NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research
Interdisciplinary research into cardiometabolic health and disease at the University of Copenhagen. cbmr.ku.dk
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- Reposted by NNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchCheck out this meeting on whole-room indirect calorimetry in Denmark! Submit your abstract and join international peers to share ideas and spark new collaborations 👇 Free registration: ninaziegenbein.github.io/wricaarhus20... @stenoaarhus.bsky.social @cbmr.science @zgerharthines.bsky.social
- @camillascheele.bsky.social promoted to Professor of Translational Cell Metabolism 🚀 💬"The signaling role of adipose tissue in metabolism is central to understanding cardiometabolic health.” cbmr.ku.dk/news/2026/th...
- The Guasch Group is seeking adults aged 45–70 with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease to participate in a study on sustainable diets and health. Read more and sign up at planetdiet.dk If you have any questions, contact the team at planetdiet@sund.ku.dk or +45 93 51 84 39
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- Reposted by NNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchNew findings from @CBMR.science show that insulin-resistance-linked hyperinsulinemia is associated with colorectal cancer risk, but not other diabetogenic processes. Largest study yet on this link – led by postdoc Xuan Zhou and @jmerino.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Register now for Metabolism Day 2026! 🚀 The 7th annual conference about cardiometabolic diseases and energy control takes place on March 10, 2026 at @ucph.bsky.social, Denmark. Attend in-person or watch the live stream. Read more and register on our website! eventsignup.ku.dk/metabolismda...
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- "I think we made a lot of our discoveries because of our tenacity and detective work. We were staying on it and not giving up." Learn more about CBMR Group Leader Professor Jens Juul Holst and his important role in discovering GLP-1: cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/we...
- #Inuit genetic adaptations, evolved over 1000s of years as they adapted to a cold climate and consumed a diet largely consisting of marine mammals, influence circulating protein levels in the blood and may modify their risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease today. cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/an...
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- "For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case." @clemmensenc.bsky.social and @johansenvbi.bsky.social in @theconversation.com 👇 theconversation.com/the-science-... #obesity #metabolism
- Reposted by NNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchA framework from @easoobesity.bsky.social to guide pharmacological treatment of 'fat mass diseases' versus 'sick fat diseases' 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- CBMR's Zach Gerhart-Hines is awarded the first Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research for his pioneering discoveries on how fat tissue influences insulin sensitivity, energy expenditure, and appetite control. Read more: cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/za... #obesity #metabolism
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- Could the season you were conceived determine your lifelong health? @camillascheele.bsky.social & Taylah Gaynor ask why cold temperatures during the pre-conception period are associated with higher BAT density and activity and point to a possible epigenetic reprogramming of the father's sperm. 1/2
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- @cellpress.bsky.social Review 🚨 ‘Brain control of energy homeostasis: Implications for anti-obesity pharmacotherapy’ Lead author: @johansenvbi.bsky.social Senior author: @clemmensenc.bsky.social Read it here: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
- Reposted by NNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchLooking for a Postdoc position? (great program with 3-year funding and running costs) @clemmensenc.bsky.social has a fantastic project in wonderful Copenhagen at the fantastic @cbmr.science research center Being a program alumni I can can highly recommend the program and the Clemmensen lab :)
- Kickstart your research career in Copenhagen with a PhD or Postdoctoral fellowship at CBMR! Four PhD and four Postdoc positions are currently available: cbmr.ku.dk/join-us/fell... #phdposition #postdocposition
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- Kickstart your research career in Copenhagen with a PhD or Postdoctoral fellowship at CBMR! Four PhD and four Postdoc positions are currently available: cbmr.ku.dk/join-us/fell... #phdposition #postdocposition
- 🔎 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐈𝐏 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐱 Why does activating the GIP receptor contribute to weight-loss, given the evidence that blocking the receptor ought to be more effective? Prof. Jens Juul Holst outlines the evidence in Diabetes 👇 diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/art... #GIP #GLP1 #biotech #obesity
- Scientists from @cbmr.science and the @ucph.bsky.social Department of Neuroscience have identified a neural circuit in the mouse’s brain that prioritises safety over other needs. The findings were published in @nature.com Neuroscience. Read more, below 👇 healthsciences.ku.dk/newsfaculty-...
