Funded projects

Impact Evaluation Framework for Nitrification Inhibitors (AmoA)

inovation fundFunded by InnovationFund Denmark, 2023-2026

Center for Volatile Interactions (VOLT)

danish national Funded by the Danish National Research Foundation, 2023-2029

DISCOVIR: DISCOvery of anti-VIRal defense mechanisms in bacteria

villumThis project has received funding

from the Villum foundation

BioMatrix

ERC logoBioMatrix is a project ERC Horizon 2020 funded consolidator grant.

A collaborative investigation on gut-brain interactions in childhood

Logo the Novo Nordisk FoundationThis project received funding from The Novo Nordisk Foundation

UNDERGROUND NETWORKING - BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE PLANT ROOT MICROBIOME (UNICOM)

Logo DFFThis project has received funding from The Independent Research Fund Denmark

SOCIAL NETWORKING IN THE GUT MICROBIOME

DFF logoThis project has received funding from The Independent Research Fund Denmark

SUSTAINABILITY: A DIRTY MATTER

Logo - British Sociaty of Soil Science
This project has received funding
from the British Society of Soil Science

Microbes and their sinister social lives

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This project has received funding
from the Villum Foundation

LINKING THE EARLY LIFE RESISTOME AND MICROBIOME MATURATION

:ogo - biocodex Microbiota foundationThis project has received funding
from Biocodex Microbiota Foundation

Nanoplastic Corona: An unknown, emerging cradle of evolution

Logo villum Foundation
This project has received funding
from the Villum Foundation

Evolution of anti-CRISPR strategies: extending immune evasion paradigms.

Logo- Lundbeck Foundation
This project has received funding
from the Lundbeck Foundation

3D omics - Three-dimensional holo’omic landscapes to unveil host-microbiota interactions shaping animal production

Logo EUThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement number No. 101000309

Around Greenland - mobile gas analyzer for measurement of soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes

Picarro GasScouter
Funded by the Carlsberg Foundation

Designed bacterial collaboromes for bio-control of potato pathogens

BioInnovation Institute Fonden (BII)

Copenhagen DNA Analysis center (CoDoN)

Copenhagen DNA Analysis CenterThe Novo Nordisk Foundation

Machine learning methods for data-driven discovery of antibiotic resistance plasmid dissemination and evolution

The Novo Nordisk Foundation

The biofilm matrix and its functional role in the ecology of bacterial communities — BioMatrix

ERC Consolidator Grant

Plasmid Evolutionary Arms raCE (PEACE)

The Novo Nordisk Foundation

Printing nature to study nature - artificial 3D-leavesfor ecologically relevant studies of bacterial biofilm communities

The VILLUM Experiment

Surface modification to increase microbial SAFEty in the food industry

EU Horizon 2020

Gradcatch

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The overall aim of GRADCATCH is to unravel the effects of climate change at regional and global scales on soil microorganisms and their feedbacks on climate
Funded by the Innovation fund Denmark & EU Horizon 2020

Engineered Biofilms with Modular Functionality for Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms

Funded by the Office of Naval Research Global

Effects of bacteria on atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and exoplanets - adapting and identifying life in extraterrestrial environments

The Novo Nordisk Foundation - Interdisciplinary Synergy 2019 grant

Catch me if you conjugate! Plasmid recovery from complex ecosystems using secreted pilus machinery as a hook

The VILLUM Experiment

The bacterial vaccine action plan (BacVac). Improving green biotech by controlling the adaptive immune system of non-GMO bacteria

DFF-Research Project1 (Thematic Research)

Predicting the shaping factors of like: Experimental evolution in complex bacterial communites (PREDICT)

The Villum International Postdoc Programme

Surveillance of microbial small talk using Trojan horses

The VILLUM Experiment

Embedding bacteria in implants to prevent infection - BioEmbed

Bioembed In this project, we will collaborate with a Danish biotech company to develop and evaluate a methodology for embedding probiotic bacteria in urinary catheters.

