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Håvard Jenssen

Håvard Jenssen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
12360
World Ranking
15507
National Ranking
171

Overview

Håvard Jenssen is affiliated with Roskilde University in Denmark and specializes in research within the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on immunology and microbiology. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including molecular biology, microbiology, molecular medicine, immunology, and infectious diseases.

The main topics of their research cover antimicrobial peptides and activities, biochemical and structural characterization, chemical synthesis and analysis, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, lipid membrane structure and behavior, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, as well as wound healing and treatments.

Jenssen has contributed to numerous papers published in several scientific venues where they have a frequent presence. The primary publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Biomolecules
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Advanced Science

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Annelise E. Barron
  • Josefine Eilsø Nielsen
  • Reidar Lund
  • Natalia Molchanova
  • Jennifer S Lin

Representative recent publications by Jenssen include:

  • "Correlation between hemolytic activity, cytotoxicity and systemic in vivo toxicity of synthetic antimicrobial peptides" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Isolation, Purification, and Antimicrobial Characterization of Cannabidiolic Acid and Cannabidiol from Cannabis sativa L." (2020, Biomolecules)
  • "Halogenation as a tool to tune antimicrobial activity of peptoids" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Selection of resistance by antimicrobial coatings in the healthcare setting" (2020, Journal of Hospital Infection)
  • "Self-Assembly of Antimicrobial Peptoids Impacts Their Biological Effects on ESKAPE Bacterial Pathogens" (2022, ACS Infectious Diseases)

Best Publications

  • Peptide Antimicrobial Agents

    Håvard Jenssen;Pamela Hamill;Robert E. W. Hancock

  • Antimicrobial properties of lactoferrin

    Håvard Jenssen;Robert E W Hancock

  • Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Design of Small Peptide Antibiotics Effective against a Broad Spectrum of Highly Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

    Artem Cherkasov;Kai Hilpert;Håvard Jenssen;Christopher D Fjell

  • Antimicrobial peptides on calcium phosphate-coated titanium for the prevention of implant-associated infections.

    Mehdi Kazemzadeh-Narbat;Jason Kindrachuk;Ke Duan;Håvard Jenssen

  • Identification of novel antibacterial peptides by chemoinformatics and machine learning.

    Christopher D. Fjell;Håvard Jenssen;Kai Hilpert;Warren A. Cheung

  • Correlation between hemolytic activity, cytotoxicity and systemic in vivo toxicity of synthetic antimicrobial peptides.

    Ines Greco;Natalia Molchanova;Elin Holmedal;Håvard Jenssen

  • Screening and characterization of surface-tethered cationic peptides for antimicrobial activity.

    Kai Hilpert;Kai Hilpert;Melissa Elliott;Håvard Jenssen;Jason Kindrachuk

  • Synthetic Cationic Peptide IDR-1002 Provides Protection against Bacterial Infections through Chemokine Induction and Enhanced Leukocyte Recruitment

    Anastasia Nijnik;Laurence Madera;Shuhua Ma;Matthew Waldbrook

  • Peptides and Peptidomimetics for Antimicrobial Drug Design

    Biljana Mojsoska;Håvard Jenssen

  • Lactoferrin and lactoferricin inhibit Herpes simplex 1 and 2 infection and exhibit synergy when combined with acyclovir

    Jeanette Hammer Andersen;Håvard Jenssen;Tore Jarl Gutteberg

  • Anti-HSV activity of lactoferrin and lactoferricin is dependent on the presence of heparan sulphate at the cell surface.

    Jeanette H Andersen;Håvard Jenssen;Kjersti Sandvik;Tore J Gutteberg

  • Cost-effective expression and purification of antimicrobial and host defense peptides in Escherichia coli.

    B. Bommarius;Håvard Jenssen;Håvard Jenssen;M. Elliott;J. Kindrachuk

  • Structural Studies of a Peptide with Immune Modulating and Direct Antimicrobial Activity

    Michal Wieczorek;Håvard Jenssen;Jason Kindrachuk;Walter R.P. Scott

  • Innate Defense Regulator Peptide 1018 in Wound Healing and Wound Infection

    Lars Steinstraesser;Tobias Hirsch;Matthias Schulte;Maximilian Kueckelhaus

  • The Two-Component System CprRS Senses Cationic Peptides and Triggers Adaptive Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Independently of ParRS

    Lucía Fernández;Håvard Jenssen;Manjeet Bains;Irith Wiegand

  • Anti-HSV activity of lactoferricin analogues is only partly related to their affinity for heparan sulfate.

    Håvard Jenssen;Håvard Jenssen;Jeanette Hammer Andersen;Lars Uhlin-Hansen;Tore Jarl Gutteberg

  • Anti herpes simplex virus activity of lactoferrin/lactoferricin – an example of antiviral activity of antimicrobial protein/peptide

    H. Jenssen

  • Antimicrobial β-Peptides and α-Peptoids

    Troels Godballe;Line L. Nilsson;Pernille D. Petersen;Håvard Jenssen

  • Serum stability of peptides.

    Håvard Jenssen;Stein Ivar Aspmo

  • Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Novel Peptoids That Mimic the Structure of Antimicrobial Peptides

    Biljana Mojsoska;Ronald N. Zuckermann;Håvard Jenssen

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. W. Hancock
Robert E. W. Hancock University of British Columbia
Karen A. Krogfelt
Karen A. Krogfelt Statens Serum Institut
Nelly Panté
Nelly Panté University of British Columbia
Anders Løbner-Olesen
Anders Løbner-Olesen University of Copenhagen
Annelise E. Barron
Annelise E. Barron Stanford University
Jens Bukh
Jens Bukh University of Copenhagen
Jakob Birkedal Wagner
Jakob Birkedal Wagner Technical University of Denmark
Ørjan Samuelsen
Ørjan Samuelsen University Hospital of North Norway
Gregor B. E. Jemec
Gregor B. E. Jemec University of Copenhagen
Steen Seier Poulsen
Steen Seier Poulsen University of Copenhagen

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