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24-05-2024
Innovation in Flavour Creation
Join us for an engaging afternoon on May 24, where we explore innovative approaches and advancements in the field of sustainable food production through flavour creation, featuring speakers from both UCPH FOOD and exciting startups.
The speakers are: 
- Signe Emilie Rimer, R&D assistant and Lorenzo Tirelli, Head of R&D, Reduced
- Peter Nøhr Christensen, Partner, Kost Studio
- Troels Prahl, Co-Founder and CEO, Swan Neck Bio
- Dennis S. Nielsen, Karsten Olsen, and Sylvester Holt, UCPH FOOD
Read more and sign up here. 
Research news
27-02-2024
Scientists use blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for "meat-like" proteins
Professor Poul Erik Jensen and colleagues have not only succeeded in using blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for a new protein – they have even coaxed the microalgae to produce "meat fiber-like" protein strands.
Read more here.
11-03-2024
Exploring the health-promoting properties of legumes
A new research project led by Associate Professor Iben Lykke Pertersen Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen aims to investigate the immune-regulating potential of legumes, especially in regard to their potential to prevent intestinal diseases.

Read more here.
12-03-2024
How the composition of the gut microbiome and antibiotic resistance change throughout life
Professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen is one of the authors of a major study that shows how antibiotics affect the gut microbiome of children and adults differently.
The study made it into the 2023 top 25 health sciences articles in Nature Communications.
Read more here. 
27-02-2024
Podcast: Marvelous Food Chemistry
Professor Marianne Nissen Lund joined renowned science journalist Lone Frank in the studio for a talk on the wonderous world of food chemistry for this new episode of the podcast 24 spørgsmÃ¥l til professoren.
Listen to it here (in Danish). 
Join us
22-05-2024 to 23-05-2024
Sign up for the Nordic Algae Symposium 2024
There's still time to sign up for the Nordic Algae Symposium, bringing together leading experts in the field of algae to explore everything from algae as food to climatic impacts and bioproducts to algal metabolic engineering. 
Abstract submission and registration deadline is April 12.
Read more and sign up here.
Jobs at UCPH FOOD
11-04-2024
There are currently 4 open positions. See them here.
UCPH Alumni Calendar
Stay up to date on the upcoming Alumni-events
Do you want to keep in touch with former university classmates? Do you want to stay updated of both scientific and social events at the University?
Then make sure to check out the UCPH Alumni Calendar. 
Find the Danish calendar here.
Find the English calendar here.
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