Globe Institute – University of Copenhagen

Globe Institute

viking

Fur trading in Viking Age Denmark is now proven: ‘The black furs are worn by Arab and non-Arab kings’

Which animals exist right here? Now researchers can pull the answer out of thin air

planets

The Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and continents like here on Earth

Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years

Lycopodium plant and fossil

Early forests did not change the atmospheric CO2 level very much

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Building a Danish reference genome sequencing infrastructure

Centre Director Tom Gilbert is thrilled with a new opportunity to build a local reference genome…

Early forests did not change the atmospheric CO2 level very much

Earth scientists from University of Copenhagen have discovered that the atmosphere contained far…

A visit from Frederiksberg Gymnasium

In late November a biotechnology class from Frederiksberg Gymnasium visited our labs and got an…

Ancient environmental DNA

Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years

Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time - opening a ‘game-changing’ new…

One year, five Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships

Orchids, toads, 3D folding of DNA, the genomic consequences of social structure, and squirrel…