ISBUC News

Treatment

2024.08.07

Cocaine discovery could pave way for treatment for substance abuse

University of Copenhagen have studied and described how cocaine binds to a specific transporter in…

Cells

2024.02.22

New 3D model: This is how the body’s building blocks are made

Human cells contain ribosomes, a complex machine that produces proteins for the rest of the body.…

Protein Research

2024.01.31

Bringing order to disordered proteins

In the biological world, proteins are the molecules that make things happen. The conventional view…

INTERVIEW

2023.09.27

Introducing Alexander Hauser

Meet ISBUC’s newest group leader: Alexander Hauser in the Department of Drug Design and…

Antibiotics

2023.09.21

Bacteria like cholera may be crucial in the development of new antibiotics

Bacteria like the cholera bacteria move around in the body through rotations from a hairy appendage…

2023.09.05

ISBUC LEGO Molecule Masters

This summer, ISBUC held its first ever LEGO Molecule Masters challenge.

Funding news

2023.06.16

ISBUC researchers receive 8 grants from DFF

This spring, no les than 8 ISBUC researchers have received project grants from Danmarks Frie…

ISBUC COLLABORATION

2023.06.14

New ISBUC collaboration to develop cyclic peptides for acid-sensing ion channels

ISBUC sits down with Principal Investigator Stephan Pless (ILF), Henriette Autzen (BMI) and Joe…

Funding News

2023.06.08

HALRIC: a new chapter for cross-border collaboration begins

The University of Copenhagen is a partner in the Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure…

Proteins

2023.02.02

Major research project studies what it looks like when HIV and coronavirus proteins bind to medications

The way in which molecules interact forms the basis of life and treating illness. But what does it…

INTERVIEW

2022.12.05

Introducing Azadeh Shahsavar

Azadeh Shahsavar is a newly appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Drug Design and…

The brain

2022.11.23

Major discovery about mammalian brains surprises researchers

In a new breakthrough to understand more about the mammalian brain, University of Copenhagen…

Protein research

2022.11.09

Social media at its best...

In a grand international collaboration, researchers from the Department of Biology participated in…

Nobel Prize

2022.10.06

University of Copenhagen professor wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Professor Morten Meldal, of the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Chemistry, has been awarde…

Cancer

2022.09.20

Three proteins join forces to spread cancer. Now scientists may destroy them

With cryo-electron microscopy, it is possible to examine proteins more than a 1,000 times smaller…

INTERVIEW

2022.07.04

Introducing Weria Pezeshkian

Weria Pezeshkian is a newly appointed Assistant Professor in the Niels Bohr International Academy…

Dopamine

2022.05.11

Dopamine makes you feel happy. But we probably have to be rewrite the textbooks

According to a new study, it may facilitate the development of drugs for i.e. cocaine addiction and…

INTERVIEW

2022.05.09

Introducing Martin Gustavsson

Interview with Martin Gustavsson who started as an Assistant Professor in the Department for…

Medicinal Chemistry

2022.03.31

Revolutionary tool could meet future pandemics with accelerated response

A new tool speeds up development of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products by more than one…

cells

2022.03.28

Octopus-like tentacles help cancer cells invade the body

With the help of the worlds best tweezers a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen…

RESEARCH

2022.03.22

Deep learning guided protein design: The guide of the guide

A new ISBUC collaboration project aims to develop a machine learning platform that can predict…

PROTEIN

2022.02.28

This molecule is vital to our survival. Now we know what it looks like

In order to live, all mammals depend on the function of a large molecule in our nerve cells made up…

Cells

2022.02.07

Researchers gain a unique view of the inner life of cells

The ever-changing shape of the interior of cells limits our understanding to whatever snapshot we’r…

FOOD SCIENCE

2022.01.26

X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty

X-rays can be used to examine the tiniest parts of food and provide us with fresh knowledge about…

