis, and DTU Entrepreneurship plans to build on that […]
Prio - March 10, 2020
Nobel Laureate Medicine 2019: Peter Ratcliffe
Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe defined a system involved in inflammation, metabolism, cancer, and more. On 7 October 2019, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe was having a typical scientist’s day, writing a grant proposal. Then, Ratcliffe, who is Director of Clinical Research at the Francis Crick Institute and Director of the Target Discovery Institute at the University […]
