Research meetings at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

Content

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 November 6th, 2025

STENO CONNECT X THURSDAYS

Please join us in welcoming pre-gaduate students from across various disciplines for an inspirational hour of flash talks covering the full diversity of currently ongoing research here at SDCA. PhD-students and postdocs are encouraged to bring and present their posters.

Thursday November 13th, 2025 

Advanced Genome Technologies for Biomedical and Clinical Research

Summary: Recent breakthroughs have been made in the field of genome technologies, including methods for single-cell and spatially resolved RNA sequencing. In this Steno lecture, I will present an overview of these technologies and how these technologies can be used for biomedical and clinical research. I will also present a recent initiative of the Stenomics CORE facility, which provides technical and scientific supports to scientists interested in these technologies.

Yonglun Luo, PhD, Professor at Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University

Thursday November 20th, 2025 

Using human genetics to study the cellular biology of atherosclerotic vascular disease

Summary: In this talk, I will discuss how causal vascular disease genes influence the cellular biology of the atherosclerotic lesion. I will focus on our characterization of endothelial cell phenotypic modulation, and how the causal gene TWIST1 modifies this process to alter disease risk. I will also discuss our efforts to better understand how smooth muscle cells contribute to the lesion.

Robert Wirka, MD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)

Thursday November 27th, 2025 - 13.00-16.00

Health and disease in a family context – anthropological perspectives

Summary: The anthropologist at SDCA and National Center for Obesity (NCFO) invites for afternoon symposium on health and disease in a family context. The symposium will be in Danish. Please note that attendance requires full participation, and that registration is mandatory.
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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

Content
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

Content
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 

Content
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

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)

Content

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

Content
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)