Foto: A small sneak peak from the department's Easter Party on April 29, 2022. Almost 100 employees participated in the festivities - After a long period of limited social activities, it was great to resume the department's good tradition of social events.
IN THIS MONTH'S NEWSLETTER YOU CAN READ ABOUT:
- News from management
- New management support employee in the administration
- New economics student in the administration
- Overview of the administration's holiday calendar
- Overview of mailing lists at the department
- News from research
- START - Centre for SusTainable AgRifood sysTem
- New grants at the department
- Diversity and inclusion training: Making the unconscious conscious
- Sustainability workshop - "Future Transport and Mobility"
- News from studies
- Microcredentials: 3 videos for the department
- Meeting schedule for the Department committees
- The Department researchers and students in the media
- Useful links
- Future events
- HR news
- Peer-reviewed articles
News from management
New employees at the administration
New management support employee pr. 01.06.2022
It is with geat pleasure that we pr. 01.06.2022 will welcome Louise Bak Søndergaard as a management support employee. Louise will be associated with the department team and will act as a management support for the entire department management with participation in management meetings, collaboration and department committee meetings, etc. Louise will also act as PA for Michael and will be the department's point of contact for internal and external inquiries. Louise is 33 years old, originally from Holstebro, but now lives in Aalborg. She has a master's degree cand.mag in communication and has from August 2019 to September 2021 been affiliated with the Department of Communication and Psychology as a research assistant, after which she from October 2021 has been a management support employee at the same department. Louise has, among other things, been involved in the strategic work with process management and follow-up on management decisions.
office trainee in the economics team pr. august 2022
As per medio August 2022, we are pleased to welcome a new trainee in the economics team at the administration - Maja Bjørnholdt Bang. Maja is 26 years old and lives in Aalborg with her boyfriend. Maja has a HTX exam and has also completed an EUS 5 and been in contact with the Administrative Bachelor program.
Holiday calendar at the secretariat
The BIO secretariat will close for the summer holidays as listed below and the relevant shared mail boxes/mail addresses will generate automatic mail replies if contacted during these weeks:
- HR: Week 27-28-29 - bio-hr@bio.aau.dk
- Economy: Week 29 – oekonomi@bio.aau.dk
- Studies: Week 29-30 – bachelor-studyadm@bio.aau.dk / master-studyadm@bio.aau.dk
- Department-team: Available all weeks
Special announcement regarding the hr-team's holiday calendar
Dear all,
I am the new HR-employee at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, and I am really looking forward to working with all of you. Hanne Skovrider who has been in charge of BIO-HR for many years is here until the end of June and will be helping me with the tasks until then.
The summer holidays are approaching and since I am the only one in the Administration working with HR, you should be aware that I am on holiday from 4 July to 22 July. Therefore, if you wish to have a vacant position announced, extend someone’s employment or anything else related to HR, please let me know as soon as possible so we avoid things being late due to the summer holidays.
I wish you all a good day!
Overview of mailing lists at the department
Mailing-list |
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| bio-staff@bio.aau.dk | All employees (AAL, CPH, ESB) |
| bio-vip@bio.aau.dk | All scientific emoloyees at the department |
| tap@bio.aau.dk | All technical/administrative employees at the department |
| int@bio.aau.dk | All international employees |
| bio-staff-alb@bio.aau.dk | All employees in Aalborg |
| bio-staff-esb@bio.aau.dk | All employees in Esbjerg |
| bio-staff-cph@bio.aau.dk | All employees i Copenhagen |
| contact@bio.aau.dk | Department contact mail |
| phd@bio.aau.dk | All PhD-students at the department |
| postdoc@bio.aau.dk | All post.doc's at the department |
| forskomraadeledere@bio.aau.dk | Research area leaders at BIO |
| sektionsledere@bio.aau.dk | Section heads, head of secretariat, head of department and deputy heads of department |
| bio-sekr@bio.aau.dk | All employees in the secretariat at BIO |
| head@bio.aau.dk | Head of department's function mailbox |
| oekonomi@bio.aau.dk | Department economy-team |
| bio-hr@bio.aau.dk | Department HR-employee |
| master-studyadm@bio.aau.dk | The department's responsible for master's programs |
| bachelor-studyadm@bio.aau.dk | The department's responsible for master's programs |
| projektadm@bio.aau.dk | The department's function mailbox for project economics |
news from research
new grants at the department
As something new, we would like to announce the research grants that we have received and which have been started up a few times a year. We start with an overview of externally funded research projects, which have started in 2022 so far.
