Nina Kerting Iversen from Aarhus University researches in blood clots (thrombosis) in the brain. Her research has just earned her a grant of DKK 2,912,255 from the Danish Council for Independent Research. The grant will support her ongoing research in thrombosis in the brain.

2013.11.14 | Anders Corydon Frederiksen

The grant recipient Nina Kerting Iversen, Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine - Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN).

Thrombosis in the brain is one of the most frequent causes of death in the western world. Nina Kerting Iversen from Aarhus University will attempt to improve our understanding of thrombosis in the brain, so that patients will receive better treatment in the future. And the Danish Council for Independent Research Council has chosen to support this research with DKK 2,912,255.

Thrombosis occurs most often in a calcified blood vessel in the brain and causes an immediate and marked reduction in the supply of blood to the brain. The supply of oxygen and glucose to the surrounding brain tissue then becomes very limited. And even if the blood supply is re-established, the surrounding tissue often continues to be destroyed.

”Through my research I examine how disturbances in the smallest blood vessels are of significance for how oxygen is transported to the surrounding tissue. These disturbances are believed to contribute to the continued destruction of the tissue following a thrombosis. And that is what I hope to be able to clarify,” explains Nina Kerting Iversen.

The amount of DKK 2,912,255 has been funded by a grant from The Danish Council for Independent Research | Medical Sciences for Individual postdoc scholarships. Project title: Acute cerebral ischemia and reperfusion injury: the role of capillary transit time heterogeneity.

Nina Kerting Iversen has a Master's degree from 2008 in Biology and Zoophysiology from Aarhus University and a PhD degree from 2012 in Nanoscience from Aarhus University, iNANO.

She was born on 20 August, 1981 in Randers, Western Denmark.              

Further information

Assistant Professor Nina Kerting Iversen
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine - Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience
Direct tel.: +45 7846 9945
nkiversen@cfin.dk