Recent Submissions

  • Temporal variation in faecal testosterone metabolite concentrations and mate-guarding behaviour in the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) 

    Gjerdevik, Andrea (Master thesis, 2024)
    Atferd og de underliggende fysiologiske mekanismene som påvirker atferd er regulert gjennom sesongene for å maksimere fitness — sikre overlevelse og øke reproduktiv suksess. Å forstå de mekanismene som regulerer paring og ...
  • Spring phenology and selection for earlier egg laying in house sparrows in northern Norway 

    Bybordi, Sanam (Master thesis, 2024)
    The breeding phenology of species is intricately linked to the effect of environmental conditions. Environmental changes can lead to mismatches between the timing of reproduction and optimal conditions, posing challenges ...
  • The effect of small-scale partially protected areas on European lobster (Homarus gammarus) abundance and demographics – a citizen science-based study 

    Torgan, Petter (Master thesis, 2024)
    Overfiske er en av de største driverne for tap av biologisk mangfold i havet. Marine verneområder har fått økende oppmerksomhet som mulige forvaltningsverktøy for å gjenoppbygge marine populasjoner og økosystemer. Dette ...
  • Population dynamics of coexisting species: lessons on interspecific population synchrony and the role of environmental fluctuations 

    Bjørkås, Ragnhild (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:356, Doctoral thesis, 2024)
    English summary In natural communities, coexisting species are exposed to similar environmental conditions. If species respond similarly to these conditions, this can cause their population abundances to co-fluctuate ...
  • Effects of freshwater delousing on hatching success, larval development and tolerance to low salinities in salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) 

    Sæter, Anna Følstad (Master thesis, 2024)
    «Det norske lakseeventyret» er på mange måter en suksesshistorie, men den enorme veksten i oppdrettsnæringen siden 1970-tallet har også ført til en økning av lakselus (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) langs kysten. Den robuste ...
  • Investigating the integration of multiple visual cues in the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) brain 

    Koren, Julie Siria Karoliussen (Master thesis, 2024)
    Monarksommerfugler (Danaus plexippus) er kjent for deres navigasjonsevner. Hver høst migrerer en ny generasjon sommerfugler tusenvis av kilometer fra nordlige USA til Mexico. Å avdekke gåten om hvordan disse sommerfuglene ...
  • Evaluating seasonal biological responses in Saccharina latissima and kelp-driven changes in seawater DIC and pH across two sites 

    Smeby, Kristin Sagosen (Master thesis, 2024)
    Vannkvalitet og fysiske miljøparametere regulerer biokjemiske prosesser i makroalger. For å sikre vellykket makroalgekultivering og maksimere økosystemfordelene industrien kan gi, er det avgjørende å forstå hvordan ytre ...
  • Long-distance dispersal in the short-distance dispersing house sparrow (Passer domesticus) 

    Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Pepke, Michael Le; Søraker, Jørgen Skavdal; David, Gabriel; Araya Ajoy, Yimen Gerardo; Wright, Jonathan; Nafstad, Ådne Messel; Rønning, Bernt; Pärn, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a small passerine known to be highly sedentary. Throughout a 30-year capture–mark–recapture study, we have obtained occasional reports of recoveries far outside our main metapopulation ...
  • epegRNA Screening Platform for Primary Immunodeficiency Mutations in HEK293 cells and Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitory Cells (HSPCs) 

    Ganeshan, Janaarthan (Master thesis, 2024)
    Mangel på adenosindeaminase (DADA2) er en primær immunsvikt forårsaket av autosomale recessive mutasjoner i adenosindeaminasegen (CECR1, ADA2). Korrekte behandlingsmetoder er først og fremst avhengig av sykdomsfenotypen, ...
  • Dynamic Boolean modeling of molecular and cellular interactions in psoriasis predicts drug target candidates 

