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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Thor G. Theander is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the biomedical sciences, with a primary focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work extensively covers areas such as molecular biology, immunology, public health, environmental and occupational health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as infectious diseases. These subfields reflect a broad engagement with both fundamental and applied biomedical research.

Theander's research has touched on several main topics, including monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, malaria research and control, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, the complement system in diseases, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of Theander's work:

  • Capsid-like particles decorated with the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain elicit strong virus neutralization activity, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Cryo-EM reveals the architecture of placental malaria VAR2CSA and provides molecular insight into chondroitin sulfate binding, 2021, Nature Communications
  • First-in-human use of a modular capsid virus-like vaccine platform: an open-label, non-randomised, phase 1 clinical trial of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine ABNCoV2, 2023, The Lancet Microbe
  • Comparative analysis of spike-specific IgG Fc glycoprofiles elicited by adenoviral, mRNA, and protein-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, 2023, iScience
  • A Vaccine Displaying a Trimeric Influenza-A HA Stem Protein on Capsid-Like Particles Elicits Potent and Long-Lasting Protection in Mice, 2020, Vaccines

Theander frequently publishes in multiple venues, with notable contributions to the journals Vaccines, Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Malaria Journal, and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Their network of frequent coauthors includes Ali Salanti, Morten A. Nielsen, Adam F. Sander, Thomas Lavstsen, and Tobias Gustavsson, indicating active collaboration across several research projects and fields.

Best Publications

  • First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar;Solange Solmeheim Soulanoudjingar

  • Selective upregulation of a single distinctly structured var gene in chondroitin sulphate A-adhering Plasmodium falciparum involved in pregnancy-associated malaria

    Ali Salanti;Trine Staalsoe;Thomas Lavstsen;Anja T. R. Jensen

  • Evidence for the involvement of VAR2CSA in pregnancy-associated malaria.

    Ali Salanti;Madeleine Dahlbäck;Madeleine Dahlbäck;Louise Turner;Louise Turner;Morten A. Nielsen;Morten A. Nielsen

  • A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

    Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Selidji Todagbe Agnandji;Bertrand Lell;Bertrand Lell;José Francisco Fernandes;José Francisco Fernandes

  • Severe malaria is associated with parasite binding to endothelial protein C receptor

    Louise Turner;Thomas Lavstsen;Sanne S. Berger;Christian W. Wang

  • Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine

    Daniel E Neafsey;Michal Juraska;Trevor Bedford;David Benkeser

  • Plasma antibodies from malaria-exposed pregnant women recognize variant surface antigens on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in a parity-dependent manner and block parasite adhesion to chondroitin sulfate A.

    Christina H. Ricke;Trine Staalsoe;Kwadwo Koram;Bartholomew D. Akanmori

  • Plasmodium falciparum associated with severe childhood malaria preferentially expresses PfEMP1 encoded by group A var genes.

    Anja T.R. Jensen;Pamela Magistrado;Sarah Sharp;Louise Joergensen

  • Licochalcone A, a new antimalarial agent, inhibits in vitro growth of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and protects mice from P. yoelii infection.

    Ming Chen;T. G. Theander;S. B. Christensen;L. Hviid

  • Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 domain cassettes 8 and 13 are associated with severe malaria in children

    Thomas Lavstsen;Louise Turner;Fredy Saguti;Pamela Magistrado;Pamela Magistrado

  • Plasmodium falciparum Variant Surface Antigen Expression Varies Between Isolates Causing Severe and Nonsevere Malaria and Is Modified by Acquired Immunity

    Morten A. Nielsen;Trine Staalsoe;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Bamenla Q. Goka

  • Differential Expression of var Gene Groups Is Associated with Morbidity Caused by Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Tanzanian Children

    Matthias Rottmann;Thomas Lavstsen;Joseph Paschal Mugasa;Mirjam Kaestli

  • Detection of very low level Plasmodium falciparum infections using the nested polymerase chain reaction and a reassessment of the epidemiology of unstable malaria in Sudan

    Cally Roper;Ibrahim M. Elhassan;Lars Hviid;Haider Giha

  • A Longitudinal Study of Type-Specific Antibody Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-1 in an Area of Unstable Malaria in Sudan

    D R Cavanagh;I M Elhassan;C Roper;V J Robinson

  • Structural and Functional Insight into How the Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA Protein Mediates Binding to Chondroitin Sulfate A in Placental Malaria

    Thomas M. Clausen;Stig Christoffersen;Madeleine Dahlbäck;Annette Eva Langkilde

  • Bacterial superglue enables easy development of efficient virus-like particle based vaccines

    Susan Thrane;Susan Thrane;Christoph M. Janitzek;Christoph M. Janitzek;Sungwa Matondo;Mafalda Resende;Mafalda Resende

  • Detection of antibodies to variant antigens on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes by flow cytometry.

    Trine Staalsoe;Haider A. Giha;Haider A. Giha;Daniel Dodoo;Daniel Dodoo;Thor G. Theander

  • High Level of var2csa Transcription by Plasmodium falciparum Isolated from the Placenta

    Nicaise G. Tuikue Ndam;Ali Salanti;Gwladys Bertin;Madeleine Dahlbäck

  • Structure-Guided Identification of a Family of Dual Receptor-Binding PfEMP1 that Is Associated with Cerebral Malaria

    Frank Lennartz;Yvonne Adams;Anja Bengtsson;Anja Bengtsson;Rebecca W. Olsen;Rebecca W. Olsen

  • Structural Conservation Despite Huge Sequence Diversity Allows EPCR Binding by the PfEMP1 Family Implicated in Severe Childhood Malaria

    Clinton K.Y. Lau;Louise Turner;Jakob S. Jespersen;Edward D. Lowe

  • Malaria-induced acquisition of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum variant surface antigens.

    Michael F. Ofori;Daniel Dodoo;Trine Staalsoe;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals;Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals

  • Altitude-Dependent and -Independent Variations in Plasmodium falciparum Prevalence in Northeastern Tanzania

    Chris J. Drakeley;Ilona Carneiro;Hugh Reyburn;Robert Malima

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Hviid
Lars Hviid University of Copenhagen
Ali Salanti
Ali Salanti Copenhagen University Hospital
John Lusingu
John Lusingu University of Copenhagen
Thomas Lavstsen
Thomas Lavstsen University of Copenhagen
Arsalan Kharazmi
Arsalan Kharazmi University of Copenhagen
Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals
Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals University of Copenhagen
James B. Jensen
James B. Jensen Michigan State University
Philippe Deloron
Philippe Deloron Université Paris Cité
Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Bartholomew D. Akanmori
Bartholomew D. Akanmori Southern Cross University

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