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New knowledge about a fungus that turns 60-80% of the flies in your home into zombies

How can a fungus take over a fly's behavior? An international group of researchers with participation from the University of Copenhagen hopes to find out with the help of a new genetic map of a unique fungus that…

BARC's birthday

We celebrate 7 years of fabulous research, strong results, wonderful colleagues and good times!

New Faculty Member in DIKU’s NLP Section

Rising star in Natural Language Processing, Pepa Atanasova, is promoted to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science (DIKU). In her new position, she will continue her award-winning research…

Ethicists’ commentary on managing clinical errors

Ethical question of the month, June 2024 You are the senior veterinarian in a small companion animal practice located in a small town. You have recently taken on a new graduate veterinarian who is very diligent, but…

Black holes everywhere!

Black holes in Kongens Nytorv, black holes in the Black Diamond, Black holes everywhere! Black holes came to Copenhagen in August 2024. The Strong Group & The Niels Bohr Institute celebrated 50 years of Hawking radiatio…

Fungus gnat entombed in a 40-million-year-old piece of amber is a rare gem

A Danish amber collector’s find upon a wild North Sea shore in the 1960’s has proved to be of great and surprising significance. After having thoroughly examining the roughly 40-million-year-old piece of amber,…

Cloud forests with Prof. Kelly Tonello

The word "cloud forest" may sound foreign to many, but it is an important and essential ecosystem for biodiversity and surrounding ecosystems, albeit a small one on the global scale.

Climate change and land use impact local bird populations

Based on millions of bird observations, a new study shows how shifts in climate and land use are reshaping bird communities across Denmark.

Climate change and land use impact local bird populations

Based on millions of bird observations, a new study shows how shifts in climate and land use are reshaping bird communities across Denmark.

Common rheumatic disease can be prevented through the gut

The proteins that cause gout can, for some people, be eradicated by adding specific lactic acid bacteria to the gut – so called medical nutrition. Having received a EUR 3,8 mil. EIC Pathfinder Grant, the new 3-year…

Invitation for Nordic Zebrafish Meeting 2024

The Nordic Zebrafish Network is pleased to invite you for this year’s Nordic Zebrafish Meeting “From Husbandry to Animal Experiments: Creating Reliable Research,” in Stockholm on 13 to 15 November 2024.

POSTPONED - The future of vivarium management

Departments AEM and CBMR will share their experiences with DVC, and we will treat you with interesting scientific talks and sessions. When: To be announced. Where: University of Copenhagen, Henrik Dam Auditorium,…

Mapping concerns about rising seawater

How do citizens living on the coasts of four countries in the North Sea region worry about future sea level rise and storm surges? This is the question Kristoffer Langkjær Albris will investigate in a project that DFF i…

New center will future-proof education of experts to Danish life science

University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark are leading a new center that will boost the pharmaceutical sciences education by integrating data science at all levels of education.

Celebrating the successful completion of the One Health International Summer Course 2024

A huge congratulations to all the students for their dedication, curiosity, and hard work. Your contributions have made this course a truly inspiring and impactful experience.

Historic grant will supply Denmark with the world's best science educators

With excellent international research supported by DKK 125 milion from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark will teach us how to best delive…

Virtual Learning Lab at the EARLI 2024 conference

Virtual Learning Lab's Professor Guido Makransky and PhD student Valdemar Stenberdt have just returned from the EARLI 2024 conference. The conference brought together educational researchers from across Europe and beyon…

'The Social Life of Health Data': Health Records and Knowledge Production in Ghana

Guest Researcher at CAS and Marie Curie fellow at the IT University Alena Thiel has published a new book examining 'The Social Life of Health Data'

Black Hole Week at NBI

This August we are celebrating black holes in Copenhagen! There are many reasons to be excited. We celebrate 50 years of Hawking radiation, and since that seminal work, so much has happened.

Black holes are coming to Copenhagen in August 2024

The Niels Bohr Institute is celebrating 50 years of Hawking radiation and a decade of amazing developments in black hole science. Worldwide experts will gather at the Black Diamond and at the Copenhagen Planetarium, to…

Matthias Wilhelm receives Sapere Aude grant from Denmark's Independent Research Fund

Associate Professor Matthias Wilhelm has been awarded a Sapere Aude Starting Grant from Denmark's Independent Research Fund for his project titled “Leveraging Algebraic Geometry for High-Precision Fundamental Physics.”…

New member of Global Wetland Center

The Global Wetland Center is thrilled to welcome the newest member of the team, Navid Ahmadi!

Kasper Skjold Tølløse

Prediction of Atmospheric Dispersion on All Scales for Emergency Preparedness Supervisors: Eigil Kaas (NBI) & Jens Havskov Sørensen (DMI)

Blockbuster of the Blok - Saulius Vaitikenas

The NBI teaching committee has decided to highlight a teacher four times a year to recognize outstanding teaching at the institute. The first one is Saulius Vaitikenas in Blok 3 in 2024.