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Take a tour of the Single-Cell Omics Platform

The Single-Cell Omics Platform (SCOP) provides high-throughput single-cell and sequencing…

Media & Publications

CBMR publications and media appearances in July & August 2021

CBMR publications and media appearances in July & August 2021

A Cellular Call for Help: Succinate Boosts the Anti-Inflammatory Power of White Blood Cells

When succinate is released by cells in distress it activates nearby white blood cells, and…

Exercise improves health through changes on DNA

Six weeks of physical exercise led to changes in the epigenetic information of skeletal muscle cell…

Where are they now?

From CBMR to Intomics: Julia Villarroel

Julia Villarroel is a bioinformatics scientist at Intomics, a Danish company that uses insights fro…

"The gut microbiome is a very important mediator of the environment we live in"

Yong Fan started a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Promoting Microbiome Research when he joined…

Research in Molecular Metabolism

Mice with low NAD+ levels die young – and scientists now know why

With low levels of the molecule NAD+, skeletal muscle cells are unable to control the concentration…

CBMR joins €2M Horizon2020 project to help steer the future of human microbiome research

Microbiome research holds potential for personalized and preventive nutrition and medicine, but is…

Danish Diabetes Academy awards DKK 1.9M for three CBMR projects

Malte Thodberg, Rikke Linnemann Nielsen and Nicholas M. Morton have all received grants from the…

Research in Cell

Scientists turn up calorie-burning in brown fat with a unique ‘on’ switch

An exceptional receptor on the surface of brown fat cells drives calorie-burning without the need…

Prestigious EASD Claude Bernard award goes to Juleen R. Zierath

Executive Director Juleen Zierath and Postdoc Ben Stocks receive awards from the European…

Proteomics reveals how exercise increases the efficiency of muscle energy production

By applying mass spectrometry, scientists at the University of Copenhagen provide some of the most…

Arctic Inuit with a faulty gene could control their diabetes with an hour of daily exercise

An hour of hiking with hunting gear may be enough to help control blood glucose levels in Arctic…

Assistant Professor Trisha Grevengoed to launch group at BMI to unravel the cardiovascular benefits of omega-3 fatty acids

Assistant Professor Trisha Grevengoed to launch group at BMI to unravel the cardiovascular benefits…

Postdoc opportunities

"CBMR is a fantastic place in a wonderful city"

Postdoc Jonathan Belanich explains why early career researchers in metabolism should consider…