https://cbmr.ku.dk/research/research-groups/pers-group/news---pers-group/ A list of news from the Pers Group at CBMR. en Fri, 08 May 2026 17:54:52 +0200 Fri, 08 May 2026 17:54:52 +0200 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/i-want-to-ensure-that-researchers-have-access-to-the-best-cellular-models/ Zehra Abay-Nørgaard is a translational neuroscientist developing human stem cell models for disease...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/i-want-to-ensure-that-researchers-have-access-to-the-best-cellular-models/" alt="“I want to ensure that researchers have access to the best cellular models”" title="“I want to ensure that researchers have access to the best cellular models”"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/i-want-to-ensure-that-researchers-have-access-to-the-best-cellular-models/Faces_of_CBMR_Zehra_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/i-want-to-ensure-that-researchers-have-access-to-the-best-cellular-models/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:15:00 +0200 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-pers-and-greg-morton-secure-a-grant-from-the-nih/ The project seeks to identify and characterize different subsets of AgRP neurons, which are key targets...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-pers-and-greg-morton-secure-a-grant-from-the-nih/" alt="Tune H Pers and Greg Morton secure a DKK 17 million Multi-PI R01 grant from the NIH" title="Tune H Pers and Greg Morton secure a DKK 17 million Multi-PI R01 grant from the NIH"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-pers-and-greg-morton-secure-a-grant-from-the-nih/Tune_H_Pers_Feb_2024_1100px_DSC04207.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-pers-and-greg-morton-secure-a-grant-from-the-nih/ Tue, 07 May 2024 09:45:00 +0200 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-h-pers-receives-award-obesity-and-diabetes/ Tune H Pers receives the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research in 2024 for his research....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-h-pers-receives-award-obesity-and-diabetes/" alt="Tune H Pers receives award for outstanding research on obesity and diabetes" title="Tune H Pers receives award for outstanding research on obesity and diabetes"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-h-pers-receives-award-obesity-and-diabetes/Tune_H_Pers_Feb_2024_1100x600px_DSC04163.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2024/tune-h-pers-receives-award-obesity-and-diabetes/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:45:00 +0100 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2021/i-wanted-to-do-something-that-could-really-scale--to-go-beyond-helping-one-patient-at-a-time/ Pascal Timshel joined Intomics in 2019, after completing his Ph.D degree in bioinformatics at CBMR. We...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2021/i-wanted-to-do-something-that-could-really-scale--to-go-beyond-helping-one-patient-at-a-time/" alt="&quot;I wanted to do something that could really scale ... beyond helping one patient at a time&quot;" title="&quot;I wanted to do something that could really scale ... beyond helping one patient at a time&quot;"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2021/i-wanted-to-do-something-that-could-really-scale--to-go-beyond-helping-one-patient-at-a-time/WATN_Pascal_Timshel_1100x600_v2.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2021/i-wanted-to-do-something-that-could-really-scale--to-go-beyond-helping-one-patient-at-a-time/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/a-cell-atlas-of-the-brainstem-identifies-cells-that-regulate-obesity/ Scientists have characterized lower brainstem cell populations through which new and promising anti-obesity...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/a-cell-atlas-of-the-brainstem-identifies-cells-that-regulate-obesity/" alt="A cell atlas of the brainstem identifies cells that regulate obesity" title="A cell atlas of the brainstem identifies cells that regulate obesity"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/a-cell-atlas-of-the-brainstem-identifies-cells-that-regulate-obesity/Overview_figure_1100px.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/a-cell-atlas-of-the-brainstem-identifies-cells-that-regulate-obesity/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:30:00 +0100 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/i-can-sit-down-with-any-professor-at-any-time/ We spoke to PhD student Dylan Rausch about what drew him to CBMR through the Bioscience PhD Programme,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/i-can-sit-down-with-any-professor-at-any-time/" alt="&quot;I can sit down with any professor at any time&quot;" title="&quot;I can sit down with any professor at any time&quot;"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/i-can-sit-down-with-any-professor-at-any-time/Dylan_1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/i-can-sit-down-with-any-professor-at-any-time/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:15:00 +0100 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/genetic-risk-of-developing-obesity-is-driven-by-variants-that-affect-the-brain/ Some people are at a higher risk of developing obesity because they possess genetic variants that affect...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/genetic-risk-of-developing-obesity-is-driven-by-variants-that-affect-the-brain/" alt="Genetic risk of developing obesity is driven by variants that affect the brain" title="Genetic risk of developing obesity is driven by variants that affect the brain"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/genetic-risk-of-developing-obesity-is-driven-by-variants-that-affect-the-brain/elife-55851-fig4-v1.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/genetic-risk-of-developing-obesity-is-driven-by-variants-that-affect-the-brain/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:45:00 +0200 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/new-insights-into-how-the-brain-can-induce-diabetes-remission-in-rodents/ The Pers Group have helped discover how the peptide FGF1 causes persistent change to particular neurons... https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2020/new-insights-into-how-the-brain-can-induce-diabetes-remission-in-rodents/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:45:00 +0200 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/tune-pers-wins-dda-young-investigator-award/ Associate Professor Tune H. Pers, from the University of Copenhagen has received the Young Investigator...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/tune-pers-wins-dda-young-investigator-award/" alt="Tune H. Pers wins DDA Young Investigator Award" title="Tune H. Pers wins DDA Young Investigator Award"><img src="https://cms.ku.dk/arkiv/sund/fak/fak-sites/arkiv-sund.ku.dk/sund.ku.dk/news-2019/11/tune_pers_55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/tune-pers-wins-dda-young-investigator-award/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0100 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/250-participate-in-danish-single-cell-symposium-and-workshop/ Danish Single-cell symposium and workshop builds on last year's success https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/250-participate-in-danish-single-cell-symposium-and-workshop/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0200 https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/danish-single-cell-symposium/ The Single Cell Symposium 2019 is being held in the Maersk Tower on October 4. A workshop in wet-lab...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/danish-single-cell-symposium/" alt="Danish Single-cell Symposium and workshop – October 3-4" title="Danish Single-cell Symposium and workshop – October 3-4"><img src="https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/danish-single-cell-symposium/Danish_SingleCell_Symposium_A4_flyer_2019_11_55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2019/danish-single-cell-symposium/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:15:00 +0200