Bo Hjorth Bentzen
Associate Professor
Molecular Cardiology and Membrane Proteins
Blegdamsvej 3
2200 København N.
Education
2015 Harvard Business School, Pasteur Program (leading and managing innovation)
2010 Ph.D. Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen
2006 M.Sc. Human Biology, University of Copenhagen
2002 B.Sc. Dentistry
Academic work experience and leadership
2023 - Member of Department of Biomedical Sciences Leadership team
2023 - Appointed member of the UCPH Quantum HUB network representing The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
2023 - Steering committee member of Arla Food for Health, a public-private research partnership
2014 – Onwards
Associate professor and research group leader, Department of Biomedical Sciences, UCPH
Innovation ambassador and member of the Faculty Innovation Network, University of Copenhagen. Appointed by the head of department to boost innovation and entrepreneurship.
2014-2018 Director of “Novel safe and effective pharmacological treatment for atrial fibrillation” a joint project between University of Copenhagen and Acesion Pharma, funded by Innovation Fund Denmark
2013-2014 Non-tenured associate professor, Dep. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
2010-2011 Postdoc, Danish National Research Foundation Centre of Cardiac Arrhythmia, KU
2009 Visiting Research Scientist, Freiburg University, Germany
Industry
2017- Onwards
Consultant (Principal Scientist), Acesion Pharma
2016- 2018 Member of the board of The Industrial PhD & PostDoc Association
2015- 2017 Senior Scientist, Acesion Pharma
2012-2015 Research Scientist, Acesion Pharma, Denmark
2011–2012 Research Scientist, NSDiscovery, NeuroSearch A/S.
Teaching and supervision:
I teach dentistry, medical, medtech, human biology students in cell biology, kidney physiology and cardiac physiology and pharmacology. Course leader of the Novo BRIDGE programe «Translational tools I», and the PhD course in Innovation at SUND, UCPH. I supervise bachelor, master and PhD-students
Education
PhD, MSc Human biology
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Effect of antiarrhythmic drugs on small conductance calcium –activated potassium channels
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Termination of Vernakalant-Resistant Atrial Fibrillation by Inhibition of Small-Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels in Pigs
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Magnetocardiography on an isolated animal heart with a room-temperature optically pumped magnetometer
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