START - Centre for SusTainable AgRifood sysTem
All eight universities in Denmark have joined forces to create a new research center that will create interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in Denmark and international partners. The new center START - Center for SusTainable AgRifood sysTems - is expected to play a central role in the development of future solutions for Green Transition in agricultural and food systems. From the very beginning, researchers from the department have been involved in shaping this initiative. The START secretariat is based at Aarhus University, which is led by a steering group with representatives from all the founding universities. The chairmanship of the steering group behind START will change every six months between the eight universities, which are the Technical University of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, the IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, University of Southern Denmark, Roskilde University and Aalborg University.
The center will carry out activities that will strengthen the interdisciplinary research collaboration in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. The center was officially launched at a "Kick-off" seminar at Sandbjerg on 21 March 2022, where we had 6 participants from the department. 70 researchers across universities and disciplines had the opportunity to meet each other with a view to initiating collaborations that can lead to interdisciplinary collaboration within Danish research in sustainable agricultural and food systems. The chairmanship of START will be held by Aalborg University in the second half of 2022.
diversity and inclusion training: making the unconscious conscious
What do you see in your mind’s eye when you hear the words 'administrative director’ and 'nurse'? You probably picture a man in a suit and a caring woman. But why? AAU's Committee for Equality and Diversity is launching a number of new courses that will help people break with unconscious bias.
During the spring and fall of 2022, it is possible to register for courses in unconscious bias, inclusive language and communication, inclusive management and cultural intelligence
The courses are free to attend and are aimed at all staff members at AAU. The courses are facilitated by the consulting firm ConnectingCultures and are held in both Danish and English. Find out more and sign up below.
Unconscious bias - Wednesday 1 June 13.00-16.00
Inclusive language and communication - Thursday 2 June 9.00-12.00
Inclusive management - Monday 23 May 9.00-12.00
Cross-cultural collaboration and cultural intelligence (CQ) - Tuesday 24 May 09.00-12.00
Sustainability workshop - "Future Transport and Mobility"
The Faculty of Engineering and Science invites Faculty researchers, established as well as emerging, to participate in the fourth internal Sustainability Workshop, ‘Future Transport and Mobility’.
Grasp the opportunity to be inspired by the ongoing AAU-Engineering research within the field, broaden your internal network, and present a poster, a proposal or merely an idea related to sustainable solutions for liquid fuels, transport and infrastructure, traffic planning and logistics, light materials for transport vehicles and other relevant topics.
By joining the workshop, you will
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Influence the Faculty's profile definition within the area of Future Transport and Mobility.
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Contribute to cross-faculty and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Strengthen your own research profile and expand your network.
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Get access to process and funding support for early-stage research ideas and project development.
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Contribute to AAU mission driven research and innovation.
Time: 30. May 2022 10.00-15.00. Location: AAU Energi, Pontoppidanstræde 111, lokale 1.177, 9220 Aalborg Ø
news from studies
Microcredentials: 3 new videos for the department
During this year, the university will launch a new concept with microcredentials, which are small courses that will be run online and which will end with a test. The faculty contributes with funding to the development of a number of microcredentials this year, of which 3 is at BIO.
- Reinhard Wimmer og Rudi P. Nielsen: Introduction to safe and sound work in chemical laboratories
- Niels Iversen og Mikkel Rank Nielsen: Introduction to safe and sound work in microbiological laboratories
- Kim L. Larsen: Basic chemistry skills
Meeting schedule for the Department committees
Being involved in the governing bodies at Aalborg University is one way to increase your influence and support the positive development of the university. We would like to encourage everybody to participate in this process. Therefore, in the future, an updated meeting schedule for each Department committee will be included in the newsletter, so that you know in good time when the meetings are scheduled. Please note that the agenda is prepared well in advance of the meetings, which is why any subject for the agenda should be submitted to the committee's representatives no later than one month before the date of the meeting. You will find the representatives of the committees here.
Department committee 16 March 2022
Liaison Committee |
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Safety committee |
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Study board |
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Department researchers and students in the media
- Ingeniøren - "Genetik professor om kartoffelgenom: En langt større udfordring end sekventering af mennesker" - Kåre Lehmann Nielsen
- DR P1 - "Forurenet spildevand i Indien ødelægger naturen" - Jeppe Lund Nielsen
- Aktuel Naturvidenskab - "Viden om mikroorganismer skal afløse sprøjtegift" - Morten Dueholm
Useful links
courses
Future events
If you want to stay updated on events and guest lectures organized by the Department, please visit the Department web for more information. If you plan to host or coordinate an activity yourself, please forward the information to Line Christensen (lch@bio.aau.dk) who will provide the relevant information on the web.
