News @natsdu News from the Faculty of Science Stay updated on research results from the Faculty of Science. Latest news Grant 12.05.2025 Cracking the Code of Rare Diseases Blindness, obesity, infertility, extra fingers, kidney problems and more: the rare ciliopathic diseases are serious. Scientists know about 35 of them, but there is still no cure. SDU researcher Narcis-Adrian Petriman wants to change that, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation is supporting him with DKK 11.4 million. Read article DARA 01.05.2025 Managing Director of the Danish Advanced Research Academy found Philip Hallenborg was part of the team behind the grant application. Now he will head the national PhD academy funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation to bring universities together to develop Danish research talent. Read article Interview 01.05.2025 Symmetry in the Quantum World – Where Mathematics and Physics Meet How do quantum particles organize themselves – and how can advanced mathematics help us understand nature’s deepest patterns? Apoorv Tiwari explores the invisible and the complex structures of nature itself. Read article Basic Research 29.04.2025 A Passion for Chaotic Proteins Many serious diseases occur because the body’s proteins malfunction. Neurological disorders, for example, can develop when proteins begin to clump together. Cagla Sahin is fascinated by the steps leading to the formation of these protein clumps — because if we can understand that, we might be able to prevent the diseases altogether. Read article Interview 29.04.2025 The Silent Engine Behind Modern Medicine: Computational Science Behind every medical breakthrough lies an unsung hero: algorithms. Join SDUs expert in bioinformatics, Veit Schwämmle, on this visit to the world of computational science, where big data and bioinformatics are quietly shaping the future of healthcare. Read article Scientist Q&A 24.04.2025 Decoding Tomorrow: The Push to Simplify Quantum Computing Not so long ago, computer programming was reserved for a small group of specialists—but today, anyone can learn it relatively quickly. Robin Kaarsgaard wants the same to be true for quantum computer programming. Read article 22.04.2025 Creating the Brains of Tomorrow’s Robots Big robots, small robots, household robots, surgical robots. Size and function don’t really matter—what matters to Melih Kandemir is developing algorithms that can make robots more precise and safer than they are today. Read article Scientist Q&A 09.04.2025 Molecular Machines: The Technology of the Future? Jan Oskar Jeppesen builds machines out of molecules. His vision is that one day they could be used in technologies we can currently only dream of—like tiny computers with immense storage capacity or small nanomotors. Read article Scientist Q&A 03.04.2025 The amazing feeling of finally solving a problem Being an intern at some of the big tech companies in Silicon Valley was fascinating. But Lars Rohwedder decided to come back to Europe for his master’s and has since built an academic career here. He hopes that his research can help improve the algorithms we all live with. Read article Biogeochemistry 24.03.2025 Scientists Uncover Hidden Process Behind Nitrous Oxide Formation A newly discovered chemical reaction sheds light on an unexpected source of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, in both marine and freshwater environments. Read article News archive 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 News from the departments Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Biology Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Back to Faculty of Science Share on Facebook X Linkedin Email Copy link