Primære forskningsområder

RNA biology with emphasis on catalytic RNA and epitranscriptomics

Aktuel forskning

• The flexibility and evolutionary adaptability of RNA-guided nucleotide modifications
• Specialized ribosomes (including cancer ribosomes)
• The role of helicases in ribosome biogenesis
• New RNA cap structures
• The lariat capping ribozyme
• Characterization of the circularization pathway in group I introns

CV

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:

Key research topics: RNA biology with emphasis on ribozymes, RNA splicing and small non-coding RNA molecules. Lupus nephritis.

Present networks: Centre for non-coding RNA in Technology and Health (a large international centre funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council) as work package manager, member of NORFA network on non-coding RNA and COST network on non-mendelian inheritance.

Main collaborators: Dr. Benoit Masquida and Prof. Eric Westhof, CNRS, Strasbourg; Prof. Steinar Johansen and Prof. Ole Petter Rekvig, Univ. of Tromsø; Prof. Søren Jakobsen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen; Prof. Jan Gorodkin, Univ. of Copenhagen; Prof. Torben Heick Jensen, University of Aarhus; Assoc. Prof. Finn Kirpekar, University of Southern Denmark; Senior scientist Knud Josefsen, The Bartholin Institute, Dr. Martin Pospisek, Charles University, Prague.