Dr. Jens Lykke Andersen

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Biography

Jens Lykke-Andersen received his Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1997. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University Medical School before joining the faculty of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2001. He was named a Pew Scholar in 2003 and subsequently joined the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego in 2009. His research laboratory focuses on the mechanisms of regulation of translation and mRNA turnover in human gene expression, investigating how various factors control the rates of translation and the stability of specific mRNAs, particularly in response to cellular signaling. Lykke-Andersen's work has contributed to a deeper understanding of nonsense-mediated decay pathways and how post-transcriptional modifications impact mRNA degradation and gene expression.

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Experience

Professor

2009-01-01 — Present

University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Teaching and conducting research in the mechanisms of mRNA translation and turnover.

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
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  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).