BioRep-HGT: Bio-reporting horizontal gene transfer. An experimental tool that eliminates selection-dependency

Biorep-HGT

In this project we will develp bio-reporters that will report horizontal transfer of plasmids regardless of the presence of genes that enable selection

VEO - Versatile Emerging infectious disease Observatory

Mining big data for early detection of infectiouse disease threats driven by climate change and other factors

Biorecover

- DeveBiorecover logolopment of an innovative sustainable strategy for selective biorecover of critical raw materials from Primary and Secondary sources
The objective of BIORECOVER is the research and development of a new sustainable & safe process, essentially based on biotechnology, for selective extraction of a range of Critical Raw Materials.
Awarded 01.09.2019

Capcon

The role of low-virulence bacteria located on prosthetic breast implants in the development of capsular contracture
In thisBreast implant project we will investigate the role of a microbial community located on the surface of
prosthetic breast implants in the development of a host immune reaction to the implant called capsular contracture

Awarded 01.12.2018

Modeling Asthma Development

Modeling AsthmaThe aim of this project is to create an in vitro model system for investigating the host-microbiome interaction in the lungs that modulate risk of developing asthma later in life.

Awarded 27.09.2018

simba

- SustaLøven Simbainable innovation of microbiome applications in food system
The objective of the SIMBA project is to harness complex soil and marine microbial communities (microbiomes) for a sustainable production of food

Awarded 01.09.2018

Gene expression in multispecies biofilms

Multispecies biofilms under a confocal microscope– linking structure and function
In this project, we will study biofilms composed of multiple species; specifically aiming at identifying the matrix components that are differently expressed in mono vs. multispecies biofilms

Awarded 16.08.2018

CAG - Modulating the Infant Microbiome for Disease Prevention

LogoThe CAG will seek to improve prevention of chronic inflammatory diseases and treatment of paediatric asthma.

Awarded 16.08.2018

InTrans

Horizontal gene transfer- Transfer of antibiotic resistance to human gut bacteria in vivo
The aim of this project is to shed light on the extent and dynamics of the transfer of AMR in the gastrointestinal tract of humans, coupling the most powerful technologies in the field with the most relevant model system available.
Awarded 30.05.2018

SHARE - SHared Antibiotic REsistance: compounding immedicable infections

Spatial organization of bacteria in a biofilm
This project aims to elucidate the underlying mechanisms and impact of SHARE, which will lead to more efficient and targeted treatment strategies for bacterial infections.
Awarded 02.11.2017

Co-perform - Biofilms as accelerators of co-evolution for improving bacterial consortia performance

Multispecies interactions in a biofilm
We hypothesize that bacterial consortia performance is improved by co-cultivation prior to actual application, thus enhancing processing efficiency.
Awarded 01.11.2017

Sandbar - Strategies and Barriers to avoid the spread of Antibiotic Resistance genes during Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater plant
SandBAR is the first comprehensive initiative to investigate how wastewater treatment plants affect the transfer and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance to and in human pathogens.
Awarded 01.06.2017

Deciphering the causal mechanisms linking the early life microbiome and common chronic inflammatory diseases

Novo Tandem grantIn this project we aim to determine the full metagenome from gut and airways to unravel the extrinsic mechanisms that determine the transition from health to chronic disease.
Awarded 23.03.2017

Mapping the role of the microbiome in the origin of asthma and allergy, a prospective clinical study

Asthma in childhoodWe will explore the association between alterations in the microbiome, in different body compartments, and the development of asthma and allergy in childhood.
Awarded 30.11.2016

DARWIN - Dynamics of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Urban Water Cycle in Europe

Horizontal gene transfer
We will determine specific bacterial hosts that carry AMR genes across UWSs, and identify where key HGT events occur with the ultimate goal of assessing the relative risk of AMR genes returning back to humans due to environmental exposure.
Awarded 01.05.2016