Submitted Mentor Teams 2021

Newly submitted projects/Mentor Teams (=66) for the 2021 call are now available.

Please browse the list and - based on your prerequisites to excel in a given project – reach out to the Mentor Team to explore the possibilities of collaboration. Contact information is available under each project page.

Current mentor teams:

Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
Uncovering the molecular pathology of coronary artery disease

Basic mentor: Professor Michael J. Davies, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Professor and Chief Consultant Kasper Iversen, Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital
Protein Phosphatase 2A-activating drugs in the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Basic mentor: Prof. Jakob Nilsson, PhD, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Assoc. Prof. Kim Theilgaard-Mønch, MD, DMSc, Dept. of Hematology and Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet and Biotech Research and Innovation Center, Program for Translational Hematology at DanStem, UCPH.
Identification of receptors of orphan ligands for clinical drug development – elucidating mechanism of action for the drug candidates Meteorin & Cometin

Basic mentor: Jesper Velgaard Olsen, Vice Director, Professor, NNF Center for Protein Research, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Torsten M Madsen, MD, PhD, CEO at Hoba Therapeutics ApS.
Diagnostic and treatment of blood cancers based on ribosomal RNA modifications

Basic mentor: Professor Henrik Nielsen, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Professor, MD Kirsten Grønbæk, Department of Haematology, Rigshospitalet, and Department of Clinical Medicine, UCPH.
Metabolomics/lipidomics phenotyping for identification of biomarkers correlated with disease states in type 2 diabetes

Basic mentor: Dan Stærk, Professor, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Natural Products research group, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Filip Krag Knop, Clinical Professor, Center for Clinical Metabolic Research (CCMR), Department of Medicine, Gentofte Hospital; Department of Clinical Medicine, UCPH; and Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen.
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems 
Biology
Identification of novel targets in glioblastoma by spatial transcriptomics

Basic mentor: Kyoung Jae Won, Associate Professor, BRIC. Clinical mentor: Bjarne Winther Kristensen, Clinical Professor, Rigshospitalet.
A Deeper Understanding of the Gut Microbiome and Its Influence on Disease in Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation

Basic mentor: Manimozhiyan (Mani) Arumugam, Associate Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR). Clinical mentor: Jens Lundgren, Professor at Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet; Director, CHIP/PERSIMUNE; Clinical Professor at UCPH. Life science industry mentor: Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Chief Scientific Officer, Clinical Microbiomics, Copenhagen.
Gene-microbiome interaction in asthma development: a machine learning approach

Basic mentor: Simon Rasmussen, Associate professor, Disease Systems Biology Program, Disease Systems Biology Program, Novo Nordisk Center for Protein Research. Clinical mentor: Klaus Bønnelykke, Professor in Pediatrics, Copenhagen Prospective studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital
Deep learning for electrocardiographic assessment of left ventricular mass (DEEPMASS)

Basic mentor: Jørgen Kanters MD, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Peter Riis Hansen MD, DMSc, PhD, Professor, Department of Cardiology, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital.
The compositional and functional effects of the microbiome in inflammatory diseases and colorectal cancer

Basic mentor: Hannelouise Kissow, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Andreas Munk Petersen, Clinical Research Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre.
Early Diagnosis of Pregnancy Loss

Basic mentor: Eva Hoffmann, Prof. Center for Chromosome Instability, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Henriette Svarre Nielsen, Prof., Hvidovre Hospital. Life science industry mentor: Markus Herrgård, CTO, BIoInnovation Institute.
The genetics of drug efficacy and adverse drug reactions in cardiovascular medicine

Basic mentor: Morten Salling Olesen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Henning Bundgaard, MD, DMSc, Professor of Cardiology, Consultant (Chief Physician), Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, & Department of Clinical Medicine, UCPH.
Precision diagnostics, prognostics and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Basic mentor: Søren Brunak, Research Director and Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Ole Haagen Nielsen, Chief Physician, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology D112, Herlev Hospital.
Delineating the molecular mechanisms of hereditary myeloid malignancies

