Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. The Center for Protein Design (CPD) at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) launches in August 2025 and aims to spearhead developments in protein design and its applications through interdisciplinary collaborations across the university and partnerships in Denmark and internationally. The CPD is led by Professor Dek Woolfson, a world-renowned and leading scientist in the field.
The CPD has its main operation between the Department of Biology and the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology at UCPH, with additional activities at the Departments of Chemistry and Computer Science. In addition to a strong core team of experienced researchers, it will host and train PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. It is also open to visiting Danish and international guest researchers to ensure the centre’s activities are of the highest standard.
Woolfson comes from a position at the University of Bristol, UK, where he established BrisSynBio, a Synthetic Biology Research Centre, and promoted collaborations that bring protein design to cell biology, materials science and other fields. He will maintain these links and forge new international partnerships by creating several CPD spokes, including one in Engineering Biology at the University of Bristol.
Read more about CPD here.
