Unni Vik

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Academic Interests

I am interested in the organisms that we don't see, but none the less play crucial roles in ecosystems. During my PhD, undertaken in Oslo Mycology Group, I studied associations and interactions between fungi and bacteria in ectomycorrhizal plant root systems. I am currently involved in the COVERALL project, where bacterial communities in sediments exposed to artificial CO2 release are investigated both in situ and ex situ to reveal possible CO2 signatures. In the DRIVE project, I investigate how root associated fungi and bacteria responds to elevated temperatures and changed annual precipitation patterns.  

 

    Background

    2014 — PhD, Microbial Ecology, UoO

    2009 — M.Sc., Biology, UoO

    2007 — B.Sc., Biology, UoO

     

    Teaching

    • BIO1000
    • BIO1200
    • BIO4250
    • BIO4260

     

    Sites to visit

    Blog of Oslo Mycology Group

    Tags: Mycorrhizae, Microbial ecology, Mycology, Bacteria, Fungi, Fungal ecology, Botany, Interactions, Symbiosis, Ecology

    Publications

    • Vik, Unni; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye & Sandbakken, Mari (2021). Artar som kan skape tilhøyrsle til natur på barnehagen sitt uteområde. In Jørgensen-Vittersø, Kari Anne & Vik, Unni (Ed.), Barn i by . Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215040936. p. 85–98.
    • Sandbakken, Mari; Vik, Unni & Botnen, Synnøve Smebye (2021). Dyr i byen. Barns muligheter til å oppleve dyr og dyreliv i byen. . In Jørgensen-Vittersø, Kari Anne & Vik, Unni (Ed.), Barn i by . Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215040936. p. 71–83.
    • Thoen, Ella; Harder, Christoffer Bugge; Kauserud, Håvard; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye; Vik, Unni & Taylor, Andy F.S. [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). In vitro evidence of root colonization suggests ecological versatility in the genus Mycena. New Phytologist. ISSN 0028-646X. 227, p. 601–612. doi: 10.1111/nph.16545. Full text in Research Archive
    • Halbritter Rechsteiner, Aud Helen; De Boeck, Hans J.; Eycott, Amy Elizabeth; Reinsch, Sabine; Robinson, David A. & Vicca, Sara [Show all 115 contributors for this article] (2019). The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. ISSN 2041-210X. 11, p. 22–37. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13331. Full text in Research Archive
    • Aas, Anders Bjørnsgard; Andrew, Carrie Joy; Blaalid, Rakel; Vik, Unni; Kauserud, Håvard & Davey, Marie Louise (2019). Fine-scale diversity patterns in belowground microbial communities are consistent across kingdoms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. ISSN 0168-6496. 95(6), p. 1–11. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz058.
    • Thoen, Ella; Aas, Anders Bjørnsgard; Vik, Unni; Brysting, Anne Krag; Skrede, Inger & Carlsen, Tor [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). A single ectomycorrhizal plant root system includes a diverse and spatially structured fungal community. Mycorrhiza. ISSN 0940-6360. 29(3), p. 167–180. doi: 10.1007/s00572-019-00889-z. Full text in Research Archive
    • Botnen, Synnøve Smebye; Davey, Marie Louise; Aas, Anders Bjørnsgard; Carlsen, Tor; Thoen, Ella & Heegaard, Einar [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2019). Biogeography of plant root-associated fungal communities in the North Atlantic region mirrors climatic variability. Journal of Biogeography. ISSN 0305-0270. 46(7), p. 1532–1546. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13613.
    • Hicks, Natalie; Vik, Unni; Taylor, Peter; Ladoukakis, Efthymios; Park, Joonsang & Kolisis, Frangiskos [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2016). Using Prokaryotes for Carbon Capture Storage. Trends in Biotechnology. ISSN 0167-7799. 35(1), p. 22–32. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.06.011.
    • Davey, Marie Louise; Blaalid, Rakel; Vik, Unni; Carlsen, Tor; Kauserud, Håvard & Eidesen, Pernille Bronken (2015). Primary succession of Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delabre (Polygonaceae) root-associated fungi mirrors plant succession in two glacial chronosequences. Environmental Microbiology. ISSN 1462-2912. 17(8), p. 2777–2790. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12770.
    • Mundra, Sunil; Halvorsen, Rune; Kauserud, Håvard; Müller, Eike; Vik, Unni & Eidesen, Pernille Bronken (2015). Arctic fungal communities associated with roots of Bistorta vivipara do not respond to the same fine-scale edaphic gradients as the aboveground vegetation. New Phytologist. ISSN 0028-646X. 205(4), p. 1587–1597. doi: 10.1111/nph.13216.
    • Botnen, Synnøve; Vik, Unni; Carlsen, Tor; Eidesen, Pernille Bronken; Davey, Marie Louise & Kauserud, Håvard (2014). Low host specificity of root-associated fungi at an Arctic site. Molecular Ecology. ISSN 0962-1083. 23(4), p. 975–985. doi: 10.1111/mec.12646.
    • Vik, Unni; Logares, Ramiro; Blaalid, Rakel; Halvorsen, Rune; Carlsen, Tor & Bakke, Ingrid [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2013). Different bacterial communities in ectomycorrhizae and surrounding soil. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 3(347). doi: 10.1038/srep03471. Full text in Research Archive
    • Bengtsson-Palme, Johan; Ryberg, Martin; Hartmann, Martin; Branco, Sara; Wang, Zheng & Godhe, Anna [Show all 21 contributors for this article] (2013). Improved software detection and extraction of ITS1 and ITS2 from ribosomal ITS sequences of fungi and other eukaryotes for analysis of environmental sequencing data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. ISSN 2041-210X. 4(10), p. 914–919. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12073.
    • Fang, Yao; Vik, Unni; Brysting, Anne Krag; Carlsen, Tor; Halvorsen, Rune & Kauserud, Håvard (2013). Substantial compositional turnover of fungal communities in an alpine ridge-to-snowbed gradient. Molecular Ecology. ISSN 0962-1083. 22(19), p. 5040–5052. doi: 10.1111/mec.12437.
    • Vik, Unni; Halvorsen, Rune; Ohlson, Mikael; Rydgren, Knut; Carlsen, Tor & Korpelainen, Helena [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2012). Microsatellite markers for hylocomium splendens (Hylocomiaceae). American Journal of Botany. ISSN 0002-9122. 99(9), p. e344–e346. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1200028.
    • Vik, Unni; Carlsen, Tor; Eidesen, Pernille Bronken; Brysting, Anne Krag & Kauserud, Håvard (2012). Microsatellite markers for Bistorta vivipara (Polygonaceae). American Journal of Botany. ISSN 0002-9122. 99(6), p. E226–E229. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1100504.
    • Vik, Unni; Jørgensen, Marte Holten; Kauserud, Håvard; Nordal, Inger & Brysting, Anne Krag (2010). Microsatellite markers show decreasing diversity but unchanged level of clonality in Dryas octopetala (Rosaceas) with increasing latitude. American Journal of Botany. ISSN 0002-9122. 97(6), p. 988–997. doi: 10.3732/ajb.0900215.

