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DFF-Research Project Grants from the Danish Council for Independent Research | Medical Sciences, June 2014

The Danish Council for Independent Research | Medical Sciences awards 75 DFF-Research Project Grants to researchers in Denmark to the sum of approximately DKK 169 million. The grant recipients are listed below.

The grants are awarded within the framework of the Danish Council for Independent Research’s E2013 and F2014 call, with the aim of providing researchers in Denmark the best possible conditions for producing outstanding research results at a high international level.

Grant letters will be forwarded to the recipients as soon as possible. Rejection letters will include a brief text, explaining the main academic reasons for the project not obtaining a grant. 

Please be advised that the Council cannot be held responsible for printing errors and reserves the right to make adjustments. A very limited number of applicants have been admitted to a waiting list and they will be contacted directly.


Project Title: Characterization a novel AR regulator and tumor suppressor in prostate cancer
Grant Recipient: Amilcar Flores-Morales
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 1.800.000


Project Title: Dissecting the Role of a Newly Discovered Binding Epitope Associated with Cerebral Malaria.
Grant Recipient: Anja Tatiana Ramstedt Jensen
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.592.000


Project Title: Studying The Novel Function of The neuro-protein CRMPx (patent filed) In Regulating Bone Mass
Grant Recipient: Basem M. Abdallah
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 1.670.220


Project Title: Novel aspects of Na,K-ATPase structure and mechanism
Grant Recipient: Bente Vilsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.585.943


Project Title: The Serotonergic Synapse: Multimodal Drugs at the Molecular Level
Grant Recipient: Birgit Schiøtt
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.590.959


Project Title: Metabolomics Profiling of Newborns – Associated Genetic Variants and the Risk of Two Digestive System Diseases
Grant Recipient: Bjarke Feenstra
Place of Employment: Statens Serum Institut
Awarded Amount: 2.292.080


Project Title: Fetal Death Following Antifungal Medication Use in Pregnancy
Grant Recipient: Björn Pasternak
Place of Employment: Statens Serum Institut
Awarded Amount: 589.350


Project Title: The mechanism of fetal programming may involve a nutritionally induced change in mitochondrial phenotype during liver cell differentiation
Grant Recipient: Bjørn Quistorff
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.592.000


Project Title: Mannose 6 Phosphate Receptor as a Target for Disease-modifying Therapies in Parkinson's Disease
Grant Recipient: Carmela Matrone
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.592.000


Project Title: High-resolution mass spectrometry imaging as a molecule-specific microscopy tool to study disease progression and drug delivery in tissue samples
Grant Recipient: Christian Janfelt
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.555.783


Project Title: Genotype Phenotype Associations using Danish Nationwide Registries - A Genomic and Pharmacogenomic Study
Grant Recipient: Christian Torp-Pedersen
Place of Employment: Aalborg University
Awarded Amount: 900.720


Project Title: The role of IκBζ in the pathogenesis of psoriasis
Grant Recipient: Claus Johansen
Place of Employment: Aarhus Universitetshospital
Awarded Amount: 1.108.325


Project Title: PALB2-KEAP1: A novel checkpoint pathway
Grant Recipient: Claus Storgaard Sørensen
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.592.000


Project Title: Epigenetic control of chronic skin inflammation
Grant Recipient: Cord Brakebusch
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.079.360


Project Title: Nitric oxide (NO) in skeletal muscle: important for postexercise increased insulin sensitivity?
Grant Recipient: Erik Arne Richter
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.502.288


Project Title: Effect of GLP-1 on microvascular function in women with microvascular angina pectoris
Grant Recipient: Eva Irene Bossano Prescott
Place of Employment: Bispebjerg Hospital
Awarded Amount: 1.816.622


Project Title: Regulation of germ cell renewal and maturation: Implications for male infertility
Grant Recipient: Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts
Place of Employment: Rigshospitalet
Awarded Amount: 1.599.603


Project Title: Rho GTPases - a new drug target in stroke inflammation
Grant Recipient: Flemming Fryd Johansen
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 1.170.773


Project Title: Preventative Measures in Reducing Unnecessary Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy – A Pharmacological Approach
Grant Recipient: Gunnar Hilmar Gislason
Place of Employment: Gentofte Universty Hospital
Awarded Amount: 968.425


Project Title: Glucagon-like peptide-1 as a treatment for pulmonary diseases
Grant Recipient: Hannelouise Kissow
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 486.720


Project Title: Renal tubular uptake and transport of albumin. Implications for renal physiology and drug targeting
Grant Recipient: Henrik Birn
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.439.020


Project Title: Resistensudvikling ved antihormonal behandling af brystkræft: Biologisk indsigt, prædiktive molekylære profiler og nye behandlingsstrategier.
Grant Recipient: Henrik Jørn Ditzel
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 2.592.000


