Calendar 2023

15 Dec. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: The potential of edible insects as meat replacements in the daily Danish diet

Cassandra Maya is defending her PhD thesis: The potential of edible insects as meat replacements in the daily Danish diet.

8 Dec. 2023, 14:00

PhD defence: Diet and gut microbiota in cardiometabolic health

Agnetha Linn Rostgaard-Hansen is defending her PhD thesis: Diet and gut microbiota in cardiometabolic health: Studies from the Danish Cohort Diet, Cancer and Health - Next Generations

9 Nov. 2023, 14:00

Honorary Doctorate Seminar /by Professor Laurie J. Goodyear

Title: Is exercise the cure for transmission of metabolic disease to offspring? Epigenetic mechanisms and beyond.

26 Oct. 2023, 13:30

PhD defence: Wholegrain Intake and Children’s Health

Marie Terese Barlebo Madsen is defending her PhD thesis: Wholegrain Intake and Children’s Health. The Impact of Wholegrain Intake on Growth, Cardiometabolic Markers and Gut Health from Infancy to Early Adolescence.

20 Oct. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: Insect as food and feed

Navodita Malla is defending her PhD thesis: Insect as food and feed. Protein quality of insects for human consumption and effect of insects on growth performance and gut health of piglets

20 Oct. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: Personalized dietary Management of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders in Adults

Mona Adnan Aldubayan is defending her PhD thesis: Personalized dietary Management of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders in Adults

16 Oct. 2023, 9:15

PhD defence: Investigating different approaches and analyses of psychological variables to enhance sport and exercise

Michael John Dwyer is defending his PhD thesis: Investigating different approaches and analyses of psychological variables to enhance sport and exercise

13 Oct. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: Maternal inflammation, human milk biomarkers and associations with infant outcomes

Sophie Hilario Christensen is defending her PhD thesis: Maternal inflammation, human milk biomarkers and associations with infant outcomes

12 Oct. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: Exploring the role of gastrointestinal transit time and pH for diet-microbiota interactions

Nicola Procházková defending her PhD thesis: Exploring the role of gastrointestinal transit time and pH for diet-microbiota interactions.

29 Sept. 2023, 13:30

PhD defence: Metabotyping in Precision Nutrition and Weight Management

Kristina Pigsborg is defending her PhD thesis: Metabotyping in Precision Nutrition and Weight Management

29 Aug. 2023, 10:00

PhD defence: Substrate utilization in the brain and skeletal muscle during environmental and energetic stress in humans

Hannah Caldwell is defending her PhD thesis: Substrate utilization in the brain and skeletal muscle during environmental and energetic stress in humans.

3 July 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: The liver-derived hormones GDF15 and FGF21 and their effect on energy balance

Trine Sand Nicolaisen is defending her PhD thesis: The liver-derived hormones GDF15 and FGF21 and their effect on energy balance.

16 June 2023, 9:00

PhD defence: Physical activity levels, cardiorespiratory fitness, and diabetes

Brenda Wilfred Kitilya is defending her PhD thesis: Physical activity levels, cardiorespiratory fitness, and diabetes among People living with HIV and HIV-uninfected adults in Tanzania.

14 June 2023, 14:00

PhD defence: Motor Skills and Effects of Motor Practice in Children and Young Adults

Malene Norup is defending her PhD thesis: Motor Skills and Effects of Motor Practice in Children and Young Adults

1 June 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: The gut in childhood stunting: a randomised controlled trial in Uganda

Hannah Pesu is defending her PhD thesis: The gut in childhood stunting: a randomised controlled trial in Uganda

3 Apr. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: Acute effects of beta2-adrenoceptor agonist in humans

Johan Onslev is defending his PhD thesis: Acute effects of beta2-adrenoceptor agonist in humans: Glucometabolic regulation in muscle and therapeutic perspectives.

31 Mar. 2023, 14:00

PhD defence: Importance of angiotensin-converting enzyme activity for adaptation to exercise training

Tórur Sjúrðarson is defending his PhD thesis: Importance of angiotensin-converting enzyme activity for adaptation to exercise training

23 Feb. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: Effects of Embodied Learning on Children’s Literacy Skills

Linn Damsgaard is defending her PhD thesis: Effects of Embodied Learning on Children’s Literacy Skills

27 Jan. 2023, 14:00

PhD defence: Molecular mechanisms in exercise and recovery

Christian Strini Carl is defending his PhD thesis: Molecular mechanisms in exercise and recovery. In vivo network characterization of the multi-modal exercise phosphoproteome and the mechanisms regulating post-exercise insulin sensitivity in human skeletal muscle.

20 Jan. 2023, 13:00

PhD defence: Investigating and measuring physical literacy and its health-related correlates in Danish children and adolescents

Paulina Sander Melby is defending her PhD thesis: Investigating and measuring physical literacy and its health-related correlates in Danish children and adolescents

11 Jan. 2023, 14:00

Inaugural lecture: On how following your academic passion “can take you places” ... both literally and metaphorically

Faidon Magkos has been awarded the position of Professor in Obesity and Metabolism at the Department of Nutrition Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen.