PRIMARY GOALS OF RESEARCH STRATEGY We will u Establish new Centers of Excellence within Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Genomics and Microbiology u Strengthen specific research areas key to meeting future trends and developments within e.g. Community ecology, Modelling of complex biological systems and Bioinformatics u Establish a competitive and unbiased recruitment programme of excellent researchers and PhD students u Strengthen existing, and establish new cutting-edge core facilities such as e.g. a new 1.2 GHz NMR instrument u Promote the establishment of a new Biology/Ecology building PRIMARY GOALS OF TEACHING STRATEGY We will u Improve the study environment u Secure high employability of candidates of all study programmes u Strengthen data science and Big-data competences in the Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine study programmes, and the recruitment to the Bioinformatics study programme u Secure pedagogical development of teachers, and development of teaching skills and activating teaching styles u Ensure a large curriculum of PhD courses PRIMARY GOALS OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP STRATEGY We will u Enhance collaboration with industry and government agencies u Promote innovation and entrepreneurship among scientific staff, student and postdocs PRIMARY GOALS OF OUTREACH STRATEGY We will u Work to ensure that BIO is acknowledged and deployed as an expert within its areas of competency by research collaborators, the private and public sectors and opinion leaders u Enhance the awareness of BIO's research and teaching amongst high school students u Make BIO's research well-known to the general public PRIMARY GOALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH STRATEGY We will u u u u Increase job satisfaction Secure effective lines of communication Provide a supportive and respectful workplace Strive to enforce a safe working environment university of copenhagen Department of Biology Strategy 2018-2023 Expert knowledge and technology With a tenured staff of around 90 associate and full professors, 100 technical staff, 100 post-docs, 175 PhD students, and approximately 2000 BSc and MSc students, the Department of Biology (BIO) is the largest research and teaching department in Denmark within the biological sciences. BIO works acr PRIMARY GOALS OF RESEARCH STRATEGY We will u Establish new Centers of Excellence within Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Genomics and Microbiology u Strengthen specific research areas key to meeting future trends and developments within e.g. Community ecology, Modelling of complex biologic D E PA R T M E N T O F B I O L O G Y OLE MAALØES VEJ 5 DK-2200 COPENHAGEN N DENMARK PHONE +45 3532 3710 BIO@BIO.KU.DK W W W. B I O . K U . D K