Introduction to Omics for Clinical Researchers Part 2
Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen
This is a specialised course. This means that 80% of the seats are reserved to PhD students enrolled at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH and 20% of the seats are reserved to PhD students from other Danish Universities/faculties (except CBS).
The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD Students from NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from NorDoc member faculties. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. Knowledge: develop an understanding of the basic methods, technologies, and interpretation of applied OMICS analyses. This includes the impact of genomic variation on health and disease; epigenetic regulation; the principles and applications of transcriptomic profiling of tissues, as well as the characteristics and applications of tissue and plasma proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics. In addition, a basic understanding of core bioinformatics concepts including data integration and visualization.
2. Skills: critically evaluate and interpret findings from studies using the OMICS technologies covered in the course and the principles behind an appropriate and methodologically sound design for a study applying OMICS approaches.
3. Competences: to independently integrate knowledge and methodological skills to design, assess, and communicate OMICS-based research and to critically appraise study quality and translational potential.
Content
The course builds on the foundational concepts introduced in Introduction to Omics for Clinical Researchers, Part 1. However, it can also be taken independently, depending on the participant’s prior knowledge and academic needs. The course focuses on the integration, application, and clinical translation of OMICS research. The curriculum includes discussions of genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, and microbiome research.
Participants
Participants must be enrolled as PhD students at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:
All graduate programmes
Language
English
Form
Classroom lectures with discussions and student activating assignments
Course directors
Lise Lotte Gluud, Professor, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, University of Copenhagen, lise.lotte.gluud.01@regionh.dk (correspondence)
Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen , Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Head of Department, Dept Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, nicolai.albrechtsen@regionh.dk
Teachers
Ana Rita Freitas Colaco, PostDoc, Proteomic Research Infrastructure, University of Copenhagen, rita.colaco@pri.ku.dk
Annelaura Bach Nielsen, PostDoc, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg, annelaura.bach.nielsen.01@regionh.dk
Juanjuan Wang, PostDoc, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg, juanjuan.wang.01@regionh.dk
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, PostDoc, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg, dimopoulos@regionh.dk
Lars Verschuren, Scientist, TNO Metabolic Health Research, Leiden, Netherlands, lars.verschuren@tno.nl
Laura Maarit Pikkupeura, Associate Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, laura.pikkupeura@sund.ku.dk
Lise Lotte Gluud, Professor, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, University of Copenhagen, lise.lotte.gluud.01@regionh.dk
Majken Karoline Jensen, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen, maje@sund.ku.dk
Maja Thiele, Scientific Co-founder and Board Member, Evido Health, maja.thiele@evido.health
Mesut Bilgin, Head of Lipidomics Core Facility, Danish Cancer Society, mesutb@cancer.dk
Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen, Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg, University of Copenhagen, nicolai.albrechtsen@regionh.dk
Onno Holleboom, Associate Professor, Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a.g.holleboom@amsterdamumc.nl
Stefan Stender, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, stefan.stender@regionh.dk
Tune H. Pers, Associate Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, tune.pers@sund.ku.dk
Dates
11-13 May 2027
Course location
Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre
Registration
Please register before 11 April 2027.
Expected frequency
Recurrent course: Annually
Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.
Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.