News

2024.06.11

SIC's Annual Activity Report 2023 is now available!

The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center is pleased to announce the release of its annual…

Germs and Cancer

2024.01.10

Germs can offset the effect of cancer therapy

An infection with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus tends to worsen the condition for patients wit…

2023.11.01

Newly appointed Professor set to integrate gut immunology into skin research at SUND

Professor William Agace is moving from the Technical University of Denmark to SUND, where he will b…

PhD course

2023.09.25

PhD Course: Mechanisms in Innate Immune Signaling

About the course The primary objective of this PhD course is to enable participants to gain…

Master's degree course

2023.06.22

Master's Degree Course Offers Unique Learning Experience in Skin Immunology and Inflammation

Exciting opportunity for aspiring immunologists, with established master's degree course in Skin…

The skin

2023.06.12

Memory killer cells could help improve survival for melanoma patients

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Karolinska Institutet have shown that people with…

Annual Activity Report

2023.05.10

SIC's Annual Activity Report 2022 is now available!

The Annual Activity Report 2022 for the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) is now…

Antibiotics resistance

2023.03.09

Resistant bacteria are a global problem. Now researchers may have found the solution

A new substance has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin…

Immune system

2023.01.04

More than two billion are infected with this disease. Vitamin D can help

A rare patient has made it possible for researchers to prove that vitamin D – the “sun vitamin” –…

Job Opportunity

2022.11.02

Center Coordinator to the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center

Read more and apply here About us The ‘LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) is a…

RESEARCH

2022.11.01

UCPH research fights life-threatening infections in lymphoma patients

Skin lymphoma can lead to severe and even deadly infections. New research from the University of…

Springtime School

2022.10.24

Springtime School 2023: Skin homeostasis and inflammation

Springtime School 24-26 April 2023 LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, University of…

New group

2022.09.08

New Group leader at SIC wants to understand eczema

“This is a really exciting opportunity. I think that the network and the support that the skin…

GRANT

2022.09.06

SIC receives prestigious Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

The new fellowship secures two years of intensive studies on the role of microRNAs in the regulatio…

Work Environment

2022.06.21

Copenhagen is a very attractive place to work and live

The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) aims to attract young and talented…

Summer School

2022.06.08

Inspiring days at SIC Summer School discussing Immune Regulation of the Skin

For the second time in history, the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, University of…

Networking Event

2022.05.10

From Clinical Observation to New Mechanistic Insights

The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center Director, Professor Liv Eidsmo, welcomed…

Annual Activity Report

2022.04.05

SIC’s Annual Activity Report 2021 is now available!

The annual activity report 2021 accounts for SIC’s many scientific and educational activities as…

INVITATION

2021.12.14

Translational networking event at the Nordic Congress of Dermatology and Venereology 2022

The networking event ‘From clinical observation to new mechanistic insights’ aims to bring together…

Summer School 2022

2021.12.13

Immune Regulation of the Skin

25-27 April 2022 LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, University of Copenhagen, invites…

PhD Course

2021.11.24

New PhD Course: Mechanisms in Innate Immune Signaling

New PhD course on innate immune signaling pathways on 18-21 January 2022 at The LEO Foundation Skin…

Visit

2021.10.26

Secondary school students explored the skin and gained new insights at SIC

Together with Gefion Gymnasium, SIC has organised a mini course for third-year secondary school…

New Director

2021.08.30

New Director at LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center

"It's a privilege to be leading an evolving research environment." Professor and Director Liv…

Research

2021.07.14

More complex than we thought: The body’s reaction to contact allergens

About one in five Danes react to contact allergens, but some patients develop rashes and itching…

Awards

2021.06.24

SIC welcomes two translational BRIDGE fellows

The Skin Inflammation and Cancer Group has been awarded two of this year’s competitive Translationa…

Summer School

2021.05.04

A Boost To The Skin Barrier

The Summer School is an exclusive chance to meet and learn from the world’s leading researchers…

Recruitment

2021.05.03

PI Call for Letters of Interest

Call for letters of interest: Group leaders for the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center,…

Research Grant

2021.04.13

Professor Niels Ødum receives DKK 9.9 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Professor Niels Ødum and clinical collaborator at Aarhus University Hospital, Professor Lars…

Radio show

2021.04.12

The Evolution of the Skin

Danish radio show featuring SIC-Director, Professor Charlotte Menné Bonefeld about the evolution of…

SIC Annual Activity Report

2021.03.23

Annual Activity Report 2020

SIC’s Annual Activity Report 2020 is now available!

BIOBANK

2021.02.16

Skin tissue samples from 3,000 patients to give researchers new insights into psoriasis and eczema

For many years, researchers have had difficulties decoding why skin diseases such as psoriasis and…

seminar series

2020.10.12

SIC Launches Fall/Winter Seminar Series

This fall and winter, SIC will be inviting to seminars by a series of speakers from the Danish…

Single-cell sequencing

2020.09.28

Fabulous Facility: Watch Individual Cells in their Microenvironment

​​The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) is the recipient of the equipment grant.…

2020.04.01

SIC welcomes BRIDGE - Translational Excellence Programme Fellow

SIC has been granted one of this year’s competitive Translational Excellence Programme Fellowships.

2020.03.23

Annual Activity Report 2019

SIC’s first Annual Activity Report is now available

2020.02.19

Open call for Letters of Interest: Executive Director to the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC)

The call for Letters of Interest for the position as Executive Director at SIC is now open.

Network

2020.01.31

Early-career researchers form the Young Investigator Network

Early-career researchers from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center and clinical…