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Presentation at the first conference of the Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network (ECMN)

The RurbanClimate project was represented at the ECMN conference in Vienna in July 2023 through a presentation on Africa's small towns as sustainable centres for environmental mobilities.

Seminar on Automated Genotyping

Seminar Details: Date: Thursday, October 26 Time 12:45-14:00 (start 13:00) Location: Dam Auditorium, Panum, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen N Speakers: Daniel Gercke, Inside Account Specialist - Europe David…

The Novo Nordisk foundation NMR facility at the Department of Chemistry

On the 22. September there was the inauguration of the Novo Nordisk Foundation NMR facility at the Department of Chemistry. Center head Prof. Mikael Bols presented the new facility for interested users.

Astronomy on Tap

Jose Ezquiaga and Vitor Cardoso were the guest speakers at Astronomy on Tap, at Huset in Copenhagen. They had a full house to listen to the latest and not-so-latest news on black holes and gravitational waves. At half…

Racetrack visit

The cardiac group visit the racetrack in Copenhagen to study horseracing and potential paraoxysmal atrial fibrillation candidates. Post doc Arnela Saljic gives the flowers to the winning horse.

Modern blockchain technology to become our weapon in the green transition

Greenwashing scams, murky networks and poor oversight cloud the experiences of climate-conscious consumers and investors. Research from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that we can create transparency in supply…

The increasing carbon footprint of AI is a challenge. Here is what we can do about it

Smart AI solutions have plenty of advantages, but they do not come free of cost for the environment. Luckily, t is possible to adjust the resource consumption of AI methods and make them more climate-friendly.

Oliver August Dall’Alba Sandberg

Quantum: Illuminated - Theory of light-matter interaction for quantum enhanced technologies Supervisor: Prof. Anders S. Sørensen

Postdoc: We must not forget humans in our effort to protect animals and nature 

The practice of nature conservation has historically oppressed people to protect nature. We need nature conservation to take cultural diversity as well as biodiversity into account, says postdoc Federica Bocchi.

Strong co-organized Summer School on gravitational waves

Gravitational Wave Astrophysics is at the dawn of what will become one of the greatest scientific endeavors of the 21st century. The Nobel Prize winning first detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO-Virgo…

Tetyana Pitik

High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Astrophysical Transients Supervisor: Prof. Irene Tamborra

Improving Openness in Animal Research in Denmark

About this event For more information and registration, please go to the event web page. Date and time Wed, 8 Nov 2023 12:00 - 16:00 CET Location The Adolf Hannover Auditorium Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences…

Eliot Bohr

Exploring superradiance for enhanced sensors Supervisor: Prof. Jörg Helge Müller

Helle Martens in podcast

Associate Professor Helle Martens joined an episode of a podcast series about plants.

VÍCTOR BRANCO VALERA BACA

The particle physics discovery potential in the ultra-high-energy neutrino era Supervised by: Mauricio Bustamante

Course on Black holes and Gravitational Waves

If you are interested please fill black hole course Lecturers: Jose Maria Ezquiaga, Maarten van de Meent Placement: Block 4 Credits: 7.5 ECTS Evaluation: exercises + research project Course description: Black holes are…

Awards

PhD student Melodie Schneider wins the best oral presentation and PhD student Simon Haugaard wins best poster presentation at the International Academy of Cardiovascular Science in Rumainia.

Meghana Killi

Morphology and Spectroscopy of Highredshift Galaxies - Galaxy evolution through multi-wavelength observations Supervisor: Darach Watson

The project's PhD students and postdocs

Training of four PhD students is an important and integrated part of the RurbanClimate research project. This is a presentation of the research of the PhD students as well as two postdocs affiliated to RurbanClimate.

Behind the scenes of a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of normal motor control, leading to rigidity, slow movements, tremor, and difficulties walking.

A research agenda for continuity of chronic health care for forcibly displaced persons

On 14 September 2023, University of Copenhagen’s School of Global Health hosted a symposium on the topic of ‘Continuity of chronic healthcare among forcibly displaced persons’.

Ancient technology turns plant-based cheese into 'something we want to eat'

To produce plant-based cheeses that feel and taste like dairy cheese, scientists have their sights set on fermentation. In a new research result, University of Copenhagen scientists demonstrate the potential of…

Ancient technology turns plant-based cheese into 'something we want to eat'

To produce plant-based cheeses that feel and taste like dairy cheese, scientists have their sights set on fermentation. In a new research result, University of Copenhagen scientists demonstrate the potential of…

MATRIX annual meeting November 23

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