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2010:
1/2: The laboratory has received a research grant from Aase og Ejnar Danielsen Fond

13/1: Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, MD, DMSc has received a personal research grant form The A.P. Møller Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science

13/1: The National Cancer Center in New York, USA has through VFK Krebsforschung gGmbH, Germany donated a one year research grant to Camilla Laulund Christensen, M.Sc, PhD student for her gene therapy project.

13/1: The National Cancer Center in New York, USA has through VFK Krebsforschung gGmbH, Germany donated a research grant for our brain tumour research

13/1: Signe Regner Michaelsen, master student, has been granted a 1-year student scholarship from the Danish Cancer Society. Signe works with gene therapy in small cell lung cancer

2009:
27/11: Karina Kristoffersen, M.Sc has received a 3 year PhD scholarship from Copenhagen University in stem cell and brain tumour research.

11/11: Benedikte Hasselbalch, M.D. ph.d student recieved The Young Investigator Award, at the Scandinavian Neuro-Oncology Society Meeting, Helsinfors, Finland

15/10: The laboratory has received a research donation from the Gangsted Foundation.

23/9: The laboratory has received a research grant from Beckett-Fonden

14/7: The Næsted Hansen Family has donated a personal research grant to Hans
Skovgaard Poulsen, MD, DMSc for his brain tumour research

16/7: The laboratory has received a research grant from Harboefonden.

11/6: The laboratory has received a research grant from Arvid Nilssons Fond

9/6: Hans Skovgaard Poulsen has received a personal grant from Familiefonden
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6/6:Frederik Cramer and Karina Kristoffersen have finished their master thesiswith bravura both with maximum achievable grade - 12.

6/6: Frederik Cramer, MSc has received a 3 year PhD scholarship from Copenhagen University in gene therapy

6/6 :The Danish Cancer Society has donated a 3-year research for gene therapy studies.

6/6: Kathrine og Vigo Skovgaards Fond has donated a research grant to Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, MD, DMSc on gene therapy investigations.

6/6: Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, MD, DMSc and Head of Department of Radiation Biology has received a personal research grant from Otto Harth og hustrus legat.

6/6: Roza Zandi, PhD student has received a Fulbright Scholarship from the Fulbright Commission and a travel grant from the University of Copenhagen to do gene therapy research  at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA.

5/6 Roza Zandi has received a travel grant from Lundbeckfonden to do gene
therapy research at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston, USA

27/5 Thomas Tuxen Poulsen and Frederik Cramer have received a travelling
grant from Rigshospitalets fond til støtte for onkologiske formål

26/5: Alice Bjerregaard Larsen, Phd-student has received a
research grant from Dansk Kræftforsknings Fond to the EphA2 research
project.

27/4: Benedikte Hasselbalch, MD, PhD student, has recieved a
personal research grant from Læge Agnethe Løvgreens legat.

17/4 The laboratory has received a research grant from Civilingeniør Frode
V. Nyegaard og hustrus Fond

3/4 Camilla Laulund Christensen has received a travelling grant from the
Danish Cancer Society

10/3: Seminar - Neuro-Oncology - Professor Darell D Bigner, Director, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina (click here for more info)

2008:
13/12: Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, MD, DMSc has received a personal research grant form The A.P. Møller Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science

11/12: The National Cancer Center in New York, USA has through VFK Krebsforschung gGmbH, Germany donated a one year research grant to Camilla Laulund Christensen, M.Sc, PhD student for her gene therapy project.

11/12: The laboratory has received a 3 year research grant from Rigshospitalet to our gene therapy project.

28/11: The laboratory has received a research grant from Novo Nordic Foundation to our gene therapy studies

28/11: Merck has donated an unrestricted research grant to our brain tumour project

1/10: The laboratory has received a research grant from Aase og Ejnar Danielsen Fond

2/9: Thomas Tuxen Poulsen, PhD-student will defend his PhD-thesis October 3rd at 1 pm in the Teilum Building, Auditorium B, University of Copenhagen. To download general information about the defense click here. To download the PhD-thesis click here

3/7: Karina Kristoffersen, master student, has been granted a 1-year student scholarship from the Danish Cancer Society. Karina works with stem cells in malignant brain tumors.

