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Overview

Kaare Magne Nielsen is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway in Norway. Their research spans multiple areas within the broader field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Microbiology.

Their recent scholarly work includes publications in a variety of venues, among which the Journal of Investigative Dermatology features prominently with two publications. Other publication venues include Advanced Materials, Biomedicines, and the European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety.

Notable papers authored or coauthored by Nielsen are:

  • Transforming Healthcare: Intelligent Wearable Sensors Empowered by Smart Materials and Artificial Intelligence, 2025, Advanced Materials
  • The Discovery of the Role of Outer Membrane Vesicles against Bacteria, 2022, Biomedicines
  • Final Health and Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Carnation Moonberry IFD25958-3, 2021, European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety
  • 097 Comparative genomic analysis of the skin mycobiome, 2024, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • 337 Comparative genomic analysis of clinically relevant human skin-associated fungi, 2025, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Their work covers several topics including Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring, Vibrio bacteria research studies, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Legionella and Acanthamoeba research, as well as Plant tissue culture and regeneration.

Frequent collaborators in Nielsen's research efforts include Beatrice Dyring-Andersen, Shuwen Chen, Shicheng Fan, Zheng Qiao, and Zixiong Wu.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of, and Barriers to, Horizontal Gene Transfer between Bacteria

    Christopher M. Thomas;Kaare M. Nielsen

  • Release and persistence of extracellular DNA in the environment.

    Kaare M. Nielsen;Pål J. Johnsen;Douda Bensasson;Daniele Daffonchio

  • Scientific Opinion on the assessment of allergenicity of GM plants andmicroorganisms and derived food and feed

    H. C. Andersson;S. Arpaia;D. Bartsch;J. Casacuberta

  • Guidance for risk assessment of food and feed from genetically modified plants

    H. C. Andersson;S. Arpaia;D. Bartsch;J. Casacuberta

  • Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance.

    D. G.Joakim Larsson;Antoine Andremont;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Kristian Koefoed Brandt

  • Horizontal gene transfer from transgenic plants to terrestrial bacteria--a rare event?

    Kaare M. Nielsen;Atle M. Bones;Kornelia Smalla;Jan D. van Elsas

  • Transformation of Acinetobacter sp. Strain BD413(pFG4ΔnptII) with Transgenic Plant DNA in Soil Microcosms and Effects of Kanamycin on Selection of Transformants

    K. M. Nielsen;J. D. van Elsas;K. Smalla

  • Gene Transfer Potential of Outer Membrane Vesicles of Acinetobacter baylyi and Effects of Stress on Vesiculation

    Shweta Fulsundar;Klaus Harms;Gøril Eide Flaten;Pål Jarle Johnsen

  • Recent Origin of Plasmodium falciparum from a Single Progenitor

    Sarah K. Volkman;Alyssa E. Barry;Alyssa E. Barry;Emily J. Lyons;Emily J. Lyons;Kaare M. Nielsen;Kaare M. Nielsen

  • Natural transformation facilitates transfer of transposons, integrons and gene cassettes between bacterial species.

    Sara Domingues;Sara Domingues;Klaus Harms;W. Florian Fricke;Pål J. Johnsen

  • Bacterial natural transformation by highly fragmented and damaged DNA.

    Søren Overballe-Petersen;Klaus Harms;Ludovic Antoine Alexandre Orlando;J. Victor Moreno Mayar

  • Monitoring and modeling horizontal gene transfer

    Kaare M Nielsen;Jeffrey P Townsend

  • Membrane vesicles and horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes

    Sara Domingues;Kaare M Nielsen

  • Integrons: Vehicles and pathways for horizontal dissemination in bacteria.

    Sara Domingues;Gabriela J. da Silva;Kaare M. Nielsen

  • Natural transformation and availability of transforming DNA to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in soil microcosms.

    K.M. Nielsen;M.D.M. van Weerelt;T.N. Berg;A.M. Bones

  • Transgenic organisms--time for conceptual diversification?

    Kaare M Nielsen

  • Population structure and gene evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Erlend Aa;Jeffrey P. Townsend;Rachel I. Adams;Kaare M. Nielsen

  • Scientific opinion addressing the safety assessment of plants developed through cisgenesis and intragenesis

    Hans Christer Andersson;Salvatore Arpaia;Detlef Bartsch;Josep Casacuberta

  • Factors affecting the reversal of antimicrobial-drug resistance.

    Pål J Johnsen;Jeffrey P Townsend;Thomas Bøhn;Gunnar S Simonsen;Gunnar S Simonsen;Gunnar S Simonsen

  • Guidance on the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) ofgenetically modified plants

    H. C. Andersson;S. Arpaia;D. Bartsch;J. Casacuberta

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Brandtzaeg
Per Brandtzaeg University of Oslo
Huw Jones
Huw Jones Aberystwyth University
Joe N. Perry
Joe N. Perry Rothamsted Research
Hanspeter Naegeli
Hanspeter Naegeli University of Zurich
Ingolf F. Nes
Ingolf F. Nes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Gunnar Skov Simonsen
Gunnar Skov Simonsen Wellcome Sanger Institute
Arnfinn Sundsfjord
Arnfinn Sundsfjord University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jeffrey P. Townsend
Jeffrey P. Townsend Yale University
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University

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