Gitte Moos Knudsen has been appointed as chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the European Flagship Programme The Human Brain Project (HBP). The HBP is funded by the European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) under the Horizon 2020 framework, an EU Research and Innovation funding programme.
The HBP's total costs are estimated at EUR 1.019 billion, of which EUR 500 million will be provided by the European Commission, EUR 500 million by national, public and private organisations, and EUR 19 million by the Core Project Ramp-Up Phase Partners.
The HBP's total costs are estimated at EUR 1.019 billion, of which EUR 500 million will be provided by the European Commission, EUR 500 million by national, public and private organisations, and EUR 19 million by the Core Project Ramp-Up Phase Partners.
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Congratulations to Agnete Overgaard for receiving 10,550 DKK to support her participation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology in Zürich, Vincent Beliveau 11,700 DKK for the MICCAI meeting in Quebec, Louise Møller Jørgensen 28,937 DKK for project collaboration meetings in Boston and finally, Gitte Moos Knudsen 50,000 DKK for the NRU retreat in Oslo.
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It is with great pleasure that we can announce that NRU senior researcher Lars Pinborg has received money from the Lundbeck Foundation and the University of Copenhagen for a new 5 year half-time position as associate professor in the field of precision medicine. The purpose is to increase the understanding of brain diseases, develop better methods of diagnosis and consequently more targeted treatment. Brain diseases are widely understood, but with special focus on epilepsy.
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In the period Aug 21st to Sep 1st, NRU had the pleasure to host Spyridon Siafis from the Laboratory of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece in an ECNP Research Internship. After his stay, Dr. Siafis has provided a very positive feedback which can be read in the attached short report to ECNP.
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Per Jensen will defend his thesis 'Translocator protein imaging with 123I-Clinde SPECT - Method development and clinical research' on September 15, 2017 at 2 pm, Auditorium 93, Rigshospitalet. The Neuroscience Center will host a reception at NRU after the defence. All are welcome.
See the invitation for further information and thesis summary.
See the invitation for further information and thesis summary.
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Congratulations to Sebastian Holst for receiving DKK 200,000 from Toyota-Fonden to cover expenses for an Opto-Acoustic MR compatible noise canceling system that will enable sleep in the MR environment.
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Congratulations to Martin Nørgaard for receiving 50,000 DKK from the Lundbeck Foundation for his 'PhD stay abroad' at the Martinos Center in Boston.
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Congratulations to Melanie Ganz for receiving travel stipends from the Lundbeck Foundation for her participation at both the PRNI workshop in Toronto in June as well as the Neurohackweek in Seattle in September. Furthermore, she received travel support from Rigshospitalets Jubilæumsfond for the PRNI workshop. Claus Svarer and Martin Nørgaard did also receive travel support from Rigshospitalets Jubilæumsfond, Claus for the recent BrainPET meeting in Berlin and Martin for the OHMB 2017 meeting taking place in Vancouver late June.
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Congratulations to NRU junior group leader Mikael Palner who has received 2 years full stipend from the Weimann Foundation for the project "Please Focus! – Dopamine in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder".
The stipend is the so-called "Købmand i Odense Johann og Hanne Weimann født Seedorffs Legat". An abstract from Mikael's project is given below.
The stipend is the so-called "Købmand i Odense Johann og Hanne Weimann født Seedorffs Legat". An abstract from Mikael's project is given below.
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NRU, including laboratories, will jointly move to the North Wing Phase II in brand-new facilities. This means that the research unit can be housed together again which will be a great benefit. The move is anticipated to take place Spring 2019, once the construction has been completed.
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- New MR-scanner for NRU
- More funding for NRU
- Scholarship grant from FSS to NRU
- New funding for NRU from the Danish Council for Independent Research
- NRU annual report 2016
- Three new grants for NRU
- NRU in the media about the mysterious epilepsy
- Grant from Brd. Hartmanns Fond
- Welcome to Kevser og Sidra
- Marie Curie grant to NRU