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Molecular Biology
Norway
2026

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
95
Citations
78299
World Ranking
619
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Norway Leader Award
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology

Overview

Terje Johansen is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research spans several areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions across these disciplines.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Johansen's work extends to various subfields such as:

  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Physiology
  • Immunology

The scientist's main research topics encompass:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Johansen include:

  • Trond Lamark
  • Zambarlal Bhujabal
  • Hallvard Lauritz Olsvik
  • Birendra Kumar Shrestha
  • Sharon A. Tooze

Johansen has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Autophagy
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Nature Cell Biology

Recent papers authored by Johansen or involving their research include:

  • Autophagy in major human diseases, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • Autophagy in healthy aging and disease, 2021, Nature Aging
  • SIRT1 is downregulated by autophagy in senescence and ageing, 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • Mechanisms of Selective Autophagy, 2021, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Autophagy and endocytosis - interconnections and interdependencies, 2020, Journal of Cell Science

Johansen has been recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, reflecting their participation in the fields of biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • p62/SQSTM1 Binds Directly to Atg8/LC3 to Facilitate Degradation of Ubiquitinated Protein Aggregates by Autophagy

    Serhiy Pankiv;Terje Høyvarde Clausen;Trond Lamark;Andreas Brech

  • p62/SQSTM1 forms protein aggregates degraded by autophagy and has a protective effect on huntingtin-induced cell death

    Geir Bjørkøy;Trond Lamark;Andreas Brech;Heidi Outzen

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Selective autophagy mediated by autophagic adapter proteins

    Terje Johansen;Trond Lamark

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

  • p62/SQSTM1 is a target gene for transcription factor NRF2 and creates a positive feedback loop by inducing antioxidant response element-driven gene transcription.

    Ashish Jain;Trond Lamark;Eva Sjøttem;Kenneth Bowitz Larsen

  • A Role for NBR1 in Autophagosomal Degradation of Ubiquitinated Substrates

    Vladimir Kirkin;Trond Lamark;Yu Shin Sou;Geir Bjørkøy

  • Monitoring autophagic degradation of p62/SQSTM1.

    Geir Bjørkøy;Trond Lamark;Serhiy Pankiv;Aud Øvervatn

  • Interactions between autophagy receptors and ubiquitin-like proteins form the molecular basis for selective autophagy.

    Vladimir Rogov;Volker Dötsch;Terje Johansen;Vladimir Kirkin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The LIR motif - crucial for selective autophagy.

    Åsa Birna Birgisdottir;Trond Lamark;Terje Johansen

  • Autophagy in healthy aging and disease

    Yahyah Aman;Yahyah Aman;Tomas Schmauck-Medina;Malene Hansen;Richard I. Morimoto

  • The Adaptor Protein p62/SQSTM1 Targets Invading Bacteria to the Autophagy Pathway

    Yiyu T. Zheng;Shahab Shahnazari;Andreas Brech;Trond Lamark

  • Regulation of selective autophagy: the p62/SQSTM1 paradigm

    Trond Lamark;Steingrim Svenning;Terje Johansen

  • FYCO1 is a Rab7 effector that binds to LC3 and PI3P to mediate microtubule plus end–directed vesicle transport

    Serhiy Pankiv;Endalkachew A. Alemu;Andreas Brech;Jack Ansgar Bruun

  • TBK-1 Promotes Autophagy-Mediated Antimicrobial Defense by Controlling Autophagosome Maturation

    Manohar Pilli;John Arko-Mensah;Marisa Ponpuak;Marisa Ponpuak;Esteban Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Trond Lamark
Trond Lamark University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Vojo Deretic
Vojo Deretic University of New Mexico
Sharon A. Tooze
Sharon A. Tooze The Francis Crick Institute
Andreas Brech
Andreas Brech Oslo University Hospital
Harald Alfred Stenmark
Harald Alfred Stenmark University of Oslo
Jorge Moscat
Jorge Moscat Cornell University
Gábor Juhász
Gábor Juhász Eötvös Loránd University
Maria T. Diaz-Meco
Maria T. Diaz-Meco Cornell University
Anne Simonsen
Anne Simonsen University of Oslo
Eric H. Baehrecke
Eric H. Baehrecke University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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