Big congrats to Max Ravn Merkel who successfully defended his PhD today on the topic of tendinopathy, backed by a strong team of supervisors and challenged by sharp opponents Profs Paul Ackermann 🇸🇪 and Jess Snedeker🇨🇭 🙌🥳🙌

🚨This morning’s good news is that Max Merkel’s paper Increased Blood Flow and Tendon Swelling Precedes Vascular Expansion and Tissue Matrix Changes In Early Human Tendinopathy: A Potential Window for Superior Treatment Response is now online! 🥳🎅🎄 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

💪🧠Thrilled to be awarded this grant to study how exercise supports the motoneurone-muscle interaction during ageing - with awesome collaborators @kevinmurachphd.bsky.social and Kristine Freude @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social 🙏@lundbeckfonden.bsky.social lundbeckfonden.com/en/exercise-...

Carrying on with the traditions of the “Friday Sandwich Lunch” to celebrate recent publications, @ccstorytime.bsky.social takes us through the journey of this project from its conception with its ups and downs, starts and stops, and highlighting the key players who helped make it possible 🧡

This morning’s departmental meeting was from PhD student Bjørk Wulff West Helge presenting some new results on his project investigating energy deficiency and its impact on the musculoskeletal system of ultra runners 🥗🏃‍♂️Lots of exciting data to interpret. Watch this space! 👀

In today’s department meeting we hear from the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation group’s Prof. Morten Tang Kristensen and Christian Have Dall on their efforts to systematically assess physical function of patients across wards and in routine clinical practice 💪🪑🧍

In today’s department meeting we hear from the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation group’s Prof. Morten Tang Kristensen and Christian Have Dall on their efforts to systematically assess physical function of patients across wards and in routine clinical practice 💪🪑🧍

Yesterday, Christian Couppé defended his doctorate of medical science (DMSc) investigating the Effects of Loading on Human Tendon in Health & Disease. Big thanks to the opponents Taija Finni & @larslandersen.bsky.social, chair Per Hölmich, & Jørn Wulff Helge for leading the ceremony 🥳 Congrats!

Two guest lecturers today! Håvard Visnes and Taija Finni give us new perspectives on the treatment of tendon ruptures, tendinopathy and ACL injuries.

New results presented at this morning's meeting by Birgitte Hougs Kjær from her impressive #PASEtrial testing treatment options for patients with chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy👏👏

Day 2 of the Matrix Biology PhD course and we’re in the new Fælleshuset building starting our group work brain storming. Thanks to @douglaspdyer.bsky.social and @tranejoan.bsky.social for laying the foundations of ECM biology in yesterday’s lectures!

Our tendon enthusiasts @ccstorytime.bsky.social & @annesofieagergaard.bsky.social are in Nanjing, China for an international meeting focused on orthopedic surgery and sports medicine talking about their approach with circadian rhythms and exercise-based treatment on tackling tendinopathy ⏰🏋️‍♀️ #tendon

Inspiring days for the Applied Muscle Performance and Rehabilitation group at the Strength & Conditioning Society conference at NIH in beautiful Oslo 🇳🇴 3-day deep dive into exercise physiology - highlighted by two stellar performances (1/2)

Come through Panum to see Anne Theil Gates and Magnus Heilmann-Clausen this #Kulturnatten! Get yohr test results for chair-stand, hand grip, Hbac1, body composition (bioimpedence) and estimated VO2 max (Seismofit)! 💪🌕 #healthyaging

This morning we had a special lecture from Linette Marie Kofod who talked about her PhD where she looked at the effect and importance of delivering the right amount of oxygen to chronic COPD patients. There were lots of interests and a great discussion!

This morning we have a presentation from Kenneth Mertz about relative energy deficiency in sports, the myths around the topic, the sparse literature and how they aim to investigate REDS in athletes 💪🥗🏋️‍♀️ Check out his most recent work on effect on bone 🦴 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...

