Professor and Scientific Director at iPSYCH Preben Bo Mortensen receives the Novo Nordisk Prize 2020 in recognition of his research into mental disorders.

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PhD student Signe Mosegaard is one of this year’s recipients of the coveted EliteForsk travel grants. She conducts research into the interplay between the immune system and metabolism in patients with congenital metabolic diseases. The grant gives her the opportunity to learn new high-tech analysis techniques in Amsterdam and Munich.

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In a new series of articles commissioned by University Director Arnold Boon, we highlight important operational tasks carried out in different corners of the administration. This time, the focus is on exam and course timetabling,which is performed several times a year across the university. We visited Nat-Tech Studies Admin, which is getting ready to start using a new AU-wide planning system.

Two of Aarhus University's academic councils have elected new chairmen.

AU is going to be launching a new planning system shortly. The Faculties of Arts, Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences will be the first to use the new system. This is because the steering committee has decided to introduce the new system gradually at the faculties.

An international research team has been able to describe the overall structure of the antibody type IgE, which is the key molecule in allergic diseases. This is a scientific breakthrough which provides important insights into basic mechanisms of allergic reactions and may pave the way for more effective allergy medicine. The new research results have now been published in the scientific journal Allergy.

On 1 September 2020, the new Danish Holiday Act will enter into force, and all employees will switch to concurrent holiday which means that holiday is earned on an ongoing basis and can also be taken on an ongoing basis. The transition to the new holiday act means that the period from 1 May to 31 August 2020 will be a so-called mini holiday year in which you will have 16.64 days of holiday and five special days of holiday available.