News from Roskilde University

In the international research project FOOD TRAILS, Professor Niels Heine Kristensen will develop methods that European cities can use to develop food policies.

In new results, scientists from Roskilde University have shown that individual chemical components of cannabis have an effective impact on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The results confirm existing research and add crucial new knowledge on how active molecules from the cannabis plant can be applied in combination with a number of traditional antibiotics currently used to treat MRSA in humans. The results could lay the groundwork for the development of new types of medicine that could reduce consumption of conventional antibiotics and curb the growth of antibiotic resistance.

The new students will commence their studies in mid-August.

Together with four other European universities, Roskilde University forms an alliance that will receive approximately five million euros from the European Commission over the next three years.

The majority of Roskilde University’s educational activities will be held on campus in the autumn semester.