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Welcome to PhD Student Josephine Marie Boldt Lundby in Kim Group

- People news

My PhD project explores whether the brain's immune cells, microglia, are involved in development of Alzheimer’s disease. With increasing age, some…

Welcome to Pre-Master's Student Kamille Sandø Lund in Nykjær Group

- People news

Kamille will investigate the transcriptional consequences of pharmacological sortilin inhibition using sortilin heterozygous and knockout mice and…

New preprint from the Sun lab: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Synapses

- Research

A new preprint from Sun Lab presents Synapse Gigamapper (SyGi) — a protein language model designed to predict whether proteins localize at excitatory…

SynuCa Therapeutics Secures 10M DKK for Drug Development

- Grants and awards

Spin‑out company SynuCa Therapeutics, founded in professor Poul Henning Jensen’s DANDRITE group and led by assistant professor Lasse Reimer as CEO,…

Inspiring the Next Generation of Neuroscientists

- Joint meetings

How do we inspire young researchers to pursue a future in neuroscience? At DANDRITE, one way is by opening our doors to students who want to…

DANDRITE Science & Art exhibition is growing

- Grants and awards

Following a successful tour through local libraries, a gymnasium, Aarhus University Hospital, and even City Hall, the DANDRITE Science & Art…

Women and Girls in STEM 2026: The female students are ready – but is the research world?

From the left: Pia, The, Isabella and Karen Marie Photo: Rikke Lindhard, DANDRITE
- Events

Is there still a need for a day dedicated to women and girls in STEM? Yes, say two upper-secondary students who would not rule out a future in…

New Master's student in Jensen Group

- People news

Julie Gerup studies Molecular Medicine and will be joining Poul Henning’s group on February 2nd to begin her Master’s thesis. She will investigate…

Valentina will study how does synapses stay healthy

Valentina Villani was first a Research Assistant in Chao Sun's lab before starting her PhD. Photo: Rikke Lindhard, DANDRITE
- People news

Valentina Villani starts her PhD journey this February. Her project focuses on understanding synaptic autophagy, a crucial mechanism that maintains…


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Upcoming events


DANDRITE Community Meeting

3 Dec
Thursday 3 December 2026, at 09:00 1170-347

Speaker 1: Sadegh Nabavi, Associate Professor

Speaker 2: Valentina Khalil, Postdoc, Kitazawa Lab

Discussion Leader: Maria Vasconcelos, Student,…

The Synuclein Meeting 2007

25 May
4 days, Tuesday 25 May 2027, at 08:00 - 28 May

The meeting covers all aspects of α-synuclein research, spanning structural and molecular studies, cellular and in vivo models, translational…

Nordic Neuroscience Meeting 2027

14 Jun
3 days, Monday 14 June 2027, at 10:00 - 16 June Reykjavik

Mark your calendar for the Nordic Neuroscience Meeting 2027, taking place 14-16 June 2027 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Society for…


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