Department of Biology

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Department of Biology

Biology - the science about life on land, in seabed, in the air and in aquatic environments. We study life and evolution of life. We contribute to environmental and social problem solving by means of basic research, interdisciplinarity and collaboration with a focus on sustainable solutions.

Department of Biology is part of Natural Sciences

NEWS

The biennial Danish OIKOS Meeting

- Department of Biology

24 – 25 April 2023

Water samples describe life beneath the sea surface along Greenland’s coasts

- Department of Biology

Modern DNA technology now allows simple monitoring of the distribution of different fish species in remote Arctic areas. This is shown in a new research study just published in the journal “Diversity and Distribution”. The results open up major new perspectives for relatively easy tracking of climate change-induced changes in the Arctic sea.

Are you an international staff member? Register for a seminar on AU as a workplace

- Department of Biology

On Thursday 7 March, there will be an AU Workplace in Focus seminar in English that is open to all international staff at AU, hosted by the International Staff Office.

Can a robot cow help biodiversity?

- Department of Biology

Large grazers such as cows and horses are important tools in the struggle against the biodiversity crisis, but they cannot be released just anywhere. This gave four biology students on the Bio-Entrepreneurship course the idea for a robot lawn mower that imitates how a cow grazes. And they won a competition for the best pitch to a jury of business people.

Call for applications - International early-career workshop: Microbes at the Interface of Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks

- Department of Biology

1-4 October 2023, Sandbjerg Manor, Denmark

Biodiverse Cities in Europe’s North Sea Region - New Project Launch

- Department of Biology

Our Research Center for Sustainable Landscapes under Global Change (SustainScapes) at the Department of Biology at Aarhus University is taking action to address the biodiversity and climate crisis and help the transition towards nature-inclusive societies, where nature and people can thrive together. We are delighted to announce the launch of our new project: Biodiverse Cities, led by the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands and co-funded by the European Union through the Interreg North Sea Region (NSR) Programme

EVENTS

Henrik Lauridsen: Buoyancy and balance in the coelacanth (den blå fisk)

10 Feb
Friday 10 February 2023, at 13:00 Department of Biology, C. F. Møller's Allé 3, building 1131-127

Seminar: Zoophysiology

How do interactions within and across species allowing individuals to occupy different and changing environments? A focus on spiders

21 Feb
Tuesday 21 February 2023, at 13:00 Department of Mathematics, Ny Munkegade 118, building 1532-116, aud. G1

PhD defence: Clémence Krystel Marie Rose, Genetics, Ecology and Evolution

Catherine J Williams: The harder you look, the more you see - Osteoderms in Lizards

24 Feb
Friday 24 February 2023, at 13:00 Department of Biology, C. F. Møller's Allé 3, building 1131-127

Seminar: Zoophysiology
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