News from reNEW Copenhagen

Publication

2023.10.05

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

Instead of daily medication, could stem cells treat Parkinson's disease? The first patient has now been dosed in STEM-PD, Europe's first trial of its kind, with preclinical development led by Agnete Kirkeby.

Publication

2023.09.04

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

New research from the Brickman Group and colleagues, published in Nature Genetics, shows that inherited factors beyond our genes influence cell function throughout our lifespan.

Publication

2023.07.12

What mechanisms control conversion between fetal and adult intestinal stem cells

Promising results: the Jensen Group at reNEW outlines the mechanisms that control the conversion between fetal and adult intestinal stem cells, published in Science Advances.

Grant

2023.06.27

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.

Grant

2023.06.21

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.

Publication

2023.06.13

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.

Publication

2023.04.12

How to build human airways; a lesson from frogs

How airways develop has puzzled scientists for years, but it turns out we can learn a lot from frogs. New insights from the Sedzinski Group and colleagues has been published in Science Advances.

Grant

2023.04.03

StemScreen research center opens at reNEW

A new research center, StemScreen, will be established in reNEW’s premises at the University of Copenhagen thanks to a multi-million grant from Innovation Fund Denmark.

Annual Report

2023.03.31

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.

Grant

2023.03.30

Professor Klaus Høyer awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

The European Research Council (ECR) has awarded Professor Klaus Høyer a grant to investigate how sharing sensitive health data across borders affects patients, health professionals, and healthcare systems.

Grant

2023.03.30

Professor Brickman awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

The European Research Council (ECR) has awarded Professor Josh Brickman a grant for his work on the key role held by transcription factors in genes and how they interact with the relay system found in a cell.

Fellowship

2023.03.28

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.

Inauguration

2023.03.24

Professor Melissa Helen Little inaugurated at University of Copenhagen

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

Public Engagement

2023.03.17

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.

Clinical trial

2023.03.02

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

The first patient has received a transplant with STEM-PD, a stem cell-derived Parkinson's therapy whose preclinical development was led by Associate Professor Agnete Kirkeby.

Research

2022.10.27

How cancer cells hide from chemotherapy

The Jensen Group, published in Gastroenterology, shows how blocking a cancer cell's ability to divide could improve treatment for people with colorectal cancer.

RESEARCH

2022.10.20

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

Associate Professor Agnete Kirkeby 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

2022.09.07

Dormant tumour cells use a differentiated cloak to hide from treatments

Researchers from the Jensen Group have analysed a great number of colon tumours aiming to understand how some tumour cells avoid dying upon treatment with chemotherapies. Findings published in Gastroenterology.

Collaboration

2022.09.02

reNEW meets Lund Stem Cell Center

Principal Investigators from the Lund Stem Cell Center and reNEW Copenhagen cam together in Malmö for a full day of scientific interaction and discussion.

Public engagement

2022.04.25

Engaging with students from Utrecht University

reNEW Copenhagen welcomed 30 students from Utrecht University to the centre to learn more about the work done here, and about a career in stem cell medicine.

ULCERATIVE COLITIS

2022.03.11

Quantum leap towards transplanting stem cells into the intestines

The Jensen Group describes an optimised method of transplanting healthy stem cells into a sick intestine, where they repair the damaged tissue and thus cure the disease, published in Nature Protocols.