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The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene

Associate Professor Mikael Carleheden and PhD student Nikolaj Schultz have published the article ‘The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene: A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts’ in…

Vibrating trucks searched for Denmark's future underground CO2 storage sites

Seismic studies of the deep soil layers in northwest Zealand will help researchers locate soil formations suitable for storing captured CO2 in the near future. The University of Copenhagen is supplying academic expertis…

MATRIX annual meeting

We have found a date for the next annual MATRIX meeting!

Ian Padilla Gay

Neutrino Flavor Conversion in Dense Astrophysical Environments Supervisor: Prof. Irene Tamborra

Speech by Head of Department Svend Christensen for PLEN's 10-year anniversary

PLEN celebrated 10 years of science, education and collaboration in agricultural science, biotechnology and environmental sciences at University of Copenhagen on 14 October 2022. In his anniversary speech, Professor…

AU recruits PhD Student Julie E. Andersen

Julie just started in Prof. Anne Windings group.

Congratulations with the PhD degree Christa

The structure-function relationship in the Nitrate and Peptide Transporter Family’

John R. Weaver

COSMOS2020: Insights into Galaxy Assembly and Evolution over the First 10 Billion Years Supervisor: Professor Sune Toft

Translational AML trial improves clinical outcome and identifies novel drugs for future treatment

The LD-VenEx trial exemplifies the vast potential of clinical trials integrating translational research programs, says research group leader Kim Theilgaard-Mönch. In a large investigator-initiated trial, clinicians form…

Faster knowledge of side effects via artificial intelligence

Together with the Danish Medicines Agency and Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Department of Computer Science is launching a three-year research project whose goal is to ensure faster and better knowledge about side…

Parents’ weight status plays a key role in whether or not their children become overweight and obese

In Denmark, more and more people suffer from overweight and obesity. A new study suggests that children with parents with obesity begin to develop overweight and obesity at earlier ages than children with parents with…

Webinar with Associate Professor Nick Bell, University of Nottingham, UK.

in the network for health and biosecurity under the Danish cattle research coordination committee, we were pleased to have held an open webinar, which can be seen on video.

Climate change likely increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan

From mid-June until the end of August 2022, large parts of Pakistan experienced record-breaking monsoonal rainfall, leading to large parts of the country being flooded.

Not all covid-19 lockdowns improved air quality in world cities

Contrary to what one might expect, air quality did not improve during mild covid-19 lockdowns in all cities. In fact, the emission of harmful gasses from transport has in some places increased, even during stringent…

University of Copenhagen professor wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Professor Morten Meldal, of the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work with what is known as click chemistry – when a chemical…

Edis Devin Tireli and Mads Mølbak Hyttel

Title: Exploring a common solution to Dark Matter, Neutrino oscillations and Baryogenesis of the Universe: Displaced Heavy Neutral Lepton searches at the Large Hadron Collider Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Oleg Ruchayskiy

Mexicans should consume less ultra-processed products – especially pregnant women

Ultra-processed products negatively impact Mexican pregnant women, and Mexico could learn a great deal from Denmark when it comes to living a healthier life, says Adriana Granich, a Mexican epidemiologist and medical…

Søren Leth-Petersen interviewed about data management at DNRF’s annual meeting 2022

Forskerne har altid bygget videre på hinandens resultater, og i en verden, hvor forskning bliver mere og mere digital, er der brug for at gøre data nemmere at gå til. Stort set alle danske forskere vil i de kommende år…

Ethicists’ commentary on debarking of dogs

Ethical question of the month, July 2022 A provincial animal welfare agency has requested that the provincial Veterinary Registrar consider a ban on devocalization surgeries in dogs. Reasons for the request include…

Equine cardiologi meeting 2022

This year Equine cardiology meeting was held at the Panum Institute.

Interdisciplinary interactions in Bilbao – first ever Applied Hologenomic conference

In the middle of September 2022 people came from all over the world to Bilbao in the Basque Country to attend the first ever Applied Hologenomics conference. The conference consisted of three days of exchanging research…

BARC welcomes four new PhD students

BARC welcomes PhD students David Rasmussen Lolck, Hanwen Zhang, Shuyi Yan, and Joel Andersson

Boosting umami flavour to get us to love green food

With an advanced degree in food science in her back pocket, Charlotte Vinther Schmidt has secured two dream jobs as an independent food entrepreneur and a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. We interviewed the…

Framework predicts genetic diversity loss

New study published in Science with CMEC co-authorship resolves a 100 year old challenge for predicting global genetic diversity loss.