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Biology and Biochemistry
Denmark
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
112
Citations
40345
World Ranking
910
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions in the areas of nuclear fission, nuclear masses, nuclear beta decay, data for astrophysical applications, and superheavy element stability and formation

Overview

Peter Møller is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these domains, they have focused extensively on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology, among others.

Their work addresses a variety of scientific topics, notably in Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Air Quality and Health Impacts, DNA Repair Mechanisms, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Energy and Environment Impacts.

They have frequently published in several scientific journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Mutagenesis
  • Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research
  • Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Protocols

Several recent papers exemplify the scope of their research, including:

  • "Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): recommendations for describing comet assay procedures and results" (2020, Nature Protocols)
  • "Measuring DNA modifications with the comet assay: a compendium of protocols" (2023, Nature Protocols)
  • "Carcinogenicity of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid" (2023, The Lancet Oncology)
  • "The genomic and transcriptional landscape of primary central nervous system lymphoma" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Biomarkers of nucleic acid oxidation - A summary state-of-the-art" (2021, Redox Biology)

Throughout their career, Peter Møller has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Martin Roursgaard
  • Ulla Vogel
  • Amaya Azqueta
  • Cristian Del Bo'
  • Andrew Collins

Best Publications

  • Next-generation monitoring of aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA metabarcoding

    Alice Valentini;Pierre Taberlet;Pierre Taberlet;Claude Miaud;Raphaël Civade

  • Oxidative stress-induced DNA damage by particulate air pollution.

    Lotte Risom;Peter Møller;Steffen Loft

  • MYC status in concert with BCL2 and BCL6 expression predicts outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

    Heike Horn;Marita Ziepert;Claudia Becher;Thomas F. E. Barth

  • Prostate-specific membrane antigen expression as a predictor of prostate cancer progression

    Sven Perner;Sven Perner;Matthias D. Hofer;Matthias D. Hofer;Robert Kim;Robert Kim;Rajal B. Shah

  • The Comet Assay as a Rapid Test in Biomonitoring Occupational Exposure to DNA-damaging Agents and Effect of Confounding Factors

    Peter Møller;Lisbeth E. Knudsen;Steffen Loft;Håkan Wallin

  • Role of oxidative damage in toxicity of particulates

    Peter Møller;Nicklas R. Jacobsen;Janne K. Folkmann;Pernille H. Danielsen

  • Immunohistochemical study of the expression of a Mr 34,000 human epithelium-specific surface glycoprotein in normal and malignant tissues.

    Frank Momburg;Frank Momburg;Gerhard Moldenhauer;Günter J. Hämmerling;Peter Möller

  • Genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, and reactive oxygen species induced by single-walled carbon nanotubes and C(60) fullerenes in the FE1-Mutatrade markMouse lung epithelial cells.

    Nicklas Raun Jacobsen;Giulio Pojana;Paul White;Peter Møller

  • Nanomaterials Versus Ambient Ultrafine Particles: An Opportunity to Exchange Toxicology Knowledge

    Vicki Stone;Mark R Miller;Martin J D Clift;Alison Elder

  • Monitoring the near-extinct European weather loach in Denmark based on environmental DNA from water samples

    Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard;Henrik Carl;Peter Rask Møller;Philip Francis Thomsen

  • Environmental DNA from Seawater Samples Correlate with Trawl Catches of Subarctic, Deepwater Fishes.

    Philip Francis Thomsen;Peter Rask Møller;Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard;Steen Wilhelm Knudsen

  • Oxidative stress and inflammation generated DNA damage by exposure to air pollution particles

    Peter Møller;Pernille Høgh Danielsen;Dorina Gabriela Karottki;Kim Jantzen

  • Lung inflammation and genotoxicity following pulmonary exposure to nanoparticles in ApoE-/- mice

    Nicklas Raun Jacobsen;Peter Møller;Keld Alstrup Jensen;Ulla Birgitte Vogel

  • In vivo toxicity of cationic micelles and liposomes.

    Kristina Bram Knudsen;Kristina Bram Knudsen;Helle Northeved;Pramod Kumar Ek;Anders Permin

  • Oxidative stress associated with exercise, psychological stress and life-style factors

    Peter Møller;Håkan Wallin;Lisbeth E Knudsen

  • Personal Exposure to Ultrafine Particles and Oxidative DNA Damage

    Peter S. Vinzents;Peter Møller;Mette Sørensen;Lisbeth E. Knudsen

  • Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): recommendations for describing comet assay procedures and results

    Peter Møller;Amaya Azqueta;Elisa Boutet-Robinet;Gudrun Koppen

  • Imaging Prostate Cancer with 11C-Choline PET/CT

    Sven N Reske;Norbert M Blumstein;Bernd Neumaier;Hans-Werner Gottfried

  • The Alkaline Comet Assay: Towards Validation in Biomonitoring of DNA Damaging Exposures

    Peter Møller

  • Air Pollution, oxidative damage to DNA, and carcinogenesis

    Peter Møller;Janne Kjærsgaard Folkmann;Lykke Forchhammer;Elvira Vaclavik Bräuner

  • Acute hypoxia and hypoxic exercise induce DNA strand breaks and oxidative DNA damage in humans

    Peter Møller;Steffen Loft;Carsten Lundby;Niels Vidiendal Olsen

  • Exposure to ambient concentrations of particulate air pollution does not influence vascular function or inflammatory pathways in young healthy individuals.

    Elvira V Bräuner;Peter Møller;Lars Barregard;Lars O Dragsted

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Loft
Steffen Loft University of Copenhagen
Håkan Wallin
Håkan Wallin National Institute of Occupational Health
Ulla Vogel
Ulla Vogel Technical University of Denmark
Lars O. Dragsted
Lars O. Dragsted University of Copenhagen
Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins University of Oslo
Patrizia Riso
Patrizia Riso University of Milan
Thomas F. E. Barth
Thomas F. E. Barth University of Ulm
Marisa Porrini
Marisa Porrini University of Milan
Henrik E. Poulsen
Henrik E. Poulsen University of Copenhagen
Michael K. Georgieff
Michael K. Georgieff University of Minnesota

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