The event brought together staff from the four departments under the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The programme included a welcome by Dean Birgit Schiøtt, a speech by Jens Kann-Rasmussen, Chair of the Villum Foundation, and short presentations by the four recipients. The celebration continued with a reception in the MBG canteen, where colleagues and collaborators gathered to extend their congratulations to:

Troels Skrydstrup, Department of Chemistry
Fabrice Baudoin, Department of Mathematics
Lars Birkedal, Department of Computer Science
Torben Heick Jensen, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

The Villum Investigator grants are awarded to outstanding researchers of the highest international calibre, who have the potential to make groundbreaking scientific contributions.

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