Basic mentor: Morten Frōdin, ass Prof, BRIC, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Kirsten Grønbæk, Prof, Department of Hematology , Rigshospitalet,  BRIC and Institute for Clinical Medicine, UCPH.
Neurotensin, a potential new drug to restrict atherosclerosis development

Basic mentor: Birgitte Holst, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Christina Christoffersen, Associate Professor, DMSC, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet.
EPITRACK - Utilizing single cell EPIgenetic profiling and deep learning driven image analysis to TRACK and select optimal sperm

Basic mentor: Romain Barrès, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research. Clinical mentor: Niels Jørgensen, certified clinical andrologist, Head of Clinical Andrology Section, Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet. Life science industry mentor: Emil Andersen, Chief Scientific Officer, ExSeed Health ApS.
Proteomics level investigation of human muscle stem cells in health and diseases

Basic mentor: Atul Shahaji Deshmukh, Associate Professor, NNF CBMR, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Professor, Center for inflammation and metabolism, center for physical activity research, Rigshospitalet.
Target discovery in cardiometabolic disease using artificial intelligence approaches

Basic mentor: Torben Hansen, Professor, M.D, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH. Life science industry mentor: Ramneek Gupta, Director, computational biology, Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK. / Novo Nordisk Denmark.
Characterizing risk of infection in CLL patients with plasma proteomics

Basic mentor: Alberto Santos, Assistant Professor, Group Leader Multi-omics analytics group, Center for Health Data Science (HeaDS), UCPH; Group leader, Multi-omics analytics group, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford (United Kingdom). Clinical mentor: Carsten Utoft Niemann, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, UCPH; Consultant in hematology: internal medicine; Head of Leukemia Laboratory, Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet.
Cellular and Developmental Biology
An ErbB regulated lincRNA controls development of human brown adipocytes

Basic mentor: Camilla Scheele, Associate Professor, NNF center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Professor, Center for Physical Activity Research (CFAS), Rigshospitalet.
Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology
The liver in a dish – bridging the translational gap in NAFLD/NASH

Basic mentor: Professor Jens Lykkesfeldt, Section of Experimental Animal Models, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Clinical professor Lise Lotte Gluud, Gastro Unit, Hvidovre Hospital.
Regulation of muscle tissue turnover in injury regeneration

Basic mentor: Abigail Mackey-Sennels, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Michael Kjaer, MD DMSci, Professor, chief physician, Institute of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bispebjerg Hospital. Life science industry mentor: Peter Thygesen, PhD, Scientific Director, Global Biopharm Rare Disease Research, Novo Nordisk A/S.
Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction: Mechanisms of disease and treatment

Basic mentor: Morten B Thomsen, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Tor Biering-Sørensen, Research Director and Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.
The postnatal activation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal axis in males and its impact on reproductive function and health

Basic mentor: Konstantin Khodosevich, PhD, Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Anders Juul, MD, PhD, DMSc, Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet.
Muscle-Gut-Brain: Unravelling the underpinnings of exercise-induced suppression of food intake

Basic mentor: Christoffer Clemmensen, Associate Professor, PhD, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Bente Klarlund Pedersen, MD DMSc professor, Rigshospitalet and UCPH.
Oxidative stress in obesity-associated liver disease

Basic mentor: Simon Bekker-Jensen, Professor MSO, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Filip Krag Knop, Professor, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital. Life science industry mentor: Rune Risgaard, CSO / Principal Scientist, Azebiotics Aps.
Deciphering cellular crosstalk driving epithelial dedifferentiation in ulcerative colitis

Basic mentor: Kim B. Jensen, Professor, PhD, BRIC, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Ole Haagen Nielsen, Professor, Consultant Gastroenterologist, DMSc, Dept. of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital and IKM, UCPH.
Deep phenotyping of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria – a quest for novel biomarkers to personalize and optimize treatment

