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Silva Nova at BioGeoMon

Members of the Silva Nova Team participated in this years BioGeoMon conference from 8-11 June 2026 in Sweden.

BARC PhD receives Best Student Paper Award at STOC'26

Jack Stade receives Best Student Paper award at STOC this year.

SAVE THE DATE: NZN Conference 2026

The annual Nordic Zebrafish Network meeting will take place on November 19-20 in Copenhagen at the University of Copenhagen.

gAI in teaching and learning requires local dialogue, not just shared guidelines

Generative AI has rapidly changed the conditions for teaching, assignment writing, and assessment. Rules and declaration requirements are now in place, but one central question remains: How are these rules translated…

More calories will not fix global malnutrition

Laura Vang Rasmussen on rethinking the future of food production.

Studying appetite regulation in a dish

A new study from the Kirkeby Group adds to the understanding of how the brain controls hunger and satiety.

Silva Nova Annual meeting 2026

Thank you to all the team members who participated in the Silva Nova Annual meeting 2026 from 1-3 June 2026.

From flat moss to forests and flowers: New discovery may explain how plants conquered land

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified a previously unknown protein that may help explain how plants managed to colonize land more than 400 million years ago.

Silva Nova at Naturmødet

Per Gundersen presented the groups work on 'Naturmødet' in Hirtshals in May 2026.

New eDNA initiative aims to make water quality monitoring in Denmark more accessible

A new Danish freshwater biodiversity initiative is gaining momentum following a major round of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling that will support the development of a future taxonomic independent community index (TICI)…

STEM-PD continues its journey toward phase 2

A cell therapy for Parkinson's disease will continue toward phase 2 clinical trials. Associate Professor Agnete Kirkeby led its preclinical development.

New article by Johannes Riber in the Norwegian Naval Journal

Johannes Riber, lieutenant commander and postdoc/researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, has published the article "Er den fleksible flåde stadig en succes for Danmark?" (Is the flexible fleet still a success for…

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Artificial Intelligence visits CECS students

On 28 April 2026, Italian parliamentarian Frederica Onori, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Artificial Intelligence, conducted an official visit to Copenhagen and gave a guest lecture in CECS…

PRIVACY-workshop at Computer, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels

During the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) annual conference in Brussels, Privacy Studies Journal and the centre, hosted a workshop on online and offline privacy practices.

Annual bird trip to Fyn and Sprogø

In late May 2026, the annual Avian Influenza Epidemiology Group bird trip went to the island of Fyn (Funen) to learn about and experience pheasant rearing in Denmark.

Call for Abstracts: XIX Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) is organizing the XIX edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability.

The social competences of companion cats

A representative study of the welfare of cats in single versus multi-cat households.

Frontiers of Science: Søren Fournais and Jan Philip Solovej

Søren Fournais and Jan Philip Solovej receive the 2026 Frontiers of Science Award at the International Congress of Basic Science in August in recognition of the results published in their joint article “The energy of…

VOLT at Pint of Science 2026

VOLT – Center for Volatile Interactions hosted an inspiring Pint of Science 2026 evening featuring talks on climate change, environmental consciousness, marine ecosystems, and the global importance of mosses.

Unexpected metabolic complexity sustains early development

Work from the Żylicz Group published in Cell Stem Cell challenges the long-standing view that the embryo undergoes a simple metabolic switch, from oxygen-dependent metabolism toward increased reliance on glucose.

Warming oceans can disrupt coral oxygen supply and trigger coral death

A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that marine heatwaves can disrupt microscopic moving structures on the surface of corals that support oxygen uptake.

Sven Harnung died on May 11.

Sven Harnung died on May 11. Sven’s funeral is on Saturday, May 23rd at 2 pm from the Chapel, Hørsholm Cemetery

New CMS Report on the implications of climate change for Danish defence policy

The report examines, how climate change will affect the Danish Armed Forces' establishments and analyses the need for climate adaptation in Danish defence policy, both locally, nationally and through international…

New Danish super material will improve the competitiveness of Danish industry

New Danish super material will improve the competitiveness of Danish industry.