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Scientists find the switch that makes human brown fat burn energy – and possibly control our weight

The receptor responsible for activating the energy-burning property of brown fat in humans has been

Professor Kei Sakamoto poses with Professor Dario Alessi

Research Alliance

Metabolism and cell signaling research alliance launched with University of Dundee

Three-year research alliance will accelerate discoveries on molecular metabolic signalling in

An illustration of the brain showing the hidden 'sweet tooth'

Neurons that reduce sugar cravings are discovered in mice

A specific group of neurons are responsible for lowering our appetite for sweets after they sense a

Jens Juul Holst in the clinic

Research Pioneer in Diabetes Receives Prestigious Harvard Prize

Professor Jens Juul Holst from the University of Copenhagen receives this year’s Warren Alpert

Torben Hansen at CBMR

Gene-based personalised medicine to treat diabetes

Small genetic variations can have a major impact on which types of treatment to offer patients with

Chart of weight gain

Unsolved mystery

Scientists search for the signal that stops us from gaining weight

The body might have an undiscovered defence against gaining too much weight – a signal that tells

Portrait of Niels Grarup

Niels Grarup wins Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research

CBMR associate professor Niels Grarup has won the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes

A person using a rowing machine

New tool opens up old data and discovers novel links between exercise and health

A free online tool that lets anyone discover how different groups of people respond to exercise, has

Photo from the (un)conference

Behind the scenes

Inside the CBMR (un)Conference

On November 29, the Center came together for its first (un)Conference, a teambuilding day with

Three DDA grants for CBMR postdocs and PhDs

The Danish Diabetes Academy is handing out grants amounting to DKK 16.6 million to a total of

Science communication

Medical Museion awarded DKK 4.7M for science communication project

CBMR research will reach an even wider audience thanks to a 4.7 million kroner grant from the Novo

Atul Deshmukh kickstarts group with Future Leaders Award

His group hopes to use mass spectrometry-based proteomics to discover new proteins and peptides for

Tune H. Pers wins DDA Young Investigator Award

Associate Professor Tune H. Pers, from the University of Copenhagen has received the Young

Brown and white body fat speak different languages

New research from CBMR has shown that white and brown fat secrete different sets of proteins

See what CBMR got up to on Culture Night

Obesity and deadly epidemics – CBMR researchers let the public in under the skin of diseases, old