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Unsolved mystery

Scientists search for the signal that stops us from gaining weight

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

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…

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

MetaMEx pools data from 66 studies that examined the impact of exercise on gene behavior in muscles…

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…

250 participate in Danish Single-cell Symposium and workshop

Danish Single-cell symposium and workshop builds on last year's success

Danish Single-cell Symposium and workshop – October 3-4

The Single Cell Symposium 2019 is being held in the Maersk Tower on October 4. A workshop in wet-la…

Challenge Symposium a success

Colleagues from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research organized ‘The Huma…

Medical Museion wins international award

The Medical Museion in Copenhagen, Denmark, has won the prestigious UMAC Award for the museum’s…

Available Positions

Two Professorships in Metabolism available at the Center

The University of Copenhagen is actively seeking two new Professors who will be leading their own…

Exercise may have different effects in the Morning and Evening

The effect of exercise may differ depending on the time of day it is performed. In mice they…

Researchers establish global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer

Patients with colorectal cancer have the same consistent changes in the gut bacteria across…

The Next Stage in Metabolic Research

On 21 March, leading metabolism researchers met in the Jerne Auditorium for the symposium Metabolis…

Large Grant for Research into Innovative Way of Fighting Severe Overweight

Professor Romain Barrès, who researches epigenetics within metabolism, has received the Novo Nordis…

Diabetes Researcher Receives the Nordic Medical Prize

This year Professor and Executive Director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metaboli…