2013.11.18 | Research, All groups, All AU units
Bacteria that cause infectious diseases produce a number of cytotoxins, and an international research team has now found the mechanism behind one of these toxins. The new results could make it possible in future to develop new treatment methods to impair the cytotoxic activity and thereby reduce the severity of infectious diseases.
2013.11.20 | Students, All AU units
Education at AU requires strong leadership focus. For this reason, the university has decided to create a new position, pro-rector for education.
2013.11.15 | Health and disease, All groups, Department of Clinical Medicine
For bowel cancer patients with several other diseases, the one-year survival rate is 46 percent. For those without other diseases it is 80 percent. The same disparity characterizes other major types of cancer, shows new research based on figures from the Central Denmark Region.
2013.11.21 | Grants and awards, All groups, Health
A donation from the John and Birthe Meyer Foundation will contribute to reinforcing advanced protein analysis - so-called proteomics - at the Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF), which is part of Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital.
2013.11.12 | Research, All groups, All AU units
An international team of researchers under Danish leadership is the first in the world to culture and purify an interferon (protein) called lambda 4 (IFN?4) – a protein that behaves like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Paradoxically, it increases the risk of getting hepatitis C (HCV) and reduces the chances of being cured, but nevertheless has a potent…
2013.11.12 | Collaboration, Alumni, External target group
Christian Eika Frøkiær (´06) Manager of Research & Development at think tank Monday Morning became the first recipient of the alumni achievement award during the BAMMC Education & Career Day.
2013.11.19 | Health, Events, PhD students
170 participants were present when Aarhus University and the Novo Nordisk Foundation welcomed them to the Novo Nordisk Prize Symposium 2013. The symposium featured lectures by both international and AU researchers on different aspects of macrophages.
2013.11.19 | Health, Administrative, Research year student
IT support at Health is introducing a new registration system for user requests. The new system will ensure improved problem solving, a more coherent IT organisation, and IT supporters with more time for direct contact with users.
2013.11.12 | Health, Research, All groups
New research into cot death shows differences in the dead children’s brain tissue, depending on whether they slept in their own bed or together with their parents. Nevertheless, there is no justification for changing the recommendations for the prevention of cot death.
2013.11.13 | All groups, Health, Administrative
The first steps are taken towards the new building for the Department of Biomedicine. The red building on Høegh-Guldbergs Gade is being demolished to make room for the new Biomedicine building.