Henrik Nielsen

Henrik Nielsen

Professor MSO

Medlem af:

    ORCID: 0000-0001-7143-2810

    Name: Henrik Nielsen Born: November 25, 1955 in Copenhagen, Denmark
    Address: Stenløsevej 18, 2700 Brønshøj, Denmark

    education/degrees

    • Cand. scient. (Masters) in Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen (1983).    • Lic. scient. (PhD) in Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen (1990).

    honors

    "Teacher of the year 1998" at the Health Science Faculty, University of Copenhagen.

    positions/fellowships:

    Aug. 1984 - Febr. 1991University fellowships and fellowship from the Danish Research at Dept. of Biochemistry,Univ.of Copenhagen.
    Aug. 1988 - Nov. 1988Scientific adviser on TV-production ("Den Nye Arv"), DR-TV and Univ. of Copenhagen.
    Febr. 1991 - Jan. 1995Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry,Univ.of Copenhagen.
    Febr. 1995 – Sept. 2009 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry (now Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine),Univ.ofCopenhagen.
    July 2004 - June 2008Associate Professor 2, Dept. of Molecular Biotechnology, Univ. of Tromsø, Norway
    October 2009 -Professor MSO, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Univ. of Copenhagen.
    November 2009 - December 2021Professor 2, Universities in Tromsø and Bodø, Norway (totaling 9 years).  

     

    Key research topics: Epitranscriptomics with emphasis on specialized ribosomes in the immune system, during development, and in cancer. Ribozymes, RNA splicing and small non-coding RNA molecules.

    Present networks: InnControl funded by The Research council of Norway and COST network Translacore.

    Main collaborators:  Anders Lund (BRIC, Copenhagen), Kirsten Grønbæk and Fazila Asmar (Copenhagen), Markus Bohnsack (Göttingen), Jérôme Cavaillé (Toulouse), Carsten Geisler (Copenhagen), Steinar D. Johansen (Bodø), Peter Brodersen (Copenhagen), and Ferdinand von Walden (Stockholm).

     

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