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Primary fields of research

RNA biology with emphasis on catalytic RNA and epitranscriptomics

Current research

  • 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:

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 -Professor 2, Dept. of Molecular Pathology,Univ. of Tromsø,Norway

 

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.

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • RNA biology
  • Functional genomics
  • Ribozymes
  • Lariat capping

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