Basic mentor: Anders Woetmann, Professor MSO, PhD. LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center & Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Simon Francis Thomsen, Professor, MD, PhD, DMSc. Department of Dermato-Venereology and Wound Healing Center, Bispebjerg Hospital. Life science industry mentor: Per Stahl Skov, Professor, MD, DMSc. Head of Research, RefLab ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Targeting the mitochondrial lipidome – novel treatment strategies

Basic mentor: Steen Larsen, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Allan M. Lund, Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Clinical Genetics; Institute of Clinical Medicine.
The impact of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon- like peptide-2 on bone homeostasis in spinal cord injury.

Basic mentor: Bolette Hartmann, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Fin Biering-Sørensen, Professor, MD, Clinic for spinal cord injuries, Rigshospitalet, UCPH. Life science industry mentor: Ditte Riber, PhD, EPA, Chief Technology Officer in Bainan Biotech.
Are evolutionary forces creating male infertility?

Basic mentor: Fernando Racimo, Associate Professor, Globe institute, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Kristian Almstrup, Senior Scientist, Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet.
Developing catheters with a spasmolytic agent to prevent bladder spasms in children

Basic mentor: Klas Abelson, associate professor, MSc, PhD, Department of Experimental Medicine, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Magdalena Fossum, professor, MD, Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Dept of Pediatric Surgery, Section of Urology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. Mentor 3: Fatemeh Ajallouiean, assistant professor, MSc, PhD, Dept. of Health Technology, Drug Delivery and Sensing, DTU, Lyngby (partner for the development of local pharmaceutical administration on an indwelling catheter).
The effect on metabolism, food intake and preferences of a knockout gene variant involved in carbohydrate metabolism

Basic mentor: Torben Hansen, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), UCPH. Clinical mentor: Marit Eika Jørgensen, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC), University of Southern Denmark.
Characterization and rescue of mitochondrial dysfunctions driving insulin resistance in skeletal muscle – Translational evidence from humans with mitochondrial DNA mutations

Basic mentor: Steen Larsen, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: John Vissing, Professor, Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Rigshospitalet.
Closing the gap between mouse and human FGF21 physiology - development of a FGF21 knockout rat with a view to the effects of FGF21 in humans

Basic mentor: Matthew P. Gillum, Associate Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research. Clinical mentor: Filip K. Knop, Professor, Center for Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital. Life science industry mentor: Jacob Jelsing, co-founder, Gubra. 
Exercise-mediated modulation of the tumor microenvironment and metastatic development

Basic mentor: Janine Erler, Professor, Group Leader at Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), UCPH. Clinical mentor: Ulrik Lassen, Professor of Clinical Oncology, Head of the Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet.
New treatment of heart failure: Elucidating beneficial cardiovascular effects of sodium-glucose transport protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors

Basic mentor: Lisbeth Høier Olsen, professor, DVM, DVSc, UCPH, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Clinical mentor: Jacob Eifer Møller, consultant in cardiology and professor, MD, DMSc, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet and Odense University Hospital.
Mitochondrial energy expenditure in obesity

Basic mentor: Steen Larsen, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Kirsten Raun, Scientific Director, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv.
Neurosciences and Neural Disorders
Drug delivery mechanisms at the blood-brain barrier in transgenic models of Alzheimer’s disease

Basic mentor: Martin Lauritzen, professor, UCPH. Life science industry mentor: Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen, Principal Scientist, GUBRA.
Pain mechanisms of migraine for identification of new drug targets

Basic mentor: Anders Hay-Schmidt, Professor, Department of Odontology, Panum Institute, UCPH. Clinical mentor 1: Messoud Ashina, Clinical Professor in Neurology, Director of Human Migraine Research Unit, The Danish Headache Center & Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup. Clinical mentor 2: Jes Olesen, Clinical Professor in Neurology, Leader of Migraine Basic Research Group at Glostrup Research Institute, The Danish Headache Center & Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup. Life science industry mentor: Ayodeji Asuni, Discovery Project Leader/Principal Scientist, Department of Neuroscience, H. Lundbeck A/S.
Establishing translational biomarkers for narcolepsy

