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New process ensures diversity in recruitments

A dedicated effort has transformed the recruitment process of group leaders at CPR. Diversity is no…

Oxygen – a genomic caretaker

Lukas Group Oxygen is essential for almost all forms of life. Shortly after its accumulation in…

Professor Jiri Lukas receives the Jahre prize 2020

Jiri Lukas from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research receives the Anders Jahre…

Researchers Find ‘Protein-Scaffolding’ for Repairing DNA Damage

At the University of Copenhagen, researchers have discovered how some types of proteins stabilize…

Researchers discover cell mechanism that delays and repairs DNA-damage that can lead to cancer

New Study Discovers Cancer-Relevant Protein Shield

Molecular crosstalk between metabolic and DNA replication cycles opens up a new way to comprehend diseases marked by unstable genomes

In a paper published on November 10th in Science magazine, research teams lead by Jiri Lukas and…

DNA damage and protein 53BP1's role in DNA repair

New insight into DNA damage Damage in our DNA can be life-threatening as the DNA carries our geneti…

Novel model for PAR-induced dynamic reorganization of the nucleus around sites of DNA damage

An international team of researchers led by Jiri Lukas and Matthias Altmeyer introduces a novel rol…

The NBS1-Treacle complex controls ribosomal RNA transcription in response to DNA damage

In an advance online publication, researchers from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein…

ATR Prohibits Replication Catastrophe by Preventing Global Exhaustion of RPA

Scientists show how cells protect their DNA from catastrophic damage A research team led by…

A chromatin scaffold links nuclear architecture to the DNA damage response

Professor Jiri Lukas and his staff from the Chromosome Stability and Dynamics Group at CPR shows ho…

Identifying poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation targets during genotoxic stress

Associate Professor Nielsen´s research team in the Department of Proteomics, in collaboration with…

Guarding against collateral damage during chromatin transactions

Matthias Altmeyer and Jiri Lukas from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research are…