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Innovation, social responsibility, and loyal employees—these are most important traits of a workplace, according to an international survey of biotech and pharma employees. The survey is conducted annually by Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This year, two Nordic-based companies—Novozymes and Novo Nordisk—were rated among the world’s top five biotech/pharma employers. Novozymes was number two, after U.S.-based Regeneron. The company was praised for being an innovative leader. Novo […]

Danish researchers link chocolate consumption and atrial fibrillation. Few people can resist chocolate. That’s why a paper from US, Canadian, and Danish scientists in Heart, from the British Medical Journal group, was hailed as good news. The study showed that regularly eating chocolate might reduce risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), which is an irregular heartbeat. Professor […]

Insulin, tamoxifen, EPO – just a few examples of life-saving, blockbuster drugs from endocrinology research. “Hormones are responsible for homeostasis, maintaining our internal environment,” says Professor Saffron Whitehead, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, St George’s University of London, “so they regulate every system in the body.” This puts endocrinology, the study of hormones, at the […]

Jacques Dubochet, who put the "cryo" in cryoEM, is a champion of science communication and ethics.

Richard Henderson is an electron microscopy innovator and promoter of cryoEM for all.

Joachim Frank combines multiple talents—He has natural skills in pattern recognition, writing, and photography.