Brewer Jacobsen's life's work

The Carlsberg Foundation is one of the world’s oldest industrial foundations. Here, ambitious brewing enterprise blossoms side by side with research and support for the finest science, art and culture. The Foundation’s Chairman is not just head of the Carlsberg Foundation, but also Chairman of the Supervisory board of Carlsberg A/S. It has been this way since 1876, when Brewer J.C. Jacobsen established the Carlsberg Foundation.

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The Carlsberg Foundation supports visionary and innovative basic scientific research. Research that makes us smarter, addresses global challenges, produces growth and welfare, and is universally beneficial. That is how it has been ever since 1876, when the Foundation was established by J.C. Jacobsen.

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Christine Buhl Andersen appointed new Chairman of the New Carlsberg Foundation

22/08/2019

The Carlsberg Foundation has appointed the successor to Karsten Ohrt, who earlier this year stood down as Chairman of the board of the New Carlsberg Foundation. The new Chairman will be Christine Buhl Andersen, who is currently Director of the New Carlsberg Glyptotek.

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Professor Jens Nielsen is awarded the Emil Christian Hansen Gold Medal

20/08/2019

Professor Jens Nielsen receives the Emil Christian Hansen Gold Medal for his seminal work on Yeast Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology. The medal will be presented this evening at the 29th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Carlsberg Foundation’s Call for Applications 2019 includes new elite programme at University of Oxford

05/08/2019

The Carlsberg Foundation has issued its Call for Applications 2019, including a new elite postdoc programme at the University of Oxford as well as reintegration fellowships for postdocs who have been working at a foreign research institution and want to return to Denmark to continue their careers at a Danish university.

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Flemming Besenbacher appointed Co-Chair of the 13th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2019

30-06-2019

From 1-3 July Professor Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman of Carlsberg Group and the Carlsberg Foundation, will be in Dalian, China, for the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2019 held by the World Economic Forum.

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