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2011-11-01
Shared professorship at the University of Singapore
CBN Steering Committee member and research group leader Prof. Michael Givskov, ISIM, have joined shared professorship at the University of Singapore
Professor of microbiology Michael
Givskov from ISIM is at 1 August 2011 accepted a professorship shared by
Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, where the Danish top scientist
in biofilms have been co-applicant on a grant of more than 650 million. £ The
dual professorship helps the most brilliant way to concretize Faculty's vision
of international research.
The grant is given primarily from Singapore Ministry of Education and National Research Councils to the establishment of a research center "Singapore Centre for Environmental Engineering and Life Science, SCELSE".
The center will have focus on bacterial
formation, biofilms. Michael Givskovs contribution is the medical and public
health safety-related understanding. The Danish researcher who is one of 5
directors at the research center, examines how and why particular bacterial
structures in the biofilm affects the organism and how 'hidden' disease-causing
bacteria in the environment through water supply can find its way to the
citizens.
In Denmark, Michael Givskov currently examining, whether biofilms is related to cardiovascular disease. It is for example well known that the oral cavity bacteria can be transferred to the bloodstream in connection with periodontal disease, while it remains unknown whether and how the bacteria might, during formation of biofilms, contribute to serious heart and vascular disorders.
Additional Information: ISIM, att. Michael Givskov, mgivskov@sund.ku.dk