Thomas Elbenhardt Jensen
Associate Professor
Knowledge of languages
Danish (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (once fluent), Spanish (basic)- Born 10th of september 1975 in Slagelse, Denmark
- Originally from Korsør, Denmark, but has lived in Copenhagen since 1996
Degress and positions held
- 2013-present: Associate professor, Section of Molecular Physiology(MOLPHYS), Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen.· 2009 – 2012: Danish Research Council post doctoral fellowship, MOLPHYS
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2010 – 2011: Post doctoral fellow, Program of Cell Biology (Principal investigator Amira Klip), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
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2005 - 2008: PhD in skeletal muscle cell signaling and glucose metabolism (supervisor Erik A. Richter), MOLPHYS.
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Sep 2002-Jul 2003: M.Sc. in Exercise Physiology. Masters project at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia (supervisors David E. James and Erik A. Richter).
Research interests
Cell signaling; exercise; skeletal muscle;hypertrophy;atrophy; actin; mTORC1;AMPK;Rac1;actin;mass spectrometry;microscopy
Education
M. Sc. Human Physiology
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AMPK and insulin action: Responses to ageing and high fat diet
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The gut microbiome on a periodized low-protein diet is associated with improved metabolic health
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α-MSH stimulates glucose uptake in mouse muscle and phosphorylates Rab-GTPase-activating protein TBC1D1 independently of AMPK
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