Short presentation

Kim Jensen is Professor and Executive Node Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He obtained his PhD from the University of Aarhus, and joined Fiona Watt’s group for his postdoctoral training. He held his first faculty position at the Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK, before moving to Copenhagen in 2013. He is interested in the molecular mechanisms that govern stem cell fate specification, and how extracellular signals integrates with gene regulatory networks to control tissue maturation and cellular plasticity in developing and regenerating adult epithelial tissues. By combining studies using mouse models and clinical specimens the long-term aim of research in the Jensen lab is to translate result from in vitro and in vivo models into regenerative therapies.

Primary fields of research

• Stem cells and their role in tissue homeostasis
• Tissue development and stem cell specification
• The role of adult stem cells in disease
• Development of regenerative therapies

CV

Career

2024- Group leader and Executive Node Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW

2021-2023 Group leader and Deputy Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW

2019- Professor at the University of Copenhagen

2013-2021 Group leader, Biotech Research & Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen

2010-2014 Group leader, University of Cambridge, UK

2003-2010 Research fellow in lab of Prof Fiona Watt, London Research Institute, CRUK, and  University of Cambridge, UK

Education

MSc BIoteknology and Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark

PhD, Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Possible conflicts of interest

Kim Jensen is a member of the Scientific Advicory Board for Trogenix

Kim Jensen is a trustee of Stem Cell Education and Research