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A successful online PhD course on the method Photovoice

The past month Y-ENGAGE facilitated a tailored PhD course intended to support our PhD students in aligning their Photovoice study designs with their particular research objectives.

Extraction of biofilm matrix for proteomic analyses - A proof-of-concept study

Project type: Master In nature, the predominant lifestyle of bacteria is living in polymicrobial communities. Most bacteria live in so-called biofilm communities in which cells are embedded in a self-produced…

Investigating anti-predator properties of bacterial multispecies biofilm communities

Project Type: Master In nature, microorganisms such as bacteria, archaea, fungi, or single-celled eukaryotes live and interact in various microenvironments. These inter-microbial interactions impact fitness and survival…

Labour augmentation with oxytocin in low and lower-middle income countries

New systematic review by Monica Kujabi et al. sheds light on the massive over-use of oxytocin in many resource-constrained settings

Scientists remove yeast cell's sex drive and turn it into a cannabis tracker

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Science have modified a yeast cell to sense the active substances in cannabis and get it to turn red when it does. The result paves the way for more actors to…

Risk and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

The study identified five key themes in the experiences of people living with chronic illnesses during the pandemic: wellbeing, normality, healthcare access, coping resources, and meaningfulness.

Multiple Perspectives, Cultivating Communities: Reflections on the NEEDS 2022 Conference

Disaster Studies is a growing multidisciplinary field that continues to produce diverse – and often competing or contrasting – perspectives on how disasters are conceptualized and addressed. The Northern European…

New gene technology is able to predict the effect of treatment on the individual breast cancer patient

How do you know whether breast cancer treatment will be able to cure the individual patient? New gene technology can tell us, and it may prove vital to patients.

Introducing Azadeh Shahsavar

Azadeh Shahsavar is a newly appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology.

Searching the formula of happiness in times of war

Being granted a fellowship for displaced Ukrainian scholars, Iryna Ignatenko will spend a year at the Department of Anthropology looking into ‘Danish happiness’.

Learning how to grow super mushrooms, with termites as teachers

Termites have cultivated and eaten them for 30 million years. This incredible mushroom has more protein than chicken, soy and corn, but has yet to be grown by humans. By imitating termites, scientists at the University…

All project plans are valid for two years after which they must be renewed

All project plans beginning with a P- or A-number lower than these will be invalid, which means that you cannot order animals or begin a new experiment. Therefore, if your project plan will or has expired, you need to…

Obituary: Siri Tellier (2 April 1946 – 19 October 2022)

Global health and the Section of Global Health at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen has lost an inspiring scholar and infatigable spokeswoman for health and human rights.

Improving the efforts to support families in humanitarian crises

New research project sets out to evaluate the Nurturing Families intervention - a scalable, multi-sectoral, component-based intervention for families experiencing multiple difficulties.

New study maps the development of the 20 most common psychiatric disorders

Nearly half of all psychiatric patients get a different diagnose within 10 years. New figures for diagnoses will help predict the course of psychiatric illnesses.

Parkinson’s patients have increased risk of cavities and tooth extraction

We typically associate Parkinson’s disease with symptoms such as tremors, impaired balance, and joint stiffness. But with the diagnosis also come various oral health issues, new research reveals.

Psychology professor: Experiences in Virtual Reality can motivate us to climate action

Most people see the need for a green transition, but our actions do not always follow suit, says professor in psychology Guido Makransky.

Psychology professor: Experiences in Virtual Reality can motivate us to climate action

Most people see the need for a green transition, but our actions do not always follow suit, says professor in psychology Guido Makransky.

Major discovery about mammalian brains surprises researchers

In a new breakthrough to understand more about the mammalian brain, University of Copenhagen researchers have made an incredible discovery. Namely, a vital enzyme that enables brain signals is switching on and off at…

New podcast about research capacity development and environmental health in Zanzibar

A new podcast series from the University of Copenhagen about research capacity development and environmental health in Zanzibar.

Parasite visualization workshop

Five-day workshop at NMIMR 21-25/11/2022

Pushing the Boundaries in Disaster Studies: Reflections from the NEEDS 2022 PhD Workshop

Integrated in this year's Northern European Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) Conference in Copenhagen, there was a two-day PhD Workshop which took place between October 31 and November 1.

NMIMR Annual Research Meeting

CMP scientists at the NMIMR ARM 17-18/11/2022

Anna Kathrine Okholm

Cand. scient. (Molecular Biomedicine), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen