Montoya group news

2024.06.25

New Gene-Editing Tool Could Revolutionize Genetic Disease Treatment

Scientists at Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Protein Research in Copenhagen publish major study…

Research 1:1

2023.04.05

Snapshots of the smallest programmable nuclease TnpB published in Nature

A team led by Professor Virginijus Šikšnys from Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC)…

Grants

2023.03.30

Guillermo Montoya receives prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

Three researchers at SUND have been awarded with the highly prestigious European Research Council's…

Cancer

2022.09.20

Three proteins join forces to spread cancer. Now scientists may destroy them

With cryo-electron microscopy, it is possible to examine proteins more than a 1,000 times smaller…

Research 1:1

2022.06.13

Novel insight into cell killing by anticancer agents

PP2A is a known tumor suppressor and given that its function is suppressed in many cancers, there i…

Grants

2022.05.06

Nine young SUND-researchers receive millions to ignite career

Lundbeck Foundation Postdocs research grants are aimed at young, highly qualified scientists workin…

CRISPR

2021.08.05

‘Bacterial arch-enemy’ paves the way for new gene editing

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the structure of CRISPR-Cas12j to know…

artificial intelligence

2020.11.03

New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world

Sorting huge amounts of data is a bottleneck in protein research, a field that is crucial to make…

Spin-out

2020.09.22

CPR CRISPR spin-out accepted in BioInnovation Institute program

BioInnovation Institute (BII) has accepted CPR spin-out company Twelve Bio in the Creation House…

CRISPR

2020.07.29

Researchers map mechanisms in the largest CRISPR system

The largest and most complex CRISPR system has been visualized by researchers from the University o…

TwelveBIO

2019.11.19

New startup company to refine gene editing tool for diagnostics and treatment

A spin-out company from the University of Copenhagen called TwelveBIO has set out to improve CRISPR…

Cancer

2019.10.03

Large-scale mapping of protein networks behind tumor growth in the lungs

Lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. There were 2 million new…

2019.10.01

New insights into substrate selection for an essential protein phosphatase

A multi-disciplinary research team headed by Professor Jakob Nilsson from Novo Nordisk Foundation…

Bacteria

2019.09.24

New discoveries map out CRISPR-Cas defence systems in bacteria

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cell…

2019.05.08

Montoya receives grant to sharpen CRISPR-scissors

Professor Guillermo Montoya from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research has been…

Grants

2019.05.08

Eight Grants for Research in Bioscience, Metabolism, and Clinical Practice

Eight researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have…

Genetic Research

2018.11.29

New Research Could Fine-Tune the Gene Scissors CRISPR

When researchers and doctors use the tool CRISPR to correct genetic errors, it may have side effect…

2018.10.25

Cryo-Electron Microscope in Videnskab.dk

Read about our Cryo-Electron Microscope in Videnskap.dk

Protein research

2018.06.29

Enzyme may get key role in drug design for breast cancer and brain condition

In recent years, researchers have focussed on the enzyme TLK2 suspecting it of playing a main role…

2018.05.31

Talented CPR Researcher Wins This Year’s Danscatt Award

Today PhD Pablo Alcón from the Protein Structure and Function programme receives the Danscatt Award…

Protein research

2018.05.14

Professor Guillermo Montoya elected member of EMBO

Today EMBO (the European Molecular Biology Organization) releases the list of new members who have…

Up Close and Personal

2017.11.23

Ground-breaking Microscope Ready for Use

SUND’s new cryo-electron microscope was inaugurated on Monday by Dean Ulla Wewer, CEO of the Novo…

2017.10.16

Breaking down the CRISPR-Cas mechanism

Researchers Guillermo Montoya, Pablo Alcón and Stefano Stella from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center…

Gene editing

2017.06.01

Researchers from the Montoya group decipher how a new molecular tool edits your genome

A new protein of the CRISPR-Cas family upgrades the possibilities for genome modification a la…

Structural Biology

2017.03.23

New Structural Biology Cluster at the University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is establishing a new cluster, ISBUC, which compiles researchers from…

Grant

2017.01.27

New cutting-edge microscope at the Faculty of Health and Medical Science

Novo Nordisk Foundation donates a DKK 60 mio (7.8 mio €) grant to the University of Copenhagen…

Research profile

2017.01.26

A pioneer in uncovering the human body’s smallest building blocks

Guillermo Montoya has dedicated his life to finding out how the smallest building blocks of our bod…

2016.07.26

Novel insight into protein phosphatase substrate recognition published by the Nilsson group in Molecular Cell

Protein phosphatases play important roles in cellular signaling as they remove phosphorylations fro…

Immune system

2016.01.25

Novel protein complex generates antibody diversity

Antibody class-switching is crucial for generating certain types of antibodies, such as IgG, that…

2015.05.19

Danish Cancer Society awards to 4 Researchers from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research

Associate Professor, MSc., ph.d. Jeremy Austin Daniel from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for…

2015.03.12

Montoya group publishes in Nature Communications

Today the crystal structure of p15-PAF in complex with PCNA has been published in Nature…

2014.12.09

Visualizing phosphodiester-bond hydrolysis by an endonuclease

A press release from CNIO the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre reveals how a group of…