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Vitamin B12 deficiency could become a widespread health challenge

As we focus on changing dietary habits and increasing the supply of plant-based foods, we must ensure that a healthy nutritional profile follows, believes tenure-track assistant professor of dairy microbiology and plant…

Best Paper Award

The Kjaergaard Group received the annual Best Paper Award from the Department of Chemistry.

IST Distinguished Professor

Vitor Cardoso was appointed as IST Distinguished Professor, a distinction awarded by the President of Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. The honour is confered upon faculty and researchers whose work had a profound…

Strong PhD Day

The Strong Group held a vibrant PhD Day May 12, at the Arbejdermuseet / The Workers Museum in central Copenhagen. The event joined the entire group and a number of visitors, and the day was filled with talks by all the…

Leading mathematician wants to solve the riddle of a million quantum particles

One of Europe’s leading mathematicians - Professor Søren Fournais of the University of Copenhagen – is dedicating the next five years to understanding a mysterious quantum phenomenon through extremely complex equations.…

Two Visiting Professors in May

We have the pleasure of welcoming two visiting professors: Leonardo Gualtieri, Professor at University of Pisa, who will visit the Strong Group from May 14-22, 2023, and Scott A. Hughes, Professor at MIT, who will visit…

Visit of the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Our research group recently hosted a visit from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Can you date more than one chatbot at a time?

Feature article by Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen (Department of Political Science), Professor Anders Søgaard, Professor Sune Lehmann and Professor Michael Bang Petersen in Politiken on 10 May 2023.

Dags Olsteins

Cryogenic On-Chip Multiplexing Using SAG Nanowires Academic advisor: Thomas Sand Jespersen

Danish innovation to convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

Is it fair? Algorithms and asylum seekers

Europe is experimenting with the application of automated decision-making to manage asylum and migration processes.

Nearby galaxies help astronomers understand distant galaxies

In a newly published study researchers show how the amount of light that escapes from a galaxy is connected to its physical properties. The result has implication for how we interpret observations of galaxies in the…

UCPH FOOD is leading a project that will convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into valuable seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

Science.ku.dk: Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Press release from Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen on DynaMo centers latest research, which was published in Nature.…

Spaghetti-armed egghead strives to move people with facts

Hans Henrik Bruun is an especially active voice of reason in public discourse about the present and future of Danish nature. Whenever engaging, he often greets strong emotions with facts. This year's recipient of…

Spaghetti-armed egghead strives to move people with facts

Hans Henrik Bruun is an especially active voice of reason in public discourse about the present and future of Danish nature. Whenever engaging, he often greets strong emotions with facts. This year's recipient of…

Videnskab.dk: Dansk opdagelse åbner for »kæmpe uudnyttet potentiale« på rapsmarker

In this Videnskab.dk press release Professor Barbara Ann Halkier from DynaMo Center talk about the latest breakthrough research, which was published in Nature. The journalist is Lise Brix from Videnskab.dk…

Workshop hosted at CAB: Leica THUNDER Imager Live Cell

CAB hosts a workshop in collaboration with Triolab AS and Leica Microsystems, where Leica's THUNDER Imager Live Cell will be presented. Times are available on May 23 - 25 & May 30 - June 1.

Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Half of plant proteins in the EU come from rapeseed plants. Until now, the plant has only been used for oil and animal feed, as it is both bitter and unsafe for human consumption. In a new study published in Nature,…

Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Half of plant proteins in the EU come from rapeseed plants. Until now, the plant has only been used for oil and animal feed, as it is both bitter and unsafe for human consumption. In a new study published in Nature,…

Incredible bacterium can transfer its genes into plants and give them superpowers

Humans have bred for desirable plant and animal traits for millennia by selecting and crossing their offspring. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen are taking a natural shortcut to promote beneficial change…

Incredible bacterium can transfer its genes into plants and give them superpowers

Humans have bred for desirable plant and animal traits for millennia by selecting and crossing their offspring. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen are taking a natural shortcut to promote beneficial change…

Call for Abstracts - Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability: Arctic Special Edition

The Climate Arctic Governance research network (CArGo) is organizing a special edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability with focus on the Arctic. The event will take place in a…

High-throughput experiments might ensure a better diagnosis of hereditary diseases

All human beings are genetically very similar, sharing approx. 99.9% of the DNA code. The remaining 0.1% explains the natural differences between people, including our predisposition to hereditary diseases. Although…