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Jan Skov Pedersen

Jan Skov Pedersen

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Chemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
28717
World Ranking
2513
National Ranking
21

Overview

Jan Skov Pedersen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these domains, their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Physiology, Organic Chemistry, and Food Science.

Their main research topics highlight specific aspects such as Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Proteins in Food Systems, Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis, Enzyme Structure and Function, and Protein Structure and Dynamics.

Jan Skov Pedersen has contributed to a series of publications in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • The role of nanoparticle structure and morphology in the dissolution kinetics and nutrient release of nitrate-doped calcium phosphate nanofertilizers, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Structure, folding and flexibility of co-transcriptional RNA origami, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Reducing Nitrogen Dosage in Triticum durum Plants with Urea-Doped Nanofertilizers, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • The C-terminal tail of α-synuclein protects against aggregate replication but is critical for oligomerization, 2022, Communications Biology

Their frequent co-authors include Daniel E. Otzen, Helena Østergaard Rasmussen, Jeppe Lyngsø, Jannik Nedergaard Pedersen, and Nora Ventosa.

Jan Skov Pedersen's works are frequently published in these venues:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Applied Crystallography
  • Journal of Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Self-assembly of a nanoscale DNA box with a controllable lid.

    Ebbe S. Andersen;Mingdong Dong;Morten M. Nielsen;Kasper Jahn

  • Analysis of small-angle scattering data from colloids and polymer solutions: modeling and least-squares fitting

    Jan Skov Pedersen

  • Structural study on the micelle formation of poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer in aqueous solution

    Kell Mortensen;Jan Skov Pedersen

  • Scattering Functions of Semiflexible Polymers with and without Excluded Volume Effects

    Jan Skov Pedersen;Peter Schurtenberger

  • Small-angle neutron scattering study of structural changes in temperature sensitive microgel colloids

    Markus Stieger;Walter Richtering;Jan Skov Pedersen;Peter Lindner

  • Analytical treatment of the resolution function for small-angle scattering

    J. S. Pedersen;D. Posselt;K. Mortensen

  • Determination of size distribution from small‐angle scattering data for systems with effective hard‐sphere interactions

    Jan Skov Pedersen

  • Scattering form factor of block copolymer micelles

    Jan Skov Pedersen;Michael C. Gerstenberg

  • Structure of the Exon Junction Core Complex with a Trapped DEAD-Box ATPase Bound to RNA

    Christian B. F. Andersen;Lionel Ballut;Lionel Ballut;Jesper S. Johansen;Hala Chamieh

  • Self-healing mussel-inspired multi-pH-responsive hydrogels.

    Marie Krogsgaard;Manja A. Behrens;Jan Skov Pedersen;Henrik Birkedal

  • Form factors of block copolymer micelles with spherical, ellipsoidal and cylindrical cores

    Jan Skov Pedersen

  • Are thermoresponsive microgels model systems for concentrated colloidal suspensions? A rheology and small-angle neutron scattering study.

    Markus Stieger;Jan Skov Pedersen;Peter Lindner;Walter Richtering

  • Coherent Nanotwins and Dynamic Disorder in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Federica Bertolotti;Loredana Protesescu;Loredana Protesescu;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Sergii Yakunin;Sergii Yakunin

  • The role of stable α-synuclein oligomers in the molecular events underlying amyloid formation.

    Nikolai Lorenzen;Søren Bang Nielsen;Alexander K. Buell;Jørn Døvling Kaspersen

  • Sphere, cylinder, and vesicle nanoaggregates in poly(styrene-b-isoprene) diblock copolymer solutions

    Joona Bang;Sumeet Jain;Zhibo Li;Timothy P. Lodge

  • Structure of the haptoglobin–haemoglobin complex

    Christian Brix Folsted Andersen;Morten Torvund-Jensen;Marianne Jensby Nielsen;Cristiano Luis Pinto de Oliveira;Cristiano Luis Pinto de Oliveira

  • A flux- and background-optimized version of the NanoSTAR small-angle X-ray scattering camera for solution scattering

    Jan Skov Pedersen

  • Association behavior of native beta-lactoglobulin.

    Marleen Verheul;Jan Skov Pedersen;Sebastianus P. F. M. Roefs;Kees G. de Kruif

  • How Epigallocatechin Gallate Can Inhibit α-Synuclein Oligomer Toxicity in Vitro

    Nikolai Lorenzen;Søren B. Nielsen;Yuichi Yoshimura;Brian S. Vad

  • SDS-Induced Fibrillation of α-Synuclein: An Alternative Fibrillation Pathway

    Lise Giehm;Cristiano Luis Pinto Oliveira;Gunna Christiansen;Jan Skov Pedersen

  • Conformation of Cylindrical Brushes in Solution: Effect of Side Chain Length

    Bin Zhang;Franziska Gröhn;Jan Skov Pedersen;K. Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel E. Otzen
Daniel E. Otzen Aarhus University
Peter Schurtenberger
Peter Schurtenberger Lund University
Kell Mortensen
Kell Mortensen University of Copenhagen
Walter Richtering
Walter Richtering RWTH Aachen University
Gunna Christiansen
Gunna Christiansen Aalborg University
Ian W. Hamley
Ian W. Hamley University of Reading
Stefan U. Egelhaaf
Stefan U. Egelhaaf Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Gregers R. Andersen
Gregers R. Andersen Aarhus University
Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Vasil M. Garamus
Vasil M. Garamus Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research

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