PROMEMO - CENTER FOR PROTEINS IN MEMORY

Studying fundamental traits of learning and memory in healthy and diseased brains
A Danish National Research Foundation Center of Excellence

About PROMEMO

PROMEMO aims to identify and understand the function of memory-associated proteins that determines the persistence of a memory.

The PROMEMO "power button"

Switching memory "on" and "off" - generation and removal of an associative memory by changing synaptic strength (inducing LTD and LTP).

Approach & Methodologies

Spanning cutting-edge techniques in proteomics, complex structural biology, optogenetic memory engineering, electrophysiology, and high-resolution brain imaging.

News

Anders Nykjær is professor at the Department of Biomedicine, Senior Group Leader at DANDRITE and Head of the Centre of Excellence, PROMEMO

14 May 2025 - Grants and awards

A new research project will investigate how the brain forgets—an essential yet often overlooked function. The study aims to shed new light on…

Dongik Park started as a tenured Assistant Professor at Ghent University Global Campus Korea in 2024.

06 May 2025 - People news

During six formative years at DANDRITE as part of Nykjær Lab, Dongik gained deep interdisciplinary training and developed a broader scientific…

21 February 2025 - Research

How can synapses encoding an important event (like winning the lottery) strengthen neighboring synapses encoding a trivial experience (like dinner),…

Events

23 Jun

19 days, Monday 23 June 2025, at 09:00 - 11 July France

This course is primarily for (pre)PhD & postdocs in neurobiology. This course will allow students to integrate theoretical and methodological concepts…