Basic mentor: Hajime Hirase, Professor, Center for Translational Neuromedicine, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Poul J Jennum, Professor, Danish Centre for Sleep Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Rigshospitalet.
Attention modulated cerebral activity as biomarkers of brain disorders

Basic mentor: Jens Bo Nielsen, professor, Department of Neuroscience, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Troels Wesenberg Kjaer, professor, Department of Neurology, Zealand University Hospital. Mentor 3: Søren Kyllingsbæk, professor, Department of psychology, UCPH.
Detection of Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) as Biomarker for Epileptogenesis

Basic mentor: Jens H. Mikkelsen, Professor, Dr.med., Department of Neuroscience, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Lars Pinborg, Assoc Professor, Dr.med., Epilepsy Clinic, Department of Clinical Medicine, UCPH.
Advanced linker platform for increased blood-csf barrier drug transport

Basic mentor: Mette Rosenkilde, professor, Dept Biomedicine, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Gitte Moos Knudsen, professor, Dept neurology, Rigshospitalet. Mentor 3: Katrine Qvortrup, associate professor, DTU. 
The role of neuronal excitability in neuromuscular disorders

Basic mentor: Claire Francesca Meehan, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience. Clinical mentor: Christian Krarup, Professor, Rigshospital.
Immunity and Infection
Proteomics of Cancer Immune Therapy Toxicity

Basic mentor: Jesper Velgaard Olsen, Professor and vice-director, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR), UCPH. Clinical mentor: Inge Marie Svane, Professor and director, Center for Cancer Immune Therapy (CCIT-DK), Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital.
Reversion of local immune suppression in pancreatic cancer

Basic mentor: Niels Ødum, professor, DMSc, LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM), UCPH. Clinical mentor 1: Julia Sidenius Johansen, chief physician, professor, Department of Oncology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital. Clinical mentor 2: Mads Hald Andersen, professor, PhD, Dr Techn, Dr Med, Institute for Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM), UCPH; Director National Center for Cancer Immune Therapy (CCIT-dk), Herlev Gentofe Hospital.
The infectious microenvironment

Basic mentor: Thomas Bjarnsholt, Professor, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Helle Krogh Johansen, Consultant, Clinical Professor, Rigshospitalet, UCPH. Mentor 3: Michael Kühl, Professor, Department of Biology, UCPH.
Targeted modulation of the gut microbiota by new precision antibiotics: Towards a novel treatment option in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Basic mentor: Peter E. Nielsen, Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Ole Haagen Nielsen, Professor, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, UCPH.
Host‐pathogen interaction in Lyme borreliosis; zooming in on the blood‐ brain‐barrier

Basic mentor: Anja Ramstedt Jensen, Professor, PhD, MSc, Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Anne‐Mette Lebech, Consultant, clinical research associate professor, PhD; DMSc, Department of Infectious diseases (DID), Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, UCPH.
Native envelope protein trimers as Hepatitis C virus vaccine antigens

Basic mentor: Jannick Prentø, Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM), UCPH. Clinical mentor: Dennis Christensen, Senior Researcher, Head of Vaccine Adjuvant Research, Center for Vaccine Research, Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Virologic and immunological studies of acute and chronic virus infections

Basic mentor: Jens Bukh, Professor, Research Director, Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP), Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Nina Weis, Professor, Senior Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital.
COPD: accelerated lung aging – can nicotinamide riboside mitigate the phenotype?