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    • Langholm, Guri; Vik, Unni & Hov, Asbjørn Magnar (2024). Implementering av de naturfaglige aktivitetene og de pedagogiske ledernes holdninger til å arbeide med naturfaget i barnehagene. Forskningsresultater.
    • Langholm, Guri; Hov, Asbjørn Magnar & Vik, Unni (2024). Holdninger og overbevisninger til naturfag hos pedagogiske ledere. Resultater fra intervensjonsstudien Språksterk 1-6 .
    • Vik, Unni (2024). Jøss‽ #142 - Godtepose full av grisehud og jentelus, pølser i svelget, og promp som endret livet på jorda .
    • Vik, Unni (2023). Naturfagpodden, episode 10. Språk og begreper i naturfag.
    • Langholm, Guri; Hov, Asbjørn Magnar & Vik, Unni (2023). Naturfagsmateriell i Oslobarnehager .
    • Langholm, Guri; Hov, Asbjørn Magnar & Vik, Unni (2023). Holdninger og overbevisninger rundt naturfag hos pedagogiske ledere. Foreløpige resultater fra intervensjonsstudien Språksterk 1-6.
    • Ronold, Eivind Kverme; Kauserud, Håvard; Thoen, Ella & Vik, Unni (2022). Unsuccessful mycorrhization of seedlings slow the advance of the tree- and forest line in alpine ecosystems.
    • Vik, Unni (2022). Barnehagane sine uteområder i Oslo.
    • Vik, Unni (2022). Bøllefrø, frøkener og forskerfrø.
    • Vik, Unni; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye & Sandbakken, Mari (2021). Planter som kan skape tilhøyrsle til natur på barnehagen sitt uteområde .
    • Vik, Unni & Jørgensen-Vittersø, Kari Anne (2021). Innleiing. In Jørgensen-Vittersø, Kari Anne & Vik, Unni (Ed.), Barn i by . Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215040936. p. 17–24.
    • Vik, Unni (2020). Løvetann – meir enn eit ufordrageleg ugras? . Tidsskriftet Forskerfrø. ISSN 2703-8092.
    • Vik, Unni; Fønnebø, Bente; Langholm, Guri; Skaug, Hilde Nancy; Neegaard, Henrik & Sandbakken, Mari [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2019). Plastdekke i barns lekemiljøer - til beste for hvem? barnehage.no.
    • Vik, Unni (2018). The DRIVE project - The plant root microbiome diversity and resilience in a changing climate.
    • Vik, Unni; Pérez-Izquierdo, Leticia; Thoen, Ella & Clemmensen, Karina E. (2018). Fungal communities in a changing climate.
    • Vik, Unni (2018). Den usynlege majoriteten. Syn og Segn. ISSN 0039-7717.
    • Vik, Unni (2017). Ørsmå sopptrådar kan halde klimaet i sjakk. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
    • Vik, Unni (2017). DRIVE- update.
    • Vik, Unni (2014). Using microorganisms to monitor CCS.
    • Vik, Unni (2014). Dei små overvakarane. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 14–15.
    • Vik, Unni (2012). Bistorta vivipara and its microbial plant root partners.
    • Vik, Unni; Jørgensen, Marte Holten; Kauserud, Håvard & Brysting, Anne Krag (2008). Phylogeography and population structure of Dryas octopetela analysed by microsatellite markers.
    • Hansen, Simen Hyll; Kauserud, Håvard; Davey, Marie Louise; Thoen, Ella; Vik, Unni & Brysting, Anne Krag (2018). Climate and host identity structure fungal endophyte communities. Universitetet i Oslo.

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    Published June 1, 2011 10:39 AM - Last modified Mar. 9, 2018 1:01 PM

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