Sundset, Monica Alterskjær
Professor in Animal Physiology, Merited teacher
Job description
Professor in Animal Physiology
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Sandvoll, Ragnhild. Academic development through a collective approach – introducing peer observation of teaching in a multidisciplinary faculty. Nordic Journal of STEM Education 2022; Volum 6 (1). ISSN 2535-4574.s 16 - 27.s doi: 10.5324/njsteme.v6i1.4260.
- Hansen, Kia Krarup; Turi, Issat; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Mathiesen, Svein Disch. Bridging traditional and scientific knowledge on reindeer meat smoking - a pilot study. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2022; Volum 81. ISSN 1239-9736.s 1 - 21.s doi: 10.1080/22423982.2022.2073056.
- Poto, Margherita Paola; Elvevoll, Edel O.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Eilertsen, Karl-Erik; Morel, Mathilde; Jensen, Ida-Johanne. Suggestions for a systematic regulatory approach to ocean plastics. Foods 2021; Volum 10 (9). ISSN 2304-8158.s 1 - 12.s doi: 10.3390/foods10092197.
- Acquarone, Mario; Salgado Flores, Alejandro; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. The Bacterial Microbiome in the Small Intestine of Hooded Seals (Cystophora cristata). Microorganisms 2020; Volum 8 (11). ISSN 2076-2607.s 1 - 16.s doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8111664.
- Węgrzyn, Michał Hubert; Wietrzyk-Pełka, Paulina; Galanty, Agnieszka; Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Incomplete degradation of lichen usnic acid and atranorin in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus). Polar Research 2019; Volum 38. ISSN 0800-0395.s doi: 10.33265/polar.v38.3375.
- Salgado Flores, Alejandro; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Wright, Andre-Denis; Pope, Phillip; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Characterization of the cecum microbiome from wild and captive rock ptarmigans indigenous to Arctic Norway. PLOS ONE 2019; Volum 14 (3). ISSN 1932-6203.s doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213503.
- Hansen, Kia Krarup; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Folkow, Lars; Nilsen, Marte; Mathiesen, Svein Disch. Methane emissions are lower from reindeer fed lichens compared to a concentrate feed. Polar Research 2018; Volum 37 (1). ISSN 0800-0395.s 1 - 10.s doi: 10.1080/17518369.2018.1505396.
- Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie; Barnes, Christopher J; Rasmussen, Linett; Salgado Flores, Alejandro; Grøndahl, Carsten; Mosbacher, Jesper Bruun; Hansen, Anders J.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Christian, Sonne. A Comparative Study on the Faecal Bacterial Community and Potential Zoonotic Bacteria of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway. (data) Microorganisms 2018; Volum 6 (76). ISSN 2076-2607.s doi: 10.3390/microorganisms6030076.
- Salgado, Alejandro Flores; Hagen, Live Heldal; Ishaq, Suzanne L.; Zamanzadeh, Mirzaman; Wright, Andre-Denis G.; Pope, Phillip; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Rumen and Cecum Microbiomes in Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) Are Changed in Response to a Lichen Diet and May Affect Enteric Methane Emissions. PLOS ONE 2016; Volum 11 (5). ISSN 1932-6203.s doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155213.
- Salgado, Alejandro Flores; Bockwoldt, Mathias; Hagen, Live Heldal; Pope, Phillip; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. A first insight into the fecal microbiota of the high Arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). Microbial Genomics 2016. ISSN 2057-5858.s doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000066.
- Salgado-Flores, A; Bockwoldt, Mathias; Hagen, Live Heldal; Pope, Phillip; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. First insight into the faecal microbiota of the high Arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus). Microbial Genomics 2016; Volum 2 (7). ISSN 2057-5858.s doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000066.
- Ishaq, Suzanne L.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Crouse, John; Wright, Andre-Denis G.. High-throughput DNA sequencing of the moose rumen from different geographical locations reveals a core ruminal methanogenic archaeal diversity and a differential ciliate protozoal diversity. Microbial Genomics 2015. ISSN 2057-5858.s doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000034.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Salgado, Alejandro Flores; Wright, Andre-Denis G.; Pope, Phillip. The Reindeer Rumen Microbiome. Springer 2014 ISBN 978-1-4614-6418-1.s 1 - 12.s doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_664-1.
