News from ISIM

RESEARCH

2023.03.14

New malaria study is good news for pregnant women

Each year, 13 million pregnant women get malaria, and as drug resistance increases, the disease is…

Antibiotics resistance

2023.03.09

Resistant bacteria are a global problem. Now researchers may have found the solution

A new substance has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin…

Collaboration

2023.02.06

The Power of International Collaboration: The Future Looks Bright

Researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders from the health research community in Tanzania and…

Immune system

2023.01.04

More than two billion are infected with this disease. Vitamin D can help

A rare patient has made it possible for researchers to prove that vitamin D – the “sun vitamin” –…

Research

2022.11.15

ISIM researchers on the prestigious 'Highly Cited Researchers' list 2022

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™ at Clarivate have awarded Highly Cited Researcher…

Biofilm

2022.10.19

Bacteria control their metabolism when going into biofilm formation

In a new paper out now in Cell Reports, a research team from Costerton Biofilm Center at the…

Teaching

2022.10.05

New book on Malaria Immunology – including cutting-edge methods and protocols

During the last few years, Professor Lars Hviid and Professor Anja Ramstedt Jensen from Centre for…

Vaccine

2022.09.29

Pregnant women and their unborn babies can die of malaria. Vaccine may be on the way

Malaria is a major health challenge especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Pregnant women and their…

GRANTS

2022.09.27

Five SUND-researchers get DKK 42 million to exciting projects

Five researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receive big grants from the Novo…

Graduate School

2022.09.19

Corona virus and epidemics – the Annual meeting of the Graduate School of Immunology

PhD students and leading researchers within immunology and infectious diseases were gathered to…

New group

2022.09.08

New Group leader at SIC wants to understand eczema

“This is a really exciting opportunity. I think that the network and the support that the skin…

Research

2022.07.11

How to write a policy brief that matters

A workshop for Health researchers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Tanzania i…

HONOUR

2022.06.17

“I realised that my research can have a positive effect on society”

Professor Ali Salanti and Clinical Professor and Chief Physician Mikkel Østergaard receive this…

Vaccines

2022.06.13

The Fight against Placental Malaria

Malaria infection during pregnancy constitutes a major health problem that can lead to the…

Summer School

2022.06.08

Inspiring days at SIC Summer School discussing Immune Regulation of the Skin

For the second time in history, the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, University of…

Prize

2022.02.28

Internationally acclaimed Danish virologist receives the 2022 Hagedorn Prize

Jens Bukh, who heads the Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP) at the Department of Immunology an…

Teaching

2022.01.25

Danish medical students on clinical stay in Tanzania

In the autumn of 2021, when Corona had released the grip a bit, came the opportunity for Birgitte…

BACTERIA

2022.01.13

Common lung diseases can be difficult to treat – but there may be hope

Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world. But our understanding of the…

Order

2021.12.22

World-Class Professor receives 'Ridderkorset'

It is the Rector of the University of Copenhagen who has nominated Jens Bukh to receive this award,…

Prize

2021.12.14

Winner of The Industrial Prize 2021 by Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Akademi

Professor Ali Salanti from the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH, receives this year'…

Summer School 2022

2021.12.13

Immune Regulation of the Skin

25-27 April 2022 LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, University of Copenhagen, invites…

2021.11.24

ISIM researchers on the prestigious 'Highly Cited Researchers' list

The "Highly Cited Researchers list" recognizes world-class researchers selected for their…

immune system

2021.11.12

Malaria: New knowledge about naturally acquired immunity may improve vaccines

The researchers believe the new findings may be used to improve existing malaria vaccines.

Visit

2021.10.26

Secondary school students explored the skin and gained new insights at SIC

Together with Gefion Gymnasium, SIC has organised a mini course for third-year secondary school…

COVID-19

2021.10.15

Danish inhalation treatment for COVID-19 approved for human testing

A new treatment for COVID-19 developed by Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen and…

Malaria

2021.10.11

Maximising the effectiveness of life-saving malaria prevention for children under 2 years old across Africa

Three researchers from the DRUGS Team at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH, are…

2021.09.21

Young ISIM scientist at Stanford University

Mustafa Ghanizada has a ten-month-long research and education programme ahead of him at Stanford…

2021.09.01

New Head of Department at ISIM

Charlotte Menné Bonefeld is looking forward to promoting ISIM's position in research and education…

New Director

2021.08.30

New Director at LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center

"It's a privilege to be leading an evolving research environment." Professor and Director Liv…

Research

2021.07.13

More complex than we thought: The body’s reaction to contact allergens

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have outlined an entire new subgroup of allergic…

Laboratories

2021.06.25

UCPH’s research in microbiology and infectious diseases move to highest international level with donation for new state-of-the-art laboratories

With a large donation from the A.P. Møller Foundation, the University of Copenhagen now gets the…

Awards

2021.06.24

SIC welcomes two translational BRIDGE fellows

The Skin Inflammation and Cancer Group has been awarded two of this year’s competitive Translationa…

Research Grant

2021.06.15

An effective vaccine can reduce the number of liver cancer cases

Although, effective treatment has recently been developed, only an effective vaccine can reduce th…

Research Grant

2021.05.31

One of the most dangerous viruses: Measels

Measles is a highly contagious childhood disease that used to turn into epidemics and cost the live…

Research Grant

2021.04.13

Professor Niels Ødum receives DKK 9.9 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Professor Niels Ødum and clinical collaborator at Aarhus University Hospital, Professor Lars…

Radio show

2021.04.12

The Evolution of the Skin

Danish radio show featuring SIC-Director, Professor Charlotte Menné Bonefeld about the evolution of…

SIC Annual Activity Report

2021.03.23

Annual Activity Report 2020

SIC’s Annual Activity Report 2020 is now available!

Coronavirus

2021.03.08

COVID-19 vaccine candidate based on UCPH research ready for testing on humans

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed at the University of Copenhagen has just been approved for…

Biobank

2021.02.16

Skin tissue samples from 3,000 patients to give researchers new insights into psoriasis and eczema

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital together with the University of Copenhagen establish a new research…

RESEARCH

2021.01.26

New study: Malaria tricks the brain's defence system

So far, it has been the understanding that the malaria parasite was not able to penetrate the actua…