Open Mentor Teams 2025

If you are a potential candidate for one of the open mentor teams, please read the project information and requirements carefully. If you think you would excel in the project, contact the mentor team to explore the possibility of working together. Contact details can be found on the project page. You will together submit an application by the deadline of 16 February 2025. 

Open mentor team

Development of a PET tracer for the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2

Basic mentor: Lennart Bunch, Professor in organic and medicinal chemistry, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, SUND/UCPH

Clinical mentor: Tri H. V. Huynh, Head of Radiochemistry, Herlev Hospital (80%). Associate Professor at Dept. Drug Design and Pharmacology, SUND/UCPH (20%)

Life science industry mentor: Philippe Huot, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Canada
Open mentor team

Harnessing the heterogeneity of type 2 diabetes onset for precision prevention

Basic mentor: Jordi Merino, PhD, Associate Professor; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen.

Clinical mentor: Allan Linneberg, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor; Bispebjeg and Fredriksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen.

Life science industry mentor: Andreas Buch Møller, PhD, Scientific Partnerships Manager Arla Innovation Center, Arla Foods.

Supplementary basic mentor: Henrik Munch Roager, PhD, Associate Professor; Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports University of Copenhagen
Open mentor team

Gut barrier integrity as the defining factor for obesity-associated systemic inflammation - A clinical proof-of-concept study

Basic mentor: Benjamin A. H. Jensen, Associate Professor, Nutritional Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Clinical mentor 1: Asger Bach Lund, MD, Associate Professor, Director of Center for Clinical Metabolic Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark

Life science industry mentor: Filip Krag Knop, MD, Senior Medical Officer for Diabetes & Obesity, Corporate Vice President, Novo Nordisk, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark