Wenche Eikrem

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Visiting address Sars gate 1 Lids hus 0562 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1172, Blindern 0318 Oslo

Academic Interests

My research interests are in the taxonomy, diversity and biogeography of marine microalgae and protists living in the plankton and benthos (eg. sandy beaches). My work includes the description of several species new to science. I use light and electron microscopy to reveal their microanatomy and identity. Recently, I have started working with molecular techniques such as QPCR (Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction) and barcoding.

Teaching

 

Higher education and employment history

  • 2008-present Associate professor II at the Department of Biology
  • 2006-present Research scientist at Norsk Institutt for vannforskning (NIVA)
  • 2000-2006 Post doc. at UiO
  • 1999 Dr. scient. UiO
  • 1990 Cand. scient. UiO
  • 1990 Fil. cand. University of Gothenburg, Sweden

 

Honoraria

  • Tyge Christensen Prize (International Phycological Soceity) for the best microalgalpaper published in Phycologia during 1999 and 2000.
  • Poster prize at the Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Electron Microscopy 1991.
     

Research projects

  • TOXICALGAE, Coordinator (Toxic algae; Diversity, Distribution and Early Warning, funded by NRC, 2010-2013).
  • MIDTAL: (Microarray for detection of harmful algae funded by EU, 2008-2011,Participant)
  • BioMarks: Biodiversity of marine eukaryotic protists (funded by EU, 2009-2011, Participant),
  • HAPTODIV: Diversity and dynamics of marine haptophytes (funded by NRC, 2009-2011, Partner).
  • Involved in “Nasjonalt program for kartlegging av biologisk mangfold” at NIVA

 

Academic Cooperation

Collaboration projects with:

  • IMBV at UiO
  • University of Bergen
  • Station Biologique de Roscoff and Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC) in Banyuls-sur-mer in Frankrike
  • UNIS at Spitzbergen
  • University of North Carolina-Wilmington in USA
  • Marine Biological Association of the UK.
Tags: Microalgae, Protists, Microalgal taxonomy, Microalgal biodiversity, Phytoplankton, Micropsammon, Microalgal ultrastructure, Toxic algae

