Center for Protein Design (CPD)

News

Press release

Read the Novo Nordisk Foundation and University of Copenhagen press release on the new Center for Protein Design (CPD)

Refurbishment of the CPD Offices and Laboratories is underway

September 2025: Work on the new CPD offices and laboratories has started with the aim of opening the Centre in spring 2026.

The first members of the CPD arrive in Copenhagen

From left to right: Michala Yun-Joo Schlichtkrull; Luis Gutierrez-Rus; Kasia Ożga; Maxime Naudé; and Bram Mylemans.

Articles in the press

Articles in the press

Here are two articles, one in News Medical Life Science and the other in Nordic Life Science.

Protein research

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential

Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. With a DKK 700 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and headed by…