Mikkel Jensen

California State University, Sacramento

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California State University, Sacramento

Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Department of Physics

Department of Physics and Astronomy

NoneMikkel Jensen is currently serving as a California State University, Sacramento faculty at California State University, Sacramento.

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Mikkel Jensen

California State University, Sacramento

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biophysics cell biology structural biology biomechanics biology physiology protein science cell and molecular biology cytoskeleton cellular physiology gut microbes insect molecular biology cell biomechanics experimental biophysics gut-organ axis dysbiosis cell biophysics vascular biology molecular cell biology higher education developmental system cell motility student leadership digestive tract host-microbe interactions active learning student learning actin filaments microscopy stem cells membrane biology regenerative medicine stem cell research scientometrics plo biology bone research biological chemistry structural molecular biology group process school leadership osmoregulation cellular biology tissue physiology integrative biology protein function actuation protein transport conformational studies student success cooperative learning collaborative learning phase equilibrium phase separation transducer principle higher education teaching learning-by-doing protein assembly cellular structure biophysical modeling motor-driven properties force spectrum microscopy stem cell fate cell volume change cytoplasmic mechanics vimentin intermediate filaments regulated component focal adhesion aortic stiffness emergent properties cross-linked actin networks calponin stabilization conformational state flexural mechanics basic calponin

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Bps2026 – Aqueous Transient Phase Separated Model Systems and Their Interplay With Actin. Biophysical Journal (2026)

biophysicsphase transitionsphase equilibriumchemistrymodel systemsbiophysical chemistryphase separationdynamical systems

Using Student Peer Leadership to Scale Active Learning in Large Introductory College Physics Classrooms. The Physics Teacher (2026)

educational strategieseducationstudent leadershipstudent learningundergraduate researcheducational leadershipeducational researchscale active learningstudent peer leadershipphysic educationperformance studiesactive learning

Kismet/Chd7/Chd8 Affects Gut Microbiota, Mechanics, and the Gut-Brain Axis in Drosophila Melanogaster. Biophysical Journal (2024)

molecular and cellular biologyinsect molecular biologygut-organ axisdrosophila melanogasterbiosystemsdysbiosismicrobiologybiologygut microbesgut microbiotadigestive tractgut-brain axisdevelopmental systemmicrobiomehost-microbe interactions

Implementing a Course-Based Authentic Learning Experience With Upper- and Lower-Division Physics Classes. American Journal of Physics (2023)

educational strategieseducationlearning-by-doingstudent learningstem educationlearning sciencesexperiential learninglower-division physics classeshigher educationhigher education teachingphysic educationactive learning

An Autism Spectrum Disorder-Related Risk Gene Impacts Gut Tissue Mechanics and the Gut Microbiome in Drosophila Melanogaster. Biophysical Journal (2022)

drosophila melanogasterinsect molecular biologygut-organ axisgut microbiometissue mechanicsdysbiosisneurodevelopmental disordersmicrobiologygut microbesinflammatory bowel diseasemicrobiomegeneticshost-microbe interactions

In-Class Hierarchical Team Model as a No-Cost Strategy to Improve Student Success: Integrated Peer Leadership Program. Physical Review Physics Education Research (2021)

educationcollaborative learningno-cost strategyeducational leadershipschool leadershipmentorshippeer leadership programhigher educationstudent successcooperative learningmanagementgroup processstudent leadership

Kismet/Chd7/Chd8 Affects Gut Biomechanics, the Gut Microbiome, and Gut-Brain Axis in Drosophila Melanogaster. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2021)

molecular and cellular biologyinsect molecular biologymetabolismdevelopmental systeminsect biochemistrygut-organ axisgut microbiomebiosystemsdysbiosismicrobiologybiologymolecular geneticsgut microbesdigestive tractgut-brain axissystems biologymicrobiomegut biomechanics

Stochastic Ordering of Complexoform Protein Assembly by Genetic Circuits. Biophysical Journal (2021)

Mikkel H. JensenEliza J. MorrisHai TranMichael A. NashCheemeng Tan

biophysicsgenetic circuitsstochastic orderingmolecular biophysicscomplexoform protein assemblyprotein assemblystructural biology

Stochastic Simulations of Tropomyosin Binding and Diffusion on Filamentous Actin. Biophysical Journal (2018)

biophysicsbiological macromoleculesmathematical biosciencetheoretical biologymolecular modellingcellular structurecell biophysicsmolecular biophysicsdiffusioncytoskeletonmolecular motorsbiophysical modelingcell motilitytropomyosin bindingcellular biochemistrybiomolecular engineering

Cell Volume Change Through Water Efflux Impacts Cell Stiffness and Stem Cell Fate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2017)

Ming GuoAdrian F. PegoraroAngelo MaoEnhua H. ZhouPraveen R. AranyYulong HanDylan T. BurnetteMikkel H. JensenKaren E. KaszaJeffrey R. MooreFrederick C. MackintoshJeffrey J. FredbergDavid J. MooneyJennifer Lippincott-SchwartzDavid A. Weitz

stem cell researchstem cellsdermatologytissue physiologycellular biologyscientometricsvascular biologycell biologycell motilityosmoregulationcellular physiologycell volume changesystems biologytissue (biology)tissue engineeringregenerative medicinecell biomechanicsstem cell fatemembrane biology