15 Minutes of Brain 2011 on 15 December 2011

You are welcome to come and watch the event 15 December in Aud A2-70.03 Thorvaldsensvej 40, starting at 2.30 pm. A battle for glory and cool cash!

Program:

14.30: Welcome by Nils Brünner

14.35-15.05: BSc – Brains

Sofie Hansen: Immune Modulation by Schistosoma mansoni

Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Supervisor: Birgitte Jyding Vennervald

Eva Zander Hesselkilde: Physiological Adaptations in the Giraffe for Preventing Formation of Peripheral Edema

Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Supervisor: Lars Jørn Jensen

Louise Birkholm Hermansen: Sammenhæng mellem ydelse, besætningsstørrelse og udskiftningsprocent og dyrevelfærd hos malkekvæg i Danmark

Institut for Produktionsdyr og heste, Supervisor: Hans Houe

 

15.05: Pause

15.20-15.50: MSc – Brains

Merethe Mørch Frøsig: Understanding the secretory pathway: Elucidating the regulation of flippases

Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Transport Biology, Supervisor: Rosa Laura López-Marqués

Frederik J. H. Nielsen: Diagnosing endometritis in mares

Department of Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, Supervisor: Morten Rønn Petersen

Christina Fredslund: The role of DWARF5, ?5,7-sterol-?7-reductase, in vitamin D biosynthesis in plants

Department of Plant biology and biotechnology, Supervisor: Poul Erik Jensen and Daniele Silvestro

15.50: Pause

16.05-16.35: PhD – Brains

Stine Buch Thorsen: Early detection of colorectal cancer

Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Supervisor: Nils Brünner

Nethaji J Gallage: Elucidating Vanillin Biosynthesis Pathway

Department of Plant biology and biotechnology, Supervisor: Birger Lindberg Møller

Charlotte Frydenlund Michelsen: Potential therapeutic compounds from Greenlandic fungal-inhibition bacteria

Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Supervisor: Peter Stougaard

16.35: Pause

16.45: Crowning of LIFE Brains 2011 - and then celebration at A-vej!

The 9 selected contestants, 3 from each category, will each have 10 minutes to present their project to the panel of judges; they will choose the winners. The panel of judges will be made up of external and internal experts.

DKK 10.000 in 10 minutes

The contestants will be battling for 3 main prizes, for each category of DKK 10.000, sponsored by Novo, DLBR and Pro-Active Plants, to spend on a relevant academic purpose.

Judges:

• Erik Bisgaard, Associate Dean, LIFE

• Henrik Zobbe, Institute of Food and Resource Economics, LIFE

• Jacob Lave, DLBR Dansk Landbrugsrådgivning

• Maria Vang Johansen, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, LIFE

• Poul Erik Jensen, Pro-Active Plants, LIFE

• Torben Storgaard Guldberg, Novo Nordisk

The event will end up with a shared celebration at A-vej, to which all the contestants and audience are invited.