About the Department of Chemistry

• Eight scientists from the Department of Chemistry receive more than 40 million from DFF

  2020.06.19

  "It is not every day that eight colleagues from Department of Chemistry almost simultaneously are notified by the Danish Research Foundation that they receive millions in support to their research projects" says Head of Department Mikael Bols. … »

• New discovery about harmful particles: "We have found a fundamental shortcoming in air pollution models"

  2020.01.20

  Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a surprising phenomenon in a process by which certain gas molecules produce harmful particles. The impact of this phenomenon is likely to increase in urban areas as pollution decreases. This knowledge can serve to help politicians adopt better measures to combat air pollution and contribute to improve climate models. … »

• Researchers find that a new family of copper binding proteins is involved in fungal copper regulation

  2020.01.13

  Researchers from INRAE, Marseille in France, Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina in USA and University of Copenhagen (UCPH) discover that a new group of copper binding proteins is involved in fungal copper regulation. The research has just been published in two back to back articles in Nature Chemical Biology. … »

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