Project Title: Programmable nucleases for tailored genetic surgery in studies of disease and therapy
Grant Recipient: Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.587.991


Project Title: Understanding the relationship between proteases and protein aggregation in corneal dystrophies
Grant Recipient: Jan Johannes Enghild
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 6.463.411


Project Title: Towards Individualized Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment of Refractory Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Grant Recipient: Jens Christian Hedemann Sørensen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University Hospital
Awarded Amount: 1.686.556


Project Title: Histone Deactylase Activity regulates GH signaling and action in vitro and in vivo
Grant Recipient: Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 1.584.000


Project Title: Cardiovascular screening in Denmark
Grant Recipient: Jes Sanddal Lindholt
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 2.500.000


Project Title: The role of a novel variant of CDX2 in inflammatory bowel disease and intestinal epithelial differentiation.
Grant Recipient: Jesper Thorvald Troelsen
Place of Employment: Roskilde University
Awarded Amount: 2.592.000


Project Title: Receptor conformational stages in neurotransmission: Studies of full-length ionotropic glutamate receptor structures
Grant Recipient: Jette Sandholm Kastrup
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.015.424


Project Title: Role of Nampt for regulation of mitochondrial function and insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle in response to metabolic stress
Grant Recipient: Jonas Thue Treebak
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.570.966


Project Title: Synaptic processing in dendrites during functional network activity
Grant Recipient: Jørn Dybkjær Hounsgaard
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 1.296.000


Project Title: Investigation of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying expression of Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors involved in development of neuropathic pain and addiction
Grant Recipient: Kenneth Lindegaard Madsen
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.496.578


Project Title: Identification and functional characterization of targets for the future treatment of patients with glioblastoma
Grant Recipient: Kristian Helin
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 6.179.040


Project Title: Adaptations and limitations to dynamic muscle contractile performance in rats and humans
Grant Recipient: Kristian Overgaard
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 1.571.501


Project Title: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as biomarkers and novel drivers of human bladder cancer
Grant Recipient: Lars Dyrskjøt Andersen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.588.475


Project Title: Identification of novel mechanisms regulating hepatic transcriptional response to high fat diet – reprogramming CREB
Grant Recipient: Lars Grøntved
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 2.586.960


Project Title: A Peptido Approach for the Discovery of Subtype Selective Kainate Receptor Antagonists
Grant Recipient: Lennart Bunch
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 1.838.016


Project Title: Regulatory self-reactive T (rsrT) cells: Friends (and foes) in tumor immunology
Grant Recipient: Mads Hald Andersen
Place of Employment: Herlev Hospital
Awarded Amount: 1.793.940


Project Title: Autolysosomal compartment as a target for acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment
Grant Recipient: Marja Helena Jäättelä
Place of Employment: Kræftens Bekæmpelse
Awarded Amount: 1.800.000


Project Title: CALMODULIN MUTATIONS CAUSING SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
Grant Recipient: Martin Berchtold
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 1.754.595


Project Title: Identifying antiviral effector mechanisms that influence HIV-1 infection
Grant Recipient: Martin Roelsgaard Jakobsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.588.566


Project Title: RCT: Cognitive remediation therapy vs standard treatment in subject at ultra-high risk of psychosis. Effect on cognitive functioning and clinical symptoms
Grant Recipient: Merete Nordentoft
Place of Employment: Psykiatrisk Center København
Awarded Amount: 1.855.629


Project Title: KDM6 Enzymes as Drug Targets in Inflammation
Grant Recipient: Michael Gajhede
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.578.032


Project Title: Identifying and imaging the characteristics of hypoxia which are responsible for outcome in prostate cancer and establishing novel approaches to eliminate that hypoxia
Grant Recipient: Michael Robert Horsman
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.564.244


Project Title: Enhance bone regeneration and implant fixation by novel substitute with combined angiogenic and osteogenic factors in osteoporotic sheep
Grant Recipient: Ming Ding
Place of Employment: Odense University Hospital
Awarded Amount: 1.749.555


Project Title: In vivo assessment of brain neurotransmitter dysfunction and microglial activation in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder as early markers of parkinsonian disorders
Grant Recipient: Nicola Pavese
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 6.000.253


Project Title: A novel pathway of bone destruction in osteolytic cancers: Role in different bone tumors and experimental targeting in mouse models
Grant Recipient: Niels Behrendt
Place of Employment: Rigshospitalet
Awarded Amount: 2.568.960


Project Title: Genome Stability Maintenance at the Replication Fork
Grant Recipient: Niels Lind Mailand
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.562.273


Project Title: Unanticipated function of the epidermal permeability barrier in whole body physiology
Grant Recipient: Nils Joakim Kaas Færgeman
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 2.586.240


