Københavns Universitets Videoportal

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

Thu, 27 May 2021 17:00:00 GMT

An exceptional receptor on the surface of brown fat cells drives calorie-burning without the need for an external signaling molecule. Mice genetically engineered to overproduce this receptor, GPR3, in brown fat were completely protected from metabolic disease despite being continuously fed a high caloric diet. The scientists behind this discovery at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), at the University of Copenhagen, believe their findings upend the current dogma describing how cell surface receptors work, while opening the door to new approaches for treating obesity.

“I was quite amazed when I arrived at CBMR”

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:07:02 GMT

Nicole Fadahunsi is starting her third year of her PhD at CBMR, supported by the Bioscience PhD Programme. Originally from the UK, and with a BSc from the University of Manchester and an MRes from Imperial College London, she now sits in CBMR’s Clemmensen Group that studies the biological regulation of body weight.

Watch the video to find out how CBMR supports her scientific ambitions - while maintaining a healthy work-life balance!

New genetic links to diabetes and obesity discovered by eavesdropping on...

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 22:26:14 GMT

The Barrès Group at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) at the University of Copenhagen have identified new links between obesity and diabetes and our genome. They did so by connecting regions of the genome that interact with each other over long distances. This new method marks an important development for scientists who want to better understand the link between the genome of individuals and their health.

Can a virus from poop make us thinner?

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:38:21 GMT

Episode 3 of the Tv-series Young Scientists and Food

See episode 1 of Young Scientists and Food, Can taste help to change the world?

See episode 2 of Young Scientists and Food, Daniel powers up the milk-making process

PhD student Torben Sølbeck Rasmussen works in a laboratory at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH FOOD), which is called "Poop Lab". Here he makes a shit extract of viruses from thin mice, which he hopes can make thick mice thinner. If the treatment is successful and can later be transmitted to humans, it has a huge potential. Although we know that the gut microbiome has a large impact on a wide range of diseases, fecal transplantation from a healthy donor to a sick recipient is used to a limited extent today, as there may be some risks. The new approach removes some of the risk and the hope is that over time the method can be developed into a completely safe treatment.

Presentation of GECKO

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:59:49 GMT

Presentation of the goals and focus of GECKO (Gametic Epigenetics Consortium against Obesity).

The Research at Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:57:26 GMT

Governing Obesity (tekstet)

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 12:41:12 GMT

At the University of Copenhagen the interdisciplinary Research Programme, Governing Obesity, is working to find new ways to treat and prevent obesity and its consequences at both the individual and societal levels

Governing Obesity - Societal and Individual Interventions

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:07:42 GMT

What your father ate before you were born could influence your health

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:24:38 GMT

Sperm Carries Information about Dad’s Weight. Different epigenetic information carried by sperm cells from lean and obese men could predispose their offspring for lifestyle diseases