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Principal component analysis (PCA) of samples based on skeletal muscle genes (a), skeletal muscle metabolites (b), and serum metabolites (c), with color indicating sampling time. Circle indicates extended feeding (EXF), and triangle indicates time-restricted feeding (TRF). t-SNE clustering of periodic transcripts in skeletal muscle after EXF (d), and TRF (e). Periodic metabolites in skeletal muscle after EXF (f), and TRF (g), and serum metabolites after EXF (h), and TRF (i). n = 11 participants.

Time-restricted feeding improves health without altering the body’s core clock

New research from the University of Copenhagen finds that time-restricted feeding does not influence

New insights into how the brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents

New research has deepened our understanding of the brain’s role in diabetes. CBMR Associate

Graphical abstract

How muscles and fat cells work together to make you more fit

Short-term exercise training increases levels of the enzyme DICER in fat cells. DICER in fat helps

An illustration showing how the lockdown increases the risk of obesity

Scientists sound the alarm: Lockdowns may escalate the obesity epidemic

Locking down society to combat COVID-19 creates psychosocial insecurity that leads to obesity, warn

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

Portrait of Associate Professor Zach Gerhart-Hines

Zach Gerhart-Hines awarded DKK 6M Distinguished Innovator grant

Zach Gerhart-Hines awarded DKK 6M Distinguished Innovator grant

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

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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

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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

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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