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Jørgen Kjems

Jørgen Kjems

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Molecular Biology
Denmark
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
104
Citations
53398
World Ranking
457
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Jørgen Kjems is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has a research portfolio concentrated primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work covers multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Biomedical Engineering, Infectious Diseases, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research topics notably include Circular RNAs in diseases, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA Research and Splicing, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Jørgen Kjems has contributed extensively to scientific literature with numerous publications in well-recognized venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • ACS Nano

Some of their recent papers are:

  • The emerging roles of circRNAs in cancer and oncology, 2021, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Best practice standards for circular RNA research, 2022, Nature Methods
  • LifeTime and improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine, 2020, Nature
  • The RNA Atlas expands the catalog of human non-coding RNAs, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Spatial expression analyses of the putative oncogene ciRS-7 in cancer reshape the microRNA sponge theory, 2020, Nature Communications

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Morten T. Venø
  • Lasse S. Kristensen
  • Yan Yan
  • Daniel M. Dupont
  • Thomas B. Hansen

Best Publications

  • Natural RNA circles function as efficient microRNA sponges

    Thomas B Hansen;Trine I Jensen;Bettina H Clausen;Jesper Bertram Bramsen

  • The biogenesis, biology and characterization of circular RNAs.

    Lasse S Kristensen;Maria S Andersen;Lotte V W Stagsted;Karoline K Ebbesen

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

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

  • Circular RNAs in cancer: opportunities and challenges in the field.

    L S Kristensen;T B Hansen;M T Venø;J Kjems

  • miRNA-dependent gene silencing involving Ago2-mediated cleavage of a circular antisense RNA

    Thomas B Hansen;Erik D Wiklund;Erik D Wiklund;Jesper B Bramsen;Sune B Villadsen

  • Circular RNA and miR-7 in Cancer

    Thomas B. Hansen;Jørgen Kjems;Christian K. Damgaard

  • RNA interference in vitro and in vivo using a novel chitosan/siRNA nanoparticle system

    Kenneth Alan Howard;Ulrik Lytt Rahbek;Xiudong Liu;Christian Kroun Damgaard

  • Single-molecule chemical reactions on DNA origami

    Niels V. Voigt;Thomas Tørring;Alexandru Rotaru;Mikkel F. Jacobsen

  • Magnetic excitations and ordering in the heavy-electron superconductor URu2Si2.

    C. Broholm;J.K. Kjems;W.J.L. Buyers;P. Matthews

  • Power-law correlations and finite-size effects in silica particle aggregates studied by small-angle neutron scattering.

    T. Freltoft;J. K. Kjems;S. K. Sinha

  • Circular RNAs: Identification, biogenesis and function.

    Karoline Ebbesen;Jørgen Kjems;Thomas Birkballe Hansen

  • Magnetic order and fluctuations in superconducting UPt3.

    G. Aeppli;E. Bucher;C. Broholm;Jørgen Kjems

  • The influence of polymeric properties on chitosan/siRNA nanoparticle formulation and gene silencing

    Xiudong Liu;Kenneth A. Howard;Mingdong Dong;Morten Ø. Andersen

  • Spatio-temporal regulation of circular RNA expression during porcine embryonic brain development

    Morten T Venø;Thomas B Hansen;Susanne T Venø;Bettina H Clausen

  • Genomic profiling of microRNAs in bladder cancer: miR-129 is associated with poor outcome and promotes cell death in vitro.

    Lars Dyrskjøt;Marie S. Ostenfeld;Jesper B. Bramsen;Asli N. Silahtaroglu

  • The emerging landscape of circular RNA in life processes

    Shibin Qu;Yue Zhong;Runze Shang;Xuan Zhang

  • A large-scale chemical modification screen identifies design rules to generate siRNAs with high activity, high stability and low toxicity

    Jesper B. Bramsen;Maria B. Laursen;Anne F. Nielsen;Thomas B. Hansen

  • Coordinated epigenetic repression of the miR‐200 family and miR‐205 in invasive bladder cancer

    Erik D. Wiklund;Jesper B. Bramsen;Toby Hulf;Lars Dyrskjøt

  • Insights into circular RNA biology.

    Karoline K. Ebbesen;Thomas B. Hansen;Jørgen Kjems

  • Photonic-crystal waveguide biosensor

    Nina Skivesen;Amélie Têtu;Martin Kristensen;Jørgen Kjems

Frequent Co-Authors

Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Kurt V. Gothelf
Kurt V. Gothelf Aarhus University
Mingdong Dong
Mingdong Dong Aarhus University
Jesper Wengel
Jesper Wengel Aalborg University
Felix Rosenow
Felix Rosenow Goethe University Frankfurt
Cody Bünger
Cody Bünger Aarhus University Hospital
Moustapha Kassem
Moustapha Kassem University of Southern Denmark
Collin Broholm
Collin Broholm Johns Hopkins University
Roger A. Garrett
Roger A. Garrett University of Copenhagen
Alois Loidl
Alois Loidl University of Augsburg

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