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News from reNEW Copenhagen

Change of leadership within the reNEW Copenhagen Node

On January 8, Professor Kim Jensen has stepped into the position of Node Director of the Copenhagen Node of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine – reNEW in place of Professor Melissa Little.

Associate Professor Jakub Sedzinski Awarded ERC Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Associate Professor Jakub Sedzinski and his team a two million euro grant for their work on understanding how mechanical forces regulate embryo development.

Meet the winner of the reNEW ARTxSCIENCE competition!

Congratulations to PhD fellow Antar Drews from the Żylicz lab, at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW Copenhagen for winning first prize in the first reNEW ARTxSCIENCE Competition.

Behind the scenes of a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of normal motor control, leading to rigidity, slow movements, tremor, and difficulties walking.

Inheritance of information in proteins guard cell identify and stem cell function

Does the inheritance of factors other than our genes influence the proper functioning of cells during our lifespan? New research published in Nature Genetics demonstrate that this is the case.

What mechanisms control conversion between fetal and adult intestinal stem cells

Promising results: research at reNEW outlines the mechanisms that control the conversion between fetal and adult intestinal stem cells.

Associate Professor Żylicz awarded ERC Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Associate Professor Jan Żylicz and his team a 1,5 million euro grant for their work on unravelling specificity of epi-metabolic regulation in development.

Associate Professor Mariaceleste Aragona has been awarded a Leo Foundation Grant

The Leo Foundation has granted Professor Aragona and her team a 4 million DKK grant for their work on identifying factors that improve stem cell self-renewal. The fund is awarded for a period of three years.

reNEW Leadership highlights the need for standards in organoid research

The term “organoid” has experienced a significant increase in use in recent years due to advancements in biomedical research and the field of regenerative medicine.

How to build human airways; a lesson from frogs

How airways develop, is a complex process that has puzzled scientists for many years, but it turns out that we can learn a lot from frogs.

StemScreen research center opens at reNEW

It is nowadays possible to build fully functional human mini organs with stem cells that can be used to mimic a variety of diseases. These organoids as they also are called can be used to establish disease models in the…

reNEW releases its first annual report

reNEW, the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, is thrilled to release its first annual report. reNEW is a global consortium focusing on translating stem cell science into therapies.

Professor Klaus Høyer awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

The European Research Council (ECR) has awarded Professor Klaus Høyer and his group a 2.5 million euro grant.

Professor Brickman awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

The European Research Council (ECR) has awarded Professor Josh Brickman and his group a 2.5 million euro grant.

Dr Magnussen has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship

Postdoc Michael James Magnussen from the Aragona Group has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union to develop a better disease model of the physiological condition of the bladder.

Professor Melissa Helen Little inaugurated at University of Copenhagen

Professor Melissa Helen Little is inaugurated at the University of Copenhagen.

Public Engagement

reNEW's first global UniStem Day

reNEW Copenhagen hosted about 450 curious high school students at the University of Copenhagen during UniStem Day 2023 to tell them more about stem cell medicine.

First Parkinson’s patient administered a stem cell-based transplant

A patient suffering from moderate Parkinson’s disease (PD) has received a transplant with the human stem cell-derived nerve cell product STEM-PD in a clinical trial at Skåne University Hospital in southern Sweden.

How cancer cells hide from chemotherapy

Although cancer cells have the ability to divide indefinitely, some appear to have lost this ability and are therefore not sensitive to traditional chemotherapy. New research shows that these cells can still divide and…

Stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease granted approval for entering clinical trial in Sweden

Associate Professor and Principal Investigator from reNEW UCPH brings hope to people with Parkinson’s Disease by being part of a decade long team effort between universities and hospitals in Sweden and the UK.

Colorectal Cancer

Dormant tumour cells use a differentiated cloak to hide from treatments

A group of reNEW scientists has analysed a great number of colon tumours aiming to understand how some tumour cells avoid dying upon treatment with chemotherapies.