With biosamples as currency and research potential as return
Over the years the Danish society has invested huge sums in building up a range of national registers containing information about all residents in Denmark. In the same way the Danish health system has routinely collected biological material from a large number of individuals. This combination has resulted in Denmark developing one of the biggest [...]
The future of diagnostics and health care technologies
Imaging that you are sitting in your office and are suddenly interrupted by a beeping noise. You look around to find out where the alarming sound originates only to discover it is your cell-phone indicating that your level of blood sugar is starting to go below the level needed for optimal concentration. Too Sci-fi?! Nonetheless [...]
Danish-American Partnership Promotes Melanoma Pain Research
With the help from Innovation Center Denmark, Silicon Valley a new colaboration between Danish and Californian Universities and Hospitals has been established. The area concerns melanoma research and the pain resulting from the treatment of melanoma. “We welcome the collaboration and look forward to receive gifted students and researchers from Denmark,” says Karin Lottrup Petersen, [...]
New exchange program between UC Berkeley and The Technical University of Denmark
As a result of the 3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics an exchange program between Berkeley and DTU has been established. This will in the future secure knowledge transfer across the Atlantic. In this way Berkeley and DTU Fotonik will keep their position as leading researchers in the area of photonics. Hopefully the details of the [...]
3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics has successfully been conducted
3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics The 30th and 31th of January the 3rd Annual Workshop on Photonics was hosted. With over 100 attendees the workshop was once again a success with the introduction of exciting new technologies on the areas of communication and biophotonics. Inspiring speakers With speakers from all over the world the stage [...]
What will the future internet look like and is it possible to build micro systems on the surface of an eye?
Monday January 30th, 2012 the 3rd Annual Workshop on Photonic Technologies and Applications will launch at UC Berkeley, CITRIS. Danish and US experts within research and industry will join forces in an attempt to advance the development of Photonic Technologies for Communications and Biophotonics. Together with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, The Technical University of Denmark and Aalborg University we have put together [...]
Universities Generate More Startups
One fact is for sure, the world economy looks rather complicated these days. Another true fact is that more research and entrepreneurship create jobs and growth. The good news is universities are ramping up their efforts to commercialize their research. Universities filed more patents, created more startups, and licensed more technologies in fiscal year 2010 [...]
Silicon Valley Crash Course to Danish Minister
We just had the honor of having The Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Charlotte Sahl-Madsen visit together with the chancellors of the Danish universities. Their objective was to get a crash course in Silicon Valley entrepreneurship and innovation at it’s best. The overall goal was to get inspired in the ongoing reform process [...]
Kickoff workshop in the Transatlantic Telehealth Research Network
Last month a group of top-level US researchers visited Aalborg University to discuss state of the art telehealth and cardiology and the challenges to overcome in the coming years. These researchers are all members of the newly established Transatlantic Telehealth Research Network (TTRN), a collaboration supported by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation [...]
Explore the Bio-Based Future with us!
On August 29-31 Innovation Center Denmark will co-host the 3rd version of the now annual Danish-Californian Synthetic Biology Workshop “A Bio-based Future” at UC Berkeley. The workshop will bring together the most inspirational assembly of scientists and experts leading this field who will present their pioneering work and its relation to the emerging field of [...]
The Road to a 100% Renewable Energy System
The California-Denmark Summer School on Renewable Energy is happening right now and the following three weeks. Students and researchers from both sides of the pond interact and develop hands-on projects that target today’s energy problems. The summer school was launched with a 2 days kick off workshop “The Road to a 100% Renewable Energy System”, [...]
Danish Professor of Biology gives talk at UC Davis
On Wednesday May 23rd Dr Karsten Kristiansen of the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen will be presenting a talk titled: “Transdifferentiation of white into brown adipose tissue requires cyclooxygenases” at a special seminar at UC Davis. Abstract: Cyclooxygenases (COXs) are the rate-limiting enzymes in prostaglandin synthesis and important in inflammatory responses. The [...]
