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Zach Gerhart-Hines awarded DKK 6M Distinguished Innovator grant

Zach Gerhart-Hines awarded DKK 6M Distinguished Innovator grant

Gene-based personalised medicine to treat diabetes

A new project will draw on the genetic information of diabetes patients so that doctors can provide them with personalized treatment.

The future is knocking: Global food production to be transformed using new technology

The world’s growing population and increasing human welfare will necessitate a 30-70% increase in food production over the next three decades. At the same time, the huge quantities of food needed must be produced in suc…

3D breakthrough: Now anyone can print an interactive model of the brain

A new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen allows anyone to print interactive 3D objects. These might include models of the brain, to be used as educational tools.

3D breakthrough: Now anyone can print an interactive model of the brain

A new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen allows anyone to print interactive 3D objects. These might include models of the brain, to be used as educational tools.

Five pieces of advice for teachers giving online lectures

A large number of teachers and instructors are struggling to optimise their digital instruction during the corona crisis. In this article, a professor of digital media and learning from the University of Copenhagen…

Artificial intelligence may be the secret weapon in the climate fight

Massive climate change alters the world’s ecosystems every day, but we lack effective digital tools to monitor, simulate and predict events. Two SCIENCE professors – from Computer Science and Geosciences – have joined…

Student start-up will offer microbreweries cheap high-end quality control

The start-up company BIRanalyzers is creating a new system for monitoring the quality of beer. It is both cheap and reliable, thus it has the potential to make microbrewing more stable and to reduce waste. To achieve…

Milk is eminently changeable – Richard Ipsen becomes professor emeritus

Richard Ipsen is professor of food structure engineering, with focus on dairy technology, at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen, and from 1 June – after 43 years in the service of milk – he…

Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators

Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer models that calculate the risk of a corona patient’s needing intensive care or a ventilator. The new initiative is bein…

Research breakthrough: Humans are not the first to repurpose CRISPR

We humans are far from the first to exploit the benefits of CRISPR. Groundbreaking research at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has helped to redefine what CRISPR is. UCPH Researchers have discovered that primitive…

New Head of AnthroAnalysis unit will break down walls between the university and society

Kasper Tang Vangkilde has joined the Department of Anthropology as an associate professor, where he, as the new head of the AnthroAnalysis unit, will contribute to strengthening the impact and value of anthropology in…

Scientists identify harmful bacteria based on its DNA at a very low cost

Currently, the detection of food poison outbreaks caused by bacteria takes a long time and is expensive, but this does not have to be the case in the future. Researchers from the Department of Food Science at the…

Want to start at business as a student?

Are you dreaming of starting your own business? The two exchange students Magdalena and Julia from Germany made their own business with help from the UCPH Innovation Hubs. Their advice to others? Just do it!

Medical Museion awarded DKK 4,7M for science communication project

CBMR research will reach an even wider audience thanks to a 4,7 million kroner grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to support the Medical Museion and their project ‘Microcosmos/Macrocosmos’.

Atul Deshmukh kickstarts group with Future Leaders Award

His group hopes to use mass spectrometry-based proteomics to discover new proteins and peptides for treatment of type 2 diabetes

Video: How to make the African food sector more profitable

Ghanaian shea butter, Kenyan honey and Tanzanian Aloe Vera are among the products, which local farmers can improve their profit from, according to the recently finished UCPH project VALOR.

Medical Museion wins international award

The Medical Museion in Copenhagen, Denmark, has won the prestigious UMAC Award for the museum’s experimental exhibition Mind the Gut.

Samarbejde om digitalt undervisningsmateriale sikrer ensartethed og løfter kvalitet

Da fagsøjlen for infektionsmedicin besluttede at samarbejde om fælles undervisningsmateriale var det for at ensarte undervisning og løfte kvalitet, fortæller ordførende professor Jens Lundgren.

Obesity in Children after Lifestyle Intervention

Children who are genetically predisposed to being overweight, due to common gene variants, can still lose weight by changing their diet and exercise habits.

Ida Theilade receives the UCPH Innovation Prize 2018

An app used by local people to map illegal logging in Cambodia ensured Ida Theilade, Senior Reseacher at Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), University of Copenhagen, the Innovation Prize 2018 at the…

Should you eat a low-gluten diet?

When healthy people eat a low-gluten and fiber-rich diet compared with a high-gluten diet they experience less intestinal discomfort including less bloating.

Newly qualified MSc in Food Innovation and Health is now co-owner of two startups

Emil Buhl Krøll recently won 110,000 DKK as the overall winner of Venture Cup 2018 Idea Competition, which is an annual startup competition for university students. And he got the idea he won with while he was studying…

FOOD works towards the formation of a European food innovation alliance

Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen is part of the consortium "FoodNexus" (formerly Foodbest), which is currently developing an application for the status of a European innovation alliance – a…