Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

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 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Studies Student projects

Student projects

Student projects at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics for degree programmes in Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. You are welcome to contact individual main supervisors to discuss carrying out a project with them.

It is also possible to carry out your research project at the Department of Biomedicine and the Department of Clinical Medicine.

Project day for presentation of research projects for students

Every year, a project day is held in April/May where all the supervisors present a poster with the research project(s) they can offer students. Time and date will be announced on this page when decided.

List of supervisors

Daan van Aalten

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1873, 613

Description of the student project

The mechanisms of a new neurodevelopmental disorder

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Pablo Alcón Hernández

Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1872, 478

Description of the student project

(link to poster)

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Ebbe Sloth Andersen

Associate Professor Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center - INANO-MBG, iNANO-huset
M
H 1592, 320
P +4541178619

Description of the student project

RNA Biomolecular design - Vision and approach

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Gregers Rom Andersen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1872, 436
P +4530256646

Description of the student project

Structure-function studies of the immune system

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Kasper Røjkjær Andersen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M

Description of the student project

Receptor-mediated signalling - how pattern recognition receptors control plant-microbe interactions

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Peter Ebert Andersen

Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1873, 421
P +4587153681
P +4526693224

Description of the student project

Functional consequences of genome defense arms race evolution

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Stig Uggerhøj Andersen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Plant Molecular Biology
M
H 1872, 552

Description of the student project

Optimizing sustainable plant-based protein for local production

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Thomas Bataillon

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC)
M
H 1872
P +4587155574
P +4527827282

Description of the student project

Bioinformatics

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Lotte Bjergbæk

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1874, 333
P +4523262695

Description of the student project

Genomic instability and cancer

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Thomas Boesen

Senior Researcher Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center - INANO-MBG, iNANO-huset
M
H 1590, 146
P +4587155435
P +4528997699

Description of the student project

Molecular Microbiology

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Xavier Bofill De Ros

Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1873, 231

Description of the student project

MicroRNA metabolism in tumors

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Ditlev Egeskov Brodersen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1874, 457
P +4521669001
P +4521669001

Description of the project

Bacterial survival mechanisms

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Christian Kroun Damgaard

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1874, 361
P +4529888670

Description of the student project

Molecular mechanisms in human health and disease

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poster-Christian

Jan J. Enghild

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1874, 261
P +4587155449

Description of the student project

Protein characterisation and Proteomics

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Rasmus Kock Flygaard

Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1874, 527

Description of the student project

Cardiolipin synthesis in bacteria and mitochondria

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Aleksandr Gavrin

Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Plant Molecular Biology
M
H 1872, 550

Description of the student project

Enhancing symbiotic nitrogen fixation for sustainable agricultural production

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Rune Hartmann

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1874, 425
P +4528992578

Description of the student project

Innate immunity to viral infections

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Yuya Hayashi

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1872, 658
P +4587159712
P +4587159712

Description of the student project

Zebrafish, Extracellular Vesicle Biology & Safe-by-Design RNA Origami

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Christian Würtz Heegaard

Senior Researcher Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1874, 213
P +4587155463

Description of the student project

NPC2 substitution, atherosclerosis and neurodegeneration

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Torben Heick Jensen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1873, 319
P +4560202705
P +4560202705

Description of the student project

RNA Biogenesis and Metabolism

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Taro Kitazawa

Group Leader, Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Neurobiology
M
H 1874, 112
P +4587159645
P +4587159645

Description of the student project

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Jørgen Kjems

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M

P +4587155494
P +4528992086

Description of the student project

Nucleic acid biology and technology

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Magnus Kjærgaard

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Neurobiology
M
H 1872, 452
P +4587150456
P +4587150456

Description of the student project

Disordered proteins in memory, signalling and biotech

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Birgitta R. Knudsen

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1874, 635
P +4560202673
P +4542912740

Description of the student project

Metoder til diagnose og behandling af humane sygdomme: infektionssygdomme, stress og systemisk sklerose

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Charlotte Rohde Knudsen

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1873, 219
P +4587155437
P +4520572372

