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Sociology students to help govt. analyse shoppers<\/h1>\n

No more laid back abstract discussions of sociological method in dusty classrooms. The Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has started a new cooperation with the Danish Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate and a small NGO on a specific, hands-on research project.<\/p>\n

The students are to investigate what it is that informs consumers\u2019 choices in supermarkets\u00a0[article in Danish]<\/a>, and what it takes to change habits so that purchases are more climate-friendly.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/picture>\u00bb\b\bI’m very excited about the fact that we have managed to get this cooperation going. This is something that I have wanted to do for a long time, and something I think will enhance students’ job opportunities when they tell employers what they can contribute with as sociologists,\u00ab says Professor Claire Maxwell, who teaches the methodology course Applied Case Study Analysis at the Department of Sociology.<\/p>\n

The course is compulsory on the 6th semester of the bachelor programme.\u00a0 45 students are to take part in the Ministry\u2019s project.<\/p>\n

\u2019Chromosome scanner\u2019 against cancer<\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/picture>Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified one of the main mechanisms behind the repair of damage to human DNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A \u2018scanner\u2019 inside cells decides whether or not to launch so-called flawless DNA repair, which protects against cancer.<\/p>\n

The study has been published in the scientific journal Nature Cell Biology.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe have discovered how the cell launches the flawless system for serious DNA damage repair and thus protects against cancer. This is done using a protein you could call a \u2018scanner\u2019, which scans the histones<\/a> in the cell and on that basis launches the repair process,\u00ab says the researcher behind the study, Professor Anja Groth from the Biotech Research & Innovation Centre.<\/p>\n

This year’s elite research prizes<\/h1>\n

Crown Princess Mary and Minister for Education and Science Tommy Ahlers just awarded the elite researcher EliteForsk prizes<\/a> to five of Denmark’s younger researchers.<\/p>\n

So here is the British news site Daily Mail’s pictures of the 47 year-old Crown Princess Mary’s stylish entrance by boat to the awards ceremony wearing Dolce & Gabbana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the more financially interested, the five researchers will each receive DKK 1.2 million. Of this amount, DKK 1m is for their research activities while the remaining DKK 200,000 is a personal honorary award.<\/p>\n

And for the university buffs, this year’s recipients come from the Technical University of Denmark DTU, Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen:<\/p>\n

Professor in physics Kristian Sommer Thygesen<\/strong><\/a>, Department of Physics, DTU.
\nProfessor of biology Peter Teglberg Madsen<\/strong><\/a>, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University.
\nProfessor of political science Rebecca Adler-Nissen<\/a><\/strong>, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
\nProfessor of molecular biology Chunaram Choudhary<\/a><\/strong>, Centre for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen
\nClinical professor of medicine, Niels Jessen<\/strong>,<\/a> Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University.<\/p>\n

\u00bbToday we celebrate the best. The very best within their field of research,\u00ab said Tommy Ahlers.<\/p>\n

Universities need to pull their socks up<\/h1>\n

\u201cPublic investment in research is DKK 23 billion, which is the highest level in the world … But we do not get sufficient results from these investments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers on a tour of universities<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Universities in Denmark are to create 10 business start-up companies, each with a turnover of DKK 1 billion, over the next decade<\/a>. This is the requirement set by Minister of Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers as he tours Danish universities.<\/p>\n

\u00bbIt is my vision that Denmark also shall become an entrepreneur in transferring research into innovation and businesses,\u00ab Ahlers told students at the Copenhagen Business School in late January, later publishing his vision in the newspaper\u00a0B\u00f8rsen\u00a0and via a press statement from the ministry.<\/p>\n

\u00bbPublic investment in research is DKK 23 billion, which is the highest level in the world, and when including private investments in research we are number five or six,\u00ab he said. \u00bbBut we do not get sufficient results from these investments.\u00ab<\/p>\n

74 PhD scholarships in EU-funded Science programme<\/h1>\n

\"August<\/picture>The\u00a0second call for applications for 35 PhD positions<\/a> is now open under the Faculty of Science\u2019s EU funded TALENT programme at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Deadline is 1st\u00a0April 2019 for the programme, which is financing a total of 74 PhDs.<\/p>\n

