Two BMI profiles receive millions in grants from the Inge Lehmann programme
Trisha Jean Grevengoed and Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg are each awarded more than DKK 2.8 million from Denmark's Independent Research Foundation. The money comes from the Inge Lehmann research talent programme, which aims to promote a gender balance in research environments.
Out of 28 promising, younger researchers who have just received DKK 78 million in total from Denmark's Independent Research Foundation, the Department of Biomedical Sciences is well represented with two talents, Trisha Jean Grevengoed and Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg.
Both receive almost DKK 2.9 million as part of the Inge Lehman research talent programme, which aims to promote gender balance in research environments.
Trisha Grevengoed will use the grant to research the controversial polyunsaturated fatty acid arachidonic acid. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are often known as the "healthy" fat, but arachidonic acid also causes inflammation, which can both counteract infections, but in the worst case also lead to both diabetes and liver disease.
You can read more about Trisha's research here (in Danish)
Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg will investigate why some people experience dizziness, palpitations and even fainting when they eat. When we eat, a number of hormones are also released from our gastrointestinal tract, which play a crucial role in appetite regulation and combustion, but some of them also increase blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract, which may cause the unpleasant symptoms. The project must clarify whether the hormones are behind it and whether their function can be inhibited as a possible treatment.
Read more about Lærke's research (in Danish)
The Inge Lehmann program is part of the political agreement on the distribution of the research reserve in 2022. With the agreement on the distribution of the research reserve in 2022, DKK 80 million has been set aside. DKK for the Inge Lehmann programme. 221 researchers have applied for funding and 28 have received a grant. The success rate is thus 13 percent measured in terms of number of applications and 14 percent measured in terms of amount.