    Tsirvouli, Eirini; Noël, Vincent; Flobak, Åsmund; Calzone, Laurence; Kuiper, Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Psoriasis arises from complex interactions between keratinocytes and immune cells, leading to uncontrolled inflammation, immune hyperactivation, and a perturbed keratinocyte life cycle. Despite the availability of drugs ...
  • Endocrine and metabolism disrupting chemicals in plastic food packaging: Addressing the unknowns 

    Stevens, Sarah (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:359, Doctoral thesis, 2024)
    Over 16,000 chemicals are used in or present in plastics, with more than a quarter known to be hazardous and over 10,000 lacking basic data on identity, functionality, and toxicity. In addition, plastics contain numerous ...
  • Two decades of increasing functional and phylogenetic richness in a mountaintop flora in central Norway 

    Vanneste, Thomas; Graae, Bente Jessen; Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Lindmo, Sigrid; Michelsen, Ottar; Naranjo-Orrico, Domenica J.; Ray, Courtenay A.; Vandersteene, Matthias; Verheyen, Kris; De Frenne, Pieter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    Questions: Analysing how multiple facets of biodiversity vary across space and time can help to predict the vulnerability of mountaintop floras to future environmental changes. Here we addressed the following questions: ...
  • Phaeodactylum tricornutum tolerance to cadmium and copper 

    Sandøy, Mathilde Austdahl (Master thesis, 2024)
    Industrialiseringen har ført til økt utslipp av tungmetaller i både akvatiske og terrestriske miljøer, og dette kan ha stor påvirkning på levende organismer, inkludert marine mikroalger. Til tross for mikrogalgers fundamentale ...
  • Storylines of summer Arctic climate change constrained by Barents-Kara seas and Arctic tropospheric warming for climate risk assessment 

    Levine, Xavier; Williams, Ryan S.; Marshall, Gareth; Orr, Andrew; Graff, Lise Seland; Handorf, Dörthe; Karpechko, Alexey; Köhler, Raphael; Wijngaard, René R.; Johnston, Nadine; Lee, Hanna; Nieradzik, Lars; Mooney, Priscilla A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    While climate models broadly agree on the changes expected to occur over the Arctic with global warming on a pan-Arctic scale (i.e. polar amplification, sea ice loss, and increased precipitation), the magnitude and patterns ...
  • Behavioural Response of Nauplii and Copepodid stages of Salmon Lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) to different Light Stimuli 

    Aryal, Asmita (Master thesis, 2024)
    Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837), kjent som lakselus, er en ektoparasittisk hoppekreps som infesterer ulike laksefiskarter, inkludert oppdrettslaks (Salmo salar). L. salmonis lever av slim, blod, epidermis og ...
  • Path analysis reveals combined winter climate and pollution effects on the survival of a marine top predator 

    Layton-Matthews, Kate; Erikstad, Kjell E.; Sandvik, Hanno; Ballesteros, Manuel; Hodges, Kevin; Mesquita, Michel d. S.; Reiertsen, Tone Kristin; Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles; Bustnes, Jan Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem 

