Research Groups

Alkjær Group

Our goal is to help people to maintain lifelong mobility and function; specifically to prevent onset and progression of musculoskeletal diseases/injuries - particularly of the knee. We use biomechanics to understand and…

Bentzen Group

Our group works to understand the role of ion channels in health and disease. Our main focus is to understand the mechanism of cardiac arrhythmia and to find new opportunities for treatment of these.

Biering-Sørensen Group

Our aim is to test and merge new research methods that provide rapid responses to potential effect for the benefit of the patients. The vision for the research is to develop treatments which in the long term will make…

Billestrup Group

We use a number of in vitro and in vivo models systems to study the molecular and cellular basis for stimulation of beta cell growth and differentiation.

Christoffersen Group

The overall theme of our research is basic and clinical aspects of lipid and lipoproteins and how it can affect cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Davies Group

The Protein Oxidation group works to understand the mechanisms of protein modification by reactive species (radicals, two-electron oxidants, glycation reactions), the biological consequences of such reactions, and the…

Dela Group

Part of XLab where we focus on Human Integrative Physiology in Health and Disease. We make every effort to understand the metabolic and muscle remodelling behind exercise training, physical activity and diseases- from…

Gourdon Group

The Membrane Protein Structural Biology Group works on structural and functional characterizing of membrane proteins that are essential for human health and highly attractive targets in the treatment of diseases.

Grevengoed Group

We focuse on determining biological functions of different fats, such as omega-3 fatty acids, and their metabolites in cardiometabolic disease. Our work spans biochemistry and physiology to understand the necessity and…

Gustavsson Group

We aim to elucidate the molecular details of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) receptor function and regulation and translate our findings to biological function and the development of new therapies.

Hartmann Group

We investigate the mechanism by which hormones secreted from the intestine affect bone remodelling. Using cell, animal and human studies, we increase our understanding of intestinal and bone physiology, and identify new…

Hartvig Group

Using translational research model systems ranging from isolated organelles to cells to mice, rats, sheep and humans coupled with state of the art as well as classical biochemical and molecular biology methods our…

Hawkins Group

Our focus is to gain a better understanding of the role of innate immune cell dysfunction in the development of chronic inflammatory disease, particularly atherosclerosis and the development of cardiovascular…

Helge Group

Part of Xlab where we focus on Human Integrative Physiology in Health and Disease. We make every effort to understand the metabolic and muscle remodelling behind exercise training, physical activity and diseases- from…

Histolab

Histolab is a conventional histology laboratory that offers histological services, including conventional histology, immunohistochemistry and autoradiography.

Hjortø Group

We carry out fundamental research in order to understand how naturally occurring peptides and other allosteric modulators acting at chemokine receptors affect immune cell function in vitro and in vivo to provide new…

Holst Group

In our group, laboratory experiments can be translated into effective clinical studies in order to understand the functional challenges of obesity and diabetes, and to provide new principles for improved therapy of thes…

Jacobsen Group

Research in the Vascular Modeling Laboratory is focused on integrative models of the microcirculation. We apply multiple-scale computational models to investigate basic mechanisms operating in the microcirculation in…

Jensen Group

We how dietary factors affect gut barrier integrity and host-microbe interactions at the onset, prevention, and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases.

Jepps Group

The overarching theme of the group's research is to reveal and investigate new mechanisms that regulate arterial tone in order to improve our understanding of how vascular diseases develop, such as hypertension and…

Jespersen Group

In the Cardiac Physiology Laboratory, we aim at elucidating the physiological function of membrane embedded and associated proteins, through molecular, biochemical, pharmacological, and electrophysiological…

Kanters Group

The research group is concerned with signal analysis of electrocardiographic signals and inherited arrhythmias. We has specialized in the study of Long QT syndrome and has an outpatient clinic in cooperation with…

Kissow Group

In our group, we work with the extra-pancreatic effects of GLP-1 in relation to pulmonary and intestinal diseases. We are interested in the importance of the endogenous secreted hormones and the mechanism of action of…

Kjær Group

Our group focuses on translational molecular imaging with PET and PET/MRI and on development of targeted radionuclide therapies (theranostics) for use in precision medicine in cancer, cardiovascular diseases and…

Larsen Group

Part of Xlab where we focus on Human Integrative Physiology in Health and Disease. We make every effort to understand the metabolic and muscle remodelling behind exercise training, physical activity and diseases- from…

Lundby Group

In the Lundby group cardiac proteomics is applied to gain molecular insights into regulatory processes in the heart. The efforts undertaken aim at uncovering a deep molecular understanding of the changes in hearts…

Mandrup-Poulsen Group

The Immuno-endocrinology laboratory works to prevent and cure type 1 and type 2 diabetes by targeting the inflammatory and metabolic pathways leading to pancreatic beta-cell failure. Ongoing projects define the…

Mathiasen Group

We focus on investigating the signaling properties and unexplored biology of Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs) and the implications of this receptor family in human health and disease.

Nielsen Group

The research focus of the Gap Junction Group is the regulation of cardiac conduction. We are particularly interested in the role of gap junctions and their use as anti-arrhytmic target.

Ochala Group

Our group focuses on the understanding of muscle cell function in health, evolution, and disease with a specific focus on the motor protein, myosin and its binding partners. We are part of Xlab.

Olesen Group

The Cardiac Genetics research group is highly involved in research in the field of genetic causes of cardiac arrhythmia. The group is headed by Professor Morten Salling Olesen

Rasmussen Group

In our group, we study the molecular and cellular machinery responsible for the mosaic distribution of ion channels in polarized cells and how the molecular and cellular machinery is regulated.

Rosenkilde Group

The common research theme of the Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory (MolPharm) is the relationship between structure and function of 7TM (seven transmembrane segment), G protein-coupled receptors.

Schmitt Group

Our group focuses on the impact of mutations, molecular regulatory mechanisms and accessory subunits on the function of ion channel complexes with special focus on cardiac arrhythmia. Because we can observe many of the…

Sosnovtseva Group

We combine innovative experimental techniques, new methods of data analysis and mechanism-based modeling to unravel complex relationships between structure, dynamics, and function of cellular and vascular networks in…

Stallknecht Group

In Act4Life we develop, carry out and publish research elucidating the mechanisms behind the health-enhancing effects of physical activity. We also investigate how to best implement physical activity in daily life.

Størling Group

Our research focuses on inflammation- and immune-mediated pancreatic islet dysfunction and destruction in type 1 diabetes. Our aim is to decipher the detrimental events induced by immune factors in islets to obtain…

Sylow Group

Our research focuses on delineating the molecular causes of muscle wasting and associated metabolic dysfunctions. We are trying to identify mechanisms that, at the molecular level, might regulate muscle mass, function,…

Sørensen Group

Our aim is to understand how the renal vasculature functions during normal conditions and during disease-states such as hypertension and diabetes. We investigate the mechanisms regulating the excretory function of the…

Thomsen Group

Cardiac electrophysiology is the science related to the investigation, diagnose, treatment, manipulation and challenge of the electrical activities of the heart. This is what we do. Our present aim is to understand how…

Torekov Group

The group focuses on clinical translational research of the pathophysiological and genetic background of obesity and diabetes as well as on the treatments possibilities in humans. The group leader is Professor Signe…