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Research

There are three main focus areas of The Scientist's group:

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.

Recent publications

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Pedersen, M. Ø., Österlund, L., Mortensen, J. J., Mavrikakis, M., Hansen, L. B., Stensgaard, I., Lægsgaard, E., Nørskov, J. K. & Besenbacher, F. (2000). Diffusion of N adatoms on the Fe(100) surface. Physical Review Letters, 84, 4898.
Linderoth, T. R., Horch, S., Petersen, L., Helveg, S., Schønning, M., Lægsgaard, E., Stensgaard, I. & Besenbacher, F. (2000). Energetics and dynamics of Pt dimers on Pt(110)-(1x2). Physical Review B, 61, 2448-2448.
Petersen, L., Plummer, E. W. & Besenbacher, F. (2000). Fourier Transform STM: determining the surface Fermi contour. J. Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 109, 97.
Besenbacher, F. & Nørskov, J. K. (2000). How to power a nanomotor. Kexue (Shanghai), 290, 1520.

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