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New grant to explore how microbes drive evolution in host organisms

A new research project seeks to investigate a critical question: Can microbes drive adaptive evolution of their host organism? This innovative study will explore the intricate relationship between animals and their…

AI can now be our eyes and ears in the forest and beneath the waves

Animal sounds combined with artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize biodiversity monitoring both on land and in aquatic settings according to researchers from the University of Copenhagen. By analyzing wildlife…

Free research funding for researchers at the Department of Biology

Independent research has amazing conditions at the Department of Biology! Ten excellent research projects can now see the light of day, due to support from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. Every year, DFF-Research…

Isaac Weldon: How societal systems shape global health outcomes

Meet Isaac Weldon, an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen.

5 BARC papers at FOCS'24

BARC members and affiliates are presenting 5 papers at FOCS’24 held in Chicago, USA.

Study finds racism—and resistance to it—beneath the surface in high school physics

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen wanted to understand how high school students interacted with a physics learning game. However, the observations contained so many examples of problematic behavior that it…

Presentation and workshop with the Danish Coastal Authority

Anne Sofie Beer Nielsen and Kristoffer Albris visited the Danish Coastal Authority in Lemvig on the 21st of October. As part of the visit, Anne Sofie and Kristoffer gave a presentation of the research done in the Coasta…

PhD defense of Feng Long

Feng Long on defending her PhD thesis titled: “The Fraxinus excelsior mycobiome".

Sho Tamaki

Optomechanical Crystals with Gallium Phosphide Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albert Schliesser

Next Generation NOVA classification

Since 2009 the NOVA classification has worked as a valuable framework for grouping foods based on the extent and purpose of the processing applied to them. Now the Novo Nordisk Foundation have supported a 2-year project…

NQCP Education & Outreach Group

Building the Quantum Workforce: A profile of the Education and Outreach team at NQCP.

Strong at LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Barcelona

Recently, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration hosted one of its biannual meetings in Barcelona from September 23-26, 2024. The goal was to gather many members of the collaboration working on a vast variety of topics…

Jonas Bundgaard Mathiassen

Design and Fabrication of Suspended Si3N4 Photonic Crystal Devices For Use With Cold Atoms Supervised by Professor Eugene S. Polzik, Assistant Professor Jean-Baptiste Béguin

Meet Andrea – New PhD in the UHV Tech Group

Andrea has been at NQCP as a student assistant since September 2023 She is now stepping into a new role as a PhD student here at NQCP in our UHV Tech Group.

‘Vegetarian’ salmon might lead the way to better health for humans and fish

Plant-based salmon feed aims to make salmon production more sustainable. This can result in better fish for dinner, and knowledge about gut bacteria can also impact more sustainable feed for other farm animals.

‘Vegetarian’ salmon might lead the way to better health for humans and fish

Plant-based salmon feed aims to make salmon production more sustainable. This can result in better fish for dinner, and knowledge about gut bacteria can also impact more sustainable feed for other farm animals.

‘Vegetarian’ salmon might lead the way to better health for humans and fish

Plant-based salmon feed aims to make salmon production more sustainable. This can result in better fish for dinner, and knowledge about gut bacteria can also impact more sustainable feed for other farm animals.

Raul Bressan Profile “Life Science Success”

How can a scientist progress with a career in research in the modern working world, make it work for them both personally and professionally, and ensure their own future success?

Seven New Frog Species Discovered in Madagascar: Sounds Like Something from Star Trek

An international team of researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls sound more like sound…

Potent antimicrobials from bacteria in toxic birds

Bacteria are a valuable reservoir for natural molecules that can be explored for developing new drugs. Recently, an international team of researchers identified two new classes of bioactive substances from an…

Workshop on Streptococcus agalactiae in the Nordic countries

Udder health researchers from Norway, Sweden and Finland were invited to Copenhagen for a workshop in the Danish project “Sikker diagnostik i B-streptokokbesætninger”.

"Islands" of Regularity Discovered in the Famously Chaotic Three-Body Problem

When three massive objects meet in space, they influence each other through gravity in ways that evolve unpredictably. In a word: Chaos. That is the conventional understanding. Now, a researcher from the University of…

"Islands" of Regularity Discovered in the Famously Chaotic Three-Body Problem

When three massive objects meet in space, they influence each other through gravity in ways that evolve unpredictably. In a word: Chaos. That is the conventional understanding. Now, a researcher from the University of…

Congratulation Christos!

Christos Theodorou was successfully awarded the PhD degree.