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Tune Pers promoted to Professor from September 1, 2026

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Research in Nature Metabolism

To understand a weight-loss drug, scientists mapped a brain circuit older than humanity

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Zach Gerhart-Hines receives 61st EASD Minkowski Prize

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Professor Kei Sakamoto elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Obesity may disrupt the brain’s ability to sense blood sugar

Cells in the brain can sense a rise in blood sugar, however, in mice fed a high-fat diet, that response was largely lost, or reversed.

Tune Pers promoted to Professor of Central Regulation of Metabolism

Tune joined CBMR as an Associate Professor in January 2016 and has since made a series of breakthrough discoveries into the biology downstream of obesity and type 2 diabetes risk variants, linking them to specific brain cell populations and molecular mechanisms.

"My toxic trait is throwing myself into risky situations"

Born and trained in Malawi, Bernadette Chimera qualified as a medical doctor at 21 and was heading towards a career in surgery when she kept meeting patients who were too malnourished to operate on.

CBMR publications and media appearances in June & July 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in June & July 2026

Staying on diabetes medication is linked to fewer heart attacks and strokes

Adults with type 2 diabetes that don't take their medicine consistently has a 27 percent higher rate of heart disease according to new study. The effect hit younger patients even harder.

“Every single person here is an expert, bringing something I hadn't thought of before”

During his PhD in Canada on secreted proteins and how they influence different tissues, CBMR's Postdoc Nigel Kurgan was inspired by the science coming out of Copenhagen.

Professor Kei Sakamoto receives EASD-NNF Diabetes Prize for Excellence

Professor Kei Sakamoto will deliver his prize lecture on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 16:30 CEST during the 62nd EASD Annual Meeting.

Professor Oliver Rando set to join CBMR on prestigious ERC grant

Professor Rando's research asks how ancestral experiences are epigenetically transmitted to future generations.