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Henrik Callesen

Henrik Callesen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
13366
World Ranking
12469
National Ranking
135

Overview

Henrik Callesen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has a research portfolio focused primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, genetics, physiology, agronomy and crop science, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's recent research output includes publications in diverse subject areas, particularly related to genetic engineering, reproductive biology, and neurodegenerative diseases. Some of the main topics addressed in their studies are CRISPR and genetic engineering, reproductive biology and fertility, reproductive physiology in livestock, reproductive system and pregnancy, animal genetics and reproduction, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases.

Henrik Callesen's recent papers include:

  • A genetically modified minipig model for Alzheimer's disease with SORL1 haploinsufficiency, 2022, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Biobanking in amphibian and reptilian conservation and management: opportunities and challenges, 2020, Conservation Genetics Resources
  • Characterization of the endometrial transcriptome in early diestrus influencing pregnancy status in dairy cattle after transfer of in vitro-produced embryos, 2020, Physiological Genomics
  • The CRISPR/Cas9 Minipig-A Transgenic Minipig to Produce Specific Mutations in Designated Tissues, 2021, Cancers
  • Establishing Cell Lines from Fresh or Cryopreserved Tissue from the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus): A Preliminary Protocol, 2021, Animals

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Henrik Callesen are:

  • Hanne Skovsgaard Pedersen
  • Yonglun Luo
  • Olav M. Andersen
  • Nikolaj Bøgh
  • Anne M. Landau

The scientist's work appears in several publication venues, indicating a multidisciplinary approach. Among the common venues are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Reports Medicine, Conservation Genetics Resources, Physiological Genomics, and Cancers.

This combination of fields and topics illustrates a research agenda that covers both fundamental and applied aspects of genetic modification, reproductive physiology, and neurodegenerative disease models, with a focus on both human and animal biology contexts.

Best Publications

  • Open Pulled Straw (OPS) vitrification: a new way to reduce cryoinjuries of bovine ova and embryos.

    G. Vajta;P. Holm;M. Kuwayama;P.J. Booth

  • High bovine blastocyst development in a static in vitro production system using SOFaa medium supplemented with sodium citrate and myo-inositol with or without serum-proteins.

    P. Holm;P.J. Booth;M.H. Schmidt;T. Greve

  • OOCYTE GROWTH, CAPACITATION AND FINAL MATURATION IN CATTLE

    P. Hyttel;T. Fair;H. Callesen;T. Greve

  • New method for culture of zona-included or zona-free embryos: the Well of the Well (WOW) system.

    G. Vajta;T.T. Peura;P. Holm;A. Páldi

  • SUCCESSFUL VITRIFICATION OF EARLY STAGE BOVINE IN VITRO PRODUCED EMBRYOS WITH THE OPEN PULLED STRAW (OPS) METHOD

    G. Vajta;P. J. Booth;P. Holm;T. Greve

  • Ultrastructural features of preovulatory oocyte maturation in superovulated cattle

    P. Hyttel;H. Callesen;T. Greve

  • Preovulatory endocrinology and oocyte maturation in superovulated cattle

    Henrik Callesen;Torben Greve;Poul Hyttel

  • A High Proportion of Bovine Blastocysts Produced In Vitro Are Mixoploid

    Dorthe Viuff;Lee Rickords;Hanne Offenberg;Poul Hyttel

  • Vitrification of porcine embryos using the Open Pulled Straw (OPS) method.

    G. Vajta;P. Holm;T. Greve;H. Callesen

  • Kinetics of early in vitro development of bovine in vivo- and in vitro-derived zygotes produced and/or cultured in chemically defined or serum-containing media

    P Holm;PJ Booth;H Callesen

  • Familial hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in cloned minipigs created by DNA transposition of a human PCSK9 gain-of-function mutant

    Rozh Husain Al-Mashhadi;Charlotte Brandt Sørensen;Peter M. Kragh;Christina Christoffersen

  • Handmade somatic cell cloning in cattle: analysis of factors contributing to high efficiency in vitro.

    Gábor Vajta;Ian M. Lewis;Alan O. Trounson;Stig Purup

  • Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characterization of the initial post-hatching development of bovine embryos

    Poul Maddox-Hyttel;Natalie I Alexopoulos;Gabor Vajta;Ian Lewis

  • Influence of antral follicle size on oocyte characteristics and embryo development in the bovine

    Anne-Sophie Lequarre;Céline Vigneron;Fabrice Ribaucour;Peter Holm

  • Developmental kinetics of the first cell cycles of bovine in vitro produced embryos in relation to their in vitro viability and sex

    P Holm;N.N Shukri;G Vajta;P Booth

  • Pregnancy resulting from cattle oocytes matured and fertilized in vitro

    K. P. Xu;T. Greve;H. Callesen;P. Hyttel

  • The effects of exogenous gonadotropins on oocyte and embryo quality in cattle

    T. Greve;H. Callesen;P. Hyttel;R. Høier

  • Ultrastructural aspects of oocyte maturation and fertilization in cattle.

    Hyttel P;Greve T;Callesen H

  • Sterile application of the open pulled straw (OPS) vitrification method

    G. Vajta;I. M. Lewis;M. Kuwayama;T. Greve

  • The effect of media, serum and temperature on in vitro survival of bovine blastocysts after Open Pulled Straw (OPS) vitrification

    Gabor Vajta;N Rindom;Teija T Peura;P Holm

Frequent Co-Authors

Torben Greve
Torben Greve University of Copenhagen
Gábor Vajta
Gábor Vajta Central Queensland University
Poul Hyttel
Poul Hyttel University of Copenhagen
Lars Bolund
Lars Bolund Aarhus University
Haja N. Kadarmideen
Haja N. Kadarmideen Aarhus University
Peter Løvendahl
Peter Løvendahl Aarhus University
Heiner Niemann
Heiner Niemann Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Trudee Fair
Trudee Fair University College Dublin
Yonglun Luo
Yonglun Luo Aarhus University
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute

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