17 JAN Vaccine development requires super-fast computing power Calculating large amounts of data is crucial in combating a pandemic and in developing individual treatment of patients. Viruses Computer calculations Health and diseases
17 JAN More engineers are driving innovation in healthcare The number of engineers in the Danish healthcare system has increased by 22 per cent in ten years. The close collaboration between doctors and engineers is driving new... Health and diseases Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development
03 MAR Centre for Diagnostics DTU finds Brazilian variant of coronavirus Centre for Diagnostics DTU has found the first Danish covid-19 sample with the Brazilian variant of coronavirus. Viruses Genes and genomes Health and diseases
03 FEB Immune system T cells to be trained to remove cancer Profile: Sine Reker Hadrup is trying to find methods to train the human immune system’s T-cells to locate and remove cancer cells more effectively. Health and diseases
26 JAN DTU assists in the fight against coronavirus The Center for Diagnostik DTU is now upgrading its efforts and examining all positive samples for the new variants. Viruses Genes and genomes Health and diseases
07 DEC Entire bacterial community can provide us with new antimicrobial agents Instead of isolating antimicrobial agent-producing bacteria in laboratories, development is taking a new turn: Now the bacteria must live together just as they do in... Bacteria and microorganisms Cells Synthetic biology Biotechnology Health and diseases
01 MAY Early warning test for coronavirus Researchers to develop skin prick test to detect coronavirus before patients fall ill with COVID-19 and to identify at-risk patients. Viruses Enzymes and proteins Biotechnology Health and diseases
27 FEB Cancer researcher receives EliteForsk prize Professor Sine Reker Hadrup is honoured with one of this year's EliteForsk prizes for her immunotherapy research. At the same time, three PhD students from DTU are awarded... Cells Health and diseases Catalysis
19 NOV DKK 18,5 million for independent research The Independent Research Fund Denmark grants DKK 208 million to 35 young researchers with original ideas and high ambitions. Three are from DTU. Electronics Optics Nanoparticles Cells Biological systems Nanomedicine Health and diseases
11 OCT DKK 144.5 million from the EU for health technology projects On 11 October, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded new ERC Synergy grants. DTU participates in two of these, which have each been granted more than DKK 70 million... Medical equipment and systems Image analysis Health and diseases