hr-news
New employments
- Laura D'Andrea, Scientific employee, Chemistry, 01.05.2022
- Louise Bak Søndergaard, Management support employee, Secretariat, 01.06.2022
Resignations
- Anne Ditte Larsen, Academic clerk, Secretariat, 31.05.2022
- Emil Gundersen, Research assistant, Chemistry, 31.05.2022
- Amalie Berg, Research assistant, Biotechnology, 31.05.2022
- Lars Emil Juel Andersen, Research assistant, Biotechnology, 31.05.2022
Peer-reviewed articles
New peer review articles registered in Pure 25.04.2022 - 02.05.2022
Petersen, C., Sørensen, T., Westphal, K. R., Fechete, L. I., Sondergaard, T. E., Sørensen, J. L., & Nielsen, K. L. (2022). High molecular weight DNA extraction methods lead to high quality filamentous ascomycete fungal genome assemblies using Oxford Nanopore sequencing. Microbial Genomics.
Gregersen, S. (2022). A potent peptide emulsifier from potato storage proteins and its natural isoforms: Insight into the structure/function relationship of amphipathic, α-helical peptide emulsifiers, their targeted release, and applicability. Abstract fra 18th Food Colloids Conference, Lund, Sverige.
Wondraczek, L., Bouchbinder, E., Ehrlicher, A., Mauro, J. C., Sajzew, R., & Smedskjaer, M. M. (2022). Advancing the Mechanical Performance of Glasses: Perspectives and Challenges. Advanced Materials, 34(14), [2109029].
Wirenfeldt Jensen, N., Faraji, T., Gonzalez Ospina, A., Guillosso, R., Petitpain Perrin, F., Krøyer Kristensen, P., Hove Hansen, S., Jørgensen, M. K., Boel Overgaard Andersen, M., Tranekær, C., & Lind-Frendsen, M. (2022). Removal of micropollutants by application of multiple point ozonation and powder activated carbon.
Aaser, M. F., Staahltoft, S. K., Korsgaard, A. H., Trige-Esbensen, A., Alstrup, A. K. O., Sonne, C., Pertoldi, C., Bruhn, D., Frikke, J., & Linder, A. C. (2022). Is Virtual Fencing an Effective Way of Enclosing Cattle? Personality, Herd Behaviour and Welfare. Animals, 12(7), [842].
Castenschiold, J. H. F., Bregnballe, T., Bruhn, D., & Pertoldi, C. (2022). Unmanned Aircraft Systems as a Powerful Tool to Detect Fine-Scale Spatial Positioning and Interactions between Waterbirds at High-Tide Roosts. Animals, 12(8), [947].
Petersen, C., Sørensen, T., Sondergaard, T. E., Sørensen, J. L., & Nielsen, K. L. (2022). Uncovering the fungal pangenome of Penicillium.
Tan, L. L., Fu, Y. Q., Kang, S. L., Wondraczek, L., Lin, C. G., & Yue, Y. (2022). Broadband NIR-emitting Te cluster-doped glass for smart light source towards night-vision and NIR spectroscopy applications. Photonics Research, 10(5), 1187-1193.
Lucas, P., Alba-Simionesco, C., Yue, Y., Kieffer, J., & Martin, S. W. (2022). “Glass is frozen beauty”-a memorial issue in honor of C. Austen Angell (1933–2021). Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X, 14, [100096].
Yan, J., Zhao, T. Y., Shi, N., Zhan, H. B., Ren, J. J., Zhang, Y. F., & Yue, Y. (2022). Impact of silicon doping on the structure and crystallization of a vanadium-tellurite glass. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 589, [121651].
Chen, Y., Wang, N., Jensen, M., & Li, X. (2022). Low-temperature welded PAN/TPU composite nanofiber membranes for water filtration. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 47, 102806.
Rodrigues, B. P., To, T., Smedskjær, M. M., & Wondraczek, L. (2022). Mechanical Properties of Oxide Glasses. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry, 87, 229-282.
Petriglieri, F., Petersen, J. F., Peces, M., Nierychlo, M., Hansen, K., Baastrand, C. E., Nielsen, U. G., Reitzel, K., & Nielsen, P. H. (2022). Quantification of Biologically and Chemically Bound Phosphorus in Activated Sludge from Full-Scale Plants with Biological P-Removal. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(8), 5132-5140.
Yue, Y. (2022). Revealing the nature of glass by the hyperquenching-annealing-calorimetry approach. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X, 14, [100099].
Hu, Y., Liu, H., Yang, K., Hoover, C. G., Krishnan, N. M. A., Smedskjær, M. M., Micoulaut, M., Guo, L., & Bauchy, M. (2022). Topological Constraint Theory of Glass: Counting Constraints by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. I J. Du, & A. Cormack (red.), Atomistic Simulations of Glasses: Fundamentals and Applications (1st udg., s. 123-148). Wiley.
