About

The Department of Neuroscience (IN) is part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and is physically located in the Panum Building and at the Maersk Tower in central Copenhagen.

Neuroscience is a major strategic focus area for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen and as a consequence the Department of Neuroscience, which has its roots from the previous Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, was officially established 1st of September 2017. The purpose was to gather research groups committed to neuroscience with educational activities within neuroscience in one organizational unit.

Management

	Head of Department Professor Ulrik Gether Room: 07-05-21 Telephone: +45 23840089 E-mail: gether@sund.ku.dk
	Head of Administration Lars Erik Kühl Room: 07-05-38 Telephone: +45 93565802 E-mail: lars.kuhl@sund.ku.dk
	Vice Head of Department for Teaching Associate Professor Jens C. Rekling Room: 24-4 Telephone: +45 31526540 E-mail: jrekling@sund.ku.dk
	Vice Head of Department for Research Professor Ole Kiehn Room: 07-04-54 Telephone: +45 93565963 E-mail: ole.kiehn@sund.ku.dk
	Professor Jakob Balslev Sørensen Room: 07-04-56 Telephone: +45 51680499 E-mail: jakobbs@sund.ku.dk
	Associate Professor Birgitte Rahbek Kornum Room: 24-4 Telephone: +45 50511511 E-mail: kornum@sund.ku.dk
	Professor Jens Bo Nielsen Room: 33-3-50 Telephone: +45 35327450 E-mail: jbnielsen@sund.ku.dk

Administration

	Head of Administration Lars Erik Kühl Room: 07-05-38 + 33-3-10 (Tuesdays+Thursdays) Telephone: +45 9356 5802 E-mail: lars.kuhl@sund.ku.dk
	Department secretary Anette Studsgård Room: 07-05-40 + 33-3-08 (Tuesdays+Thursdays) Telephone: +45 3533 7870 E-mail: studsgaard@sund.ku.dk
	Engineering Lars Michler Room: 33-3-06 + 07-5-65 Telephone: +45 3532 7228 E-mail: lars.michler@sund.ku.dk
	Finance officer Nicolai Høtoft Jensen Room: 33-3-06 + 07-5-65 Telephone: +45 3533 0747 E-mail: hotoft@sund.ku.dk
	HR officer Louise Borum Bech Room: 09-2-11E Telephone: +45 3532 6961 E-mail: louise.bbech@sund.ku.dk
	HR Partner Louise Natalie Daugaard Room: 09-2-10C Telephone: +45 3532 6480 E-mail: louise.daugaard@sund.ku.dk
	Project controller Annette Bue Brandi Room: 33-5-63 Telephone: +45 3532 7714 E-mail: abr@sund.ku.dk Supports the following labs: Gether, Imig, Kjærulff, Løland, Madsen, Rasmussen, Sørensen, Toft Sørensen, Walter
	Project controller Annie Wendell Room: 33-5-65 Telephone: +45 3532 7636 E-mail: anniewe@sund.ku.dk Supports the following labs: Krarup, Christensen, Lorentzen, Nielsen, Roland
	Project controller Gabriella Staalgaard Room: 33-5-84 Telephone: +45 3533 3926 E-mail: gabriella.staalgaard@sund.ku.dk Supports the following labs: Kirkeby
	Project controller Pinar Dogan Room: 33-5- Telephone: +45 3533 4461 E-mail: pinar.dogan@sund.ku.dk Supports the following labs: Allodi, Cai, Kermen, Kiehn, Lind, Meehan, Perrier
	Project controller Sa Thi Mai Room: 33-5-71 Telephone: +45 5269 3722 E-mail: sa.thi.mai@sund.ku.dk Supports the following labs: Berg, Kornum, Lauritzen, MacAulay, NAD, Rath, Rekling

Strategy

Vision

Our vision is to establish Department of Neuroscience as an internationally recognized epicenter for brain research and education to the future benefit of patients and society.

Mission

It is the mission of the department to perform top class basic and translational research to advance our understanding of brain functions as well as brain diseases and their treatment. We expect our bench-to-bedside strategy to reinforce collaborative efforts not only with clinicians but also with other scientific disciplines both nationally and internationally. We also take responsibility for educating the next generation of researchers and physicians within neuroscience to ensure optimal understanding and treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Goals and actions

The department has set 4 overall strategic goals with action plans for 2018 – 2023.

GOAL A

To deliver top-class basic and translational research in neuroscience

Active recruitment of talented group leaders
Strengthen funding opportunities for IN researchers
Provide space and infrastructure solutions for expansions of lab activities

GOAL B

To deliver state-of-the-art teaching and implement new educations in neuroscience

Establish M.Sc. program in neuroscience
Establish one-year master programs
Ensure high quality neuroscience courses and PhD program

GOAL C

To become an attractive and visible collaboration partner and knowledge center for neuroscience with responsibility for sustainable development

Enhance visibility to the surroundings
Enhance collaboration and translational outlook
More innovation initiatives

GOAL D

To stimulate an excellent and inclusive work environment with good communication and professional administrative and technical support

Improve work environment
Improve internal and external communication

Organization

The Department of Neuroscience consists of approximately 150 full and part-time employees and 100 associated researchers and students divided into 22 research groups and an administration. The organization is visualized in the chart below. The red boxes represent the current line management, while blue boxes represent councils and committees. The scientific groups are placed directly under the management structure with no additional subdivision or section structure; in the figure below, they are shown according to their physical location. The overall approach to governance at IN is based on a flat organizational structure with a high level of involvement from group leaders and staff. Collaboration committees and scientific/educational councils support an engaging and collaborative culture.

Facts about the department

150 scientific and administrative staff members are employed at the Department (2020). IN has a revenue of DKK 80 million (2017) of which the majority, 61%, is funding from private partners.
The Department consists of 25 research groups (2020) working within different areas of neuroscience.
The Department is responsible for teaching of medical students, odontology students, human biology students and molecular biomedicine students in the areas of neuroscience and pharmacology.
The Department manages the University of Copenhagen PhD program in Neuroscience.