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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Endosomal sorting of VAMP2, -3 and -4 with Rab GTPases Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Endosomal sorting and trafficking are facilitated by Rab GTPases and SNAREs. These groups of proteins are important for endosomal identity and progression in the endocytic pathway due to their fusogenic properties. Although ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
The tendency of ectotherms to get larger in the cold (Bergmann clines) has potentially great implications for individual performance and food web dynamics. The mechanistic drivers of this trend are not well understood, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Multivalent ligands of ion channels have proven to be both very rare and highly valuable in yielding unique insights into channel structure and pharmacology. Here, we describe a bivalent peptide from the venom of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
1. Many pathogens can infect several host species, which complicates the management of wildlife diseases. Even for generalist pathogens, hosts are not equally competent, and variable niche overlap between hosts leads to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Tuberculosis is the deadliest bacterial disease globally, threatening the lives of millions every year. New antibiotic therapies that can shorten the duration of treatment, improve cure rates, and impede the development ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Wild boar Sus scrofa is increasing in numbers and extending its distribution across Europe and is difficult to control due to high reproductive potential. Dietary quality is a main determinant of wild boar population ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Reportamos la primera evidencia que sugiere que el lagarto Liolaemus torresi podría consumir al insecto nativo, la polilla esfinge Hyles annei.
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract From tracking land‐use change to biodiversity loss, citizen science data have become a cornerstone for conservation. However, policymakers must understand the “data‐generating process” to make good use of existing ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Prenatal paracetamol exposure has been associated with neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood. Pharmacoepigenetic studies show differences in cord blood DNA methylation between unexposed and paracetamol-exposed neonates, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
This manuscript presents the results of an exploratory study on the relationships between NF-κB response through Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation by dust characterized by fungal spore concentrations and species diversity. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Repeated size measurements of individual animals are valuable data for many research questions, but it is often hard to obtain without causing stress or damage to the animal. We developed a video-based approach called ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Escaping from predation saves life, but costs energy and time. The “threat-sensitive predator-avoidance” hypothesis proposes that prey may modulate their antipredator responses, and thus the associated costs, in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Abstract
Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the bone marrow, manifested by autoimmune hemolytic anemia caused by binding of monoclonal IgM autoantibodies to the I ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Abstract
Objectives
We aimed to discover CpG sites with differential DNA methylation in peripheral blood leukocytes associated with body mass index (BMI) in pregnancy and gestational weight gain (GWG) ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Pain often persists in patients with an inflammatory disease, even when inflammation has subsided. The molecular mechanisms leading to this failure in pain resolution and the transition to chronic pain are poorly understood. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Mesopelagic fishes and invertebrates contribute to the biological carbon pump (BCP) through direct and indirect effects on the gravitational, diffusive, and migrant (active) fluxes. Here, we analyzed the effect of these ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
SUMOylation is a post-translational modification frequently found on nuclear proteins, including transcription factors (TFs) and coactivators. By controlling the activity of several TFs, SUMOylation may have far-reaching ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Gram-negative bacterium Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5 exhibits high adhesiveness to various surfaces of general materials, from hydrophobic plastics to hydrophilic glass and metals, via AtaA, an Acinetobacter trimeric autotransporter ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The incidence of plague has rebounded in the Americas, Asia, and Africa alongside rapid globalization and climate change. Previous studies have shown local climate to have significant nonlinear effects on plague ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) cover the cuticle of insects and serve as desiccation barrier and as semiochemicals. While the main enzymatic steps of CHC biosynthesis are well understood, few of the underlying genes have ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Abstract Over the last decades, mass mortality events have become increasingly common across taxa with sometimes devastating effects on population biomass. In the aquatic environment, fish are sensitive to mass mortality ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Enteric protozoan parasites Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., and, to a lesser extent, the ciliate Balantioides coli are responsible for severe human and animal intestinal disorders globally. However, limited ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Tropical freshwater lakes are well known for their high biodiversity, and particularly the East African Great Lakes are renowned for their adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes. While comparative phylogenetic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Studying the diet and feeding behavior of primates is essential to understanding their ecology and designing effective conservation plans. Despite decades of study on the hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) in lowland ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract
The discovery of Ice Ages is one of the most revolutionary advances ever made in the Earth sciences. In Norway this discovery was made by Danish–Norwegian geoscientist Jens Esmark and his young student ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Fin whales Balaenoptera physalus were hunted unsustainably across the globe in the 19th and 20th centuries, leading to vast reductions in population size. Whaling catch records indicate the importance of the Southern Ocean ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
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Increased brain size in humans and other primates is hypothesized to confer cognitive benefits but brings costs associated with growing and maintaining energetically expensive neural tissue. Previous ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2023)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Background
Evolution of novelty is a central theme in evolutionary biology, yet studying the origins of traits with an apparently discontinuous origin remains a major challenge. Venom systems are a well-suited ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Background
