Karen Skriver

Karen Skriver is a Professor in the Department of Biology within the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in biomolecular sciences. Her research group operates from Ole Maaløes Vej 5 in Copenhagen N, with an active ORCID profile (0000-0003-2225-4012) and dedicated research website.

Her primary research interests focus on intrinsically disordered proteins, transcriptional regulation mechanisms, and plant stress response systems. Recent work explores conformational entropy in molecular recognition, stereochemistry in protein disorder-order transitions, and evolutionary fine-tuning of residual helical structures. She employs advanced biophysical techniques including NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate protein dynamics.

Analysis of her 82 research outputs (62 journal articles, 9 reviews, 6 book chapters) reveals strong emphasis on protein conformational dynamics, with significant publications in Nature, Nature Communications, and Nucleic Acids Research. Her 2024-2025 publications demonstrate cutting-edge work on transcription factor regulation through proline-isomerization and allovalent scavenging mechanisms.

• Conformational entropy in molecular recognition (2023, Current Opinion in Structural Biology)
• Evolutionary fine-tuning of residual helix structure (2023, Communications Biology)
• Intrinsically disordered proteins in research-integrating teaching (2023, The Biophysicist)

Skriver actively contributes to science education through multilingual writing initiatives in biochemistry bachelor programs and research-integrated teaching frameworks. Her work shows substantial scholarly engagement with 103 Bluesky references, 68 X posts, and significant Mendeley readership across multiple publications.