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Best Scientists

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169
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Biology and Biochemistry

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170
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Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the development of fungal biotechnology for pharmaceutical intermediates and neutraceuticals.

Overview

Jens Nielsen is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Modeling and Simulation, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Climate Change and Health Impacts, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, along with influenza virus research studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020" (2020), published in Eurosurveillance
  • "Vaccine effectiveness after 1st and 2nd dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in long-term care facility residents and healthcare workers - a Danish cohort study" (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Sex-differences in COVID-19 associated excess mortality is not exceptional for the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020" (2021), published in Eurosurveillance
  • "Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection during periods of Alpha, Delta, or Omicron dominance: A Danish nationwide study" (2022), published in PLoS Medicine

Jens Nielsen frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Hanne-Dorthe Emborg
  • Lasse S Vestergaard
  • Palle Valentiner-Branth
  • Tyra Grove Krause
  • Sarah Kristine Nørgaard

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Eurosurveillance
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS Medicine
  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Jens Nielsen has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2011)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2010) for contributions to the development of fungal biotechnology for pharmaceutical intermediates and neutraceuticals

Best Publications

  • Tissue-based map of the human proteome

    Mathias Uhlén;Mathias Uhlén;Linn Fagerberg;Björn M Hallström;Cecilia Lindskog

  • Analysis of the human tissue-specific expression by genome-wide integration of transcriptomics and antibody-based proteomics

    Linn Fagerberg;Björn M. Hallström;Per Oksvold;Caroline Kampf

  • Gut metagenome in European women with normal, impaired and diabetic glucose control

    Fredrik H. Karlsson;Valentina Tremaroli;Intawat Nookaew;Göran Bergström

  • Metabolic Engineering: Principles and Methodologies

    Gregory N. Stephanopoulos;Aristos A. Aristidou;Jens Nielsen

  • Symptomatic atherosclerosis is associated with an altered gut metagenome

    Fredrik H. Karlsson;Frida Fåk;Intawat Nookaew;Valentina Tremaroli

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  • Fuel ethanol production from lignocellulose: a challenge for metabolic engineering and process integration.

    Jesus Zaldivar;Jens Nielsen;Lisbeth Olsson

  • Genome-Scale Reconstruction of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Metabolic Network

    Jochen Förster;Iman Famili;Patrick Fu;Bernhard Ø. Palsson

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the versatile cell factory Aspergillus niger CBS 513.88

    Herman J. Pel;Johannes H. De Winde;Johannes H. De Winde;David B. Archer;Paul S. Dyer

  • Engineering Cellular Metabolism

    Jens Nielsen;Jens Nielsen;Jens Nielsen;Jay D. Keasling

  • Bioreaction Engineering Principles

    Jens Nielsen;John Villadsen

  • A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism

    Ines Thiele;Neil Swainston;Ronan M T Fleming;Andreas Hoppe

  • Scale-Up of Bioprocesses

    John Villadsen;Jens Nielsen;Gunnar Lidén

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Voluntary Running Suppresses Tumor Growth through Epinephrine- and IL-6-Dependent NK Cell Mobilization and Redistribution

    Line Pedersen;Manja Idorn;Gitte H. Olofsson;Britt Lauenborg

  • Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Induce Long-Term Changes on the Human Gut Microbiome Contributing to Fat Mass Regulation

    Valentina Tremaroli;Fredrik H. Karlsson;Malin Werling;Marcus Ståhlman

  • Mass spectrometry in metabolome analysis

    Silas Granato Villas-Bôas;Sandrine Mas;Mats Fredrik Åkesson;Jørn Smedsgaard

  • A consensus yeast metabolic network reconstruction obtained from a community approach to systems biology

    Markus Herrgard;Neil Swainston;Paul Dobson;Warwick B. Dunn

  • Uncovering transcriptional regulation of metabolism by using metabolic network topology.

    Kiran Raosaheb Patil;Jens Nielsen

  • Enriching the gene set analysis of genome-wide data by incorporating directionality of gene expression and combining statistical hypotheses and methods

    Leif Väremo;Jens B. Nielsen;Intawat Nookaew

Frequent Co-Authors

Adil Mardinoglu
Adil Mardinoglu Royal Institute of Technology
Verena Siewers
Verena Siewers Chalmers University of Technology
Mathias Uhlén
Mathias Uhlén Royal Institute of Technology
Lisbeth Olsson
Lisbeth Olsson Chalmers University of Technology
Intawat Nookaew
Intawat Nookaew University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Peter Aaby
Peter Aaby University of Southern Denmark
Thomas Sinkjær
Thomas Sinkjær Aalborg University
Kåre Mølbak
Kåre Mølbak Statens Serum Institut
Nicolas T. Petersen
Nicolas T. Petersen University of Copenhagen
Fredrik Bäckhed
Fredrik Bäckhed University of Gothenburg

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