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News

Great international recognition of Torben Heick Jensen

2012.05.09 | Nyheder

Professor Torben Heick Jensen, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, has achieved great international recognition with his nomination as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). The election to EMBO is in recognition of Professor Jensen’s outstanding research within gene expression.

Royal visit to Aarhus University – two Joachims and 20,000 ants

2012.05.01 | Nyheder, export

Prins Joachim visited Aarhus University’s Silkeborg department on Friday 27 April. Senior Scientist Joachim Offenberg, Department of Bioscience, explained how weaver ants are used in ecological pest control. Read more (in Danish only).

Professor Lars Arge (centre) demonstrates how the MADALGO basic research centre uses an advanced computation model to predict how a cloudburst would affect the water level at a random spot in Denmark.

Minister for Science, Innovation and Higher Education waved goodbye to mother-in-law’s house

2012.04.27 | Nyheder, export

Minister for Science, Innovation and Higher Education Morten Østergaard was faced by facts when he visited Aarhus University for the Festival of Research. The MADALGO basic research centre and the EcoSense research group showed the minister how computer science research addresses this year’s theme – EUROPE’S CHALLENGES.

(Click on image to enlarge). The warmer it gets, the faster the life processes take place. This also applies to North Sea cod, which live in an increasingly warm environment. New research shows that climate change thus compensates for the results of overfishing. The model shows the cod’s growth before and after reaching sexual maturity. In the 1980s, the cod reached maturity at about 4 years and measured 70 cm (blue circle), after which they grew slowly (blue line). The cod now reach maturity at about 2.5 years and measure 50 cm (red circle), after which they grow faster than in the 1980s (red line). This means that older cod can actually reach the same size as they did in the 1980s. The size of the cod would have been significantly smaller if the growth rate had not increased as a result of a warmer North Sea (pink line).

Warming water temperatures provide cod as they were in the 1980s

2012.04.26 | Nyheder, export

The cod is one of the most important commercial fish species, but overfishing is making them smaller. However, new research shows that climate change and warmer sea temperatures compensate for the problem.

Calendar

Thu May 17
17:00-21:30 | 1536-001
Mathematics Canteen closed in the evening. We open again in late-August up to mid-December 2012.
Fri May 18
17:00-21:30 | 1536-001
Mathematics Canteen closed in the evening. We open again in late-August up to mid-December 2012.
Fri May 25
09:00-17:00 | Large Lecture Theatre, INCUBA Science Park, Aabogade 15
Computer Science Day
Fri May 25
18:00-19:00 | Science and Technology
Fourth quarter ends
Mon Jun 04
09:00-18:00 | Aarhus
They can work it out – without knowing the numbers
The need for being able to compute on encrypted numbers has increased at the same rate as it has become possible. A workshop on the options available is being held at Aarhus University in June.
Wed Aug 22
08:00-09:00 | Science and Technology
Commencement of studies for new students
Mon Aug 27
08:00-09:00 | Science and Technology
First quarter commences
Fri Oct 12
08:00-09:00 | Science and Technology
First quarter ends
Thu Nov 01
08:00-09:00 | Science and Technology
Second quarter commences
Wed Dec 19
08:00-09:00 | Science and Technology
Second quarter ends

Student news

Your subject portal – all study information concentrated in one place

2012.03.29 | Nyheder for studerende

From Wednesday 28 March, you can find all information about teaching, examinations, timetable, course enrolment, student counselling and career guidance, and much more at your subject portal.

Grants for studies or research in the USA

2012.02.28 | AGSoS/PhD - News, Nyheder for studerende

The Denmark-America Foundation & the Fulbright Commission offer grants to Danish citizens to undertake study or research programmes at graduate level in the USA. The grants amount to DKK 85,000–100,000.

Lecturers wanted for ‘Science pays a visit’, 24–28 September

2012.02.28 | Nyheder for studerende, Nyheder, Nyheder for ansatte

The Danish Science Week requires skilled lecturers to be part of a team giving talks about science at schools throughout Denmark from 24 to 28 September.

