Associate Professor Thomas Sams was awarded 50,000 DKK by the A. N. Neergaards og Hustrus Foundation for the project "Hydrogen peroxide stress in living cells".
Hydrogen peroxide is a metabolite occurring is most living cells but can also act as a signal molecule and as a part of the immune defence. It plays an important role in the development of e.g. cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's diseases.
The generous donation will enable the group to buy a fluorometer which will be used to monitor the intracellular concentration of hydrogen peroxide.
The project is carried out in collaboration with Christopher Workman, CBS, DTU Systems Biology and J. Christian Brasen, BME, DTU Elektro.