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Troels Mygind Jensen


MSc, PhD student




Research area
Discovery of new proteins involved in the development of type 2 diabetes through the analysis of protein profiles in a population at high diabetes risk; assessment of the role of the identified proteins in driving the mechanisms that lead to diabetes onset.

Education 
2006-08 MSc in Biology-Biotechnology
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2002-06 BSc in Biotechnology
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Positions
2010- Research Fellow
Epidemiology research group, Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte (Denmark).
Diabetes epidemiology and proteomics.
2009-10 Assistant Research Scientist
New York University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York, NY (USA).
Immunotherapy of Alzheimer’s disease.
2007-08 Master’s Thesis research  
New York University, Department of Biology, New York, NY (USA).
Viral cancer therapy.
2006 Laboratory Trainee
Fudan University, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai (China).
Viral cancer therapy.

Membership
Member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

Presentations/Abstracts
2009. American Society for Virology 28th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (Canada): Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSVNYU); A Novel Highly Attenuated Oncolytic Agent. Abstract.
2010. 45th Annual Meeting of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Group (EDEG), Porto Heli (Greece): The association of anthropometric measures and abdominal fat measured by ultrasound with insulin resistance and beta cell function in a general population.
Abstract and poster presentation.
2010. 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Stockholm (Sweden): The association between soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) levels and incident diabetes is modified by body weight status in high-risk people with impaired glucose regulation.
Abstract and poster presentation.

Publications
James M. Miller, Sarah M. Bidula, Troels M. Jensen, Carol S. Reiss. Cytokine-modified VSV is highly attenuated for neural pathology, but is both highly immunogenic and oncolytic. Intl J of Interferon, Cytokine and Mediator Research 2009:1;15-32
James M. Miller, Sarah M. Bidula, Troels M. Jensen, Carol S. Reiss. Vesicular stomatitis virus modified with single chain IL-23 exhibits oncolytic activity against tumor cells in vitro and in vivo. Intl J of Interferon, Cytokine and Mediator Research 2010:2;1-10
 

 



Troels Mygind Jensen
Steno Diabetes Center
Niels Steensens Vej 1
DK-2820 Gentofte

Phone +45 4442 2475
Mobile +45 3075 8717