The KETO group
The Keto-Aid study; Ketone bodies - Applications in diabetes
The overall purpose of our studies performed by the Keto group is to define fuel and ketone body metabolism in type 1 diabetes and to elucidate on the positive effects of 3-OHB on muscle, heart and CNS.
Funding
The funding received for our ketone studies (2019-2024) amounts to a total of DKK 18,893,895
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Steno Collaborative Project Grants 2019 (Niels Møller), DKK 7,865,865
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Tandem Programme 2019 (Niels Møller), DKK 5,294,830
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, PhD fellowship 2020 (Lars Gormsen/Mette Kjærulff), DKK 550,000
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, PhD fellowship 2020 (Lars Gormsen/Thien Luong), DKK 550,000
Graduate School of Health, AU, 2020, full PhD fellowship (Henrik Wiggers/Nigopan Gopalasingam), DKK 1,500,000
Helsefonden 2021 (Mette Louise Blouner Gram Kjærulff), DKK 300,000
Helsefonden 2021 (Thien Vinh Luong), DKK 275,000
A.P. Møllerfonden 2021 (Mette Glavind), DKK 28,200
Graduate School of Health, AU, 2021 (Mette Glavind), DKK 30,000
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, PhD fellowship 2021 (Niels Møller/Maj Bangshaab), DKK 550,000
Danish Diabetes Academy 2021 (Ole Emil Andersen), DKK 1,100,000
Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, PhD fellowship 2021 (Niels Møller/Mette Glavind), DKK 600,000
Riisfort Foundation 2022 (Niels Møller), DKK 250,000
The Keto group studies
The La-Ke project. Lactate and ketone bodies to preserve vital organ blood supply and function in heart, kidneys and brain (2019-2023)
PhD student: Mette Glavind Bülow Pedersen
PI: Niels Møller
The effect of ketone diet on heart metabolism and brain perfusion (2020-2023)
PhD student: Thien Vinh Luong
Modulation of circulating levels of the ketone body 3-hydroxybutyrate in patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Cardiovascular effects (2020-2023)
PhD student: Nigopan Gopalasingam
PI: Henrik Wiggers
Effects of intermittent fasting on cardiac substrate metabolism (2020-2024)
PhD student: Mette Louise Blouner Gram Kjærulff
Metabolic effects of exogenous ketosis in patients with type 1 diabetes and in healthy individuals - a controlled, randomised, clinical study (2021-2024)
PhD student: Maj Bangshaab
PI: Niels Møller
The metabolic effects of β-hydroxybutyrat on working skeletal muscle (2021-2024)
PhD student: Ole Emil Andersen
PI: Niels Jessen
