"Benfatto complains of “narrow-minded” colleagues who dismiss the existence of biophotons without reading the papers.... “Most people simply do not know that biological light is a real area of study with methods, mechanisms and biomedical relevance". www.nature.com/articles/d41...

All living things emit a faint glow. Could this light be useful?

Ultra-weak ‘biophotons’ might be used to diagnose disease, or could even represent a new signalling mechanism in cells.

nature.com

Grateful for the support @easoobesity.bsky.social - and the opportunity to present data on 1) “anti-obesity” metabolites, 2) problems with the pyruvate tolerance test, and 3) feed efficiency as a driver of obesity from @clemmensenc.bsky.social and @zgerharthines.bsky.social labs! @cbmr.science

The European Association for the Study of Obesity@easoobesity.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And we’re off! Jens Lund winner of the Basic Science Award presents at the @EASOobesity @novonordiskfound 2026 Awards Session, now in Hall 6 @EASOpresident

Is diet-induced obesity driven by overeating? Or is there another and perhaps more important driver?💡1/5 @easoobesity.bsky.social @cbmr.science

Online Now: A fuel partitioning perspective on appetite suppression by GLP-1 receptor agonists #trends #endocrinology #metabolism

A fuel partitioning perspective on appetite suppression by GLP-1 receptor agonists

Appetite suppression by glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) is thought to result from direct actions on neural circuits controlling food intake. In this article, we (1) propose that a shift in fuel partitioning toward fat oxidation caused by GLP-1RAs contributes to appetite suppression and (2) explore potential lines of research to test this hypothesis.

dlvr.it

Readworthy Letter in @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social on new-approach methods 👇 "NAMs enhance and synergize with, rather than replace, studies in intact organisms. Animal research remains indispensable for most integrated, chronic, or behaviorally anchored questions." www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

New approach methodologies: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

The NIH has recently called for expanding use of new approach methodologies (NAMs) to reduce use of animals in research. Arany discusses the need not to forget the irreplaceable aspects of animal rese...

cell.com

Hvis din omgangskreds stiller spørgsmålstegn ved vigtigheden af grundforskning, så vis dem dette gode klip med Adam Bencard 👇🏼

Carlsbergfondet@carlsbergfondet.dk · 5mo ago

Hvis man kun leder der, hvor der er lys, finder man ikke altid det, man har brug for. I år fejrer vi 150-års jubilæum i Carlsbergfondet. I 150 år har vi altså støttet den frie grundforskning. Men hvad er grundforskning? Se den fulde film👉 bit.ly/grundforskning #CF150aar #dkforsk

Metabolism Day strikes again 🔥 Amazing line up of speakers - and fascinating data by Matthias Tschöp to kick off the day! @cbmr.science

Check out this meeting on whole-room indirect calorimetry in Denmark! Submit your abstract and join international peers to share ideas and spark new collaborations 👇 Free registration: ninaziegenbein.github.io/wricaarhus20... @stenoaarhus.bsky.social @cbmr.science @zgerharthines.bsky.social

Circulating lactate is being taken up by cold-activated thermogenic adipose tissue in mice - but why? 🔥 Despite 4 decades of research on the role of lactate in brown fat, we still do not really know what lactate is doing inside this tissue 1/4 - source: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

CBMR's Zach Gerhart-Hines is awarded the first Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research for his pioneering discoveries on how fat tissue influences insulin sensitivity, energy expenditure, and appetite control. Read more: cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/za... #obesity #metabolism

A framework from @easoobesity.bsky.social to guide pharmacological treatment of 'fat mass diseases' versus 'sick fat diseases' 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Framework for the pharmacological treatment of obesity and its complications from the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) - Nature Medicine

Obesity and associated complications can be managed by obesity medications, prompting the revision of criteria for the diagnosis and staging of this disease.

nature.com

Are you using metabolic tolerance tests in your research? 💉Are you interested in metabolites? Or do you study the effects of exercise? 🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️ 1/4

Are you at the 61st @easdnews.bsky.social meeting this week? And are you working with metabolic and vascular complications of diabetes - or do you just want a brief break from the omnipresent and rapidly progressing developments in pharmacotherapies for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases? 1/3

As the world focuses on its billion-plus obese citizens, there remain people at the other end of the spectrum who are skinny, often painfully so, but don’t want to be. This recent @knowablemag.bsky.social article explores the “real enigma” of a condition. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

knowablemagazine.org

In a world focused on obesity, there remain people who struggle to gain weight. Genetic differences play a role.

