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Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports

Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports

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Research profile

The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports conducts research of the highest international standard – basic research as well as applied research.

The excellent research is undertaken by five research sections which have the freedom to develop their research in the direction they find optimal.

Sections

Movement and Neuroscience

Head of Section
Jesper Lundbye-Jensen
Associate Professor

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Nutrition and Health

Head of Section
Susanne Gjedsted Bügel
Professor

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Sport, Individual & Society

Head of Section
Ulrik Wagner
Associate professor

The August Krogh Section for Human Physiology

Head of Section
Ylva Hellsten
Professor

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The August Krogh Section for Molecular Physiology

Head of Section
Jørgen Wojtaszewski
Professor

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PhD thesis

CUBE Biobank

Copenhagen University's Biobank for Experimental Research

Upcoming PhD defences

8 Dec. 2023, 14:00

PhD defence: Diet and gut microbiota in cardiometabolic health

15 Dec. 2023, 13:00

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

5 Jan. 2024, 13:00

Sweeteners and Sweetness Enhancers’ Acute and Prolonged Effects on Substrate Oxidation, Energy Expenditure, and Appetite

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Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
University of Copenhagen
Nørre Allé 51, DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Contact:
Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
nexs@nexs.ku.dk

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