Niels Larsen

Professor
Biochemistry

M.S. - Odense University
Ph.D. - Aarhus University

Office: Dominica
ph: 767-255-6323

Dr. Larsen has his PhD in Life Sciences from Aarhus University and his Cand.Scient. in Experimental Biology with a major in molecular biology from Odense University, both Denmark.

Dr. Larsen has been with Ross University School of Medicine since 2002, where he teaches medical genetics in the course Biochemistry and Genetics, which runs over both first and second semester. Prior to Ross, Dr. Larsen was an assistant professor at the Department of Medical Genetics, Copenhagen University, Denmark. In addition to teaching there, his research centered around the genetic basis for congenital heart defects. Dr. Larsen has been a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. His duties included research and laboratory instruction. His research focused on comparative mapping with an emphasis on porcine genes chosen as candidates for genes influencing economically important traits. Previously, Dr. Larsen was a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, and prior to that, he was a research associate at the National Institute of Animal Science, Foulum, Denmark.

Throughout his career at Ross University, Dr. Larsen has actively participated in the Grievance Committee, the Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee, and the Student Promotions committee. In addition, he is the director of the DNA Lab at Ross University and co-director of the problem based learning program for first semester students.

Dr. Larsen is a member of the European Society of Human Genetics.

Besides teaching, Dr. Larsen enjoys birdwatching, diving, and photography.

Courses:
Biochemistry/Genetics
Genetics

Selected Publications:
Larsen, N.J., M. Heegaard, and B. Jno Baptiste (2005)
Recent bird observations from Dominica, West Indies. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 18:52-53

Olesen, C., N.J. Larsen, A.G. Byskov, T.L. Harboe, and N. Tommerup (2001)
Human FATE is a novel X-linked gene expressed in fetal and adult testis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 184:25-32

Kim, K.S., N. J. Larsen, and M. F. Rothschild (2000)
Rapid Communication: Linkage and physical mapping of the porcine melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) gene. Journal of Animal Science 78:791-792

Kim, K.-S., N.J. Larsen, T. Short, G. Plastow and M.F. Rothschild (2000)
A missense variant of the porcine Melanocortin-4 Receptor (MC4R) gene is associated with fatness, growth, and feed intake traits. Mammalian Genome 11:131-135

Kelly, K. A., N. J. Larsen, S. Marklund, and M. F. Rothschild (1999)
Comparative mapping of two tumor suppressor genes in swine: breast cancer tumor susceptibility gene (BRCA1) and deleted in pancreatic cancer (DPC4/SMADH4). Animal Biotechnology 10(1-2):81-85

Bertani, G.R., Larsen, N.J., Marklund, S., Hu, Z.L. and Rothschild, M.F. (1999)
Rapid Communication: Mapping of the Titin (TTN) Gene to Pig Chromosome 15. Journal of Animal Science 77(10):2857-2858

Larsen, N.J., Hayes, H., Bishop, M.D., Davis, S.K., Taylor, J. and Kirkpatrick, B.W. (1999)
A comparative linkage and physical map of bovine chromosome 24 with human chromosome 18. Mammalian Genom 10:482-487

Larsen, N.J., S. Marklund, K.A. Kelly, M. Malek, C.K. Tuggle, M. Yerle, and M.F. Rothschild. (1999)
New insights into porcine-human synteny conservation. Mammalian Genome 10:488-491.

Seifert, J.N., Larsen, N.J., Marklund, S., Hu, Z.L., Rohrer, G.A., and Rothschild, M.F. (1999)
Rapid Communication: Genetic linkage and physical mapping of the porcine androgen receptor (AR) gene. Journal of Animal Science 77:785-786

 

 

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