Niels Blume

Sr Principal Scientist at Novo Nordisk

Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

About

Over the years I have managed to combine a lifelong fascination of biology and nature with my professional life. I have 30 years of research experience in a wide variety of biological fields and a deep understanding of especially physiology, cell biology, protein engineering and drug development, which also have led to 20 scientific publications in international journals and have resulted in three issued patents. In addition, I lived and worked successfully in three different countries and have obtained insights into the global perspectives of research and development. It is a great satisfaction for me to put knowledge and skills into action in a global corporate setting and to be part of project teams that develop new therapeutic compounds, which in the future will help patients in need to significantly improve their life quality.

Experience

  • Novo Nordisk (25 yrs 9 mos)
    • Sr. Principal Scientist, Insulin Sensitivity
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

      Exploratory insulin sensitivity and target validation

    • Sr Principal Scientist, Skeletal Muscle Biology
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

      Ph.D. supervisor Exploratory condensate biology Intracellular trafficking Imaging development Target exploration

    • Principal Scientist, Metabolism Biology
      Jan 2024 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Ph.D supervisor Explorative condensate biology Super-resolution microscopy Cell fractionation

  • Senior Research Scientist/Group leader of Skin Biology at Coloplast Research, Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, Denmark
    May 1998 - Sep 2000 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Image analysis Skin biology Non-invasive assays Development of corn removing device Immunohistochemistry Analysis of adhesive/skin interactions

  • Senior Scientist at State Serum Institute, Copenhagen Denmark
    Feb 1998 - Apr 1998 · 3 mos

    Diabetes Research

  • Post-doctorial fellow, Danish Cancer Society at Strang Cornell Cancer Research Laboratory, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
    Sep 1995 - Jan 1998 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Breast cancer research Molecular biology Antibody generation Adenovirus generation Cloning and characterization of Cyp2d22

  • The Danish Research Acadamy/Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark (6 yrs)
    • Ph.D. student
      Jan 1992 - Aug 1995 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Dec. 1995 Ph.D. degree in molecular cell biology at University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Thesis title: Hunger regulation and tissue homeostasis: Studies in rats carrying transplantable pancreatic endocrine tumors.

    • M.Sc. student
      Sep 1989 - Dec 1991 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Dec 1991 Cand. Scient. (M.Sc.) degree in biology at University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Thesis title: Immature transformed rat islet β-cells differentially express C-peptides derived from the genes coding for insulin I and II as well as a transfected human insulin gene.