From Lab to Life

Where could today’s discoveries take us tomorrow? Join the Danish Advanced Research Academy (DARA) at the Carlsberg Museum & Business Centre for an evening of research, conversation, and discovery. The Lab to Life Research Showcase brings PhD researchers and the public together to explore the science happening today and imagine where it could lead tomorrow. Meet the researchers, explore the poster showcase and continue the conversation over the evening’s reception.

Info about event

Time

Thursday 3 December 2026,  at 18:00 - 21:30

Location

Ottilia Hall, Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organizer

The Danish Advanced Research Academy (DARA)

Price

Free of charge DKK

Fundamental research begins with curiosity: a question, an observation, or a desire to understand something we do not yet know. Where that knowledge might eventually lead is much harder to predict. Today’s discoveries can become the foundations for tomorrow’s technologies, treatments and solutions, but the journey from new knowledge to real-world impact is rarely straightforward.

That is why Lab to Life exists.

The event brings together PhD researchers from across Denmark and invites them to share not only what they are researching, but where that research could lead. Through an interactive poster showcase, researchers will introduce the questions driving their work and imagine how their discoveries might influence their field, society or everyday life in five, ten or even twenty years.

Open to everyone, Lab to Life creates an informal space to discover the breadth of PhD research taking place across Denmark, meet the people behind it and explore the possibilities that begin with fundamental science.

Discover the research. Meet the people behind it. Imagine what comes next.

Download the programme here

You can look forward to:

  • Talk by Professor Lone Gram
  • Poster showcase
  • Meeting researchers
  • People's Choice and Awards
  • Reception and networking

Registration:

Tickets are free, but places are limited, so advance registration is recommended.