Description of the student project

The protein synthesis machinery in health and disease

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Description of the student project

Pending

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Esben Lorentzen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1874, 441

Description of the student project

Molecular basis of cilium formation

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Søren Lykke-Andersen

Member of Administrative Staff Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1873, 331
P +4587154962

Description of the student project

RNA Therapeutics and snoRNA Biology

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Joseph Lyons

Tenure Track Assistant Professor Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center - INANO-MBG, iNANO-huset
M

P +4587150446
P +4587150446

Description of the student project

Structural and functional characterisation of lipid transport and metabolism

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Kasper Munch

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC)
M
H 1872, 361
P +4530138342

Description of the student project

Pending

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Sayyed - Mohammad - Sadegh Nabavi

Group Leader, Associate Professor DANDRITE - Nabavi Group
M
H 1182, 205
P +4593508246

Description of the student project

Memory Formation at Synaptic and Circuit Levels

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See the YouTube video from Nabavi's lab

https://youtu.be/7v5kznAqdbg

Poul Nissen

Vice-Dean, Research Dean's Office, Natural Sciences
M
H 1535, 213
P +4587155508
P +4528992295

Description of the student project

Membrane transporters and receptors in Brain

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Daniel Erik Otzen

Professor Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center - INANO-MBG, iNANO-huset
M
H 1592, 224
P +4520725238

Description of the student project

Protein-folding, Enzymology, Protein interactions

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Claus Oxvig

Head of Department Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
M
H 1872, 535
P +4530362460

Description of the student project

Function of protease / inhibitor pairs in cellular growth and related disease mechanisms

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Bjørn Panyella Pedersen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1874, 455
P +4529723499

Description of the student project

Would you like to study transporters?

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Christian Nørgaard Storm Pedersen

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC)
M
H 1872, 349
P +4527782810
P +4527782810

Description of the student project

Bioinformatics

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Lene Pedersen

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1874, 561
P +4587155479
P +4540952448

Description of the student project

Mental disorders, mesenchymal stem cell function, basal cellular functions and retrovirus

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Simona Radutoiu

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Plant Molecular Biology
M
H 1873, 534A
P +4587155498

Description of the student project

Plant-microbe interactions

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Jan Trige Rasmussen

Senior Researcher Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1874, 215
P +4587168998
P +4528835104

Description of the student project

Phospholipid particlesosfolipidpartikler - structure and function

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Mikkel Heide Schierup

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC)
M
H 1872, 353
P +4527782889

Description of the student project

Bioinformatics

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Tinna V. Stevnsner

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1874, 629
P +4527782804
P +4527782804

Description of the student project

Ageing, DNA Repair and Mitochondrial Function

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Chao Sun

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Neurobiology
M
H 1874, 111
P +4593508985

Description of the student project

Investigation of protein machines that manage the molecular logistics of brain synapses

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Esben Skipper Sørensen

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1874, 211
P +4520270979

Description of the student project

Molecular Nutrition - Bioactive food proteins

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Søren Skou Thirup

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science
M
H 1872, 416
P +4587155464
P +4520585981

Description of the student project

Structure of receptors in synapse formation

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Bo Thomsen

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1873, 631
P +4587157982

Description of the student project

Epigenetics - Gene expression - Disease genes

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Julián Valero Moreno

Tenure Track Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1590, 238
P +4587150705

Description of the student project

Chemically modified RNA for synthetic biology and medicine

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Gilles Claude Vanwalleghem

Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cellular Health, Intervention, and Nutrition
M
H 1874, 661

Description of the student project

Neurobiology of the gut-brain axis

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Palle Villesen

Associate Professor Department of Clinical Medicine - Enhed for Bioinformatik
M
H 1872, 355
P +4587155556
P +4524471214

Description of the student project

Bioinformatics

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Ulf Andersson Vang Ørom

Associate Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation
M
H 1873, 213
P +4522288766

Description of the student project

Non-coding RNA biogenesis

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Lisbeth Heilesen