Lilian started as an assistant professor in Anders Nykjær's group on 2 January. She will be working on unravelling the cellular and intracellular mechanisms involved in loss of neuronal connectivity and memory impairment during ageing and neurodegenerative disorders.

Charlott Stock has been employed as postdoctoral fellow in Poul Nissen’s research group from start January 2020. Charlott will be working on structural and functional studies of insulin receptor complexes involved in metabolic regulation in brain and how they are affected in brain disorders. The project will combine advanced methods of membrane protein production, protein-protein interactions, cryo-electron microscopy, and cell biology.

As part of the joint Nordic EMBL Partnership call for PhD students, we are seeking outstanding candidates for PhD positions at DANDRITE, FIMM, NCMM and MIMS.

The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine is a unique association of four national research centres that run complementary translational molecular medicine research in the Nordic countries using the operational model and core principles of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).

The Lundbeck Foundation is awarding grants worth DKK 232 million (USD 34 million) to six leading neuroscientists. The LF Professorships programme is the Foundation’s largest grant allocation to date.

Professor Marco Capogna has been awarded 3.5 mio. DKK from Lundbeckfonden & NIH BRAIN Initiative for a research project on the role of GABAergic neuron types of human cortex on synaptic plasticity.