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Denmark
2026

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Chemistry

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National Ranking
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Molecular Biology

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110
Citations
49578
World Ranking
368
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Peter E. Nielsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Emergency Medicine, Ecology, and Microbiology.

The scientist's body of work covers multiple main topics including:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Recent publications illustrate the breadth of their research interests and include:

  • Uptake, Stability, and Activity of Antisense Anti-acpP PNA-Peptide Conjugates in Escherichia coli and the Role of SbmA, 2021, ACS Chemical Biology
  • Antibiotic Potentiation in Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogenic Bacteria by a Synthetic Peptidomimetic, 2021, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Translocation of non-lytic antimicrobial peptides and bacteria penetrating peptides across the inner membrane of the bacterial envelope, 2021, Current Genetics
  • Enzyme-Triggered Release of the Antisense Octaarginine-PNA Conjugate from Phospholipase A2 Sensitive Liposomes, 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Targeting TdT gene expression in Molt-4 cells by PNA-octaarginine conjugates, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • ACS Chemical Biology
  • Current Genetics
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Collaborative work includes multiple publications with frequent co-authors such as Camilla Brolin, Anders Løbner-Olesen, Niloofar Yavari, Lise Goltermann, and Elnaz Harifi Mood.

In addition to articles, they have contributed to book publications, including the title Peptide Nucleic Acids published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2020.

Recognitions include membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Sequence-selective recognition of DNA by strand displacement with a thymine-substituted polyamide

    Peter E. Nielsen;Michael Egholm;Rolf H. Berg;Ole Buchardt

  • PNA hybridizes to complementary oligonucleotides obeying the Watson–Crick hydrogen-bonding rules

    Michael Egholm;Ole Buchardt;Leif Christensen;Carsten Behrens

  • Peptide nucleic acids

    Ole Buchardt;Michael Egholm;Peter Eigil Prof. Dr. Nielsen;Rolf Hendrik Berg

  • Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) : oligonucleotide analogues with an achiral peptide backbone

    Michael Egholm;Ole Buchardt;Peter E. Nielsen;Rolf H. Berg

  • Peptide nucleic acids (PNA): synthesis, properties and potential applications

    Birgitte Hyrup;Peter E. Nielsen

  • Peptide nucleic acids having enhanced binding affinity, sequence specificity and solubility

    Peter E. Nielsen;Michael Egholm;Rolf H. Berg;Ole Buchardt

  • Peptide nucleic acids having amino acid side chains

    Ole Buchardt;Michael Egholm;Peter Eigil Nielsen

  • DNA-like double helix formed by peptide nucleic acid

    Pernilla Wittung;Peter E. Nielsen;Ole Buchardt;Michael Egholm

  • Peptide nucleic acid (PNA). A DNA mimic with a peptide backbone.

    Peter E. Nielsen;Michael Egholm;Ole Buchardt

  • Kinetics for Hybridization of Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNA) with DNA and RNA Studied with the BIAcore Technique

    Kristine Kilså Jensen;Henrik Ørum;Peter E. Nielsen;Bengt Nordén

  • Peptide Nucleic Acid. A Molecule with Two Identities

    Peter Eigil Nielsen

  • Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes for Sequence-Specific DNA Biosensors

    Joseph Wang;Emil Palecek;Peter E. Nielsen;Gustavo Rivas

  • Bactericidal antisense effects of peptide–PNA conjugates

    Liam Good;Satish Kumar Awasthi;Rikard Dryselius;Ola Larsson

  • Synthesis of Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomers Containing the Four Natural Nucleobases: Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine, and Guanine and Their Oligomerization

    Kim L. Dueholm;Michael Egholm;Carsten Behrens;Leif Christensen

  • Recognition of guanine and adenine in DNA by cytosine and thymine containing peptide nucleic acids (PNA)

    Michael Egholm;Peter E. Nielsen;Ole Buchardt;Rolf H. Berg

  • Solid‐Phase synthesis of peptide nucleic acids

    Leif Christensen;Richard Fitzpatrick;Brian Gildea;Kenneth H. Petersen

  • Single base pair mutation analysis by PNA directed PCR clamping

    Henrik Ørum;Peter E. Nielsen;Michael Egholm;Rolf H. Berg

  • In vivo degeneration and the fate of inorganic nanoparticles

    Neus Feliu;Neus Feliu;Dominic Docter;Markus Heine;Pablo del Pino;Pablo del Pino

  • Efficient pH-independent sequence-specific DNA binding by pseudoisocytosine-containing bis-PNA

    M Egholm;L Christensen;K L Dueholm;O Buchardt

  • DNA electrochemical biosensors for environmental monitoring. A review

    J. Wang;G. Rivas;X. Cai;E. Palecek

Frequent Co-Authors

Ole Buchardt
Ole Buchardt University of Copenhagen
Bengt Nordén
Bengt Nordén Chalmers University of Technology
Michael Egholm
Michael Egholm Pall Corporation (United States)
Horst Weller
Horst Weller Universität Hamburg
Leslie E. Orgel
Leslie E. Orgel Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Wolfgang Knoll
Wolfgang Knoll Austrian Institute of Technology
David J. Ecker
David J. Ecker Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Ansgar W. Lohse
Ansgar W. Lohse Universität Hamburg

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