    Fong, Allison A.; Hoppe, Clara J. M.; Aberle, Nicole; Ashjian, Carin; Assmy, Philipp Kurt Wolf; Bai, Youcheng; Bakker, Dorothee C. E.; Balmonte, John Paul; Barry, Kevin; Bertilsson, Stefan; Boulton, William; Bowman, Jeff; Bozzato, Deborah; Bratbak, Gunnar; Buck, Moritz; Campbell, Robert G.; Castellani, Giulia; Chamberlain, Emelia J.; Chen, Jianfang; Chierici, Melissa; Cornils, Astrid; Creamean, Jessie; Damm, Ellen; Dethloff, Klaus; Droste, Elise S.; Ebenhöh, Oliver; Eggers, Sarah Lena; Engel, Anja; Flores, Hauke; Fransson, Agneta; Frickenhaus, Stephan; Gardner, Jessie; Gelfman, Cecilia E.; Granskog, Mats; Graeve, Martin; Havermans, Charlotte; Heuzé, Céline; Hildebrandt, Nicole; Hill, Thomas C. J.; Hoppema, Mario; Immerz, Antonia; Jin, Haiyan; Koch, Boris P.; Kong, Xianyu; Kraberg, Alexandra C.; Lan, Musheng; Lange, Benjamin Allen; Larsen, Aud; Lebreton, Benoit; Leu, Eva Susanne; Loose, Brice; Maslowski, Wieslaw; Mavis, Camille; Metfies, Katja; Mock, Thomas; Müller, Oliver; Marcel, Nicolaus; Niehoff, Barbara; Nomura, Daiki; Nöthig, Eva-Maria; Oggier, Marc; Oldenburg, Ellen; Olsen, Lasse Mork; Peeken, Ilka; Perovich, Donald K.; Popa, Ovidiu; Rabe, Benjamin; Ren, Jian; Rex, Markus; Rinke, Annette; Rokitta, Sebastian; Rost, Björn; Sakinan, Serdar S.; Salganik, Evgenii; Schaafsma, Fokje L.; Schäfer, Hendrik; Schmidt, Katrin; Shoemaker, Katyanne; Shupe, Matthew D.; Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, Pauline; Stefels, Jacqueline; Svenson, Anders; Tao, Ran; Sinhué, Torres-Valdés; Torstensson, Anders; Toseland, Andrew; Ulfsbo, Adam; Leeuwe, Maria A. van; Vortkamp, Martina; Webb, Alison L.; Zhuang, Yanpei; Gradinger, Rolf Rudolf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
    The international and interdisciplinary sea-ice drift expedition “The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate” (MOSAiC) was conducted from October 2019 to September 2020. The aim of MOSAiC ...
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator use in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in North America and Europe 

    Carrick, Richard T.; De Marco, Corrado; Gasperetti, Alessio; Bosman, Laurens P; Gourraud, Jean-Baptiste; Trancuccio, Alessandro; Mazzanti, Andrea; Murray, Brittney; Pendleton, Catherine; Tichnell, Crystal; Tandri, Harikrishna; Zeppenfeld, Katja; Wilde, Arthur A. M.; Davies, Brianna; Seifer, Colette; Roberts, Jason D.; Healey, Jeff S.; MacIntyre, Ciorsti; Alqarawi, Wael; Tadros, Rafik; Cutler, Michael J.; Targetti, Mattia; Calò, Leonardo; Vitali, Francesco; Bertini, Matteo; Compagnucci, Paolo; Casella, Michela; Dello Russo, Antonio; Cappelletto, Chiara; De Luca, Antonio; Stolfo, Davide; Duru, Firat; Jensen, Henrik; Svensson, Anneli; Dahlberg, Pia; Hasselberg, Nina Eide; Di Marco, Andrea; Jordà, Paloma; Arbelo, Elena; Moreno Weidmann, Zoraida; Borowiec, Karolina; Delinière, Antoine; Biernacka, Elzbieta K.; Van Tintelen, J. Peter; Platonov, Pyotr G.; Olivotto, Iacopo; Saguner, Ardan M; Haugaa, Kristina Ingrid Helena Hermann; Cox, Moniek; Tondo, Claudio; Merlo, Marco; Krahn, Andrew D; Te Riele, Anneline S. J. M.; Wu, Katherine C.; Calkins, Hugh; James, Cynthia A.; Cadrin-Tourigny, Julia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
  • Regulation of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) Signaling 

    Irion, Karen (Master thesis, 2024)
    Fibroblast vekstfaktor reseptorer (FGFRer) er signalerings reseptorer som regulerer cellebiologiske prosesser som proliferering og migrering. Overaktivering av FGFRer er knyttet til flere ulike kreftformer. Aktivering av ...
  • Investigating the photoprotective properties of marine microalgal pigments in skin 

    Gedde-Dahl, Amalie Sildnes (Master thesis, 2024)
    Eksponering for UV-stråling fra sol er viktig for menneskers helse og velvære, men er også årsaken til foto-oksidativ hudskade som resulterer i solbrenthet, fotoaldring og hudkreft. Marine mikroalger er en naturlig kilde ...

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