Research output per year
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Personal profile
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Family name, First name: Pers, Tune H.
- Researcher unique identifier: ORCID 0000-0003-0207-4831
- Date of birth: December 19, 1980
- Nationality: Danish and German
- URL for web site: https://cbmr.ku.dk/research/human-genomics-and-metagenomics-in- metabolism/pers-group
EDUCATION
2011 - PhD in Integrative Systems Biology
- Center of Basic Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
- Supervisors: Søren Brunak and Thorkild I.A. Sørensen 2008 MSc in Bioinformatics
2008 - MSc in Bioinformatics
- Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 2005 BSc in Computer Science
2005 - BSc in Computer Science
- Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Education/Academic qualification
Systems Biology, PhD, Integrative Systems Biology: Elucidating Complex Traits, DTU Technical University of Denmark
2008 → 2011
Award Date: 21 Sept 2011
External positions
Senior Scientist, Statens Serum Institut
2015 → 2018
Senior Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital
1 Aug 2011 → 31 Dec 2015
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A cross-species atlas of the dorsal vagal complex reveals neural mediators of the effects of cagrilintide on energy balance
Ludwig, M. Q., Coester, B., Gordian, D., Hassan, S., Tomlinson, A. J., Toure, M. H., Christensen, O. P., Lommi, G., Moltke-Prehn, A., Brown, J. M., Belmont-Rausch, D. M., Bau, S., Bodur, C., Gowda, A., Wu, I., Kernodle, S., Dong, V., Ayensu-Mensah, M., Sabatini, P. V. & Shin, J. H. & 11 others, , 2026, In: Nature Metabolism. 8, 6, p. 1350–1367Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Cagrilintide and retatrutide combination therapy enhances weight loss and metabolic outcomes in obese male rats
Petersen, J., Merrild, C., Holm, S. K., Kurgan, N., Hassan, S., Mathiesen, C. V., Borchers, S., Svendsen, C., D'Anna, S., Andersen, N. R., Klein, A. B., Fritzen, A. M., Deshmukh, A. S., Pers, T. H. & Clemmensen, C., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Metabolism. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Causal effect estimation from trans-regulatory single-cell CRISPR screens
Christensen, O. P., Markham, A., Kang, H., Gabriel, E. & Pers, T. H., 2026, In: Cell Genomics. 6, 6, 11 p., 101251.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Generation of human appetite-regulating neurons and tanycytes from pluripotent stem cells
Abay-Nørgaard, Z., Mueller, A. K., Hänninen, E., Rausch, D., Piilgaard, L., Trujillo, L. S., Fedrizzi, L., Christensen, J. B., Salvador, A., Schörling, A. L., Mottelson, N. W., Qin, Q., Sampath, S., Hersbach, B., Henkenjohann, J., Peeters, S., Nikulina, V., Kruse, C. H., Li, Y. & Chinnaiya, K. & 4 others, , 2026, In: Cell Stem Cell. 33, 7, p. 1174-1190.e11Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Leptin-sensitive hypothalamic Lepr+/Glp1r+ neurons limit hyperphagia and weight gain in diet-induced obesity
Belmont-Rausch, D. M., Kapel, B. S., Tomlinson, A. J., Ding, C., Duensing, A. M., Coester, B., Mathiesen, C. V., Cabot, L., Brown, J. M., Kruse, C. H., Hassan, S., Heaton, E., Clemmensen, C., Schwartz, M. W., Fenselau, H., Myers, M. G. & Pers, T. H., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The EMBO Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Semaglutide attenuates neuroinflammation in male mice
Belmont-Rausch, D. M., Ludwig, M. Q., Bentsen, M. A., Hansen, S. N., Secher, A., Holst, D., Moreno, J., Das, V., Egerod, K. L., Bjerregaard, A. M., Niss, K., Bau, S., Pyke, C., Dalgaard, K., Merkestein, M., Wichern, F., Hansen, C. T., Polex-Wolf, J., Knudsen, L. B. & Pers, T. H., 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 20 p., 7328.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Single-cell profiling identifies obesity-disrupted brain glucose sensing
Brown, J. M., Bentsen, M. A., Jørgensen, A. M., Nielsen, T. S., Belmont-Rausch, D. M., Selmanovic, D., Dmytriyeva, O., Kruse, C. H., Aalling, N. N., Schwalbe, D. C., Knights Møller, O., Campbell, J. N., Secher, A., Schwartz, M. W. & Pers, T. H., 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 17 p., 10342.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sustained diabetes remission induced by FGF1 involves a shift in transcriptionally distinct AgRP neuron subpopulations
Aalling, N. N., Todorov, P. V., Hassan, S., Belmont-Rausch, D. M., Christensen, O. P., Laurentiussen, C. O., Jørgensen, A. M., Alonge, K. M., Scarlett, J. M., Mirzadeh, Z., Brown, J. M., Schwartz, M. W. & Pers, T. H., 2026, In: Molecular Metabolism. 103, 18 p., 102300.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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Sapere Aude Scholarship, Danish Research Council for Independent Research
Pers, T. H. (Recipient), 2011
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Lundbeck Foundation Fellowship
Pers, T. H. (Recipient), 2015
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Honorary Medal for Researchers below 40 Years, Jakobiner Society
Pers, T. H. (Recipient), 2017
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Sapere Aude Starting Grant, Danish Research Council for Independent Research
Pers, T. H. (Recipient), 2019
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Young Investigator Award, Danish Diabetes Academy
Pers, T. H. (Recipient), 2019
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