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As from 1 January 2012, as a result of a merger process, University of Copenhagen now has two new super faculties. The new Faculty of Science...
The Danish National Advanced Tecnology Foundation is donating 112 million Danish kroner for a new platform which brings together Denmark’s...
DIET
A new research project conducted at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, shows that dietary fibres from brown...
Will there be a climate deal at the COP17 in Durban? Get the daily news from our reporter Walid, from the Forest and Nature Management MSc...
We often read warnings against eating too much animal fat. A study from LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences has compared the cholesterol content...
The most objective mapping of cell state
Metabolomics is an effective and exploratory tool for analysing cell metabolites in humans, animals...
TEDDY SURGERY
Training basic surgical techniques on toy animals before having to perform operations on living animals makes veterinary...
Niels Elers Koch has been temporarily appointed to the post as dean by Rector Ralf Hemmingsen in the transition period from 1 January to 31...
Denmark’s first research-based therapy garden will soon be opened. The Healing Forest Garden Nacadia, which is being built at Hørsholm...
Professor Wilhelm Gruissem from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and Professor Ian Baldwin from the Max...
On Friday 14 October, the Faculty of Life Sciences paid its respect to one of the greatest environmental campaigners of our time, the Kenyan...
POLLUTION - New doctoral thesis documents that industrial chemicals are transported from the industrialised world to the Arctic via air and...
LIFE is launching a unique project, Hemmelighedsfulde Haver, Mysterious Gardens, that will open up the little secrets that are hidden in nature....
MERGER - The University of Copenhagen Board has given Rector Ralf Hemmingsen and the University’s deans a mandate to explore the...
We are getting more and more obese. Since the 1980s, the incidence of obesity has seen an increase of almost 75%, which means that today 10%...
IMMUNOLOGY In a new project, researchers from LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen – document that the vesicular...
Efficient handling of extreme precipitation, treatment of water from agricultural fields, reclaimed water for food production, new...
This year, LIFE has admitted 283 international MSc students from a total of 60 countries. This is the result of LIFE receiving a record...
The Center for Advanced Bioimaging has now been inaugurated at LIFE – the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. The centre...
With the purpose of establishing a new collaboration within the research area "Renewable Energy and Environment" the Danish Research Council...
Professor Rasmus Bro from Department of Food Science at LIFE- Faculty of Life Sciences has received an award of DKK 15,000 from His Royal...
FOOD AND LIFESTYLE
Researchers from LIFE – The Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen and partners in Sweden, Norway and Finland...
Coming eye to eye with the forest
The Danish Nature Agency in northern Zealand and Forest & Landscape Danish Forestry College welcome you...
The arboretum opened in 1936, and ever since the collection of trees, bushes and shrubs have inspired nature-lovers,...
Recent newspaper headline: “German dioxin in the Danish chicken production”. We are constantly reminded about the fact that today’s food sector...
Never before have so many Danish and European students applied for admission to LIFE’s MSc programmes as this year. This is clear already now,...
Researchers from LIFE – the Faculty of Life Sciences and collaborators have shown how copper affects the formation of senile plaques in the...
Café Væksthuset opens its doors on Monday 28 March 2011 - a sign that Spring is finally on its way!
Read the programme for the opening (in...
When the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) Veterinary Teaching Hospital officially opens on 17 March, Denmark will have one of Europe’s most...
Best Teacher of the Year Award ‘Den Gyldne Tyr’ 2011 went to Professor Lars-Inge Larsson, Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences at...
Henrik Zobbe, PhD in agricultural politics and Head of Department at Institute of Food and Resource Economics at LIFE- Faculty of Life Sciences...
On the occasion of LIFE’s 153rd anniversary, the Union of Natural Resource Students presented the International Grant for Natural Resource...
On Friday 4 March, 150 upper secondary school students from all over Denmark met Danish Minister for Health, Bertel Haarder and nutrition...
Researchers from LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences have just published a study showing that a high protein intake markedly strengthens certain...
LIFE’s emerging elite research area within nanobioscience and biophysics: Biological phenomena measuring 1-100 nanometres are the focal point of...
