English below. Kære alle. Velkommen 'tilbage' efter en forhåbentlig god påske, under de særlige omstændigheder vi er underlagt grundet pandemien. På trods af at vi således er tvunget til at arbejde hjemmefra, løfter alle der kan, imponerende godt. Særligt indenfor undervisningen og vejledningen har udfordringerne været taget forbilledligt op, og store dele af forskningen og vores administration virker fortsat i næsten samme grad som inden nedlukningen. Det er godt klaret! Vi er mange, der havde håbet, at også universiteterne ville blive inkluderet i den første del af genoplukningen af Danmark, men det viste sig som bekendt ikke at blive tilfældet. Fra alle niveauer, således også fra universitetsledelsen, bliver der udtrykt stor forståelse for medarbejdernes virketrang, og jeg modtager mange henvendelser om tilladelse til adgang til f.eks. laboratorier for at få dem delvist op at køre igen. Men sandsynligvis indtil 10.5. må universiteterne kun bedrive coronavirus-relateret forskning og vedligeholde kritisk infrastruktur, f.eks. ved påfyldning af flydende kvælstof på kostbart udstyr, der ellers kan tage permanent skade. Ellers er det udelukkende samfundskritiske opgaver, der må udføres. Adgang til IFA kan derfor kun tillades som hidtil, dvs. ved f.eks. hasteopgaver med eksperimentelt udstyr, der skal udskiftes for at undgå stor skade eller andre omfattende udgifter. I bedes dog melde ind til mig med eventuelle phd-projekter med snarlig afslutning, der ikke kan omdefineres, og som vil lide betydeligt uden f.eks. laboratorieadgang: der vil muligvis kunne dispenseres i særlige tilfælde. Alle jeg har hørt fra i de forgangne uger under nedlukningen, har udvist stor forståelse, tålmodighed og hjælpsomhed, nu da vi ikke kan arbejde som ellers. Lad os fortsætte med det, indtil vi forhåbentlig snart ses igen på IFA. Mvh. Ulrik Dear All, Welcome ' back ' after a hopefully happy Easter, under the special circumstances which we are subject to due to the pandemic. Despite the fact that we are forced to working from home, everyone who is able to do so is supporting our activities in an impressive manner. In particular in the teaching and supervision, the challenges have been met in an exemplary fashion, and large parts of the research and our administration continue to work almost as well as before the shutdown. That is well done! Many of us were hoping that the universities would also be included in the first part of the reopening of Denmark, but as you know, this was not the case. From all levels, including from the AU management team, a great deal of understanding is expressed towards the strong wishes amongst the employees to resume work, and I receive many requests for permission to access e.g. laboratories to partially get them up and running again. But probably until 10.5. the universities may only conduct coronavirus-related research and maintain critical infrastructure, e.g. as filling liquid nitrogen on costly equipment that can otherwise take permanent damage. Otherwise, it will only be possible to carry out socially critical tasks. Access to IFA can therefore only be permitted as previously, i.e. by e.g. urgent tasks involving experimental equipment which must be replaced in order to avoid significant damage or other comprehensive expenses. However, you are asked to notify me of any PhD projects with a nearby deadline, that cannot be redefined, and which will suffer significantly without e.g. laboratory access: It may be possible to except in special cases. Everyone I've heard from over the past few weeks during the shut-down has demonstrated a great deal of understanding, patience and helpfulness, now that we can't work as usual. Let's continue with this until - as we all hope - we will soon be seeing each other again at IFA. Sincerely, Ulrik Ulrik I. Uggerhøj Department of Physics and Astronomy Aarhus University Denmark Phone: +45 2338 2373