Elizabeth Neilson, University of Copenhagen (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Elizabeth Neilson, University of Copenhagen

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The koala could soon be even more endangered than at present, if it turns out that climate change alters the nutritional value of the only food it can eat -- Eucalypt leaves. Assistant Professor Elizabeth Neilson from the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences from University of Copenhagen has received a $5 million grant from the Villum Young Investigator Program for the search of how the chemical structure of the leaves is disrupted.

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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences from University of Copenhagen

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