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Biodiversity

Biodiversity is attracting increased interest. Plant and animal species are threatened with extinction and many scientists describe the biodiversity crisis as the worst crisis to humanity. Humans are the cause—but we can also be part of the solution.

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Biotechnology

Biotechnology allows us to create new and more sustainable processes and new products in field such as medicine, agriculture, food, and energy. Biotechnology is a vital part of the Danish life sciences sector—it employs 50,000 people with rapidly growing exports.

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Quantum technology

When we think of quantum technology, many of us immediately envision the quantum computer. However, quantum sensors and quantum communication hold just as much potential, and the entire development within quantum technology could radically change our world.

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01 december 2023

Startups celebrate each other’s successes in hardware competition

20 hardware startups participate in Danish Tech Challenge, where they develop technical solutions in themes such as health, sports, and climate that can contribute to the green transition and improve our quality of life.

28 november 2023

Agricultural robots can help improve biodiversity

In Denmark, agriculture makes up almost 2/3 of our land and oftentimes one crop is grown in huge areas. That's hurting the biodiversity, but agricultural robots can help do away with monoculture, and a new DTU project will pave the way for that future.
Illustration of the combined specificity tree for HLA-DR, HLA-DP, and HLA-DQ. Orange molecules have peptide coverage corresponding to at least 50 high-confidence ligands, and blue molecules have a pseudo-sequence distance of at most 0.05 to an orange molecule. Logos in red frames correspond to noncovered molecules. Credit: Jonas Birkelund Nilsson.

24 november 2023

Scientists map central part of the immune system

A new paper in Science Advances details how scientists have succeeded in mapping a central part of the immune system – the HLA class II molecules – while accurately predicting how they display fragments of pathogens on the surface of cells.

23 november 2023

DTU Startup Day provides a framework for collaboration around budding startups

More than 60 DTU startups pitch their ideas to investors and mentors at DTU Startup Day. The day marks that DTU has a well-developed startup environment that contributes to creating technologies for the benefit of society.
Sorø målestation. Foto: Kim Pilegaard

23 november 2023

Beech forests are our friends in the climate crisis but suffer under drought and heat

Measurements from the past 27 years show that Nature’s ecosystem services and good biodiversity remove CO2 from the atmosphere, thus reducing the effect of carbon emissions. However, it is also clear that ecosystem services are affected by higher temperatures and drought, i.e. climate change.
Cyclotrons that help diagnose and treat cancer are now ready for use at DTU Risø Campus

23 november 2023

Cyclotrons that help diagnose and treat cancer ready for use at DTU

The construction of a 100 square meter bunker adding to DTU’s existing underground research facility will boost the production of radioactive substances for cancer treatment as well as advance research in therapeutic radionuclides.

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Through a number of current topics, we focus on how DTU's research creates value for society and people and delivers technical solutions to the major societal challenges.

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Tirsdag den 7. november 2023 underskrev DTU´s rektor Anders Bjarklev og Roskilde Kommunes borgmester Tomas Breddam en strategisk partnerskabsaftale om udviklingen af Risø.

09 november 2023

DTU and Roskilde Municipality enter into a strategic partnership on the development of Risø Campus

On Tuesday 7 November 2023, DTU's President Anders Bjarklev and Roskilde Municipality's Mayor Tomas Breddam signed a strategic partnership agreement on the development of Risø. Here you can hear a little about the ambitions behind it.
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29 november 2023

DTU's Executive MBA is celebrating its 25th anniversary

Since 1998, DTU has educated over 500 graduates from more than 145 companies in its Executive MBA (Master in Management of Technology). This year, the highly sought-after top leadership program marks its 25th anniversary.
Billede af Grønnegården på DTU Lyngby Campus. Foto: Ehrhorn & Hummerston

29 november 2023

Top executive in international company did EMBA degree: “I learned to be authentic in my leader role”

Jens Perregaard is currently Global Vice President of BASF in Germany. He was one of the first to do an Executive MBA at DTU, which taught him the importance of authentic leadership.

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25 oktober 2023

DTU makes changes to Executive Board

DTU is halfway through the 2020-2025 strategy period. To maintain focus on the three strategic objectives—promoting Europe’s best engineering programmes, promoting technologies for sustainable change, and realizing the opportunities of digitalization—DTU will change the makeup of the Executive Board, expected to come into effect from 1 January 2024.
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Kasper Hornstrup Hansen

05. dec 13:30 - 16:30

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PhD defence by Julie Hansen Bergstedt: The effects of hydrogen sulfide on Atlantic salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems

07. dec 11:00 - 14:00 | PhD defence about the effects of hydrogen sulfide on Atlantic salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems

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PhD Defence by Ingvild Reine Assmann: Driving toward circular business models: Conditions and strategies in the built environment

07. dec 13:00 - 16:00 | PhD Defence Ingvild Reine Assmann

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PhD defence by Kasun Bandara on bacterial management in European eel offspring culture and immune system development in early larval stages

11. dec 13:00 - 16:00 | PhD defence by Kasun Bandara: Marine larval hatchery technology – Microbial management and immune system ontogeny in European eel

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