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                      Thijs Ettema

                                                Uppsala University

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Thijs obtained his degree from the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands, after which he moved to Sweden and concentrated his research on microbial genome evolution. In 2010 Thijs has been granted VR support to start his own group, and since then has been awarded research grants from several founding bodies, including European Research Council and the Stiftelse för Strategisk Forskning (SSF).

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Currently, the Ettema lab is doing cutting-edge research on evolutionary relationships between and within the Three Domains of Life. Another focus of the lab is to chart previously unknown variety of environmental microorganisms using the latest technology advances.

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Thijs finds the question of emergence of the eukaryotic cell extremely fascinating and hopes one day to be able to reconstruct this event. His lab has done pioneering work that helped to elucidate the early events of eukaryotic evolution leading to discovery of Asgard superphylum, which can hopefully provide with insights upon the primal stages of eukaryogenesis.

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​                        Anders Andersson

                                                   Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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The main focus of Anders' research group is on Baltic sea. By using a combination of deep sequencing of entire microbial communities, as well as community composition analysis employing the 16S/18S rRNA gene, the researcher studies seasonal dynamics in community composition in the surface waters, as well as reconstructing the microbial genomes that are the most common players in those communities. Anders is also involved in the Swedish Biodiversity Atlas initiative. 

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Selected publications:

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  • Metagenome-assembled genomes uncover a global brackish microbiome. Hugerth LW, Larsson J, Alneberg J, Lindh MV, et al. Genome Biology, 2015. doi:10.1186/s13059-015-0834-7

  • Metagenomic de novo assembly of an aquatic representative of the verrucomicrobial class spartobacteria. Herlemann DP, Lundin D, Labrenz M, Jürgens K, et al. MBio, 2013. doi:10.1128/mBio.00569-12

  • Transitions in bacterial communities along the 2000 km salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea. Herlemann DP, Labrenz M, Jürgens K, Bertilsson S, et al. ISME Journal, 2011. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.41

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​                         Karina Engelbrecht Clemmensen

                                                     Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

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Karina has been awarded PhD from the University of Copenhagen for her work on ectomycorrhiza and arctic ecosystem response to global change. She moved to Sweden following Marie Curie fellowship and is currently working on elucidation of role the fungal communities in the ecosystems of Boreal and Arctic soils, as well as the response of those communities to environmental changes. To study that, Karina employs metabarcoding approach.

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Selected publications:

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  • Boreal forests sequester large amounts of mercury over millennial time scales in the absence of wildfire. Giesler R, Clemmensen KE, Wardle DA, Klaminder J, et al. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b06369

  • Shift in fungal communities and associated enzyme activities along an age gradient of managed Pinus sylvestris stands. Kyaschenko J, Clemmensen KE, Hagenbo A, Karltun E, Lindahl BD. ISME Journal, 2017. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.184

  • Carbon sequestration is related to mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during long term succession in boreal forests. Clemmensen KE, Finlay RD, Dahlberg A, Stenlid S, et al. New Phytologist, 2015. doi:10.1111/nph.13208

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​                       Oskar Karlsson Lindsjö

                                                 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

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Oskar has defended his PhD thesis in 2017. Despite being in the earlier stages of his research carrier, he has been a part of quite a few projects studying viral metagenome from animal and human health perspective, including a EU project on rapid detection of highly contagious zoonotic infections. The main focus of Oskar's thesis was to establish the methodological framework for studying viromes in mammals by means of matagenomics: finding the most expedient ways to enrich for the target metagenome and to build bioinformatics pipelines to analyse it.

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Selected publications:

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  • Metagenomic detection methods in biopreparedness outbreak scenarios. OE Karlsson, T Hansen, R Knutsson, C Löfström, et al. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 2013. doi:10.1089/bsp.2012.0077.

  • Molecular approaches to recognize relevant and emerging infectious diseases in animals. F Granberg, OE Karlsson, M Leijon, L Liu, et al. Veterinary Infection Biology: Molecular Diagnostics and High-Throughput Strategies, 2015. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2004-4_7

  • MetLab: An In Silico Experimental Design, Simulation and Analysis Tool for Viral Metagenomics Studies. M Norling, OE Karlsson-Lindsjö, H Gourlé, E Bongcam-Rudlöf. PLOS One, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160334

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