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1st PAIR Project Scientific Meeting

Yangfan Liu (UCPH) presented her work on the PANRISK spatiotemporal prediction model for avian influenza in wild birds, poultry and the environment.

Nordfugl October 2025

The Avian Influenza Epidemiology group hosted the annual Nordfugl online seminar on 1 October 2025.

Stored for 130 years: Bottles reveal evidence of Danish butter production and hygiene practices of the past

Two forgotten bottles in a basement in Frederiksberg containing bacterial cultures from the 1890s have provided researchers at the University of Copenhagen with unique insight into Denmark's butter production history.…

NIVI Research Center welcomes Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity (NIVI) welcomes Professor Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen, who has joined NIVI Research Center and the Airway Immunity group.

Interaction between cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes and chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can lead to cirrhosis and cancer of the liver, and new knowledge suggests that chronic virus infections can promote arteriosclerosis, insulin resistance and increased mortality due to…

Young Researchers at the 11th International Symposium on Avian Influenza in Canada

From June 24 to 26, the 11th International Symposium on Avian Influenza took place in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, gathering leading scientists, veterinarians, biologists, medical researchers, and…

Vaccine disguised as a virus tricks the body into stronger immunity

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn’t just face masks that became part of everyday conversation - so did a new vaccine technology: the mRNA vaccine. As the first of its kind, the COVID-19 vaccine was developed using…

NIVI Research Center welcomes Henrik Nyhus Kløverpris

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Henrik Nyhus Kløverpris who has joined NIVI Research Center.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Mustafa Ghanizada

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Mustafa Ghanizada, MD who has joined NIVI Research Center.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Professor Søren Buus

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Professor Søren Buus who is joining NIVI Research Center and the Airway Immunology Research group.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Leader of Formulation Sciences and Devices Group

VACCINES The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity is pleased to welcome Joanna Rejman as Leader of NIVI Research Center’s Formulation Sciences and Devices group.

ISIM researchers aim to develop the world’s first hepatitis C vaccine

A Grand Solutions Grant worth DKK 15.7 million from Innovation Fund Denmark will help bring groundbreaking Danish vaccine candidate to clinical trials.

One step closer to the world’s first hepatitis C vaccine

A Grand Solutions Grant worth DKK 15.7 million from Innovation Fund Denmark will help bring groundbreaking Danish vaccine candidate to clinical trials.

Bacteria Use Ancient War Trick to Outsmart Viruses – and It Could Help Us Fight Superbugs

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming—who famously used enemy…

The Avian Influenza Epidemiology Group participated in the annual SVEPM conference in Berlin, Germany.

Yangfan Liu presented her work on “Quantifying the risk of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus spillover from wild birds to poultry farms in the Danish context”. Sandra Carapeto gave a poster pitch on “A Simulation…

Soerensen A et al. PLoS Pathog 21: e1012428, 2025

Team EPITOPE paper published

Visit from the University of Georgia and SSI

On March 3 to 7, Professor Justin Bahl and PhD student Sachin Subedi from the University of Georgia visited the avian influenza epidemiology group at UCPH together with Lasse Engbo Christiansen and Kaare Græsbøll from…

Hatching new insights: Yangfan Liu’s avian influenza modelling study published

We are proud to share that Yangfan Liu’s study, "The role of wild birds in transmitting highly pathogenic avian influenza in Denmark: An exploration using a spatiotemporal model" has been published in the journal…

Kasper Haldrup Björnsson

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

ISVEE17 pre-conference course

From November 5th to 8th, Matthew Denwood and Carsten Kirkeby hosted an ISVEE17 pre-conference course in collaboration with Michael Ward from the University of Sydney.

The avian influenza epidemiology group at the ISVEE17 conference in Sydney

On 11 to 15 November 2024, Helene Ane Jensen, Yangfan Liu, Lene Jung Kjær and Carsten Kirkeby attended the 17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, ISVEE17, in Sydney, Australia.

Congratulations to Dr. Liu

On 24 October 2024, Yangfan Liu defended her thesis entitled “Spatiotemporal Modelling and Risk Evaluation of Avian Influenza Spreading in a Multi-host System in Denmark”.

Avian Influenza Epidemiology group at UCPH hosted an online seminar, “Nordfugl 2024”

On 4 October 2024, the Avian Influenza Epidemiology group at UCPH hosted an online seminar, “Nordfugl 2024”, with the aim of exchanging information on research and surveillance of avian influenza between the Nordic…

New research group brings structural biology knowledge to BRIC

Eva Kummer is the new group leader at BRIC. She moves her lab, knowledge and technology from Center for Protein Research, CPR.