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The following are merely examples of some of DTU's research in life science.
The Danish Council for Independent Research has allocated more than DKK 100 million to 25 research projects.
InnovationsFonden was established as of 1 April 2014 by bringing together research, technology development and innovation grants from the Danish Council of Strategic...
PhD student Juan Carlos Hernández Bottella from the Electronics Group receives "Best IEPE Poster Award 2014"
A statistical model originally developed to allow fishermen to study the work done by researchers, has now become one of the most highly acclaimed tools for estimating...
A group of biologists from DTU Aqua crossed the Atlantic in May 2013 on the Norwegian research vessel G.O. Sars as part of a European project, EURO-BASIN. Master student...
New study: Impact of deep-sea fishery for Greenland halibut on non-commercial fish species off West Greenland
A new study, published in Ecotoxicology, shows lowered reproductive output, reduced grazing, and reduced ability to metabolize pyrene in the copepod Calanus hyberboreus...
New study uses size- and trait-based models to compare balanced harvesting with traditional selective fishing patterns
Combination of sac- and broadcast-spawning in an Arctic fjord to achieve high abundance at low temperatures.
Danmarks hidtil største udviklingsprojekt for drikkevandsforsyning skal støtte dansk eksport
By sheer coincidence, Canadian researchers have discovered a reef of living cold-water corals in southern Greenland. PhD student Helle Jørgensbye from DTU Aqua has been...
The Centre for Ocean Life at DTU Aqua is enjoying considerable international success through applying the trait-based approach to marine research
Read the agenda and sign up for the all-day-event before 20th May
Topic: "Remediation potential for chlorinated ethene contamination in a chalk aquifer"
The purpose of the project is to develop a interdisciplinary and intersectorial Research Capacity for the next genrerations of researchers, who works with Wastewater Epidemiology...
Section: Residual Resources Engineering. Topic: "Optimization of bioethanol production from carbohydrate rich wastes by extreme thermophilic microorganisms"
The fish in Greenland’s great cod boom in the 1960s did not come from Iceland, as previously thought. They were ‘made in Greenland’ .
Topic: ”P2M2: Physical and physiological properties of membraneaerated and membrane-supported biofilms”
Topic: "Small-scale spatial variability of phenoxy acid mineralization potentials in transition zones with a multidisciplinary approach
By individually tagging fish in a lake and following their movements, a research team led by DTU Aqua has shown that migration is a very effective defence against being...
Topic: "Sorption capacity and governing parameters for transport of chlorinated solvents in chalk aquifers".
Topic: ”Strategies for chemically healthy public swimming pools”. Date: Friday 1st March 2013, at 1 p.m.
Topic: ”Environmental assessment of energy production from waste and biomass”. Date: Tuesday 26th February 2013, at 1 p.m.
Topic: "The effect of pH on the bioconcentration and toxicity of weak organic electrolytes". Date: Tuesday 19th February 2013, at 3 p.m.
Wednesday 30 January 3-5 pm in building 113, room 011 at DTU Environment
We must have your online application by 1 March 2013.
PhD topic: "Sustainability evaluation of water supply technologies”
European and American scientists are meeting in Barcelona, Spain this month to launch a new European initiative for climate service observations and modelling. DTU Aqua...
It is never easy to have to count all the fish in the sea. However, biologists and administrators all over Europe will soon receive a helping hand from a new shared database...
Topic: Urban drainage design and climate change adaptation decision making
The deadline of application is the 22. October 2012
Today, the Grundfos Prize 2012 of 1 million Danish kroner was awarded to Professor Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen from the Technical University of Denmark. The ceremony was...
Topic: ”Groundwater bacteria: diversity, activity and physiology of pesticide degradation at low concentrations”
Topic: ”Distributed models coupling soakaways, urban drainage and groundwater”
Topic: ”Energy recovery from waste streams with microbial fuel cell (MFC)-based technologies”
Topic: "Development of a Resource Quality Index (RQI) for waste management systems"
Topic: "Metal recovery from waste incineration bottom ashes"
Deadline for registration is September 3
Topic: Chemical oxidation solutions for refractory COD in industrial wastewater
The eastern Baltic cod stock has recently started to recover, after two decades of severe depletion, however with unexpected side-effects.
