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Double degree PhD student Ludovica Preite

Ludovica Preite has started as a new PhD student at the University of Sydney and University of Copenhagen, in a double PhD degree position.

Carsten Kirkeby presents HPAI research at Nordic Poultry Conference 2025

Earlier this month, Carsten Kirkeby from Copenhagen University gave a plenary presentation at the Nordic Poultry Conference 2025 in Oslo, hosted by the Norwegian Poultry Association. The presentation, titled “HPAIV…

National Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology SIM 2025

Sally Waheed Yousief presented a poster at the National Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM 2025, Catania, 19–22 September)

STAPHGBI2025

Sally Waheed Yousief presented at the Staphylococcus Great Britain and Ireland (StaphGBI) 2025 Conference (Leicester, 24–25 June)

Symposium Recap: Vector-borne Diseases in a Changing World

Local and international researchers and professionals gathered in the historic Festauditorium at the University of Copenhagen for an international symposium on the challenges and opportunities related to vector-borne…

1st PAIR Project Scientific Meeting

Yangfan Liu (UCPH) presented her work on the PANRISK spatiotemporal prediction model for avian influenza in wild birds, poultry and the environment.

Nordfugl October 2025

The Avian Influenza Epidemiology group hosted the annual Nordfugl online seminar on 1 October 2025.

Stored for 130 years: Bottles reveal evidence of Danish butter production and hygiene practices of the past

Two forgotten bottles in a basement in Frederiksberg containing bacterial cultures from the 1890s have provided researchers at the University of Copenhagen with unique insight into Denmark's butter production history.…

NIVI Research Center welcomes Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity (NIVI) welcomes Professor Professor Jan Pravsgaard Christensen, who has joined NIVI Research Center and the Airway Immunity group.

Interaction between cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes and chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can lead to cirrhosis and cancer of the liver, and new knowledge suggests that chronic virus infections can promote arteriosclerosis, insulin resistance and increased mortality due to…

Young Researchers at the 11th International Symposium on Avian Influenza in Canada

From June 24 to 26, the 11th International Symposium on Avian Influenza took place in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, gathering leading scientists, veterinarians, biologists, medical researchers, and…

Vaccine disguised as a virus tricks the body into stronger immunity

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn’t just face masks that became part of everyday conversation - so did a new vaccine technology: the mRNA vaccine. As the first of its kind, the COVID-19 vaccine was developed using…

NIVI Research Center welcomes Henrik Nyhus Kløverpris

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Henrik Nyhus Kløverpris who has joined NIVI Research Center.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Mustafa Ghanizada

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Mustafa Ghanizada, MD who has joined NIVI Research Center.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Professor Søren Buus

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity welcomes Professor Søren Buus who is joining NIVI Research Center and the Airway Immunology Research group.

NIVI Research Center welcomes Leader of Formulation Sciences and Devices Group

VACCINES The Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative for Vaccines and Immunity is pleased to welcome Joanna Rejman as Leader of NIVI Research Center’s Formulation Sciences and Devices group.

ISIM researchers aim to develop the world’s first hepatitis C vaccine

A Grand Solutions Grant worth DKK 15.7 million from Innovation Fund Denmark will help bring groundbreaking Danish vaccine candidate to clinical trials.

One step closer to the world’s first hepatitis C vaccine

A Grand Solutions Grant worth DKK 15.7 million from Innovation Fund Denmark will help bring groundbreaking Danish vaccine candidate to clinical trials.

Bacteria Use Ancient War Trick to Outsmart Viruses – and It Could Help Us Fight Superbugs

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming—who famously used enemy…

The Avian Influenza Epidemiology Group participated in the annual SVEPM conference in Berlin, Germany.

Yangfan Liu presented her work on “Quantifying the risk of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus spillover from wild birds to poultry farms in the Danish context”. Sandra Carapeto gave a poster pitch on “A Simulation…

Soerensen A et al. PLoS Pathog 21: e1012428, 2025

Team EPITOPE paper published

Visit from the University of Georgia and SSI

On March 3 to 7, Professor Justin Bahl and PhD student Sachin Subedi from the University of Georgia visited the avian influenza epidemiology group at UCPH together with Lasse Engbo Christiansen and Kaare Græsbøll from…

Hatching new insights: Yangfan Liu’s avian influenza modelling study published

We are proud to share that Yangfan Liu’s study, "The role of wild birds in transmitting highly pathogenic avian influenza in Denmark: An exploration using a spatiotemporal model" has been published in the journal…

Kasper Haldrup Björnsson

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen