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

Thursday April 3rd, 2025

Steno Thursdays X DCAcademy Nutrition Symposium

Summary: Join us for a special edition of Steno Thursday where you get to take part in the DCAcademy Nutrition Symposium. There will be two presentations, one about coffee and one about ultra-processed foods, and a panel discussion on how to translate evidence to patients.

Frederik Mellbye, Postdoc 
Anja Olsen, Professor 

Thursday April 10th, 2025

New insights (and random musings) into the role of lipid metabolism and diabetes and metabolic disease etiology

Summary: In this presentation, Dougal Mashek will explore mechanisms that link ectopic fat accumulation to the development of metabolic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes.

Dr. Douglas Mashek, Professor

Zoom-link: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/67339447189

Thursday April 17th, 2025 - No meeting

Easter Holidays

Summary: Meeting cancelled. We do hope, however, that you enjoy spending time with family rather than us. 

Thursday April 24th, 2025

Research day

Summary: The auditorium will be occupied for the symposium “Research day 2025”. See you in May.

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

Content
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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Talks and workshops at 'Pie & AI:Aarhus' cover a wide range of topics in data science and their impact on clinical research. Our aim is to bring the data science and clinical research communities together, therefore we organize the programme in a way that both communities can get inspired and learn something new at our events.

How to join
Meetings are held at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus and streamed on Zoom. Registration is necessary. Talks are announced on Twitter @StenoAarhusRes, e-mail newsletters and Slack. Everyone can join.

Contact person

• Adam Hulman (adahul@rm.dk)