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Jens Nielsen

EduInnovation · SE
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Biomedical Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Biofuel production and bioconversion, and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.
h-index
161
citations
123,925
works
1,508
NIH funding
primary concept
Chemistry
email

Recent publications

Systematically exploring yeast metabolism through retrobiosynthesis and deep learning
Nature Catalysis 2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Reconstruction of human metabolic models with large language models.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
A gut microbiome-kidney-heart axis predictive of future cardiovascular diseases
Nature Communications 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years
Nature 2025cited by 19position: middledoi
Modular deregulation of central carbon metabolism for efficient xylose utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
2025cited by 11position: contributordoi
Longitudinal big biological data in the AI era
Molecular Systems Biology 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
Longitudinal big biological data in the AI era.
2025cited by 5position: contributordoi
Computational biology predicts metabolic engineering targets for increased production of 103 valuable chemicals in yeast.
2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Modeling for understanding and engineering metabolism.
2025cited by 2position: contributordoi
Yeast adapts to diverse ecological niches driven by genomics and metabolic reprogramming.
2025cited by 2position: contributordoi
The Power of Yeast.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Matrix regulation: a plug-and-tune method for combinatorial regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
AlphaGEM Enables Precise Genome-Scale Metabolic Modelling by Integrating Protein Structure Alignment with deep-learning-based Dark Metabolism Mining
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
ChIP-exo and CRISPRi/a illuminate the role of Pdr1 and Yap1 in acetic acid tolerance in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Multi-omics characterization of improved cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease patients after the combined metabolic activator treatment: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase II trial.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Author comment: Modeling for understanding and engineering metabolism — R1/PR6
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
A gut microbiome-kidney-heart axis predictive of future cardiovascular diseases.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
AlphaGEM Enables Precise Genome-Scale Metabolic Modelling by Integrating Protein Structure Alignment with Deep-learning-based Dark Metabolism Mining
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
TRYing to evaluate production costs in microbial biotechnology.
2024cited by 35position: contributordoi
Multi-omics analysis reveals the key factors involved in the severity of the Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2024cited by 35position: middledoi
Increased CO<sub>2</sub> fixation enables high carbon-yield production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid in yeast.
2024cited by 21position: contributordoi
A bacterial platform for producing aromatic esters from glycerol
Nature Chemical Engineering 2024cited by 18position: contributordoi
De novo production of protoberberine and benzophenanthridine alkaloids through metabolic engineering of yeast.
2024cited by 17position: contributordoi
Brain energy metabolism is optimized to minimize the cost of enzyme synthesis and transport.
2024cited by 9position: contributordoi
Extending the G1 phase improves the production of lipophilic compounds in yeast by boosting enzyme expression and increasing cell size.
2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
Metabolic collaboration between cells in the tumor microenvironment has a negligible effect on tumor growth.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
The Role of Metabolism in Shaping Enzyme Structures Over 400 Million Years of Evolution
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Yeast adapts to diverse ecological niches driven by genomics and metabolic reprogramming
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Discriminating Benign from Malignant Lung Diseases Using Plasma Glycosaminoglycans and Cell-Free DNA.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Autotrophic yeast.
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi

Grants

Compiler Support for Message Passing Systems
NSF9461243$65,0001995–1995PIRePORTER
Fault-Tolerent Distributed Computing on Networks of Workstations
NSF9260241$49,9731993–1993PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 162 papers (2019–2026)Eduard J. Kerkhoven · University of Glasgow20 papers (2019–2026)Mathias Uhlén · Science for Life Laboratory20 papers (2015–2025)Adil Mardinoğlu · King's College London19 papers (2015–2025)Yu Chen · Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology17 papers (2019–2026)Iván Domenzain · Foundation Center16 papers (2019–2025)Jan Borén · Sahlgrenska University Hospital15 papers (2017–2024)Yun Chen · Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University14 papers (2019–2025)Cheng Zhang · Zhejiang International Studies University13 papers (2017–2024)Verena Siewers · BioInnovation Institute11 papers (2019–2025)Hasan Türkez · Science for Life Laboratory11 papers (2019–2025)Johan Gustafsson · Chalmers University of Technology9 papers (2020–2024)Jonathan L. Robinson · Chalmers University of Technology9 papers (2020–2023)Feiran Li · Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University9 papers (2021–2026)Rosemary Yu · Foundation Center9 papers (2020–2021)Saeed Shoaie · King's College London8 papers (2018–2024)Xiangyü Li · Harbin University of Science and Technology8 papers (2021–2024)Muhammad Arif · Science for Life Laboratory8 papers (2018–2022)Aleksej Zelezniak · MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology8 papers (2020–2024)Gang Li · Shandong Academy of Sciences7 papers (2019–2022)