Can green proteins match animal protein in supporting muscle health after menopause? Congratulations to @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social on receiving nearly DKK 4 million from the @novo-nordisk.bsky.social to investigate sustainable proteins, strength training & healthy aging in women. 👏🌱🥛🧬

New paper alert! Dr Rikke Høffner & team show how different rehab loading strategies influence tendon structure and healing after Achilles tendon rupture surgery. MRI&ultrasound revealing changes not only at the rupture site but throughout the entire tendon. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...

Enjoying some sun 🌞 after another morning of recruiting subjects for their study looking at the impact of inflammation on skeletal muscle maintenance in hospitalized patients (InflaMus): study leader @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social and medical students, Tobias Christiansen & Louise Helmbæk

Time to bring out the big 🔫 for this morning meeting! Prof. Michael Krogsgaard gives an insightful presentation on the problem of the ankle and highlights the unanswered scientific questions of how to best treat them through surgical means💡

At @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social Hearts x Minds Festival in Aarhus, Dr Anne Theil Gates and Eline Baad-Hansen talked about physical health and cognitive function with exercise 💙 🧠 💪

Today we celebrated friend and collaborator Prof. Kristoffer Barfod’s inaugural lecture. Congratulation from us at the ISMC!

This mornings department meeting was a presentation by Charlotte Anker-Petersen from Sports Orthopedics Research Centre Copenhagen who presented her PhD projects on injury epidemiology, clinical findings and risk factors in TeamGym gymnasts. Her latest paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Today’s department meeting was presented by Max Ravn Merkel on the research MAGNETOM Free.Star MRI scanner and its possibilities. We also had an introduction to what the new CPH Center for Translational Research has to offer 🤩 Lots of new tools for our researchers with enthusiastic support 👩‍🔬

Congrats Ask!

At the @dsmb-dk.bsky.social Annual Meeting 2025 and PhD student Ask Møbjerg is presenting our latest work on the acute effects of exercise on ECM remodelling of human muscle-tendon tissues using snRNAseq and RNAscope 🏋️‍♀️🔬 @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social

To kick-off this semester's Thursday morning meetings, PhD student Frederik Nielsen, supervised by @abigailmackey1.bsky.social and @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social, introduced his exciting study on enhancing muscle and bone protein synthesis in elderly females🦴💪🙌

BSMB Autumn meeting Surrey talking about our latest work. Very proud of Team Tendon & collaborators for persevering with such a difficult tissue 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social @steffendanielle.bsky.social @valerioizzi.bsky.social @abigailmackey1.bsky.social

Team Tendon bids farewell to @steffendanielle.bsky.social and celebrates a paper submission tonight with a lovely meal out together 🥰 We’ll miss her energy, insightful questions and friendly presence at @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social

Yesterday afternoon we held our summer party with the perfect summer weather 🌞 A huge thank you to our medical student Tobias Holst-Christensen and all the helpers for organising biathlon, snacks, dinner and games! 🔫 🏃‍♀️🍉🧃🍔🎯🔨

A special seminar from @jarodforer.bsky.social visiting from @uoregon.bsky.social to tell us about his PhD so far, specifically a project characterizing the fluid response to injury in rat Achilles tendons. Thanks for stopping by the institute to share your work!

Postdoc Casper Soendenbroe doing an excellent job presenting now @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini: FLEXING MUSCLES AND STIMULATING NERVES – THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY RESISTANCE EXERCISE ON MUSCLE INNERVATION💪🙌

At the @ecssofficial.bsky.social 2025 meeting in Rimini, @abigailmackey1.bsky.social is in the plenary session, Mechanisms of Human Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with her talk “Don’t forget, hypertrophy is not just for the beach - the structural and cellular drivers & facilitators of hypertrophy”

Today we had took advantage of Dr Chavaunne Thorpe’s visit and asked her to present her research on The Diverse Roles of the Interfascicular Matrix in Tendon Health, Ageing and Disease and have a mini discussion meeting with the Tendon Group. Thanks for an insightful visit!

