Danish Cardiovascular Academy

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across cardiovascular disciplines

Education

Jonathan is using archived heart tissue to reveal how proteins shape the heart in health and disease

Recently, Postdoctoral Fellow, Jonathan Achter from Lundby Group - Cardiac Proteomics & Systems Biology at Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, published his article “Quantitative proteomics of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded cardiac specimens uncovers protein signatures of specialized regions and patient groups” in Nature Cardiovascular Research.

Education

Selma investigates if ordinary vitamins such as K2 and D3 influence cardiovascular inflammation

In a recently published article, Selma Hasific, DCAcademy grant recipient and PhD student at Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, explores how vitamin K2 and D3 supplementation affects fat around the heart and overall inflammation - both linked to cardiovascular health. 

Education

Novel ways to improve prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes

Tummas Ternhamar has recently published a paper from his PhD project in the Lancet Regional Health – Europe on the use of statins and cardioprotective glucose-lowering drugs and risk of first-time cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. By using real-world data, Tummas’s goal is to support more informed treatment decisions and better long-term health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes.

Education

Justus is combining computational and biomedical expertise to discover new layers in genetics

Justus Gräf is the co-first author of the newly published article titled “Complex genetic effects linked to plasma protein abundance in the UK Biobank” in Nature Communications. Together with his colleague, Arnor Sigurdsson, Justus used deep learning, a type of computational algorithm that can model very complex relationships, to explore how genes and environmental factors together influence protein levels in the blood.

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