Staff news

ESOF 2012

2012.05.16 | AGSoS/PhD - News, Nyheder for ansatte

Vil du vide, hvad der rører sig i europæisk forskning? Vil du møde verdens førende forskere? Tag del i Europas største generelle forsknings- og forskningspolitiske konference.

Lecturers wanted for ‘Science pays a visit’, 24–28 September

2012.02.28 | Nyheder for studerende, Nyheder, Nyheder for ansatte

The Danish Science Week requires skilled lecturers to be part of a team giving talks about science at schools throughout Denmark from 24 to 28 September.

‘New’ is a key word

2012.02.24 | Nyheder for ansatte

With the university’s new structure, the academic councils have become even more important than ever, according to the chair of Science and Technology’s new Academic Council, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz.

PhD defences

Lasse Arnt Straasø

Accurate distance measurements in proteins – to improve structure determination

2012.05.24 | Ph. D. Forsvar

PhD defence, 24 May 2012, MSc Lasse Arnt Straasø. During his studies, Lasse Arnt Straasø developed new techniques for measuring distances accurately in proteins, particularly as fibrils. Fibrils originate in misfoldings of proteins and are, for stance, found to be involved in Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes II, and Creuzfeld-Jacobs disease.

Carolyn-Monika Schäfer

New advances in understanding the importance of drained peatlands for regional greenhouse gas balances

2012.05.22 | Ph. D. Forsvar

PhD defence, tuesday 22 May 2012, graduate landscape ecologist Carolyn-Monika Schäfer. During her studies, Carolyn-Monika Schäfer investigated carbon flux dynamics of drained peatlands under permanent grassland management.

Frederik Teilfeldt Hansen

Nonribosomal peptide synthetases from F. graminearum – a source for new pharmaceuticals?

2012.05.10 | Ph. D. Forsvar

PhD defence, Tuesday 15 May 2012. Frederik Teilfeldt Hansen.

Reza Sohbati OSL profiles in rock surfaces from Canyonlands National Park. According to the model, a longer exposure time would lead to the luminescence signal being zeroed deeper in the rock. By using data from a rock surface with a known exposure time of 80 years (road cut), it was possible to determine the exposure ages of two other rock surfaces, one of which is an important style in North American rock paintings.

Optically stimulated luminescence dating of rock surfaces

2012.05.08 | Ph. D. Forsvar

PhD defence, Tuesday 15 May 2012. Reza Sohbati.

Linda Rosager Duve

New research reveals that pair housing is beneficial to calves

2012.04.26 | Ph. D. Forsvar

PhD defence, Monday 14 May 2012. Linda Rosager Duve.

Jon Gade Hansted

Aggregation of whey proteins

2012.05.08 | Ph. D. Forsvar

PhD defence, Friday 11 May 2012. Jon Gade Hansted.

In the Media

Michael Jakob Voldsgaard Clausen

Unique pump in sperm cells makes a difficult journey possible

2012.05.01 | Media

In his PhD work, Michael Jakob Voldsgaard Clausen made a detailed study of a molecular pump that is essential for sperm cells and is not found in other types of cells. The job of a sperm cell is to carry genetic information from a male to a female. In order to carry out this project, the cell has to travel from the testicle to the ovary, where…

IQ: Biology

2012.02.15 | Media

Biologists are concerned about climate change impact, and they predict that a range of flora and fauna will disappear from Denmark within a few years. Hear Jens-Christian Svenning talk about climate change research at Aarhus University (in Danish only).

Play computer games and help research

2012.01.22 | Media

Jacob Sherson, postdoctoral scholar at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is developing a computer game where users can ‘play’ their way to answers to the most difficult research problems. On 17 January, he took part in Videnskabens Verden (Science World) on radio P1. Read more and hear the broadcast (in Danish only) here.

Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (from Wikimedia Commons)

Why the tsunami wave was so violent in Japan

2012.01.16 | Media

Niels Balling, Department of Geoscience, explained in the radio P1 morning programme how satellite images of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011 can tell why the tsunami wave was so violent. The topography of the sea bed plays a significant role in the development of the wave.

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Revised 2012.05.15

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