2/7: Frederik Cramer, Master Student, has recieved a 1-year research grant from the Danish Cancer Society for the SCLC gene therapy project.

2/7: Thomas Tuxen Poulsen, M.Sc., Ph.D. student has received a travel grant from The Danish Cancer Society in order to participate in American Society of Gene therapy 11th Annual Meeting, USA.

27/6: The Laboratory has received an unrestricted research grant from Roche Pharmaceuticals for our brain tumor research.

15/6: Roza Zandi, M.Sc, has has received a 3-year FIST-research grant in genetherapy. It is financed by Copenhagen University (1/3), Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation (1/3) and the laboratory (1/3). Roza did her master thesis in our laboratory and has been research assistent since 2006.

20/5: The laboratory has recieved a research grant from Kathrine og Vigo Skovgaards Fond for gene therapy research.

9/5: The laboratory has received a donation from the Danish Medical Association (Højmosegaard Fonden) to our gene therapy research.

1/5: Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, Head of Department of Radiation Biology, has been awarded the honouree award from the Danish Society for Cancer Research, Gårdejer Ingemann Petersens award, for his contribution to cancer research. (click here to open powerpoint slide show)

22/4: The Laboratory has received an unrestricted research grant from Schering-Plough.

21/4: Camilla Laulund Christensen , M.Sc has received a 3 year Ph.D.-research grant in gene therapy. It is financed by Copenhagen University. Camilla is M.Sc in Human Biology, University of Copenhagen. She did her master thesis in our Laboratory, and has been working as Research Assistent in our department since medio 2007.

2007:
14/12: The laboratory has received a research grant from Aase og Ejnar Danielsen Fond.

8/11: Benedikte Hasselbalch, MD, Phd student has received a travel grant from Kræftens Bekæmpelse in order to present the preliminary results with Avastin and Irinotecan for recurrent glioma at the Society of Neuro-Oncology Meeting, Dallas, Texas. Click here to read poster.

16/10: Marie Stockhausen, M.Sc., PhD has received the young investigator award (2.600 Euro) for best presentation during The Scandinavian Neuro-Oncolgy Society's meeting in Copenhagen 12th of October, 2007. Read more by cliking here.

2/10: The department has received three new research grants: 1) Kong Christian Den Tiendes Fond, 2) Roche Pharmaceuticals (unrestricted) and 3) AstraZeneca (unrestricted).

26/9: The program for Scandinavian Neuro-Oncology Meeting 2007 is now available online. Read it by clicking here.

13/8: Information concerning Scandinavian Neuro-Oncology Society Meeting 2007:
The first announcement containing registration information can be read by clicking here. The official letter of invitation can be read be clicking here.
An example of the abstract form can be seen be clicking here.

16/7: Hans skovgaard Poulsen, head of laboratory, has been selected as a member of the scientific board (translational research) in the Norwegian cancer society.

11/6: The laboratory has recieved a research grant from Kathrine og Vigo Skovgaards Fond.

10/6: The laboratory has recieved a research grant from Dansk Kræftforskings Fond.

30/4: Links to articles on new ground breaking research developed by the Department of Radiation Biology (in Danish):

Dansk gennembrud skaber grobund for ny kræftmedicin
Gennembrud i kræftforskningen
Ny chance til uhelbredeligt kræftsyge
Historisk gennembrud i kræftbehandlingen på dansk grund

20/3: Mette Villingshøj, Deputy Chief, has been awarded the "Bioanalytiker Pris" of the year at Rigshospitalet. (click here to read Hans Skovgaard Poulsens award letter) (click here to read the Rigshospitalets Bioanalytikerpris 2007 webpage)

15/1: The laboratory has recieved a research grant from Svend Helge Arvid Schrøder og hustru Ketty Lydia Larsen Schrøders Fond.

12/1: The Novo Nordisk Foundation has through Fabrikant Vilhem Pedersen og Hustrus foundation donated a research grant for Gene Therapy.

12/1: The National Cancer Center in New York, USA has through VFK Krebsforschung gGmbH, Germany donated a two year research grant for Gene Therapy.