How can we reduce morbidity and mortality among individuals with chronic inflammatory conditions such as HIV, tuberculosis and the Zika virus? This question is the focal point of the work of Dr. Jacob Estes, Aarhus University’s new honorary professor of immunopathology.

On 19 November 2019, the Royal Danish Library’s will launch a new IT system for users. Some online library services will be unavailable in the period leading up to the launch while the new system is implemented.

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Health is now revising its standards for the responsible conduct of research that all of the faculty’s researchers are required to comply with. This is being done in the wake of two serious cases from other faculties which have brought the independence of the research carried out at Aarhus University into doubt.

For the first time in 30 years, a gold H.C. Ørsted Medal has been awarded. The recipient is Karl Anker Jørgensen, chemistry professor from Aarhus University. He has been awarded the medal for his internationally ground-breaking research in the field of catalytic chemistry and his exceptional ability to communicate scientific results to a broader audience.

Health will inaugurate forty-seven researchers from twelve different countries as Honorary Skou professors on the very day that would have been the late Nobel Prize winner Jens Christian Skou’s 101st birthday. The new professors will help to enhance the faculty’s profile as an international research institution.

The University of Belgrade has joined AU’s alliance of European universities. The management teams of the institutions are meeting this week to discuss the perspectives in the alliance, which has been given the name Circle U.

Cholesterol is best known in connection with cardiovascular disease, but cholesterol is also vital for many fundamental processes in the body. In an international collaboration, researchers from Aarhus University have now presented a completely new, ground-breaking model for the integration and incorporation of cholesterol into cells, with great impact on our understanding of this important process.

Associate Professor and PhD Kristian Sandberg is a new Doctor of Medical Science in neuroscientific consciousness research at Aarhus University.

Looking for inspiration for your teaching? Or do you want some help translating your ideas for digital teaching into practice? Then take part in the EDU-IT week at Health in October.