2014.09.12 | Education, Public/Media, External target group
The first class of students at Aarhus University's new Master’s degree programme in optometry and visual science started on Tuesday 2 September. The degree programme is the first of its kind in Denmark.
2014.09.15 | Research, Health and disease, All groups
The Danish civil registration register (CPR register) is a goldmine for health research, but its potential has not been fully utilised. That is the opinion of researchers from Aarhus who are the first people to map out how the Danish CPR register system can be utilised in health science research.
2014.09.18 | Research, Research, All groups
By drawing information from Danish registers, the researchers at the National Centre for Register-Based Research can yield new knowledge about the causes of schizophrenia, manic disorders, depression and suicidal tendencies.
2014.09.04 | People news, Academic staff, Department of Biomedicine
Thomas Vorup-Jensen has just defended his higher doctoral dissertation on the molecular mechanisms of the immune system. The dissertation opens up for a better understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to disease and the diagnosis of diseases related to the immune system.
2014.09.19 | Administrative, Department of Biomedicine, Health
On Friday 5 September the first sod was cut for the new research building at the Department of Biomedicine, which will soon begin to take shape. Minister of Climate, Energy and Building Rasmus Helveg Petersen, Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard and Rector Brian Bech Nielsen got the construction work off to a good start.
2014.09.05 | All groups, External target group, AU Communication
Clinical research must be close to patients. This is why Aarhus University and Central Denmark Region have established a unique health science research partnership.
2014.09.18 | Research, Research, All groups
Researchers say that use of the Danish registers has been invaluable. Among other things in connection with research into specific drugs and the unexpected long-term effects on children whose mothers have taken the drug during pregnancy.
2014.09.05 | All groups, External target group, AU Communication
Genomic selection has revolutionised livestock breeding in Denmark. Now scientists from AU are on the brink of being able to apply detailed analyses of the genome to plant breeding. This is an important step towards ensuring a sustainable food supply for the 8 billion people who will inhabit the planet in the future.
2014.09.05 | All groups, External target group, AU Communication
An international team of young top researchers is gearing up to take Danish neuroscience to new heights.
2014.09.05 | Research, Research, All groups
In collaboration with the diocese of Vallø, archaeologists from the Danish Castle Centre and Aarhus University have discovered a previously unknown Viking fortress in a field west of Køge, Denmark. The discovery could be an important piece in Denmark’s historical jigsaw puzzle.