Tag Archive for: Novo Nordisk Foundation

CEO appointed to lead Denmark’s AI supercomputer initiative

The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) are pleased to announce the appointment of Nadia Carlsten as CEO of Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S (DCAI), a company which will own and run Denmark’s first AI supercomputer, Gefion.   The public-private initiative to build Gefion in collaboration with NVIDIA, was […]

Climate resilient crops: Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Wellcome Trust award a grant of up to DKK 585 million to the ‘Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability’

Harnessing environmental DNA, a new pioneering research project sets out to transform future cropping systems and to develop resilient crops in the face of climate change. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of up to DKK 585 million over seven years, co-funded with the Wellcome Trust, to the Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for […]

New innovative crops could significantly reduce agriculture’s climate change impact and environmental footprint

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of up to USD 21.1 million to CIMMYT for a groundbreaking initiative to mitigate the environmental impact of agriculture, by developing new wheat varieties that are capable of reducing agriculture’s nitrogen footprint. The CropSustaiN initiative could have sweeping implications for global food security and environmental sustainability. As […]

Bacteria in our gut could play a role in cardiometabolic disease: A new initiative aims to find out

A new Denmark-based research initiative aims to establish a potential causal link between the gut microbiome – the combined genetic material of the communities of bacteria and other microbes in the human gut – and the development of cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The goal is to generate […]

One in three people die due to atherosclerosis: A new initiative aims to find new ways to prevent it

Globally, cardiovascular diseases due to atherosclerosis – the build-up of plaque in arteries – are the leading cause of death. A new Danish-Spanish research collaboration aims to develop methods to detect atherosclerosis at earlier ages and encourage prevention. Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted up to EUR 23 million to cover the first 2.5 years […]

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