News from reNEW Copenhagen

Clinical trials

2025.01.08

Clinical trials using human pluripotent stem cells worldwide

A review paper in Cell Stem Cell, summarizing clinical trials with human pluripotent stem cell products has been published by Associate Professor Agnete Kirkeby with co-authors Dr Heather Main and Dr Melissa Carpenter.

Spotlight

2024.11.15

Annika Hausmann Profile “Life Science Success”

Meet Annika Hausmann, a reNEW alumna, now a Group Leader at ETH Zürich and leading her own group on Epithelium-Microbiota Crosstalk.

Publication

2024.11.15

New reference model will become crucial to understand the effect of mutations on embryos

The Brickman Group used deep learning to create a new reference model for early embryonic development, published in Nature Methods.

Spotlight

2024.10.15

Raul Bressan Profile “Life Science Success”

Meet Raul Bressan, a reNEW alumna, who moved to the National Cancer Research Centre in Madrid, Spain, to lead a team within Dr. Manuel Valiente's Group, developing a new research line on paediatric neuro-oncology.

StemScreen

2024.09.06

StemScreen network shares knowledge to accelerate drug screening projects

The StemScreen Center for Stem Cell-based Disease Modeling and Drug Screening held its first workshop from September 2-5 at Panum, University of Copenhagen.

Publication

2024.07.17

Review by Prof Jensen et al assessing the future of treating ulcerative colitis with a cellular therapy published in iScience

The Jensen Group and colleagues have provided considerations around the use of intestinal epithelial organoids as a stem cell based cellular therapy for ulcerative colitis, published in iScience.

Award

2024.07.09

Esteemed colleagues from reNEW elected members of EMBO

Professor Melissa H. Little and Professor Joshua Brickman have been elected as members of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization - EMBO.

Grant

2024.07.02

4M euros for research into nuclear metabolism

Associate Professor Jan Żylicz has been awarded an MSCA Doctoral Networks Grant for project; NUCLEAR - metabolic regulation of genome function and cell identity.

Publication

2024.06.28

Groundbreaking work on further development of a cellular therapy to treat diabetes

Groundbreaking work from the Serup Group on further development of a cellular therapy to treat diabetes has been published in Stem Cell Reports.

Discovery

2024.06.26

PhD student discovers that a cell type previously thought to be a source of nutrients can make an embryo on its own

PhD student Madeleine Linneberg-Agerholm from the Brickman Group discovers that a cell type previously thought to be a source of nutrients can make an embryo on its own.

LEAF

2024.06.07

Kirkeby Group is the first lab to obtain bronze LEAF certification

The Kirkeby Group is the first group to obtain the bronze Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) certification at reNEW Copenhagen.

Annual Report

2024.04.02

reNEW releases its Annual Report 2023

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, has released its annual report, highlighting the stellar work accomplished throughout 2023.

Public Engagement

2024.03.22

250 high school students attended UniStem Day

The students explored more about what stem cells actually are and heard about the research being done on the gut, lungs, and brain.

Fellowship

2024.02.26

Alberto Dinarello has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship

Dr. Alberto Dinarello from the Brickman Group has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to study how chromatin reconfiguration prepares stem cells for pancreatic differentiation.

Publication

2024.02.22

Navigating the online forest: information about stem cells in the era of AI

How do patients find trustworthy information about stem cells in an era of AI-driven search? The PREPARE team at reNEW discusses this in a paper published in Stem Cell Reports.

StemScreen

2024.02.09

StemScreen inaugural meeting showcases potential of stem cell-based drug screening

StemScreen Center holds its first annual network meeting, bringing together stem cell researchers and industry partners to advance drug discovery through stem cell-based screening.

Memory

2024.01.19

Vale Palle Serup

It is with great sorrow that we announce the loss of our dear friend, colleague, and mentor, Palle Serup. Just before Christmas, Palle passed away peacefully after a prolonged battle with metastatic cancer.

Award

2024.01.18

Dr Tine Friis receives Junior Scholar Award

Dr Tine Friis receives Junior Scholar Award for her contributions to making the research field of Medical Science and Technology Studies more visible.

Leadership

2024.01.15

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.

Grant

2023.11.23

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.

Award

2023.10.11

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.