Phytoplankton is the base of majority of ocean ecosystems. It is responsible for half of the global primary production, and different phytoplankton taxa have a unique role in global biogeochemical ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Cells in living organisms are dynamic compartments that continuously respond to changes in their environment to maintain physiological homeostasis. While basal autophagy exists in cells to aid in the regular ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract The northeastern Pacific (NEP) Ocean spans the coast of British Columbia (Canada) and is impacted by anthropogenic activities including oil pipeline developments, maritime fossil fuel tanker traffic, industrial ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The fungal genus Armillaria contains necrotrophic pathogens and some of the largest terrestrial organisms that cause tremendous losses in diverse ecosystems, yet how they evolved pathogenicity in a clade of dominantly ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Despite host‐fungal symbiotic interactions being ubiquitous in all ecosystems, understanding how symbiosis has shaped the ecology and evolution of fungal spores that are involved in dispersal and colonization of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The closely related Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala, a western Palearctic lineage) and Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps, an eastern Palearctic lineage) hybridize and replace each other south of the Caspian ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Calanoid copepods Acartia species are major live feeds for the early stages of economically important marine fish in hatcheries in Southeast Asian countries. However, rearing Acartia copepods at high densities to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract γδ T cells play a pivotal role in protection against various types of infections and tumours, from early childhood on and throughout life. They consist of several subsets characterised by adaptive and innate-like ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The rapid expansion of shrimp production requires a huge amount of protein sources from soybeans and wild-caught fishmeal; both are becoming a shortage. Meanwhile, catfish production and processing is a giant industry in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Standard toxicity tests expose springtails (Collembola) through soil, while dietary exposure tests with animals visible on a surface are less commonly applied. We refined a method for dietary chemical exposure for ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
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The Caenorhabditis elegans LIN-41/TRIM71 is a well-studied example of a versatile regulator of mRNA fate, which plays different biological functions involving distinct post-transcriptional mechanisms. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Dans le cadre du Forum Jeunes Chercheurs des REGEFOR 2020, trois jeunes chercheurs – aux champs de prédilection divers (respectivement sciences de gestion, mycologie et sciences économiques) – ont réfléchi à une approche ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Stings of certain ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) can cause intense, long-lasting nociception. Here we show that the major contributors to these symptoms are venom peptides that modulate the activity of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract Cells in living organisms are dynamic compartments that continuously respond to changes in their environment to maintain physiological homeostasis. While basal autophagy exists in cells to aid in the regular ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
SUMMARY Arabidopsis thaliana diverged from A. arenosa and A. lyrata at least 6 million years ago. The three species differ by genome‐wide polymorphisms and morphological traits. The species are to a high degree reproductively ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The flourishing logistics in both developed and emerging economies leads to huge greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; however, the emission fluxes are poorly constrained. Here, we constructed a spatial network of logistic GHG ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Assemblysomes are EDTA- and RNase-resistant ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes of paused ribosomes with protruding nascent polypeptide chains. They have been described in yeast and human cells for the proteasome subunit ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Since its first identification in 1894 during the third pandemic in Hong Kong, there has been significant progress in understanding the lifestyle of Yersinia pestis , the pathogen that is responsible for plague. Although ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human health and must be approached from a One Health perspective. Use of antimicrobials in animal husbandry can lead to dissemination and persistence of resistance in human ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract
To elucidate the genomic traits of ecological diversification in the Hymenochaetales, we sequenced 15 new genomes, with attention to ectomycorrhizal (EcM) Coltricia species. Together with published data, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Summary Habitat alteration and climate change are important threats to terrestrial biodiversity in the tropics. Endorsing flagship or umbrella species can help conserve sympatric biodiversity, restore degraded ecosystems ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Understanding the impacts of habitat modification on primate feeding ecology is essential to design effective conservation management strategies. The dietary guild (e.g., frugivore, folivore, insectivore, and omnivore) of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
The primate vertebral column has been extensively studied, with a particular focus on hominoid primates and the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees. The number of vertebrae in hominoids—up to and including the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Abstract On 25 August 2022, the Zoologica Scripta ‐ An International Journal of Systematic Zoology and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters arranged a symposium entitled ‘The role of systematics for understanding ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
My interest in fish bioacoustics was ignited more than 50 years ago and resulted in a zigzag time travel between various interesting problems that were unsettled at the time. The present paper gives a brief overview of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Når vi bruker stråling til å behandle kreftceller gir det oss et vindu med mulighet hvor cellen trenger å reparere skaden, hvis skaden ikke blir reparert kan det føre til celledød. For å øke effektiviteten til stråle terapi ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2024)
Reports regarding the current state of biodiversity worldwide tell grim tales of anthropogenic environmental effects causing rapid decline in species abundances across the globe and extinction rates on par with those of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2024)
Particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter below 2.5 µm (PM2.5) has been identified as the main contributor to the adverse health effects associated with air pollution. However, current regulations might not allow ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Heritable variation is a prerequisite for evolutionary change, but the relevance of genetic constraints on macroevolutionary timescales is debated. By using two datasets on fossil and contemporary taxa, we show that ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2024)
Ethiopia's highlands, faces critical challenges to its persistence in the wild. My PhD research focused on the Arsi and Ahmar Mountains reveals how intensifying human activities affect the mountain nyala's habitats and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Arctic marine protist communities have been understudied due to challenging sampling conditions, in particular during winter and in deep waters. The aim of this study was to improve our knowledge on Arctic protist diversity ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Rising organic charge in northern freshwaters is attributed to increasing levels of dissolved natural organic matter (DNOM) and changes in water chemistry. Organic charge concentration may be determined through charge ...
Development of ex-vivo 3D culture assay to facilitate preclinical testing of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Characterization of the regulatory transcription-replication interplay following cyclin-dependent kinase 12/13 inhibition Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
Identification and characterization of transcriptional perturbation on cell cycle and DNA replication Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
This study aimed to deepen our understanding of the reproductive biology of male spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) using two different experimental approaches involving juvenile and mature broodstock fish. The first ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2024)
Agriculture has significantly impacted the land use over the past centuries. For wild herbivores such as the red deer, foraging on farmland can be beneficial when food is limited in their natural habitats. In Norway, the ...