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The Gerd Döring Award is an initiative of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society given annually to honor an exceptional early career young European scientist.

Too much salt in your diet may lead to high blood pressure. Professor Robert Fenton from Aarhus University will now investigate whether – and possibly why – a potassium-rich diet can have the opposite effect. The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports the project with a Distinguished Investigator Grant of almost DKK ten million.

Almost half of the parents who have children together with a parent with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, are themselves burdened by psychological issues. This can affect family life and the children. This is shown in the research result from the major Danish psychiatry project iPSYCH.

New research shows that patients who have had contact with the hospital due to serious glandular disease have a greater risk of subsequently developing depression. The study from iPSYCH is the largest yet to show a correlation between glandular fever and depression.

Kristyna is new Research Assistant in Nykjær Group per 1 May. She will focus on how sortilin receptor signaling mechanisms are involved in neuronal development and memory formation, and their impact in neurological disorders such as autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). As part of the project, she will be differentiating of human inducible stem cells and organoids and also study how nerve cells communicate in mice with autism. Welcome Kristyna!