I am a chief editor in Frontiers in Microbiology, leading the section on gut microbes. A am also an editor in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, with a main focus on aquatic microbiology. I am a coauthor of approximately 200 scientific publications.
I am responsible for the course BIO 233 Experimental Environmental Microbiology and BIO 235 Bioteknologi og kjemi i næringslivet. I cover the microbiome sequencing part of the course BIO 332 Experimental Molecular Microbiology.
My main scientific interests are related to transmission and establishment of gut bacteria within a host population, in addition to host-bacterial coevolution. I have a particular focus on the role of mobile genetic elements and antibiotic resistance genes in these processes.
I am also actively working with translating basic scientific findings into practical application. These efforts have led to the first CE-marked test for the role of the gut microbiota in irritable bowels syndrome (IBS) commercialized through the company Genetic Analysis (www.genetic-analysis.com ).
My main research themes cover:
• Establishment of the infant gut microbiota
• Transition from infant to adult gut microbiota
• The salmon gut microbiota
• Sediment and biofilm microbiota
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Forskning & prosjekt
Prosjekter
Prosjektet har som mål å kunne implementere en helt ny og enklere standard for å måle miljøtilstand basert på DNA.
Forskningsprojsektet skal undersøke hvordan tarmbakterier kan påvirke utviklingen hos spedbarn. Vi vet at disse bakteriene er viktige for helsen vår, men kan de også påvirke spedbarns utvikling?
Systems biology will aid sustainability in salmon farming. Scarcity of fish oil has forced development of novel feedstuffs, challenging the salmon's metabolism as well as our understanding of it.
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