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Early forests did not change the atmospheric CO2 level very much

Earth scientists from University of Copenhagen have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet.

Newly appointed professor: Data science can save food research decades

We can potentially save decades of food research by using data science to investigate where we have the greatest chance of finding the most significant results. It is a latent game changer when we want to convince…

Researchers reject 30-year-old paradigm: The emergence of forests did not reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

For more than 30 years, researchers throughout the world have assumed that the emergence of forests on the planet reduced the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. But this is not the case, a new study concludes. The insight…

Rwandan tree carbon stock mapped from above

Breakthrough in climate change mitigation: Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed accurate nation-wide mapping of the carbon content of trees based on aerial images.

Umami is key to make plant-based Christmas dinner taste like Christmas

How do you combine plant-based foods to bring out the flavours of Christmas? A food engineer and ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen has experimented in Gastro Science Lab. Boosting of umami taste is key.

A visit from Frederiksberg Gymnasium

In late November a biotechnology class from Frederiksberg Gymnasium visited our labs and got an introduction to Evolutionary Hologenomics by researchers Caroline Winther-Have and Morten Limborg. The feedback from the…

Human empathy makes us better at understanding animal sounds

Those who do well on human empathy tests are also measurably better at decoding the emotional sounds of animals, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. Other aspects, such as age and work related to…

MIAO wins two awards for best paper in 2022

The Mathematical Insights into Algorithms for Optimization (MIAO) group, headed by Jakob Nordström in the Algorithm & Complexity Section at DIKU, has received two awards for their research on combinatorial optimization…

BARC Retreat in Romania

The retreat served as a great opportunity to explore new collaborations between members of the group, and was pivotal in giving our researchers time to work on topics for the next FOCS deadline in April 2023. …

DISTRACT researchers receive Carlsberg grant to develop the Ethnoplatform

DISTRACT PhD August Lohse and professor Morten Axel Pedersen have been awarded a Research Infrastructure Grant from the Carlsberg Foundation to develop the Ethnoplatform - an open-source and easy-to-use digital tool fo…

How do Danish app-companies gather user-data?

PhD fellow Eva Iris Otto presented at the event "DataBeers" on the 30th of November. The title for the talk was “How do Danish app-companies gather user-data?”. Read more about the DataBeers events on their twitter…

New CMS Report: Climatising Security Policy

How have the political discourses about climate change influenced security policies? New CMS report investigates the emerging international landscape on ‘climatising’ security policies that Denmark must navigate.

New position(s) as data manager in the Data Lab

Data lab looking for 1-2 advisers to work with the complexity of information security and risk assessment

SODAS researchers receive Carlsberg grant to develop the Ethnoplatform

SODAS PhD August Lohse and professor Morten Axel Pedersen have received a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation to develop the Ethnoplatform

First local workshop and meet-up in Norway

“Biodiversity and well-being implications of climate change for coastal Saami in Northern Norway” in Porsanger, Norway.

Most colors are eco criminals: Here’s how to make purple greener

The colors of our clothes, cosmetics, furniture and all sorts of things around us are nearly all based on crude oil, making them far from environmentally innocent. UCPH researchers have teamed up with Danish company…

Most colors are eco criminals: Here’s how to make purple greener

The colors of our clothes, cosmetics, furniture and all sorts of things around us are nearly all based on crude oil, making them far from environmentally innocent. UCPH researchers have teamed up with Danish company…

Hanna Krystyna Salamon

Title: Novel nanophotonic interface for droplet GaAs quantum dots Supervisors: Peter Lodahl, Alexey Tiranov

Student project grants 2022/2023

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Gene targeting in cell lines

Here we apply apply our expertise in CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to cell lines. We can now help you generating your new in vitro experimental system by knocking out your gene of interest, or introducing point…

Newsletter from AEM

Please read the whole newsletter here. Visit by the AAALAC accreditation panel All project plans are valid for two years after which they must be renewed Information from suppliers of animals Price adjustments from…

Astronomers discover enigmatic cosmic explosion

Astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute played an important role in the study that may lead us to revise our theories about these violent events.

The wealthier we become, the fewer homemade meals we eat

The wealthier we are, the less time we spend cooking and washing up. This is demonstrated by a global megatrend, now investigated by a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. The trend applies to Danes as well, who…

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…