Researchers from LIFE -Faculty of Life Sciences and experts from dairy giant Arla Foods will be working together to strengthen Denmark’s...
The veterinary study programme at LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences has obtained accreditation from EAEVE - European Association of Establishments...
Associate Professor Bjarne W. Strobel, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment, and the group behind the international MSc programme...
The Faculty’s student organisation, The LIFE Students’ Association, in Danish abbreviated DSR, was presented with the International Study...
THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIET STUDY: If you want to lose weight or avoid gaining weight, you should cut down on finely refined starch calories...
Agricultural Transformation by Innovation (AgTraIn) is a three-year world-class Joint Doctoral Programme offered by a consortium of six...
University of Copenhagen is strengthening plant sciences and gathering researchers from three faculties in one new collective Copenhagen Plant...
The Scandinavian School of Brewing (SSB) and the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) at the University of Copenhagen are offering a joint master...
Co-owner of the world’s best restaurant Noma, Danish Chef Claus Meyer, and leading obesity scientist, Arne Astrup from LIFE- Faculty of Life...
A new Danish study from LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen shows that the parasitic disease, commonly known as...
For many years, LIFE has opened its doors on the Copenhagen Night of Culture.
This year we open the doors to the Faculty under the heading:...
Dr Sue from Canada recently visited the research supermarket set up in connection with the OPUS research project at LIFE, Faculty of Life...
Forest and Landscape at LIFE has now moved from Hørsholm to their new building at Rolighedsvej 23 at Frederiksberg Campus.
The...
Assoc. Professor Carmen Nieves Mortensen, The Danish Seed Health Centre for Developing Countries (DSHC), has been appointed as adjunct professor...
The colourful garment, the sari, which is worn by the majority of women in South-East Asia may be a powerful tool in the fight to save...
For almost ten years, Forest & Landscape at LIFE,- Faculty of Life Sciences has provided forestry consultation to FAO, thereby assisting...
On 17 August 2010, the information campaign "The World's Best News" was launched by Danish Minister for Development Mr. Søren Pind at a large...
University of Copenhagen moves up to a position as number 7 in Europe in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and is also number 7...
The effects of an editorial by University of Copenhagen weight-loss researcher Arne Astrup can be felt on the US stock market.
Following an...
Students from 39 countries take part in introduction course at LIFE
Again this year, Study and Students’ Affairs at LIFE are organising a 4-week...
LIFE now offers 8 PhD scholarships within Climate Change; Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation.
Read more.
Again this year, University of Copenhagen ranks high on The Scientist’s survey of Best Places to Work in Academia. The survey is announced in...
The 2010 FONASO application call opened. Submission deadline 1 October 2010.
FONASO (Forest and Nature for Society) is a...
Enjoy the summer at Café Væksthuset: delicious food, jazz and a great atmosphere among the summer flowers
Café Væksthuset will be laying...
The production and use of commercial fertilisers and animal waste is contributing significantly to global warming and the pollution of our...
“If the Mau Forest is destroyed, Kenya will die.” This is the stark message of the scientist and Nobel Peace Prizewinner Professor Wangari...
Climate and agricultural researchers, policy makers, donors, and development agencies, both governmental and non-governmental, from all over the...
The Danish Prime Minister invited international students who have been given the so-called COP15 scholarships to his office for coffee. Among...
In connection with the official Russian state visit to Denmark on 28 April, Rector Ralf Hemmingsen signed an exchange agreement between the...
LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen have added two new research-based MSc programmes, in Gastronomy & Health and...
A new analysis of international obesity research, ScienceWatch from Thomson Reuters, places Professor, Doctor of Medicine Arne Astrup from...
Participate in the Open Film Competition 2010 presented by LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The winner of the first...
One of the signs of spring is the opening of the popular Café Væksthuset in LIFE's gardens. The café, which was voted the Best New Café in...
In the last weekend of March, the LIFE greenhouses will once again be open to the public.
Last year – in 2009 – the event was cancelled...
Professor Arne Astrup from LIFE- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen has been awarded LIFE’s Innovation Prize 2010 for his...
At the celebration of the 152nd anniversary of LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences on 8 March 2010, the Union of Natural Resource Students (FN)...