Selected publications

Publications

  • Jouenne, F, Eikrem W, Le Gall F, Marie D, Johnsen G, Vaulot D. 2010. Prasinoderma singularis sp. nov. (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta), a solitary coccoid prasinophyte from the South-East Pacific Ocean. Accepted. Protist
  • Johnsen TM, Eikrem W, Olseng CD, Tollefsen K-E, Bjerknes V. 2010. Prymnesium parvum: The Norwegian Experience. Journal of the American Water Resource Association 32: 795-820.
  • Eikrem W, Edvardsen B, Throndsen J. 2009. Renaming Verrucophora farcimen Eikrem, Edvardsen et Throndsen. Phycological Research. 57. 170-170.
  • Worden AZ, Lee J-H, Mock T, Rouzé P, Simmons M. P, Aerts A. L, Allen A. E. Cuvelier M. L, Derelle E, Everett M. V, Foulon E, Grimwood J, Gundlach H, Henrissat B, Napoli C, McDonald S. M, Parker M. S, Rombauts S, Salamov A, Von Dassow P, Badger J.H, Coutinho P.M, Demir E, Dubchak I, Gentemann C, Eikrem W, Gready JE, John U, Lanier W, Lindquist E.A, Lucas S, Mayer KFX, Moreau H, Not F, Otillar R, Panaud O, Pangilinan J, Paulsen I, Piegu B, Poliakov A, Robbens S, Schmutz J, Toulza E, Wyss T, Zelensky A, Zhou A, Armbrust E.V, Bhattacharya D, Goodenough U.V, Van de Peer Y. and Grigoriev I.V . 2009. Green Evolution and Dynamic Adaptations Revealed by Genomes of the Marine Picoeukaryote Micromonas. Science. 324: 268-272.
  • Seoane S, Eikrem W, Pienaar R and Edvardsen B. 2009. Chrysochromulina palpebralis sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae): a haptophyte, possessing two alternative morphologies. Phycologia 48: 165–176
  • Seoane S, Eikrem W and Orive E. 2008. Haptophytes of the Nervión River estuary. Botanica Marina. 52: 47-59.
  • Vaulot D, Eikrem W, Viprey M, Moreau H. 2008. The diversity of small eukaryotic phytoplankton(<3 µm) in marine ecosystems. FEMS microbiology review. 32:795-820.
  • Silva PC, Throndsen J, Eikrem W. 2007. Revisiting the nomenclature of haptophytes. Phycologia 46: 471–475.
  • Throndsen J. & Eikrem W. 2007. Mikroflagellater i norske sandstrender. Naturen 6: 202-208.
  • Edvardsen B, Eikrem W, Johnsen G, Naustvoll L, Riisberg I, Shalchian-Tabrizi, K, Throndsen J. 2007 Verrucophora farcimen gen. et sp. nov. (Dictyochophyceae, Hetrokontophyta), a bloom forming ichthyotoxic flagellate isolated from Skagerrak. Journal of Phycology 43: 1054-1070.
  • Jakobsen KS, Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Klaveness D, Minge M, Vaulot D, Eikrem W, Le Gall, F. Romari K, Throndsen J, Botnen A, Massana R, Thomsen, H.A. 2007. Telonemia, a new protist phylum with affinity to chromist lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
  • Not F, Massana R, Latasa M, Colson MD, Eikrem W, Pedros-Alio C, Vaulot D, Simon N. 2005. Late summer community composition and abundance of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes in Norwegian and Barents seas. Limnology & Oceanography 50: 1677-1686.
  • Klaveness D, Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Thomsen H.A., Eikrem W., Jakobsen, K.S. 2005. Telonema antarcticum sp.nov., a common marine phagotrophic flagellate. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55:2595-2604
  • Saez A.G., Probert I., Young J.R. , Edvardsen B., Eikrem W., Medlin L.K. 2004. A review of the phylogeny of the Haptophyta / Coccolithophores: from molecular processes to global impact. Thierstein H.R. & Young J.R., eds, pp. 251-270.
  • Eikrem W., Romari K., Le Gall F., Latasa M., Throndsen J. & Vaulot D. Florenciella parvula gen. and sp. nov. (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokontophyta) a small flagellate isolated from the English Channel. Phycologia. 43:658-668.
  • Guillou L, Eikrem W, Chrétiennot-Dinet M-J, Le Gall F, Massana R, Romari K, Pedrós-Alió C. & Vaulot D. Diversity of picoplanktonic Prasinophyceae assessed by direct SSU rDNA sequencing of environmental sequences and novel isolates retrieved from oceanic and coastal marine ecosystems. Protist. 155: 193-214
  • Stabell T, Eikrem W, Nygaard K, Sørensen K. 1999. The role of mixotropy in the fjord Framvaren, Norway. Manuscript in Wenche Eikrem dr. scient thesis, University of Oslo.
  • Johnsen G., Dalløkken R, Eikrem W, Legrand C, Aure J, Skjoldal HR. Eco-physiology, bio-otics and toxicity of the ichthyotoxic prymnesiophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri (Prymnesiophyceae). Journal of Phycology 35: 1465-1476.
  • Eikrem W, Edvardsen B, Green J, Medlin L.K. 1999.Phylogeny of the genera Prymnesium and Chrysochromulina inferred from 18 ribosomal DNA sequenses compared with available morphological and ultrastructural data, pp. 24. Manuscript in Wenche Eikrem dr. scient thesis, University of Oslo.