The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

knowmag.org

If our environment promotes obesity, why do some people stay thin? 🤔 This new popular scientific article by Ute Eberle in @knowablemag.bsky.social delves into this question 👇 1/8 @cbmr.science knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

knowablemagazine.org

Can we harness the biology behind weight gain resistance in people living with constitutional thinness to prevent and better treat obesity and cardiometabolic diseases? 👇 @cbmr.science royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Longtail News@longtail-news.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Feed: "Latest from Live Science in News" By: Ute Eberle on Saturday, September 6, 2025

Latest publication from the lab spearheaded by @shoreseashell.bsky.social & in collaboration with @zeqiraj.bsky.social is out. Using structural, biochemical & computational tools, this work sheds light on the mechanism of action of BAY-3827 in inhibiting #AMPK 1/3 www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Mechanism and cellular actions of the potent AMPK inhibitor BAY-3827

The mechanism and unique molecular/cellular features of the potent and selective AMPK inhibitor BAY-3827 are unraveled.

science.org

@jphysiol.bsky.social, and several other journals, has a 'Journal Club' format targeted to early-career researchers. It is a great opportunity for young scientists to get started with scientific writing and cultivating independent thinking. Check it out! 1/3

The Journal of Physiology@jphysiol.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Congratulations to Niclas Rausch, Rebecca L. McIntyre, Fabian Finger & Jens Lund of cbmr.science for winning the #JournalClub 2024 Prize! 📖 🏆 See their winning paper 'Cutting through dogma: a novel tool to dissect lactate biology'⬇️ physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Congratulations to Niclas Rausch, Rebecca L. McIntyre, Fabian Finger & Jens Lund of cbmr.science for winning the #JournalClub 2024 Prize! 📖 🏆 See their winning paper 'Cutting through dogma: a novel tool to dissect lactate biology'⬇️ physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Many thanks to @jphysiol.bsky.social for recognizing our contribution to the Journal Club series, where we discussed key considerations in lactate research. We're honored to receive this prize!

The Journal of Physiology@jphysiol.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Congratulations to Niclas Rausch, Rebecca L. McIntyre, Fabian Finger & Jens Lund of cbmr.science for winning the #JournalClub 2024 Prize! 📖 🏆 See their winning paper 'Cutting through dogma: a novel tool to dissect lactate biology'⬇️ physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Is increased hunger really a primary driver of obesity? In this Letter to the Editor in @nejm.org, Thorkild Sørensen, Mark Friedman and I question the widespread idea that many develop obesity because they overeat 👇 1/5 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @cbmr.science

The Physiology of Hunger | NEJM

To the Editor: The review article by Fasano (Jan. 23 issue)1 concerning human nutrition and hunger regulation omits the crucial role of autophagy, a cellular recycling process vital for maintaining...

nejm.org

"To paraphrase Dwight D. Eisenhower’s aphorism: in research, planning is indispensable, but detailed plans are useless." 👇

Itai Yanai@itaiyanai.bsky.social · last yr.

Contrary to popular belief, what is important in science is as much its spirit as its product: it is as much the openmindedness, the primacy of criticism, the submission to the unforeseen, however upsetting, as the result, however new that may be. – Francois Jacob www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I am thrilled to share that my first paper as the first author, Food insecurity promotes adiposity in mice, is now published in #ObesityJournal #ObesitySociety doi.org/10.1002/oby.... #Foodinsecurity #Obesity #PhD 1/9🧵👇

Food insecurity promotes adiposity in mice

Objective The obesity epidemic, driven by a complex interplay of environmental and biological factors, remains a significant global health challenge. Herein, we investigate the impact of food insecu...

doi.org

".. most in vitro studies rely on culture protocols that create metabolic environments far removed from conditions that cells may face in the body" 👇 Great piece!

Daniel Fazakerley@dfazakerley.bsky.social · last yr.

Pleased to share our @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social forum on why we think standard cell culture practices deserve more consideration. How we culture cells has implications for cell metabolism & beyond! With @jasonrcantor.bsky.social @joycelyntan.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1klN65WXUl...

Full house! 🚀 Executive Director Professor @juleenrzierath.bsky.social opens Metabolism Day with an introduction to the center for our many external attendees in the audience and livestream. #MD25

Metabolism Day 2025 with >600 in-person and online attendees. Fun to meet so many friends, old and new colleagues in Copenhagen today #MD25 Live stream: www.youtube.com/live/oUi9JU_... Program: eventsignup.ku.dk/metabolismda...

Prof. Ingela Lanekoff at Uppsala gave a masterclass on new technologies taking spatial #metabolomics to new heights, in the second talk of the day before we break for the first poster session #MD25 @cbmr.science

Metabolism Day kicks off tomorrow! 🚀 Register now for the live stream: bit.ly/MD25_virtual

NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research@cbmr.science · last yr.

🍿 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐲 2025 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 11! 👩‍🔬 The conference brings together researchers to discuss the latest science in cardiometabolic diseases and energy control. Learn more about the speakers here: bit.ly/41FciTx Register for the live stream here: bit.ly/MD25_virtual

Descending Investigators 2025