Magnus Kjærgaard

Magnus Kjærgaard is an Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and affiliated with DANDRITE and the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (INANO-MBG) at Aarhus University. His work bridges neurobiology, structural biology, and protein biophysics.

• Research Focus: Intrinsically disordered proteins, biomolecular condensates, enzyme mechanisms, and neurodegenerative diseases.
• Recent Work: Investigating phase separation in metabolic pathways, designing disordered proteins for controlled assembly, and characterizing kinase regulation via linker domains.
• Techniques: NMR spectroscopy, single-molecule FRET, X-ray crystallography, and computational modeling of protein interactions.

Publications: His 2025 ChemBioChem paper quantified small molecule partitioning in condensates, while 2024 studies explored antibody-oligomer interactions in Parkinson's disease and kinase docking principles. Earlier work (2015-2021) established frameworks for understanding tau aggregation and ATPase function.

Collaborations: Regularly works with teams across Denmark and internationally, particularly in molecular neuroscience and structural enzymology projects.