Basic mentor: Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, PhD, MD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Celeste Porsbjerg, PhD, MD, Professor, Respiratory Research Unit, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Diagnostic Tools, Therapies and Public Health
Investigations of Human Leukocyte Antigen class Ib molecules as potential targets for cancer treatment

Basic mentor: Professor Søren Buus, MD, DMSc, Dept. of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Clinical Professor, Chief Physician Thomas V. F. Hviid, MD, PhD, DMSc, Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Zealand University Hospital, and Dept. of Clinical Medicine, UCPH.
Development of Targeted Cancer Immunotherapies using a Recombinant Malaria Protein

Basic mentor: Ali Salanti, Professor in Translational Microbiology, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Ismail Gögenur, Professor, dr. med., overlæge. Køge University Hospital.
Biomarkers of aging trajectories as prognostic tools for adverse health outcomes

Basic mentor: Lene Juel Rasmussen, Professor, Center for Healthy Aging, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Ove Andersen, Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre.
Mass spectrometry guided surgery of skin cancer

Basic mentor: Christian Janfelt, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Merete Hædersdal, Professor in Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen. Mentor 3: Catharina Margrethe Lerche, Senior Scientist, Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen and Associate professor, Department of Pharmacy, UCPH.
Individually optimized prescribing of renal risk medications in older medical patients (OptiRenalRisk)

Basic mentor: Trine Meldgaard Lund, Associate Professor, Translational Pharmacology, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, UCPH. Clinical mentor 1: Mads Hornum, Clinical Associate Research Professor, Department of Nephrology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet. Clinical mentor 2: Ove Andersen, Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre.
Exploring Novel Collagen Derived Peptides as Potential therapeutics for fibrotic diseases

Basic mentor: Nils Billestrup, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Endocrinology and Metabolism, UCPH. Life science industry mentor: Kim Henriksen, PhD, Director, Endocrinology, Nordic Bioscience A/S.
Pretargeted Antibody Fluorescence Image Guided Surgery: Increasing Image Contrast 10,000-Fold

Basic mentor: Matthias Manfred Herth, Associate Professor, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Andreas Kjær, Professor, Chief Physician, Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet.
Advanced glycation end products in the development of complications in diabetic patients

Basic mentor: Thomas Moritz, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH. Clinical mentor 1: Peter Rossing, DMSc & MD, NSH Research Unit, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen. Clinical mentor 2: Lars Ove Dragsted, Professor, the department of Nutrition Exercise and Sports, UCPH.
Immuno-evasive stem cells – the future allogenic regenerative treatment for osteoarthritis

Basic mentor 1: Kristine Freude, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, UCPH. Basic mentor 2: Casper Lindegaard, Professor (MSO) of Equine Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Per Hölmich, Professor DMSc, Chief Surgeon at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager-Hvidovre. 
Translating cancer target identification into novel drug discovery

Basic mentor: Eric Santoni-Rugiu, Associate professor, BRIC, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Niels Behrendt, Clinical professor, Depart. Clinical Medicine, UCPH. 
Common pathogenic denominators and interplay between chronic inflammatory diseases

Basic mentor: Mogens Holst Nissen, Professor, DMSc, MD, Eye Research Unity, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Hans Carl Hasselbalch, Clinical Professor, DMSc, MD, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sjællands Universitetshospital, Roskilde.
Others
Mechanistic insight into the effect of NAD+ repletion and sirtuin activation on pathophysiological mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease

Basic mentor: Jonas Thue Treebak, Associate Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH. Clinical mentor: Steen G. Hasselbalch, Prof., M.D., Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, and UCPH.
Mapping of brain activity in epilepsy models with impaired GABA reuptake

Basic mentor: Konstantin Khodosevich (KK), Associate professor, Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), UCPH. Clinical mentor 1: Zeynep Tümer (ZT), Clinical Professor, Kennedy Center, Department of Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet; affiliated to Department of Clinical Medicine (IKM), UCPH. Clinical mentor 2: Guido Rubboli (GR), Clinical Professor, Danish Epilepsy Centre, Filadelfia, Dianalund; affiliated to Department of Clinical Medicine (IKM), UCPH.