INTERVIEW

2022.01.19

Introducing Tom Miller

Tom Miller is a newly appointed Associate Professor at the Center for Chromosome Stability in the…

Research

2021.12.15

Mechanical GPCR activation: how to squeeze and stretch a cell into action

An interdisciplinary collaboration between ISBUC researchers explores the role of post-translationa…

TECHNOLOGY & VACCINES

2021.12.10

Researchers develop AI tool to combat coronavirus variants of the future

A new AI tool makes it possible to predict the structure of proteins faster, which is crucial for…

TECHNOLOGY & VACCINES

2021.12.10

Researchers develop AI tool to combat coronavirus variants of the future

A new AI tool makes it possible to predict the structure of proteins faster, which is crucial for…

INFRASTRUCTURE

2021.12.07

ISBUC researchers win big in Carlsberg Foundation Infrastructure Awards

This year, seven ISBUC researchers have received research infrastructure grants from the Carlsberg…

PUBLICATIONS

2021.12.06

Gearing up for GPCR activation

ISBUC researchers from the group of David Gloriam are honoured with the cover of Nature Structural …

PANEL DEBATE

2021.11.24

AlphaFold 2 and the future of structural biology

A panel discussion between Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Guillermo Montoya, Ed Tate, Wouter Boomsma and…

2021.10.14

Meet the keynote speakers at ISBUC's 2021 Annual Meeting

The 2021 ISBUC Annual Meeting will take place on October 29th and feature talks from four…

2021.10.04

Meet Lucy: ISBUC's new coordinator

Lucy Holt recently started as the new ISBUC coordinator. In this article, she discusses who she is,…

Diabetes

2021.09.10

Researchers hope to improve medical treatment for diabetes and obesity

Through new knowledge of how the so-called GIP receptor works inside human cells, researchers from…

Research

2021.09.02

Sudden cardiac episodes could be caused by deadly combination

It has been a mystery why some people live a perfectly normal life until experiencing a potentially…

PROTEINS AND AI

2021.08.31

Using artificial intelligence to fingerprint suspicious proteins

An artificial intelligence tool created by researchers at the University of Copenhagen can quickly…

PROTEINER OG AI

2021.08.31

Kunstig intelligens tager fingeraftryk af mistænkelige proteiner

Et kunstigt intelligens-værktøj skabt af forskere fra Københavns Universitet kan hurtigt og præcist…

CRISPR

2021.08.05

‘Bacterial arch-enemy’ paves the way for new gene editing

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the structure of CRISPR-Cas12j to know…

ISBUC Interview

2021.07.01

New in ISBUC: Eva Kummer

Eva Kummer is one of the newest members of ISBUC. In April 2021, Eva was recruited as an Associate…

ISBUC instruments

2021.01.26

CPHSAXS, the In-House Biological Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) Facility at UCPH

CPHSAXS is a state-of-the-art, high-throughput, small-angle X-ray scattering instrument. Through…

ISBUC Interview

2021.01.26

Feature Interview: Henriette Elisabeth Autzen

Henriette Elisabeth Autzen is one of the newest members of ISBUC. In February 2020, Henriette was…

Recruitment

2020.12.16

Eva Kummer joins CPR as a group leader in 2021

In an effort to reinforce the Protein Structure and Function Program at CPR, the program has…

EMBO YIP

2020.12.01

Julien Duxin and Nicholas Taylor join EMBO Young Investigator Programme

The prestigious EMBO Young Investigator Programme just accepted two of CPRs talented group leaders.…

Bacteria

2020.09.15

Tiny protein motor fuels bacterial movement

The ability to move is key for bacteria like some strains of salmonella and E. coli to efficiently…

CRISPR

2020.07.29

Researchers map mechanisms in the largest CRISPR system

The largest and most complex CRISPR system has been visualized by researchers from the University o…

2019.05.08

Montoya receives grant to sharpen CRISPR-scissors

Professor Guillermo Montoya from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research has been…