Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

Novo Nordisk Foundation
Center for Basic Metabolic Research

A man secures equipment on an Inuit sledge in Qaanaaq, Greenland

Research

Arctic-adapted genetic variants influence circulating protein levels and disease development

Award

Juleen Zierath receives Kirsten and Freddy Johansen Preclinical Research Prize 2025

Grant

Professor Torben Hansen secures DKK 60M NNF Challenge Grant

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Spin-out News

CBMR spinout Ousia Pharma raises three-digit million amount to develop their groundbreaking obesity treatment

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2025.04.23

Loos Group launches Denmark’s largest precision health cohort

Nearly half of all adults in Denmark are affected by obesity, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. Yet, there remains a significant gap in understanding the individual factors that contribute to the development of these conditions.

Research Facilities

Technology platforms have been established to advance basic research questions and to empower scientists to accelerate their discoveries and innovations.

Education opportunities

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Cardiometabolic Research in Society and Culture

News

"We were walking in the streets, chanting 'research for the people, not for profit'"

From emergency surgeon to discoverer of GLP-1 and its effects on insulin production and satiety, CBMR Group Leader Professor Jens Juul Holst has spent fifty years pursuing one question: how does metabolism go wrong, and…

Ancient arctic adaptations may influence modern disease risk

Inuit in Greenland possess a unique genome, which has evolved over thousands of years as they adapted to a cold climate and consumed a diet largely consisting of marine mammals. Now, a team of international scientists…

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2025

Zach Gerhart-Hines Awarded First Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research

The Danish Association for the Study of Obesity (DASO) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation have awarded the first Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research to Zach Gerhart-Hines, Associate Professor at the…