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Overview

Frank Nilsen is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily addresses topics related to parasite biology, host interactions, and aquaculture disease management, reflecting a multidisciplinary focus across environmental science, immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their scholarly contributions span main research fields including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields that characterize their research include:

  • Ecology
  • Immunology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Parasitology

Key topics in Frank Nilsen's body of work encompass:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota
  • Bird Parasitology and Diseases
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Their recent publications highlight contributions to understanding parasitic organisms and aquaculture challenges, with notable papers including:

  • "Unravelling the Complex Duplication History of Deuterostome Glycerol Transporters" (2020, Cells)
  • "The salmon louse genome: Copepod features and parasitic adaptations" (2021, Genomics)
  • "Aquaculture-driven evolution: distribution of pyrethroid resistance in the salmon louse throughout the North Atlantic in the years 2000-2017" (2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science)
  • "Losing the 'arms race': multiresistant salmon lice are dispersed throughout the North Atlantic Ocean" (2021, Royal Society Open Science)
  • "Host gill attachment causes blood-feeding by the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) chalimus larvae and alters parasite development and transcriptome" (2020, Parasites & Vectors)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank Nilsen include:

  • Christiane Eichner
  • Michael Dondrup
  • Kevin A. Glover
  • François Besnier
  • Anna Z. Komisarczuk

Publications by Frank Nilsen are commonly found in reputable venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cells

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

    Bastiaan Star;Alexander J. Nederbragt;Sissel Jentoft;Unni Grimholt

  • Salmon lice--impact on wild salmonids and salmon aquaculture.

    Ole Torrissen;S. Jones;Frank Asche;Atle Guttormsen

  • Water mass modification in an Arctic fjord through cross-shelf exchange: The seasonal hydrography of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Finlo Cottier;Vigdis Tverberg;Mark Inall;Harald Svendsen

  • Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after a 1000 year absence

    Jørgen Berge;Geir Johnsen;Frank Nilsen;Bjørn Gulliksen

  • Calving rates at tidewater glaciers vary strongly with ocean temperature

    Adrian Luckman;Douglas I. Benn;Finlo Cottier;Suzanne Bevan

  • The Salmon Louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) Life Cycle Has Only Two Chalimus Stages

    Lars Are Hamre;Christiane Eichner;Christopher Marlowe A. Caipang;Sussie Trine Dalvin

  • Arctic fjords: a review of the oceanographic environment and dominant physical processes

    F. R. Cottier;F. Nilsen;R. Skogseth;V. Tverberg

  • A review of the Norwegian ‘National Action Plan Against Salmon Lice on Salmonids’: The effect on wild salmonids

    Peter Andreas Heuch;Pål Arne Bjørn;Bengt Finstad;Jens Christian Holst

  • The putative polymerase sequence of infectious salmon anemia virus suggests a new genus within the Orthomyxoviridae.

    Bjørn Krossøy;Ivar Hordvik;Frank Nilsen;Are Nylund

  • Intensive Farming: Evolutionary Implications for Parasites and Pathogens

    Adèle Mennerat;Frank Nilsen;Dieter Ebert;Arne Skorping

  • Fish microsporidia: fine structural diversity and phylogeny.

    Jiřı́ Lom;Frank Nilsen

  • Advection of Atlantic Water to the western and northern Svalbard shelf since 17,500 cal yr BP

    Marta Ślubowska-Woldengen;Marta Ślubowska-Woldengen;Tine L. Rasmussen;Nalân Koç;Nalân Koç;Dorthe Klitgaard-Kristensen

  • Gene expression analyses of immune responses in Atlantic salmon during early stages of infection by salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) revealed bi-phasic responses coinciding with the copepod-chalimus transition

    Tariku Markos Tadiso;Aleksei Krasnov;Stanko Skugor;Sergey Afanasyev

  • A Simple Shelf Circulation Model: Intrusion of Atlantic Water on the West Spitsbergen Shelf

    Frank Nilsen;Ragnheid Skogseth;Juni Vaardal-Lunde;Mark Inall

  • Establishment and characterisation of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837)) laboratory strains

    Lars A. Hamre;Kevin A. Glover;Frank Nilsen

  • Local and systemic gene expression responses of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) to infection with the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

    Stanko Skugor;Kevin Alan Glover;Frank Nilsen;Aleksei Krasnov

  • Validation of reference genes for transcription profiling in the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, by quantitative real-time PCR

    Petter Frost;Frank Nilsen

  • Characterization of nodavirus and viral encephalopathy and retinopathy in farmed turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.).

    R Johansen;I Sommerset;B Tørud;K Korsnes

  • Identification and characterisation of novel SNP markers in Atlantic cod: evidence for directional selection

    Thomas Moen;Ben Hayes;Frank Nilsen;Madjid Delghandi

  • Climate in Svalbard 2100 – a knowledge base for climate adaptation.

    Muralidhar Adakudlu;Jess Andersen;Jostein Bakke;Stein Beldring

Frequent Co-Authors

Finlo Cottier
Finlo Cottier Scottish Association For Marine Science
Lars Henrik Smedsrud
Lars Henrik Smedsrud University of Bergen
Are Nylund
Are Nylund University of Bergen
Mark Inall
Mark Inall Scottish Association For Marine Science
Ilker Fer
Ilker Fer University of Bergen
Sebastian Gerland
Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute
Arne Skorping
Arne Skorping University of Bergen
Jørgen Berge
Jørgen Berge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller
Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller Polish Academy of Sciences
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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