Two of our PhD students, Daniela Schranner and Sander Verbrugge of the Exercise Biology Group, visited the renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in June. Both participated in an international doctoral student workshop called ‘Exercise in the Management and Prevention of Metabolic Disease’. They gained insights into biological mechanisms associated with physical activity. For example, they learned that blood sugar regulation in type 2 diabetes patients not only depends on physical activity but also from daytime and intensity of the activity. On the first three days of the doctoral course, recent topics in exercise physiology were taught by excellent researchers such as Juleen Zierath. The last day of the five-day-long workshop took place at the Swedisch School of Sport and Health Sciences. There, our PhD students could show that they are also practically exercise enthusiasts.