LIFE- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen is investing in a new research facility that will further enhance its reputation and...
Former CEO of Danisco A/S, Mogens Granborg, has been attached to LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen as a special adviser...
Welcome to Biotech Breakfast on the occasion of LIFE's anniversary
On 8 March, LIFE celebrates its 152nd anniversary, and all students and...
As a follow-up to a report just published by the Danish National IT and Telecom Agency, the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and...
LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences offers unique distance learning in English which is accessible anywhere and at any time all over the world. This...
As of 1 April 2010, Erik Bisgaard Madsen has been appointed Associate Dean for Research at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE),...
A new international network will train food scientists to take due account of social and environmental aspects when developing new processes for...
LIFE- Faculty of Life Sciences introduces language certification of their lecturers
As the first faculty at the University of Copenhagen,...
15 Minutes of Brain (Hjerne for en aften)
On 20 November the 15 Minutes of Brain contest took place at LIFE
THE WINNERS OF LIFE BRAIN 2009...
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) again lists University of Copenhagen as number 8 in Europe. At the same time the University...
New global research programme to combat climate change – with Danish key role
Future climate change increasingly threatens the global food...
On 30 October 2009, LIFE- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen will focus on Agribusiness and Economic Development at a...
A working group recommends:
A new interdisciplinary instrument centre, strategic academic leadership, an international research elite, a...
Concerts, light show in the beautiful campus garden, the taste of chocolate, apples and ice cream and the smell of dead animals and autumn...
Potential international MSc and PhD students at LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen, and their families, can now...
August 25-27, 2010, the 3rd International Symposium “Seed Health in Agricultural Development” will be held in Beijing, China.
Read more...
International panel ranks Danish food research among the best in the world
An international panel of 13 reputable researchers praises...
Guinea pigs - like humans - are dependent on getting sufficient vitamin C through their diet. Studies show that new-born guinea pigs...
CPH Campus Race 2009 on 18 September 2009Sign up now – registration is open and free!Create a team consisting of five of your friends and...
Researchers from within the fields of science, the arts and theology add new perspectives to the climate change debate with the publication of...
This year marks 150 years since the publication of Darwin’s seminal work On the Origin of Species which revolutionised biology. 2009 also marks...
Professor Arne Astrup is stepping down as president of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, IASO, to focus on new large...
A recent survey has ranked University of Copenhagen third on a list of the most desirable workplaces among natural science students.
The...
Researchers from LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen are working on a promising research project that seems to...
A list that has just been published by Times Higher Education Supplement shows that Denmark is number seven on a list of top 10 countries in...
Festival of Research at The City Hall Square in Copenhagen on 23 and 24 April at 10-17
University of Copenhagen and the City of...
LIFE's campus café, café Væksthuset, that was last year voted the best new café in Copenhagen, opens again on 1 April.
The café is situated...
Yesterday, the International Scientific Congress Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions, which was held by University of...
The 2009 Best Places to Work survey in The Scientist places the University of Copenhagen second on a top ten list of the international research...
300 students from more than 40 nations will meet in Copenhagen on 10 March and for three days create their own energy and climate future...
Enhanced quality of LIFE through Nordic food
The world’s largest research project into children’s health and well-being will help solve...
The IARU International Congress on Climate Change will present ways to end the present political debate regarding the role of forests in...
According to a list of top institutions in agricultural sciences based on impact compiled by Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators...
Faculty of Life Sciences in transatlantic collaboration that will fight malnutrition and lifestyle diseases
How can we develop...
Agricultural Sciences and Plant & Animal Sciences in Denmark are doing very well compared to the rest of the world
Data on...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Try your hand at our great Christmas quiz, and find out if you are smarter than your friends...
8,900 Danish schoolchildren behind new research findings:
New knowledge: Girls have a better sense of taste than boys. Every third child of...
The Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen, co-ordinates two Erasmus Mundus MSc programmes...
New research at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen shows that dark chocolate is far more filling than milk...
More than 100 international scientists, NGO representatives and decision makers discuss recommendations to the Danish Government’s Africa...
Associated Professor, DSc Barbara Ann Halkier, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE),...
Vice Chancellor and President of The University of South Australia, Peter Høj is appointed Honorary Doctor at Faculty of Life Sciences...
