Research meetings at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

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The Steno Thursdays events aim to disseminate exciting diabetes research from clinical- and biomedicine to epidemiology. Most presentations are given by researchers affiliated to or collaborating with SDCA. We host Steno Thursdays Global once a month, featuring international diabetes experts.
There will be room for questions and discussions following every talk.

How often

Thursdays, 14:00-15:00 in Verdensrummet, Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus.

How to join

Talks are announced through e-mails and Slack. Everyone can join.

Steno Thursdays Global talks are also announced online and on X @StenoAarhusRes. Meetings are held at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus (Forum, AUH).

Contact persons

• Anne Lundager Madsen, Annelmadsen@sund.ku.dk
• Jakob Wang, jawa@biomed.au.dk

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Diabetes and diabetes-related epidemiology meeting

How often
Monthly (no meeting in July due to summer holidays)

How to join
Everybody affiliated to SDCA and interested in epidemiology is welcome to join. Please see: https://steno-aarhus.github.io/epi/

Contact persons

• Alisa Kjærgaard, alisa.kjaergaard@auh.rm.dk
• Luke Johnston, luke.johnston@rm.dk

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Biomed lab. meetings are primarily based on laboratory methods and methodology development and its application in translational or clinical studies. The techniques are diverse and covers a spectrum from tissue signaling to subcellular analysis (e.g. Western Blot, immunostaining, single cell transcriptomics, Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting).

How often
Every second week

How to join
Everybody are welcome to join these meetings to discuss and expand the field and it doesn’t matter if you are new or experienced in laboratory research and related techniques. Topic and location is send to the Biomed lab. mail list. Please contact us to get on the list.

Contact persons

• Jakob Wang Jawa@biomed.au.dk 

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At these meetings, we discuss metabolism with a focus on experimental physiology and methods to quantify human metabolism (e.g. tracers, hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps, PET scans)

How often
Monthly (14:00-15:00 last Friday each month )

How to join
The meeting is for all researchers involved in studies of human metabolism. It is expected that all participants are active and contribute by presenting protocols, methods and data. Agenda and location is sent out through the META-LAB mailing list. Contact us to get on the list.

Contact person

• Esben Søndergaard (Esben.sondergaard@clin.au.dk)

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Journal club covering relevant papers within the field of diabetes and pregnancy. Also presentation of projects from researchers within this field and possibilities for feedback and networking.

How often
Once a month on Wednesdays from 12:00 - 13:30 at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus.

How to join
All are free to join, contact clinical researcher Sine Knorr,  sine.knorr@clin.au.dk

Contact persons

• Sine Knorr, sine.knorr@clin.au.dk
• Ulla Kampmann Opstrup, ullaopst@rm.dk

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At these meetings, we discuss papers and our own results within the areas of integrated care focusing on prevention of diabetes and diabetes late effects.

How often
Monthly (Monday 12:30-13:30)

How to join
The meeting is open for all researchers. Contact us to get on the list.   

Contact person

• Anette Andersen (Anette.Andersen@rm.dk)

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The overall purpose of the meetings is knowledge sharing on how to approach common issues when working with register based data. Also, the meetings are open to anyone who wish to learn more about register based research – no matter if you have any previous experience in the subject.

How often 
Every 4 weeks

How to join
Meetings are held at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus


Contact person

• Kamilla Horn KAMHOR@rm.dk

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With this forum we want to invite all at the Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus with an interest in nutrition to come and discuss emerging topics, science and implementation related to nutrition.

Aim
To spark more collaboration across the center and a stronger link between research and the clinic in the area of nutrition.

Target group
All at SDCA with an interest in nutrition. All dieticians from research and the clinic have permission to attend the meetings.

How often
Thursday afternoons. We have 10-12 meetings per year.

If you want more information and calendar invitations, please send an email to Daniel (dbi@ph.au.dk)

Contact persons
Marie Kirk (maekir@rm.dk)
Daniel Ibsen (dbi@ph.au.dk)