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- Reposted by NNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchSpecial day for our group @cbmr.science as we celebrate the successful defense of our (first) freshly minted PhD, Dr. Conchita Bringas 🥳 Her thesis was based on characterizing novel #AMPK inhibitors. Special thanks to the great committee @rbdamgaard.bsky.social ,Dave Carling & Lykke Sylow.
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- CBMR spinout Ousia Pharma has secured significant seed funding from the Boston-based venture fund Omega Funds to support the preclinical and clinical development of a once-weekly, dual-incretin-NMDA receptor antagonist conjugate. cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/cb... @clemmensenc.bsky.social #biotech #glp1
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- 🥗 🎯 @martaguasch1.bsky.social & @jmerino.bsky.social release a Review in @nature.com Medicine on precision nutrition for cardiometabolic disease, examining the evidence base, exploring the potential benefits, and discussing the challenges and opportunities ahead. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by NNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchREVIEW | A Vear, MT Heneka and @clemmensenc.bsky.social ( @cbmr.science , @umasschan.bsky.social ) Review on the potential of incretion-based drugs as treatments of neurodegenerative diseases
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- In @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social: Mice retained normal muscle function and health even though their NAD+ levels were reduced by 85%. Given that NAD levels drop by only up to 30% through ageing, the findings challenge the health benefits claimed by supplement companies. www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
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- The Loos Group is offering two Postdoctoral fellowships in proteogenomics of obesity and cardiometabolic disease. Read more about the positions, below 👇 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
- New research in @nature.com Medicine by @martaguasch1.bsky.social investigates the relationship between what we eat in midlife and the chances of reaching old age with good physical, cognitive, and mental health and without chronic diseases. cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/ea...
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- And that’s a wrap! 🥂 A huge thanks to everyone who joined us at Metabolism Day 2025 - whether you travelled from abroad, tuned in online, or nipped across the city. The talks were inspiring, the questions were thought provoking and the poster presentations exciting. 🚀 We hope to see you next year!
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- Full house! 🚀 Executive Director Professor @juleenrzierath.bsky.social opens Metabolism Day with an introduction to the center for our many external attendees in the audience and livestream. #MD25
- 🎉Metabolism Day kicks off in just a minute at 9:00 CET! Tune in on the YouTube livestream, below: www.youtube.com/live/oUi9JU_...
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- Metabolism Day kicks off tomorrow! 🚀 Register now for the live stream: bit.ly/MD25_virtual
- 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐏2: 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦? Research published today in @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social shows that #insulin and #glucagon play a crucial role in regulating levels of LEAP2 - a newly discovered hormone with promise for treating cardiometabolic disease. 1/
- 🤷 Scientists already know that LEAP2 prevents the hormone ghrelin from telling your brain you are hungry, thereby lowering appetite. However, much of the basic physiology of LEAP2 remains poorly understood. 2/
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- 🧠💊 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧-𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 In this @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social SnapShot, the @clemmensenc.bsky.social Group provide an overview of the current and emerging peptide-based drugs, which offer great potential to combat cardiometabolic diseases. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲? If you live in Copenhagen, you can book PhD student Erica Eberl for a lecture on the research surrounding pregnancy cravings and why we should pay attention to them! To book Erica, follow the link below! 👇 forsk.dk/indbakke/why...
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- Reposted by NNF Center for Basic Metabolic ResearchNew preprint on a cross-species atlas of the dorsal vagal complex and neural mediators of cagrilintide’s effects on energy balance @metabolcenter.bsky.social >580,000 cells mapping to 89 rat, mice and rhesus macaque cell populations! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Neuroscience #Obesity 1/3
