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Researchers from Health receive million-kroner grants from Sapere Aude

Four of the nine researchers from Aarhus University who have received a Sapere Aude Starting Grant in 2015 come from Health. The grants are awarded to a number of Denmark's most visionary and trendsetting researchers.

Four researchers from Health receive a Sapere Aude: DFF (Danish Council for Independent Research) Starting Grant. The grant must be used to carry out a research project.

The four recipients from Health are:

Simon Glerup, Department of Biomedicine: Conducts research into molecular regulation of cholesterol synthesis.
Find out more about Simon Glerup and his research on the Ministry of Higher Education and Science website (in Danish).

Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, Department of Public Health: Conducts research into the early development of puberty.
Find out more about Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen and her research on the Ministry of Higher Education and Science website (in Danish).

Niels Jessen, Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Molecular Medicine: Conducts research into the drug metformin and its effects.
Find out more about Niels Jessen and his research on the Ministry of Higher Education and Science website (in Danish).

Søren Besenbacher, Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Molecular Medicine. Conducts research into new DNA mutations in human beings and their health effects.
Find out more about Søren Besenbacher and his research on the Ministry of Higher Education and Science website (in Danish).