Niels Jessen
Head of Research and Professor of Clinical Pharmacology // Forskningschef
niels.jessen@biomed.au.dk
+ 45 2859 6352
Principal Investigator
Research areas
- Metabolic syndrome
- Insulin resistance
- Clinical pharmacology in diabetes
- Physical exercise
- Adipocyte function
Research description
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological regulation of substrate metabolism in humans with special focus on pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of metformin
- Cardiac effects of metformin in type 2 diabetes and cardiac failure
- Effects of physical exercise on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue
- Insulin and growth hormone signalling in skeletal muscle and adipocytes
- Muscle injury and muscle regeneration.