You can read more about the programme here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Write to miy@adm.ku.dk if you have any ideas, or suggestions for stories or links on the next Weekly Intel!<\/em>
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The Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has started a new cooperation with the Danish Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate and a small NGO on a specific, hands-on research project.<\/p>\n<p>The students are to investigate <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/studerende-paa-sociologi-skal-hjaelpe-ministerium\/\">what it is that informs consumers\u2019 choices in supermarkets\u00a0[article in Danish]<\/a>, and what it takes to change habits so that purchases are more climate-friendly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-narrow wp-image-82290\" src=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mad-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mad-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mad-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mad-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mad.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\u00bb\b\bI’m very excited about the fact that we have managed to get this cooperation going. This is something that I have wanted to do for a long time, and something I think will enhance students’ job opportunities when they tell employers what they can contribute with as sociologists,\u00ab says Professor Claire Maxwell, who teaches the methodology course Applied Case Study Analysis at the Department of Sociology.<\/p>\n<p>The course is compulsory on the 6th semester of the bachelor programme.\u00a0 45 students are to take part in the Ministry\u2019s project.<\/p>\n<h1>\u2019Chromosome scanner\u2019 against cancer<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-narrow wp-image-82548\" src=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/groth1100-700x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/groth1100-700x403.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/groth1100-480x276.jpg 480w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/groth1100-290x167.jpg 290w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/groth1100.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ku.dk\/all_news\/2019\/02\/researchers-discover-chromosome-scanner-that-protects-against-cancer\/\">identified one of the main mechanisms behind the repair of damage to human DNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018scanner\u2019 inside cells decides whether or not to launch so-called flawless DNA repair, which protects against cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The study has been published in the scientific journal Nature Cell Biology.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe have discovered how the cell launches the flawless system for serious DNA damage repair and thus protects against cancer. This is done using a protein you could call a \u2018scanner\u2019, which scans the<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Histone\"> histones<\/a> in the cell and on that basis launches the repair process,\u00ab says the researcher behind the study, Professor Anja Groth from the Biotech Research & Innovation Centre.<\/p>\n<h1>This year’s elite research prizes<\/h1>\n<p>Crown Princess Mary and Minister for Education and Science Tommy Ahlers just awarded the elite researcher<a href=\"https:\/\/ufm.dk\/forskning-og-innovation\/forskningsformidling\/eliteforsk\/nyt-om-eliteforsk\/fem-excellente-forskere-hyldes-med-eliteforsk-priser1c5b1046949840bf82c659cdd8477432\"> EliteForsk prizes<\/a> to five of Denmark’s younger researchers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-6757417\/Crown-Princess-Mary-Denmark-EliteForsk-awards-Copenhagen.html\">So here is the British news site Daily Mail’s pictures of the 47 year-old Crown Princess Mary’s stylish entrance by boat to the awards ceremony wearing Dolce & Gabbana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the more financially interested, the five researchers will each receive DKK 1.2 million. Of this amount, DKK 1m is for their research activities while the remaining DKK 200,000 is a personal honorary award.<\/p>\n<p>And for the university buffs, this year’s recipients come from the Technical University of Denmark DTU, Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen:<\/p>\n<p>Professor in physics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dtu.dk\/english\/service\/phonebook\/person?id=13069&tab=1\"><strong>Kristian Sommer Thygesen<\/strong><\/a>, Department of Physics, DTU.<br \/>\nProfessor of biology <a href=\"http:\/\/pure.au.dk\/portal\/da\/persons\/professor-peter-teglberg-madsen(e2250b1d-03d7-4c8c-aca8-74ee4d7206c2).html\"><strong>Peter Teglberg Madsen<\/strong><\/a>, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University.<br \/>\nProfessor of political science <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/polsci.ku.dk\/ansatte\/vip\/?pure=da\/persons\/194893\">Rebecca Adler-Nissen<\/a><\/strong>, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.<br \/>\nProfessor of molecular biology <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.ku.dk\/staff\/?pure=en\/persons\/371269\">Chunaram Choudhary<\/a><\/strong>, Centre for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen<br \/>\nClinical professor of medicine, <a href=\"http:\/\/pure.au.dk\/portal\/en\/persons\/niels-jessen(f0d20e5e-d5b5-44da-980e-3e052af18b46).html\"><strong>Niels Jessen<\/strong>,<\/a> Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbToday we celebrate the best. The very best within their field of research,\u00ab said Tommy Ahlers.<\/p>\n<h1>Universities need to pull their socks up<\/h1>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPublic investment in research is DKK 23 billion, which is the highest level in the world … But we do not get sufficient results from these investments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers on a tour of universities<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Universities in Denmark are to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityworldnews.com\/post.php?story=2019022210040961\">create 10 business start-up companies, each with a turnover of DKK 1 billion, over the next decade<\/a>. This is the requirement set by Minister of Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers as he tours Danish universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt is my vision that Denmark also shall become an entrepreneur in transferring research into innovation and businesses,\u00ab Ahlers told students at the Copenhagen Business School in late January, later publishing his vision in the newspaper\u00a0B\u00f8rsen\u00a0and via a press statement from the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbPublic investment in research is DKK 23 billion, which is the highest level in the world, and when including private investments in research we are number five or six,\u00ab he said. \u00bbBut we do not get sufficient results from these investments.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h1>74 PhD scholarships in EU-funded Science programme<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-narrow wp-image-82539\" src=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1024pxaugustkroghinstitute-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"August Krogh Institute\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1024pxaugustkroghinstitute-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1024pxaugustkroghinstitute-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1024pxaugustkroghinstitute-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1024pxaugustkroghinstitute-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1024pxaugustkroghinstitute-990x743.jpg 990w, https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1024pxaugustkroghinstitute.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>The\u00a0second <a href=\"https:\/\/euraxess.ec.europa.eu\/worldwide\/asean\/denmark-35-phd-positions-talent-programme-university-copenhagen-asean\">call for applications for 35 PhD positions<\/a> is now open under the Faculty of Science\u2019s EU funded TALENT programme at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Deadline is 1st\u00a0April 2019 for the programme, which is financing a total of 74 PhDs.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/talent.ku.dk\/about-the-doctoral-programme\/\">read more about the programme here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Write to miy@adm.ku.dk if you have any ideas, or suggestions for stories or links on the next Weekly Intel!<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"Dansk","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Receive a weekly newsletter in your inbox","button_text":"Tilmeld nu","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":45,"name":"International","slug":"international","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":45,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":315,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":1653,"name":"Weekly Intel","slug":"weekly-intel","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1653,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":11,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":18,"name":"Feature Article","slug":"feature_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":1200,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/866565004835575e76fck-1280x853.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82535"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84367,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82535\/revisions\/84367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}