  • Edvardsen B, Eikrem W, Green J, Moon-van der Staay Y, Andersen RA, Medlin LK. 2000. Phylogenetic reconstructions of the Haptophyta inferred from 18S ribosomal RNA sequences and available morphological data. Phycologia 39:19-35.
  • Eikrem W, Jensen MØ, Moestrup Ø, Throndsen J. 1998. An illustrated key to the unmineralized prymnesiophyceaen flagellates of Scandinavian waters with an emphasise on the genus Chrysochromulina. In Marianne Østergaard Jensen Phd thesis, University of Copenhagen. pp 42.
  • Eikrem W. & Edvardsen B. 1999. Chrysochromulina fragiaria sp. nov. Describtion of a new haptophyte flagellate from Norwegian waters. Phycologia: 38:149-155.
  • Eikrem W, Throndsen J. 1999. Chrysochromulina rotalis sp. nov. Describtion of a new haptophyte flagellate from Norwegian waters. Sarsia 84: 445-449.
  • Dahl E, Edvardsen B, Eikrem W. 1998. Chrysochromulina blooms in the Skagerrak after 1988. In: Harmful algae. Reguera B., Blanco J., Fernández M.L. and Wyatt T., eds, pp. 104-105. Xunta de Galicia and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
  • Eikrem W, Throndsen J. 1998. Morphology and some ultrastructural details of Chrysochromulina leadbeateri Estep et al. (Prymnesiophyceae, Haptophyta) from Northern Norway. Phycologia 37: 292-299.
  • Eikrem W, Moestrup Ø. 1998. Structural analysis of the flagellar apparatus and the scaly periplast of Chrysochromulina scutellum sp. nov. (Prymnesiopyceae, Haptophyta) from the Skagerrak and the Baltic. Phycologia: Volume 37: 132-153.
  • Edvardsen B, Eikrem W, Vaulot D, Paasche E. 1996. Authentic and alternate Chrysochromulina polylepis: Morphology, growth, toxicity and ploidy level. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Toxic Phytoplankton, Sendai, Japan, 12-16 July 1995. T. Yasumoto, Y. Oshima and Y. Fukuyo, eds. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO. (586pp.): 231-234.
  • Eikrem W. Chrysochromulina throndsenii sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae) a new haptophyte flagellate from Norwegian coastal waters. 1996. Phycologia 35: 377-380.
  • Vørs N, Buck KR, Chavez FP, Eikrem W, Hansen LE, Østergaard JB, Thomsen HA. 1995. Nanoplankton of the equatorial Pacific with emphasis on the heterotrophic protists. Deep-sea research II 42: 585-602
  • Egeland ES, Eikrem W, Throndsen J, Zapata M, Wilhelm C, Liaaen-Jensen S. 1995. Algal carotenoids 61. Carotenoids from Prasinophyceae 6. Carotenoids from further prasinophytes. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 23: 747-755.
  • Egeland E.S, Johnsen G, Eikrem W, Throndsen J, Liaaen-Jensen S. 1995. The pigments of Bathycoccus prasinos (Prasinophyceae): methodological and chemosystematic implication. Journal of Phycology 3: 554-561.
  • Larsen A, Eikrem W, Paasche E. 1993. Growth and toxicity of Prymnesium patelliferum (Prymnesiophyceae) isolated from Norwegian Waters. Canadian Journal of Botany 71: 1357-1362.
  • Eikrem W,Throndsen J.1993. Toxic prymnesiophytes identified from Norwegian coastal waters. Toxic Phytoplankton Blooms in the Sea. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Toxic Marine Phytoplankton, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 28 October - 1 November 1991, T. J.Smayda and Y.Shimizu, eds. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam (952 pp.): 687-692.
  • Eikrem W, Throndsen, J. 1991. Chrysochromulina leadbeateri og andre Chrysochromulina arters biologi. I: Oppblomstringen av Chrysochromulina leadbeateri i Vestfjorden, mai-juni 1991 (Red. Francisco Rey). Fisken og Havet. 1991: (3)63-71.
  • Eikrem W, Throndsen J. 1991. Identification of phytoplankton species by scale morphology: TEM an indispensible tool. Micron and Microscopica Acta 22: 37-38.
  • Edvardsen B, Eikrem W, Paasche E. 1990. A possible alternate state in the life cycle of Chrysochromulina polylepis Manton & Parke (Prymnesiophyceae) Nova Hedwigia 100: 91-99.
  • Eikrem W, Throndsen J. 1990. The ultrastructure of Bathycoccus gen. nov. and B. prasinos sp. nov., a non-motile picoplanktonic alga (Chlorophyta, Prasinophyceae) from the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Phycologia 29: 344-350.


Books

  • Throndsen J, Eikrem W. 2010. Mikroorganismer i sand. 120 pp. Almater Forlag, Oslo
  • Throndsen J, Eikrem W. 2000. Marine planktonalger i farger. 120 pp. Almater Forlag, Oslo.
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