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Department of Arctic and Marine Biology stian.olsen@uit.no +4777644436 Tromsø You can find me here

Stian Olsen

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Molekylærbiologi

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  • Karsten, Sondre Valentin, Stian, Mathias, Rainer, Björn et al.:
    Taken to extremes: Loss of plastid rpl32 in Streptophyta and Cuscuta’s unconventional solution for its replacement
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2025
  • Karsten, Sondre Valentin, Stian, Mathias, Rainer, Björn et al.:
    Taken to extremes: Loss of plastid rpl32 in Streptophyta and Cuscuta's unconventional solution for its replacement
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2025 DOI
  • Hilary, Thomas Georges A, Stian, Kirsten, Katja Hannele :
    Parasitic dodder expresses an arsenal of secreted cellulases with multi-substrate specificity during host invasion
    Plant physiology and biochemistry (Paris) 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Thomas Georges A, Alena, Corine Alexis, Stian, Iben, Jocelyn KC et al.:
    Cuscuta campestris fine-tunes gene expression during haustoriogenesis as an adaptation to different hosts
    Plant Physiology 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Thomas Georges A, Julien, Stian, Kirsten :
    A host-free transcriptome for haustoriogenesis in Cuscuta campestris: Signature gene expression identifies markers of successive development stages
    Physiologia Plantarum : An International Journal for Plant Biology 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Karsten, Lena Anna-Maria, Stian, Maria, Kirsten :
    The enigma of interspecific plasmodesmata: insight from parasitic plants
    Frontiers in Plant Science 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Kirsten, Stian :
    Screening for Cellulolytic Plant Enzymes Using Colorimetric and Fluorescence Methods
    Methods in molecular biology 2020 DOI / ARKIV
  • Stian, Kirsten :
    A rapid preparation procedure for laser microdissection‑mediated harvest of plant tissues for gene expression analysis
    Plant Methods 2019 DOI / ARKIV
  • Stian, Kirsten :
    Activity of xyloglucan endotransglucosylases/hydrolases suggests a role during host invasion by the parasitic plant Cuscuta reflexa
    PLOS ONE 2017 DOI / ARKIV
  • Stian, Zoe A., Kirsten :
    Two sides of the same coin: xyloglucan endotransglucosylases/hydrolases in host infection by the parasitic plant Cuscuta
    Plant Signalling & Behavior 2016 DOI
  • Stian, Bernd Ketelsen, Julien, Rainer, Zoe A., Kirsten :
    Getting ready for host invasion: Elevated expression and action of xyloglucan endotransglucosylases/hydrolases in developing haustoria of the holoparasitic angiosperm Cuscuta
    Journal of Experimental Botany 2016 DOI / ARKIV
  • Hanne Risan, Bernd, Stian, Silvia, Jonatan U, William GT et al.:
    Cell wall composition profiling of parasitic giant dodder (Cuscuta reflexa) and its hosts: a priori differences and induced changes
    New Phytologist 2015 DOI
  • Bernd, Stian, Karsten, Kirsten :
    Correlation between 16S/18S rDNA ratio and chloroplast copy numbers in cotyledons of Arabidopsis thaliana: use for assessment of the impact of cytokinin response factor 5 on chloroplast development
    Endocytobiosis and cell research 2012
  • Thomas Georges A, Stian, Hilary, Corine Alexis, Alena, Iben et al.:
    Invading a host: integrative transcriptomic analyses reveal genes involved in parasitism by the weed dodder Cuscuta campestris
    2024
  • Thomas Georges A, Stian, Alena, Corine Alexis, Iben, Jocelyn KC et al.:
    Pas-de-deux featuring the parasitic dodder Cuscuta campestris and it s hosts
    2024
  • Stian, Stian :
    Norsk oppdrettsnæring har ikke et langsiktig perspektiv, og var ferdig med vaksiner på slutten av 80-tallet
    18. August 2020
  • Zoe A., Anna, Stian, Kirsten :
    Wall stories: the role of plant cell walls in parasitic interactions.
    2016
  • Stian, Zoe A., Kirsten :
    Xyloglucan-modifying enzymes of the parasitic plant Cuscuta: putative functions in host plant infection
    2016
  • Stian :
    Expression of cell wall-related genes mark the initiation of haustorium development in Cuscuta reflexa
    2014
  • Stian, Kirsten :
    Artificial induction of haustoria in the parasitic angiosperm Cuscuta: A molecular study of haustoriogenesis
    2013
  • Stian, Lan, Kirsten :
    The dually targeted transcription factor TF1 and its role in the expression of plastid- and nuclear-encoded photosynthesis genes
    2012
  • Stian, Kirsten :
    Analysis of plastid DNA content in barley primary leaves using laser dissection microscopy
    2009

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    CV

    Since 2021: Lab engineer. Microorganisms and Plants Research Group, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. 

    2017-2021: Postdoctoral researcher. Microorganisms and Plants Research Group, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

    2013-2017: PhD degree in biology. Microorganisms and Plants Research Group, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

    2010-2012: Master`s degree in biology. Molecular Environments Research Group, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø.

    2007-2010: Bachelor`s degree in biology. Molecular Environments Research Group, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø.

    2004-2006: Apprentice lab technician. Plant Physiology and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Tromsø.

    Biologibygget U.019


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