Marie Lund Bay will defend her PhD thesis on December 11th:
PhD Title: Exercise in the promotion of immune responses in the cancer setting - Wheel running and immune checkpoint blockade in pre-clinical tumor models, and implications of IL-6 in immune cell mobilization during acute exercise
Venue: Nielsine Nielsen auditorium, Mærsk Tower - Copenhagen University, Nørre Allé 6, 2200 Copenhagen
Important: If you plan to physically attend the defense please sign up by e-mail to
Marie Lund Bay due to covid-19 guidelines.
Supervisors: Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Julie Gehl, Janine Terra Erler
Assessment committee: Ulrik Lassen (Chair), Kristian Overgaard, Martin Whitham
The project has been carried out at Rigshospitalet, unit 7641, Trygfondens Center for Aktiv Sundhed (CFAS),
The thesis is based on the following manuscripts:
Voluntary wheel running can lead to modulation of immune checkpoint molecule expression
Marie Lund Bay, Nicole Unterrainer, Rikke Stagaard, Katrine Seide Pedersen, Tim Schauer, Mie Marienhof Staffeldt, et al.
Pages 1447-1454, Published online: 16 Sep 2020
Human immune cell mobiliza ion during exercise: effect of IL‐6 receptor blockade
Marie Lund Bay, Sarah Heywood, Anne‐Sophie Wedell‐Neergaard, Tim Schauer, Louise Lang Lehrskov, Regitse Højgaard Christensen, Grit Elster Legård, Peter Østrup Jensen, Rikke Krogh‐Madsen, Helga Ellingsgaard