What a day we’ve had! Ann Damgaard defended her PhD investigating the influence of mechanical loading, hormonal changes and tendinopathy on human patellar tendon adaptations spectacularly today! Many thanks to the opponents Prof Andy Carr @ox.ac.uk & Chavaunne Thorpe @royalvetcollege.bsky.social 🎉🥳

Congratulations to Leonard Pulevic on getting a very well-deserved top grade in your Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc exam this morning on the topic of muscle disuse and regeneration, supervised by Casper Søndenbroe, Grith Højfeldt and @abigailmackey1.bsky.social 🙌💪🙌

🚨New literature review from Ann Damgaard MD (soon to defend PhD!): Physical activity and other modifiers of extracellular matrix dynamics in healthy and diseased tendon tissue: focus on in vivo techniques journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

In today’s departmental meeting, @annesofieagergaard.bsky.social gives us a much anticipated update on the TEREX trial looking at the role of restitution time in exercise-based treatment of patellar tendinopathy. She’s also joined forces with Carl-Johan Boraxbekk to look at brain connectivity too! 👀

🧪 Check out our new publication @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social highlighting important considerations for using CAF as a biomarker of muscle wasting, lead by 1st author Casper Soendenbroe 💪 ⚠️Exercise timing and medication matter. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

End of semester get together for the group and special send off for Christian Høgsbjerg who will spend the next few months of his PhD @mourkiotilab.bsky.social doing some cool #MTJ 🐭science! @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social

Team Tendon feat. Dr @laurenpringels.bsky.social for a sunny Sunday BBQ! 🍔🦐🌭🥗😎 @ccstorytime.bsky.social @steffendanielle.bsky.social

This afternoon we were treated to an inspiring talk by Dr. Camila Carballo, from HSS, New York, on the exciting translational research they are doing on ACL injury and reconstruction 👏👏 Thank you for the visit Camila!

Yesterday’s department meeting was delivered by our residence science TV star @jakobagergaard.bsky.social explaining energy availability in sports and how grueling training schedules can affect athlete’s physical health and risk of injuries. 🥗🍗<🚴🏊‍♀️🏃=🦴🤕

This morning’s meeting is presented by PhD to be Pernille Hansen from the Geriatric Department at Bispebjerg Hospital. She will talk about “The interplay between falls, sarcopenia, and frailty in mobility-limited older adults” 👵💪 #ageing #muscle

Our 2026 PhD course is now open for registration🤩 @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social Copenhagen, 5-7 October 2026 Musculoskeletal tissue regeneration – mechanisms and clinical perspectives Exciting topics and expert teachers - come join us! phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...

Our latest review is out now in @jphysiol.bsky.social The repair capacity spectrum of human skeletal muscle injury from sports to surgical trauma settings Great team effort 🙌 @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social, Christian Hoegsbjerg, Arvind von Keudell @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1113/JP28...

This morning’s meeting is delivered by our guest clinician and researcher @laurenpringels.bsky.social who recently completed his PhD at Ghent University talking about “Achilles tendinopathy - Exploring the role of intratendinous pressure” 🦵 #tendon

Excited to be awarded a TENET COST Short Term Scientific Mission Grant to learn from Chavaunne Thorpe and her group and to set up a collaboration with them and the group of Hazel Screen! @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social #teamtendon #cellbiology #circadian Image created by ChatGPT

It’s been a while since we celebrated published manuscripts! In today’s continuation of the Friday Sandwich Seminars, where we do just that, Christian Hoegsbjerg talks about the publication journey for his paper 🥪👏🎉 journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Such a pleasure to host @rglezgz.bsky.social (pictured discussing with Dr Naiara Demnitz) at the institute for 2 months working on our longitudinal LISA cohort linking physical exercise to brain aging! And congratulations of your grant from the Danish Data Science Academy 💪👏🥳