Project Title: REGULATION OF SORLA IN GENERAL AND IN ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE
Grant Recipient: Olav Michael Andersen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.590.451


Project Title: COLOFOL
Grant Recipient: Peer Anders Wille-Jørgensen
Place of Employment: Bispebjerg Hospital
Awarded Amount: 1.415.563


Project Title: The role of CD46 for host susceptibility to infections by bacteria and viruses
Grant Recipient: Per Höllsberg
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.278.738


Project Title: Social change and epidemiological transition in indigenous populations: 21 years follow-up of 6000 Greenland Inuit for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in registries and survey
Grant Recipient: Peter Bjerregaard
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 2.588.219


Project Title: Controlled release of antisense PNA oligomers for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy treatment
Grant Recipient: Peter Eigil Nielsen
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.527.200


Project Title: HETEROGENEITY OF MALIGNANT STEM CELLS IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIAS – TOWARDS STUDIES AT THE SINGLE CELL LEVEL
Grant Recipient: Peter Hokland
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 773.250


Project Title: The role of CD4 T cells in a broadly neutralizing antibody response against Chlamydia trachomatis
Grant Recipient: Peter L. Andersen
Place of Employment: Statens Serum Institut
Awarded Amount: 2.577.155


Project Title: Mitochondrial dysfunction and therapeutic possibilities in chronic diseases; Studies of Warburg switching in a monogenic fatty acid oxidation disorder
Grant Recipient: Rikke Katrine Jentoft Olsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.590.289


Project Title: Proteomic identification of therapeutic targets of cancer stem cells and metastatic cells in breast cancer
Grant Recipient: Rikke Leth-Larsen
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 946.080


Project Title: Role of Adenylate Cyclase 6 (AC6) in Body Phosphate Homeostasis
Grant Recipient: Robert Andrew Fenton
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.587.734


Project Title: Is the dynamics of glomerular capillary blood flow changed in diabetes?
Grant Recipient: Sebastian Frische
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 864.000


Project Title: Magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease: investigating capillary dysfunction and neurodegeneration for diagnosis and prediction
Grant Recipient: Simon Fristed Eskildsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.590.452


Project Title: Antioxidant capacity in neurodegenerative disease - the role of extracellular superoxide dismutase in microglia
Grant Recipient: Steen Vang Petersen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.272.949


Project Title: Impact of aortic valve repair on the stress distribution of the aortic root
Grant Recipient: Sten Lyager Nielsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.453.142


Project Title: Therapeutic management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Clinical impact of 18F-deoxy-galactose PET/CT molecular imaging
Grant Recipient: Susanne Keiding
Place of Employment: Aarhus Universitetshospital
Awarded Amount: 1.848.953


Project Title: Role and use of the macrophage hemoglobin scavenger receptor, CD163 in the anti-inflammatory response
Grant Recipient: Søren Kragh Moestrup
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.584.595


Project Title: Aquaporins: roles in pathogenesis and treatment of hyponatremia
Grant Recipient: Søren Nielsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.353.373


Project Title: End-of-life care in Denmark: The role of age, gender, socioeconomic status and underlying morbidity
Grant Recipient: Søren Paaske Johnsen
Place of Employment: Aarhus University Hospital
Awarded Amount: 1.551.265


Project Title: The impact of exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals on maternal glucose metabolism, foetal and childhood growth and hormonal changes in the offspring at 3 and 36 months of age
Grant Recipient: Tina Kold Jensen
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 2.568.240


Project Title: Investigation of glutamate receptors in the mouse model of the autism-like disorder Fragile-X syndrome
Grant Recipient: Tue G. Banke
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.591.834


Project Title: ’Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome’: a new cause of parkinsonism and neuropsychiatric disease
Grant Recipient: Ulrik Gether
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.592.000


Project Title: Signalling and crosstalk of the angiotensin AT2-receptor and the receptor MAS
Grant Recipient: Ulrike Muscha Steckelings
Place of Employment: University of Southern Denmark
Awarded Amount: 969.120


Project Title: Shear stress induced mechanotransduction in endothelial cells and its implications for vascular function in aging
Grant Recipient: Ylva Hellsten
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.306.612


Project Title: Structural, functional and clinical characterisation of anaphylactic IgE antibodies to the alpha-Gal epitope
Grant Recipient: Edzard Hajo Spillner
Place of Employment: Aarhus University
Awarded Amount: 2.586.347


Project Title: Impact of exercise training on hepatic ER stress
Grant Recipient: Henriette Pilegaard
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.582.218


Project Title: Identification and characterisation of mismatch repair associated factors involved in genomic instability associated with Huntington’s disease
Grant Recipient: Javier Pena-Diaz
Place of Employment: University of Copenhagen
Awarded Amount: 2.486.091

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