Associate Professor David Olagnier from Aarhus University receives a personal award from the William Nielsens Foundation in recognition of his work to fight cancer cells with the help of genetically modified viruses.

Associate Professor, PhD and molecular biologist Nicolai Juul Birkbak from the Department of Clinical Medicine almost grew up in a laboratory, and he never doubted that he would pursue a career in research. Now, he receives the faculty's most prestigious award, the Jens Christian Skou Award 2020.

A proportion of the most severe COVID-19 cases can be explained by genetic defects in the patients’ immune system. Professor Trine Mogensen from Aarhus University is participating in an international research consortium as the only Danish researcher, and thereby helping to generate new knowledge which may in the future lead to early and improved treatment of those who are affected by severe COVID-19.

On 1 September 2020, the new Holiday Act came into force. If you are not sure what this means for you, read on and get the facts.

With a grant of almost DKK 2.5 million from the Leo Foundation, Associate Professor Lasse Sommer Kristensen from Aarhus University and his research colleagues are now able to kickstart research that may contribute to better treatment of patients suffering from the chronic skin and arthritic disease psoriasis.

Assessors in other countries get their expenses refunded more quickly. A new settlement system at the graduate schools at Health, NAT and TECH has reduced the processing time from two months to five working days. This is a good example of how cross-faculty systems can improve service – and there is positive feedback from the assessors.

A new research result from Aarhus University shows that a so-called circular RNA molecule, which has been designated as carcinogenic, is actually not found in the cancer cells. The results have just been published in Nature Communications.