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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.
Thursday October 2nd, 2025 - two visiting researchers
The changing face of the diabetes epidemic (14.00)
Summary: In this talk, Dianna will talk about how the epidemic has changed over the last 20-30 years in terms of demography and complications. Dianna has worked for over 18 years in epidemiology in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity research as the epidemiologist of the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, and has pioneered the linkage of large-scale administrative data in Australia to inform care of people with diabetes. Her more recent work involves exploring trends in diabetes incidence and mortality in over 25 countries across the globe. Dianna is also interested the natural history of young-onset diabetes and has established a cohort study which aims to explore the trajectory of complications in this group of individuals. In 2021, she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her work in epidemiology, teaching and gender equity.
Dr. Dianna Magliano, Professor @ Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia.
The exposome of obesity and it’s cardiometabolic consequences (14.30)
Summary: Dr. Vaartjes is head of the Clinical Cardiovascular Epidemiology team and has worked extensively with (inter)national registry data and investigated the potential of data linkage. She focuses on Clinical Cardiovascular Epidemiology, CVD health inequalities (ethnicity, socio-economic position and gender) and CVD prevention. The past 10 years she also investigated inequalities in environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic disease and is WP leader in the Exposome-Nl consortium, EU Marie Curie project SURREAL and the ECOTIP consortium (www.exposome.nl, www.surreal.eu, www.ecotip.org). She is currently collaborating with researchers in various disciplines and publishes in the domains of Cardiovascular disease, Neurology, Environmental Health, and Public Health. She has coordinated SURF-CHD (SUrvey of Risk Factors), an international audit on secondary prevention in CHD patients that is supported by the European Society of Cardiology. She is nucleus member of the Primary Care and Risk Factor section of the European Association Preventive Cardiology and member of the consumers board of Statistics Netherlands.
Dr. Ilonca Vaartjes, Associate Professor @ Department of Epidemiology and
Health Economics of the Julius Center at University Medical Center Utrecht,
Netherlands.
Thursday October 9th, 2025
Using GWAS data to identify useful (?) diabetes subtypes
Summary: Doug and Jasper develop statistical tools for analyzing data from genomewide association studies (GWAS). They will first describe LDAK-KVIK, their recentlypublished tool for mixed-model association analysis, then explain how a multivariate extension can be used to detect and exploit genetic subtypes of heterogeneous diseases (e.g., by stratifying diabetes patients based on age of diagnosis and medication type). They promise the talk will not be too mathematical.
Doug Speed, Professor & Jasper Pieter Hof, post doc @ Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University.
Thursday October 16th, 2025 - Meeting cancelled
Summary: We hope that everyone is enjoying the holidays.
Thursday October 23th, 2025 - GLOBAL
Vascular Adaptations to Cold Exposure
Summary: Cold exposure triggers rapid remodeling of the adipose vasculature that supports heat production and systemic energy balance. I’ll discuss how endothelial identity, barrier function, and cell–cell communication adapt across fat depots, with a focus on brown adipose tissue. Using single-cell/-nuclei profiling and in vivo physiology, we map the signals that coordinate vascular remodeling with thermogenic demand and highlight potential therapeutic entry points for metabolic disease.
Anastasia Georgiadi, Group Leader @ Institute of Diabetes and Cancer, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Münich, Germany.
Please use the following Zoom-link to join us online:
https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/65953821290
Thursday October 30th, 2025
Illuminating mechanisms in human skeletal muscle insulin resistance
Summary: As a part the ongoing PhD course at SDCA, Jørgen stops by to give a lecture on mechanisms of insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle. Please joint us and all of the attending PhD-students for this presentation.
Jørgen Wojtaszewski, Professor and Head of Research @ August Krogh Section for Human and Molecular Physiology.
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)
Content
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)