Fruit flies help in the development of personalised medicine
2019.10.21 — It is common knowledge that there is a connection between our genes and the risk of developing certain diseases. In a study on fruit flies, researchers from Aarhus University and Aalborg University have found that gene mapping can also be used to predict response to a given treatment.
Novel method uses drones to weigh whales
2019.10.03 — AIAS fellow Fredrik Christiansen and collaborators have devised a way to accurately estimate the weight of free-living whales by using only aerial images taken by drones. The method is presented in the British Ecological Journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Associate Professor Wolf L. Eiserhardt receives the prestigious Sapere Aude grant of 5,9 mio DKK
2018.12.11 — The Sapere Aude grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark is of nearly DKK 6.000.000 , and it gives Wolf L. Eiserhardt the opportunity to expand his research on the species of the tropical rainforest with a focus on biodiversity research.
2018.12.07 — Porpoises are among the world’s smallest marine mammals, but despite their small size they need to maintain a body temperature of 37 degrees year-round, just like all other mammals. We, land-living mammals, would soon succumb to the ice-cold water where the temperature gets down to zero degrees in winter. How do the porpoises meet the challenge?
WATEC researcher receives Sapere Aude grant of nearly six Mio. DKK.
2018.12.05 — Today WATEC associated researcher Ass. Professor Klaus Koren receives the prestigious Sapere Aude grant of nearly six Mio DKK from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. New sensor for real time measure of the fish toxin ammonia in aquatic environments will help protect the environment and take water technology research to a new level.
A bigger nose, a bigger bang: size matters for echolocating toothed whales
2018.11.16 — Whales, dolphins, and porpoises have all evolved to use similar narrow beams of high intensity sound to echolocate prey. Far from being inefficient, this highly focused sense may have helped them succeed as top predators in the world's oceans.
Fewer females cause ripples in the duck pond
2018.11.01 — A new study from the Department of Bioscience shows a surprising decrease in the proportion of females among four common waterfowl. Researchers are concerned about the uneven gender balance and predict it could have consequences for the populations, if the trend continues.
![[Translate to English:] This spring Karen La Cour Jørgensen, Oliver Hansen, Trine Henriksen and Lasse Jensen participated in the mentor scheme. Photo: Lea Laursen Pasgaard](typo3temp/_processed_/csm_Mentorordning_LLP_fcfb3bf203.jpg "[Translate to English:] This spring Karen La Cour Jørgensen, Oliver Hansen, Trine Henriksen and Lasse Jensen participated in the mentor scheme. Photo: Lea Laursen Pasgaard")
Mentor scheme ensures new students a good start at Bioscience
2018.10.24 — The Department of Bioscience tested a mentor scheme the previous semester, where a team of older students guided students at the second semester about life as a biology student. The evaluations were very positive, and the arrangement is repeated in the spring. Here four students talk about what they got out of participating.
Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis
2018.10.17 — We humans are exterminating animal and plant species so quickly that nature's built-in defence mechanism, evolution, cannot keep up. An Aarhus-led research team calculated that if current conservation efforts are not improved, so many mammal species will become extinct during the next five decades that nature will need 3-5 million years to recover.
Great interest in new networking and career day
2018.10.09 — Around 200 students, researchers and representatives from the business community met on Friday 28 September on the Department of Bioscience networking and career day, BIO Match. See the photos from the day here.
Assistant professor Tina Santl-Temkiv receives funding from The VILLUM Experiment
2018.09.20 — The Villum Foundation is supporting bold technical and scientific research ideas for the second time. Assistant Professor Tina Santl-Temkiv from Department of Bioscience is one of this year’s recipients, receiving DKK 2 million for a project that will study the impact of sea-ice microorganisms on cloud processes in the Arctic.
Networking day to increase dialogue and cooperation between businesses and AU biologists
2018.09.19 — The Department of Bioscience is heating up collaboration between businesses, research and students on the networking and career day ‘BIO Match’, Friday 28 September at Aarhus University.
