At Health, this new round of grants supports everything from research on the ethics of using human-based tissue in biomedical research to understanding why cavities form in teeth.

Recipients from Health Include:

Professor Mette Terp Høybye, Department of Clinical Medicine, receives DKK 2.5 million for the project: ‘The Power of the Model - Designing Ethically Acceptable Futures of Human-Based Models’

Mette Terp Høybye investigates the shift from animal-based models to human-based tissue in biomedical research, with a focus on chronic kidney disease. The project aims to understand the ethical and societal consequences of this development. A key element of the project will be a workshop on ethics at the Steno Museum, targeted at elementary and secondary school students.

Associate Professor Eugenio Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Department of Biomedicine, receives DKK 2.5 million for the project: ‘Project Aurora: Illuminating the Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease’

The aim of this project is to shed light on the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease and to identify biological mechanisms and markers that can be used for early diagnosis and prevention of the disease.

Professor Sebastian Schlafer, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, receives approximately DKK 700,000 for the project: ‘The Proton Trap: How Biofilms Cause Dental Caries’

Sebastian Schlafer investigates why cavities form in teeth. His focus is on the slime layer of bacteria in dental plaque, which can act as an "acid trap." The goal is to understand how the slime layer contributes to the disease and, ultimately, to develop new treatments to prevent cavities.

A Strong Research Effort at Health

In addition to the three projects above, the following researchers from Health have also received funding from the AUFF NOVA program

• Professor Viola Burau, Department of Public Health, receives DKK 720,000 for the project: ‘Learning from the Global South: New Ways of Strengthening the Danish Primary Healthcare Workforce’
• Associate Professor Tue Kragstrup, Department of Biomedicine, receives DKK 720,000 for the project: ‘Synovial Organoid Precision Medicine Approach to Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis’
• Clinical Associate Professor Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Department of Clinical Medicine, receives DKK 717,840 for the project: ‘RNA-Sequencing of Spinal Cord Injury in Regenerative vs. Non-Regenerative Animal Models’
• Associate Professor Lasse Kristensen, Department of Biomedicine, receives DKK 720,000 for the project: ‘Aberrant Expression of rRNA Pseudogenes: The New Hallmark of Cancer?’
• Professor Lene Niemann Nejsum, Department of Clinical Medicine, receives DKK 720,000 for the project: ‘Targeting AQP5 in Breast Cancer In Vivo: Evaluating Drug Efficacy Using Zebrafish Models’
• Associate Professor Markus Rinschen, Department of Biomedicine, receives DKK 660,960 for the project: "Repurposing a Perifusion System for Systematic Analysis of Kidney Metabolism"
• Clinical Professor Bente Langdahl, Department of Clinical Medicine, receives DKK 719,480 for the project: ‘DXA for Osteoporosis: Follow-Up at the General Practitioner’
• Associate Professor Anne Landau, Department of Clinical Medicine, receives DKK 720,000 for the project: ‘G Protein-Coupled Receptor 6: A Potential Biomarker and Drug Target for Depression’

Contact

Special Consultant Tove Østergaard Le
Aarhus University, Administration Center Health – PhD and Funding Services
Phone: +45 21 62 49 21
Email: toe@au.dk

The article is based on press material from AUFF.

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