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Curriculum Vitae for Dr. Jens Laurids Sørensen
Personal data
Date of birth: August 16th 1979 in Skærbæk, Denmark
Address: Veldsparken 11, Ørum, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
Family status: Married, two children (1 and 3 years old)
Work address: Aalborg University Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, 9000 Aalborg
Current and recent positions
Assistant professor at Aalborg University (since January 1st, 2012)
Post doc at Aarhus University, Foulum (July 1st 2009 – December 31st 2011)
Research assistant at Aarhus University, Foulum (May 1st 2009 – June 30th 2009)
PhD student at the Technical University of Denmark (October 15th 2005 – April 30th 2009)
Grants
European Union seventh framework programme, “Marine Fungi”. Total budget 2.99 million euro
The Danish Council for Independent Research | Technology and Production Sciences,
“FLUORESCENCE GUIDED IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL ANTIBIOTICS”, 3.3 mio DKK
Management experience
Project Leader courses at Aarhus University
Work package leader in the EU FP7 project “Marine Fungi”
Member of steering committee in the EU FP7 project “Marine Fungi”
Co-organizer of Nordforsk Fusarium meeting in Foulum, Denmark 2009
Currently supervisor of two PhD students, two master student and two scientific assistants
University pedagogy course for assistant professors at Aalborg University
Scientific focus area
My research focuses around fungal secondary metabolites, including biosynthesis, detection and
toxicity. I am developing new analytical methods for detection for compounds using HPLC-UV,
LC-MS and LC-MS/MS.
Supervision functions
Educated one PhD and one master student. Currently supervising two PhD students and two master
students.
Publications
21 published papers (+2 submitted) and 1 book chapter (in press) 12 first author and 4 senior
author, h-index: 9. Three oral presentations at international conferences and 14 poster presentations.
ResearcherID: L-8358-2013. Three publications in national popular journals.
Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters
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Sørensen, J.L., Knudsen, M., Hansen, F.T.V., Olesen, C., Romans-Fuertes, P., Lee, T.V., Sondergaard, T.E.
Pedersen, C.N.S., Brodersen, D.E., Giese, H. (2013). “Fungal NRPS-dependent siderophores: From function to
prediction“ in Fungal Secondary Metabolites edited by Drs. Juan-Francisco Martín, Carlos García-Estrada, and
Susanne Zeilinger. Springer, in press.
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Giese,H., Sondergaard,T.E., Sørensen,J.L. 2014. The AreA transcription factor in Fusarium graminearum
regulates the use of some non-preferred nitrogen sources and secondary metabolite production. Fungal
Biology, 117, 814.
Sørensen,J.L., Sondergaard,T.E. (2014). The effects of different yeast extracts on secondary metabolite
production in Fusarium. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 170, 55-60.
Sørensen J.L., Giese H., 2013. Influence of carbohydrates on secondary metabolism in Fusarium avenaceum.
Toxins 5, 1655-1663.
Droce, A., Sørensen, J.L., Giese, H., Sondergaard, T.E. 2013. Glass bead cultivation of fungi: Combining the
best of liquid and agar media. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 94:343-346.
Sørensen,J.L., Akk,E., Thrane,U., Giese,H., and Sondergaard,T.E. (2013) Production of fusarielins by
Fusarium. International Journal of Food Microbiology 160: 205-211.
Sondergaard,T.E., Klitgaard,L.G., Purup,S., Kobayashi,H., Giese,H., and Sørensen,J.L. (2012) Estrogenic
effects of fusarielins in human breast cancer cell lines. Toxicology Letters 214:259-262.
Hansen,F.T., Drocea,A., Sørensen,J.L., Fojanc,P., Giese,H., Sondergaard,T.E. (2012) Overexpression of
NRPS4 leads to a change of surface hydrophobicity in Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Biology 116: 855-862.
Sørensen,J.L., Nielsen,K.F., Sondergaard,T.E (2012) Redirection of pigment biosynthesis to isocoumarins in
Fusarium. Fungal genetics and biology 49: 413-418.
Hansen,F.T., Sørensen,J.L., Giese,H., Søndergaard,T.E., Frandsen,R.J.N. (2012) Quick guide to secondary
metabolite genes in Fusarium. International Journal of food Microbiology 155: 128-36.
Sørensen,J.L., Hansen,F.T., Sondergaard,T.E., Staerk,D., Lee,T.V., Wimmer,R., Purup,S., Giese,H.,
Frandsen,R.J.N. (2012) Production of novel fusarielins by ectopic activation of the polyketide synthase 9
cluster in Fusarium graminearum. Environmental Microbiology 14: 1159-1170
Josefsen,L., Droce,A., Sondergaard,T.E., Sørensen,J.L., Bormann,J., Schäfer,W., Giese,H., Olsson,S. (2012)
Autophagy provides nutrients for non-assimilating fungal structures and is necessary for plant colonization but
not for infection in the necrotrophic plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum. Autophagy, 8: 3.
Sondergaard,T.E., Hansen,F.T., Purup,S., Nielsen,A.K., Giese,H and Sørensen,J.L (2011) Fusarin C acts like
a estrogenic agonist and stimulates breast cancer cells in vitro. Toxicology Letters 2: 116-121.
Sørensen,J.L., Aveskamp,M.M., Hansen,M.E., Thrane,U., and Andersen,B. (2010) Chemical characterization
of Phoma pomorum isolated from Danish maize. International Journal of Food Microbiology 136: 310-317.
Frandsen,R.J.N., Albertsen,K.S., Stougaard,P., Sørensen,J.L., Nielsen,K.F., Olsson,S., and Giese,H. (2010)
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase activity is involved in the plasma membrane redox system required for
pigment biosynthesis in filamentous fungi. Eukaryotic Cell 9, 1225-1235.
Wulff,E., Sørensen,J.L., Lübeck,M., Nielsen,K.F., Thrane,U., and Torp,J. (2010) Genetic diversity, extrolite
production and pathogenicity of Gibberella fujikuroi species complex associated with rice seeds originating
from Africa and Asia. Environmental Microbiology 12: 649-657.
Sørensen,J.L., Mogensen,J.M., Thrane,U., and Andersen,B. (2009) Potato carrot agar with manganese as an
isolation medium for Alternaria, Epicoccum and Phoma. International Journal of Food Microbiology 130: 2226.
Sørensen,J.L., Phipps,R.K., Nielsen,K.F., Frank,J., Schroers,H.J., and Thrane, U. (2009) Analysis of
Fusarium avenaceum metabolites produced during wet apple core rot. Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry 57: 1632-1639.
Andersen,B., Sørensen,J.L., Nielsen,K.F., and de Hoog,S. (2009) A polyphasic approach to the taxonomy of
the Alternaria infectoria species-group. Fungal Genetics and Biology 46: 642-656.
Sørensen,J.L., Nielsen,K.F., Rasmussen,P.H., and Thrane,U. (2008) Development of a LC-MS/MS method
for analysis of enniatins and beauvericin in whole fresh and ensiled maize. Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry 56: 10439-10443.
Storm,I.M.L.D., Sørensen,J.L., Rasmussen,R.R., Nielsen,K.F., and Thrane,U. (2008) Mycotoxins in silage.
Steward Post Harvest Review 4: 6.
Sørensen,J.L., Nielsen,K.F., and Thrane,U. (2007) Analysis of moniliformin in maize plants using hydrophilic
interaction chromatography. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 55: 9764-9768.