PhD Defense: ”Integrated ecohydrological modeling at the catchment scale”
PhD Defense: ”Monitoring of priority pollutants in dynamic stormwater discharges from urban areas”
Topic: Using hydrololocial modelling to support transboundary water resources management in the eastern nile
Title: Legionella in hot water systems in apartment buildings in Helsingør
PhD Title: ”Modelling tools for assessing bioremediation performance and risk of chlorinated solvents in clay tills”
PhD Title: ”Hydrogeological Characterization of Low-permeability Clayey Tills – the Role of Sand Lenses”
PhD Title: ”Attenuation of xenobiotic organic leachate compounds from a landfill to surface water: transition in clay till settings”
Recently discovered population of comb jellies in the Baltic consists entirely of dwarf individuals
PhD Title: ”Uncertainty in prediction and simulation of flow in sewer systems”
New research reveals how herring genes vary with the environment. The discovery could make it easier to protect the herring stock against future challenges such as climate...
Title: ”Enhanced reductive dechlorination in clay till contaminated with chlorinated solvents”
Danish incineration plants emit twice as much as carbon dioxide as previously presumed, but without waste management the situation would be even worse, an environmental...
PhD Title: ”Optimization of well field management”
PhD Title: ”Legionella in habitations: detection and risk factors”
Title:”Ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to freshwater organisms”
Title: "Leaching from biomass gasification residues"
Title: "Rock-fluid interactions. Application for improved oil recovery". Guest lecture by: Merete Madland, University of Stavanger and Aksel Hjorth, IRIS Stavanger. ...
PhD Title: ”Rock physical aspects of CO2 injection in chalk”
Prof. Barth F. Smets from the Microbial Ecology Research Group presents his research in the field of horizontal gene transfer dynamics in microbial communities. Click...
Title: ”Adsorption of Arsenic and Phosphate onto the surface of Calcite, as revealed by batch experiments and surface complexation modeling”
PhD Title: ”Source zone remediation by zero valent iron technologies”
Bachelor Title: "Release and biodegradation of organic compounds from PEX-tubing"
Wiktor Musialski will defend his Master Thesis presentation with the title:”Rock Physical Modelling of Greensand” on Thuesday the 1st of February 2011 at 14.00 at DTU...
Emmanuel C. Gentil will defend his PhD thesis with the title: ”Life-cycle modelling of waste management in Europe: Tools, climate change and waste prevention” on Friday...
Khara Grieger will defend her PhD thesis with the title:”Understanding and assessing potential environmental risks of nanomaterials: Emerging tools for emerging risks...
The latest ISI publication authored/co-authored by an DTU Environment researcher
The latest ISI publications authored/co-authored by an DTU Environment researcher
Hjalte J. D. Sørup will present his MSc Thesis with the title: "Statistical modelling of Long Historical Rain Series" on Monday the 13th December 2010 at 10:00 in building...
Hosea Nguh Akam will present his MSc. Thesisi with the title: "Effect of pore fluid on velocity of elastic waves in chalk" on Tuesday the 21st December 2010 at 13:00 in...
Cheng Fang will defend her PhD thesis with the title:”Biogas production from food-processing industrial wastes by anaerobic digestion” on Wednesday the 15th December...
José Seoane will defend his PhD thesis with the title: ”Individual-based analysis and prediction of the fate of plasmids in spatially structured bacterial populations...
Daniele Vitanza will present her MSc. Thesis with the title: “Carbon flows of waste management systems in Denmark” on Tuesday the 23rd November 2010 at 13:00 in building...
Lars Christiansen will defend his PhD thesis with the title: ”Using ground-based time-lapse gravity observations for hydrological model calibration” on Friday the 3rd...
Barbara Kleinlercher will present her MSc. Thesis with the title: “Evaluation of green roofs as a measure to reduce urban flooding and combined sewage overflows” on Monday...
Associate Professor Ty P.A. Ferré, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA:”Are we ready for Google Underground?” See more information...
Peter Kjeldsen and co-authors have received the award for the best manuscript at the 2010 Global Waste Management Symposium, which was held in San Antonio, 3-6 October...
The winner of the Colding Award and Course of the Year 2010 at DTU Environment has been found.
A micrographic image taken by Akihiko Terada and collaborators at DTU Environment is gracing the cover of the October 2010 issue of the journal “Environmental Microbiology...
Emmanuel Gentil and co-authors Julie Clavreul and Thomas H. Christensen have received the James Jackson Award for the best 2009 paper “ Global warming factor of municipal...