KAI HANSEN
In the spring of 1928, Kai Leopold Hansen got the idea for a revolutionary new and strong type of glue. With the help of good friends, he established a small glue production, and already the following year – in 1929 – the Dansk Limfabrik in Nørregade 56 in Køge a reality. Kai Hansen had no doubts about the name of the invention, because everywhere there was a focus on Danish work and Danish products.
Dana Lim was born, and soon the famous yellow tube followed, which eventually became one of Denmark’s best-known trademarks. Now Dana Lim is also known in the rest of Scandinavia and Europe as a leading producer of glue, jointing and putty compounds, which sets new standards for functionality, quality and user-friendliness.
ANNE MARGRETHE HINCHELI
When Kai Hansen died on 30 In October 1952, Dansk Limfabrik was passed on to his childhood sweetheart Anne Margrethe Hincheli, who subsequently established Kai Hansens Fond. Since then, the fund has been the sole owner of the business, which now has changed name to Dana Lim A/S.
Kai Hansen Fond is behind the awarding of the Dana Lim Prize. The award is aimed at scientific research that promotes Danish business or society. The annual award ceremony is regarded in the research community as a coveted event recognition, and since the first award in 1955, the prize has been awarded to a large number of different research projects. In addition to the Dana Lim Prize, the Kai Hansen Fond awards an amount to charity each year.
DANA LIM THE PRICE
The fight against corona requires top-tier research, and this year’s Dana Lim Prize of 500,000 DKK (approx. 67,000 EUR) was therefore awarded six months ahead of schedule to a corona research project led by chief physician Prof. Thomas Benfield from Amager Hvidovre Hospital. The project includes trials with two different drugs to alleviate the course of the disease and prevent hospitalization in COVID-19 infected individuals at risk of developing severe illness.
This year, the prize went to not just one, but two different research projects. The first prize, which included an amount of 450,000 DKK (approx. 60,000 EUR), was awarded to research on the prevention of blood clots and atrial fibrillation after heart surgeries by chief physician Helena Domínguez and her research project, LAACS-2.
The second prize included 200,000 DKK (approx. 27,000 EUR) and went to a Ph.D. study focused on how to more easily and quickly diagnose patients with stable chest pain, led by Louise Hougesen Bjerking.
Physician and associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, David Woldbye, received 460,000 DKK (approx. 62,000 EUR) for research on ADHD medication. The research aims to provide better methods for tailoring treatment to the individual patient in the long term.
Cardiologist Anders Dahl received 380,000 DKK (approx. 51,000 EUR) for research on a deadly heart disease, specifically bacterial infection of the heart valves, which primarily affects patients who are already ill and weakened, resulting in high mortality rates.
Owner of Rosenkilde Gods Handicapridecenter, Helle Nissen, received 300,000 DKK (approx. 40,000 EUR) for the construction of a sensory riding track that can help physically and mentally handicapped individuals.
Niels Borregaard received 250,000 DKK (approx. 33,500 EUR). He is a professor and chief physician at Rigshospitalet, Hematology Clinic. Specialist in blood diseases and researcher in the immune system of the blood.
Professor Dr. Techn. Jesper Mørk received 400,000 DKK (approx. 53,500 EUR) for continued research in semiconductor technology and optical communication, which is used for increasingly faster data transport on the internet.
Dennis Wowern Nielsen received 400,000 DKK (approx. 53,500 EUR) for research on converting pig slurry into, among other things, glue.
Professor Jørgen Ahrent Jensen received 400,000 DKK (approx. 53,500 EUR) for research in the medical-technical field.
Associate professor Ph.D. Paul Robert Hansen received 120,000 DKK (approx. 16,000 EUR) for new equipment related to peptide research within antibiotics.
Associate professor Ph.D. Georgios Kontogeorgis received 250,000 DKK (approx. 33,500 EUR) for research in thermodynamics and polymer blends.
Ph.D. Pieter Telleman received 250,000 DKK (approx. 33,500 EUR) for research on biochips for rapid and inexpensive disease diagnostics.
- In addition to the Dana Lim Prize, the Kai Hansen Foundation annually awards an amount to charity.
