JØRGEN KJEMS: Nanomedicine

There are three main focus areas in the Kjems lab:

a) The understanding of how small non-coding RNA and circular RNA contribute to cell maintenance and disease development with a primary aim of defining new targets for disease intervention.

b) The creation of novel bioimaging and delivery systems for gene medicine including siRNA, miRNA mimics, antimiRs (antisense targeting microRNA) with a specific focus on inflammation, cancer, influenza, and regeneration of damaged tissue (tissue engineering).

c) Design and construction of functionalized self assembled DNA and RNA nanostructures capable of complex biosensing, coupled with controlled action e.g. drug release, enzyme activation, and receptor signaling.

In CellPAT, Jørgen Kjems contributes with key expertises in applied nanotechnology including biomolecular design, bioconjugation, cell delivery and tissue engineering as well as the more basic molecular biology fields of gene expression and cellular growth and development.

Recent publications

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Boonkaew, S., Teodori, L., Vendelbo, M. H., Kjems, J. & Ferapontova, E. E. (2025). Nanobodies' duo facilitates ultrasensitive serum HER-2/neu immunoassays via enhanced avidity interactions. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1335, 343472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2024.343472

Krissanaprasit, A., Mihalko, E., Meinhold, K., Simpson, A., Sollinger, J., Pandit, S., Dupont, D. M., Kjems, J., Brown, A. C. & LaBean, T. H. (2024). A functional RNA-origami as direct thrombin inhibitor with fast-acting and specific single-molecule reversal agents in vivo model. Molecular Therapy, 32(7), 2286-2298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.05.002

Civit, L., Moradzadeh, N., Jonczyk, A., Neckermann, P., Asbach, B., Peterhoff, D., Wagner, R., Famulok, M., Mayer, G., Kjems, J. & Valero, J. (2024). A Multi-Faceted Binding Assessment of Aptamers Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein. International Journal of Molecular Sciences , 25(9), Article 4642. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25094642

Dinesen, A., Andersen, V. L., Elkhashab, M., Pilati, D., Bech, P., Fuchs, E., Samuelsen, T. R., Winther, A., Cai, Y., Märcher, A., Wall, A., Omer, M., Nielsen, J. S., Chudasama, V., Baker, J. R., Gothelf, K. V., Wengel, J., Kjems, J. & Howard, K. A. (2024). An Albumin-Holliday Junction Biomolecular Modular Design for Programmable Multifunctionality and Prolonged Circulation. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 35(2), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00491

Vieira de Sá, R., Sudria-Lopez, E., Cañizares Luna, M., Harschnitz, O., van den Heuvel, D. M. A., Kling, S., Vonk, D., Westeneng, H. J., Karst, H., Bloemenkamp, L., Varderidou-Minasian, S., Schlegel, D. K., Mars, M., Broekhoven, M. H., van Kronenburg, N. C. H., Adolfs, Y., Vangoor, V. R., de Jongh, R., Ljubikj, T. ... Pasterkamp, R. J. (2024). ATAXIN-2 intermediate-length polyglutamine expansions elicit ALS-associated metabolic and immune phenotypes. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 7484. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51676-0

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Group leader

Jørgen Kjems

Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation

M jk@mbg.au.dk

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