Professor Ylva Ardö, Faculty of Life Sciences, has been granted the prestigious 2008 IDF Award for her significant contribution to dairy...
To meet the increasing demand for higher education courses on climate change, University of Copenhagen is now offering a new interdisciplinary...
In the presence of the Danish Queen and the Prince Consort, the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, will sign...
According to trials, a new obesity drug, Tesofensine, which may be launched on the world market in a few years, can produce weight loss...
University of Copenhagen is the only Nordic university on the top 50 of the world’s best universities according to the 2008 edition of Times...
On Friday 10 October after dark you will be able experience the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) and an impressive number of other cultural and...
Four African students have come to Denmark to study tropical forestry at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, through...
Two of LIFE's strategic research inititives, ViVa and Fuel for Life, are taking part in University of Copenhagen's stand at CopenMind in the...
The Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Eva Kjer Hansen will visit the Faculty of Life Sciences on Monday 25 August.
Her...
University of Copenhagen is ranked number 8 in Europe and number 45 worldwide in the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by...
New PhD project studies how having flowers and green plants indoors affects people’s well-being.
Department of Agriculture and Ecology at...
New professor in Molecular Plant Breeding
Søren K. Rasmussen has been appointed to a new professorship in Molecular Plant Breeding at...
The scientific journal Obesity Reviews is now the highest ranked scientific journal in the world within the field of nutritional science...
Copenhagen’s latest café is situated in beautiful surroundings at Frederiksberg Campus. A cool place to have a hot coffee or a cold beer...
17 dedicated young climate advocates, including a student from Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have been selected for...
On 1 August, Denmark will get a new Department of Agriculture and Ecology. The Department will be established at the Faculty of Life Sciences,...
1500 balloons with unusual prizes will be sent up from Frederiksberg Campus at 13:00 on 23 May. In this way, knowledge from the Faculty of Life...
The man behind the English restaurant The Fat Duck, by many people recognized as the world’s best restaurant, Heston Blumenthal, will be...
On 26 May, Denmark, represented by a member of the Royal Family, officially opens a new state-of-the-art University Hospital for Large Animals....
Around 50 students and employees from the Faculty of Life Sciences will be running the Copenhagen Marathon on Sunday 18 May. At the same time...
On 23 May you may attend the inauguration by Bjørn Nørgaard of his latest piece of art and the opening of an old greenhouse that has been...
General Assembly 2008 in EAEVE, European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education
The Faculty of Life Sciences hosts the EAEVE...
Most of us can lose weight initially. Keeping it off is another matter!
The inability to manage weight gain and weight regain throughout...
Professor Ylva Ardö from Department of Food Science at Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen has been given the Swiss Cheese...
The interactive anniversary exhibition “A changing Denmark – Bring Your Ideas to LIFE” can now be seen as a time line at the Faculty’s...
What would cornflakes be without milk?
What would eggs be without bacon?
What would Denmark be without Frederiksberg Campus?
These and...
Copenhagen hosts the first joint meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Oncology (ESVONC) and The Veterinary Cancer Society...
A 3-year contract has been concluded between the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) and Danida/The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The...
Student of Biology-Biotechnology Morten Emil Eldrup from Faculty of Life Sciences at Copenhagen University has been granted one of the...
A Danish student from Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, discovered a dangerous side effect to the weight-loss drug...
The first MScs in meat science have just graduated from the Faculty of Life
Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Their thesis looks into a...
The first pigs containing genes responsible for Alzheimer’s disease will be born in Denmark in August. This event is a landmark achivement in the...
The merger between the former Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University,
The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University...
A happy end to a long series of merger negotiations and a milestone for Danish research. This is the way The Danish University of...
KVL will be in charge of the biggest ever EU research project on meat
quality. The project has a DKK 180 million budget and will focus on pork
...
Denmark is currently experiencing an increase in societal interest in food
and health.
This interest can also be seen in a recent list of the...
As the only Danish research institution high on the list, KVL occupies 15th
place on the recent ScienceWatch in the category
"Agricultural...
Research into obesity should be given top priority to have any hope of
combating the global pandemic, according to the new leader of the...