CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2025
Every month we release a full list of publications from the Center, as well as media appearances by the Center scientists

Media Appearances
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research
Børsen, 06/05/2025
'Ungt vægttabsfirma henter trecifret millionbeløb'
PR Newswire, 06/05/2025
'Ousia Pharma Secures Substantial Seed Financing Led by Omega Funds to Advance Groundbreaking Obesity Treatment'
Bloomberg, 06/05/2025
'Danish Obesity Startup Ousia Gets Funds From US Investor Omega'
Innovation District Copenhagen, 07/05/2025
'Weight-loss start-up in Innovation District raises substantial seed funding'
Professor Ruth Loos
Uniavisen, 01/05/2025
'University of Copenhagen to track health of 10,000 Danes over 25 years'
Science Report, 02/05/2025
'KU-forskere samler 10.000 mennesker i den største befolkningsundersøgelse af sin slags'
Globe Newswire, 15/05/2025
'European debut in Leipzig: New BioPharma Innovation Forum focuses on obesity'
Professor Thomas Moritz
Associate Professor Atul Deshmukh
Ritzau, 28/05/2025
'Nyopdagede ‘molekylære fingeraftryk’ kan styrke behandling og diagnosticering af diabetes'
University of Copenhagen, 28/05/2025
'Newly discovered ‘molecular fingerprints’ could transform diabetes treatment and diagnosis'
Associate Professor Marta Guasch Ferré
ABC Nyheter, 03/05/2025
'Slik spiser de som får en sunn alderdom, ifølge studie'
Ekstrabladet, 04/05/2025, Section 3, page 12 (print only)
'Vejen til sund aldring'
Associate Professor Tune H. Pers
Videnskab.dk, 12/05/2025
'Dansk videnskab i fare på grund af Trump: Frygter at miste millioner i bevillinger'
Associate Professor Simon Rasmussen
Illusteret Videnskab, 16/05/2025
'For 7000 år siden skete der noget med én beboer tæt ved Sortehavet, som kan beskytte millioner af mennesker i dag'
Associate Professor Jonas Thue Treebak
Medical Xpress, 01/05/2025
'Time to trash your supplements? Low levels of NAD⁺ may not drive aging'
Knowridge, 03/05/2025
'Study questions anti-aging hype around NAD⁺ supplements'
Researcher Kirstine Ravn (Rasmussen Group)
Ritzau, 09/05/2025
'Forskere kortlægger 7.000 år gammel genfejl, der beskytter mod HIV'
Postdoc Jens Lund (Clemmensen Group)
Diabetes.dk, 24/05/2025
'Diabetesforeningen uddeler 1,8 millioner kroner til forskning i tynde mennesker, tarmkræftscreening til at opdage type 2-diabetes og plastre'
Publications
Clemmensen Group
Krauth N, et al. A hypothalamus-brainstem circuit governs the prioritization of safety over essential needs. Nat Neurosci. 2025 May 28. doi: 10.1038/s41593-025-01975-6. Epub ahead of print.
Deshmukh Group
Jacques M, et al. Molecular landscape of sex- and modality-specific exercise adaptation in human skeletal muscle through large- scale multi-omics integration. Cell Rep. 2025 May 28;44(6):115750. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115750. Epub ahead of print.
Seaborne RAE, et al. Integrated single-cell functional-proteomic profiling reveals a shift in myofibre specificity in human nemaline myopathy: A proof-of-principle study. J Physiol. 2025 May;603(10):3033-3048. doi: 10.1113/JP288363. Epub 2025 May 5.
Deshmukh, Gerhart-Hines, Moritz, Sakamoto, Treebak & Zierath Groups
Chubanava S, et al. NAD depletion in skeletal muscle does not compromise muscle function or accelerate aging. Cell Metab. 2025 Apr 30:S1550-4131(25)00212-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.04.002. Epub ahead of print.
Deshmukh, Rasmussen, Sakamoto & Zierath Groups
Kjærgaard J, et al. Personalized molecular signatures of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Cell. 2025 May 21:S0092-8674(25)00515-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.005. Epub ahead of print.
Gerhart-Hines Group
Hansen M, et al. The skeletal muscle response to high-intensity training assessed by single-nucleus RNA-sequencing is blunted in individuals with type 2 diabetes. J Physiol. 2025 Jun;603(11):3357-3377. doi: 10.1113/JP288368. Epub 2025 May 25.
Hansen Group
Gaul AK, et al. Assessing prediabetes and cardiometabolic risk in Danish youth with obesity. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 22. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2025-0095. Epub ahead of print.
Jensen RT, et al. Changes in Inflammatory Markers Following Bariatric Surgery and the Impact of the Surgical Procedure: A 12-Month Longitudinal Study. Obes Surg. 2025 May 27. doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07629-z. Epub ahead of print.
Suleman S, et al. Exploring the genetic intersection between obesity-associated genetic variants and insulin sensitivity indices. Sci Rep. 2025 May 6;15(1):15761. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-98507-w.
Sørensen MT, et al. Educational inequalities in clinical presentation and pharmacological treatment of early type 2 diabetes: A Danish prevalence study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2025 Jul;225:112231. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112231. Epub 2025 May 15.
Juul Holst Group
Davidsen L, et al. Unravelling the heterogeneity of diabetes in chronic pancreatitis: Alpha and beta cell dysfunction and association with glycaemic control. Diabet Med. 2025 May 31:e70080. doi: 10.1111/dme.70080. Epub ahead of print.
Di Giuseppe G, et al. Altered GIP/GLP-1 Secretion Ratio is Associated With Impaired β Cell Function in Humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 12:dgaf210. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaf210. Epub ahead of print.
Henriksen K, et al. Proinflammatory cytokine-induced alpha cell impairment in human islet microtissues is partially restored by dual incretin receptor agonism. Diabetologia. 2025 Jul;68(7):1492-1508. doi: 10.1007/s00125-025-06425-3. Epub 2025 May 15.
Rasmussen RS, et al. Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Is Involved in Postprandial Regulation of Splanchnic Blood Supply. Diabetes. 2025 May 30:db250149. doi: 10.2337/db25-0149. Epub ahead of print.
Metabolomics Platform
Moe ØK, et al. Marked mucosal lipid shifts in treatment refractory inflammatory bowel disease: a lipidomic study. BMC Gastroenterol. 2025 May 20;25(1):389. doi: 10.1186/s12876-025-03944-6.
Rasmussen Group
Lopopolo M, et al. Pre- European contact leprosy in the Americas and its current persistence. Science. 2025 May 29:eadu7144. doi: 10.1126/science.adu7144. Epub ahead of print.
Ravn K, et al. Tracing the evolutionary history of the CCR5delta32 deletion via ancient and modern genomes. Cell. 2025 May 2:S0092-8674(25)00417-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.04.015. Epub ahead of print.
Sakamoto Group
Nisr RB, et al. The Ancient Drug Salicylate Indirectly Targets Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase to Suppress Liver Glucose Production in Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2025 Jun;241(6):e70058. doi: 10.1111/apha.70058.
Schéele Group
Loft A, et al. Towards a consensus atlas of human and mouse adipose tissue at single-cell resolution. Nat Metab. 2025 May;7(5):875-894. doi: 10.1038/s42255-025-01296-9. Epub 2025 May 13.
Schwartz Group
Kaur J, et al. Pedunculopontine-stimulation obstructs hippocampal theta rhythm and halts movement. Sci Rep. 2025 May 23;15(1):17903. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-01695-8.