- Glad, Trine; Barboza, Perry; Mackie, Roderick; Wright, Andre-Denis G.; Brusetti, Lorenzo; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Dietary Supplementation of Usnic Acid, an Antimicrobial Compound in Lichens, Does Not Affect Rumen Bacterial Diversity or Density in Reindeer. Current Microbiology 2014; Volum 68 (6). ISSN 0343-8651.s 724 - 728.s doi: 10.1007/s00284-014-0534-7.
- Josefsen, Terje D.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Foring og foringsbetingede sjukdommer hos rein. Norsk Veterinærtidsskrift 2014; Volum 126 (2). ISSN 0332-5741.s 162 - 173.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Glad, trine; Nielsen, Kåre Magne. Terrestrial Vertebrate Animal Metagenomics, Non-domesticated Ursidae, Bears. Springer 2014 ISBN 978-1-4614-6418-1.s 1 - 5.s doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_107-3.
- Præsteng, Kirsti; Pope, Phil; Cann, Isaac KO; Mackie, Roderick; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Folkow, Lars; Eijsink, Vincent; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Probiotic dosing of ruminococcus flavefaciens affects rumen microbiome structure and function in reindeer. Microbial Ecology 2013; Volum 66 (4). ISSN 0095-3628.s 840 - 849.s doi: 10.1007/s00248-013-0279-z.
- Pope, Phil; Mackenzie, Alasdair; Gregor, Ivan; Smith, Wendy; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; McHardy, Alice; Morrison, Mark; Eijsink, Vincent. Metagenomics of the Svalbard Reindeer Rumen Microbiome Reveals Abundance of Polysaccharide Utilization Loci. PLOS ONE 2012; Volum 7 (6). ISSN 1932-6203.s doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038571.
- Præsteng, Kirsti; Mackie, Roderick; Cann, Isaac KO; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Development of a signature probe targeting the 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer of a ruminal Ruminococcus flavefaciens isolate from reindeer. Beneficial Microbes 2011; Volum 2 (1). ISSN 1876-2883.s 47 - 55.s doi: 10.3920/BM2010.0044.
- Præsteng, Kirsti; Mackie, Roderick I; Cann, Isaac K.O.; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Variations in the 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer of fibrolytic Butyrivibrio isolates from the reindeer rumen. Canadian Journal of Microbiology (print) 2011; Volum 57 (7). ISSN 0008-4166.s 617 - 622.s doi: 10.1139/W11-038.
- Glad, trine; Bernhardsen, Pål; Nielsen, Kaare Magne; Brusetti, Lorenzo; Andersen, Magnus; Aars, Jon; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Bacterial diversity in faeces from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Arctic Svalbard. (fulltekst) BMC Microbiology 2010; Volum 10. ISSN 1471-2180.s doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-10.
- Barboza, Perry; Bennet, AF; Lignot, JH; Mackie, Roderick I; McWhorter, T; Secor, S; Skovgaard, N; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Wang, T.. Digestive Challenges for Vertebrate Animals: Microbial Diversity, Cardiorespiratory Coupling, and Dietary Specialization. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 2010; Volum 83 (5). ISSN 1522-2152.s 764 - 774.s doi: 10.1086/650472.
- Glad, trine; Kristiansen, Vibeke; Nielsen, Kaare Magne; Brusetti, Lorenzo; Wright, Andre-Denis G.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Ecological Characterisation of the Colonic Microbiota in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Seals. Microbial Ecology 2010; Volum 60 (2). ISSN 0095-3628.s 320 - 330.s doi: 10.1007/s00248-010-9690-x.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Barboza, Perry; Green, Tom; Folkow, Lars; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Blix, Arnoldus S. Microbial degradation of usnic acid in the reindeer rumen. Die Naturwissenschaften 2010; Volum 97 (3). ISSN 0028-1042.s 273 - 278.s doi: 10.1007/s00114-009-0639-1.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Edwards, Joan E.; Cheng, Yan Fen; Senosiain, Roberto Solana; Fraile, Maria Napal; Northwood, Korinne S.; Præsteng, Kirsti; Glad, trine; Mathiesen, Svein D; Wright, Andre-Denis G.. Rumen microbial diversity in Svalbard reindeer, with particular emphasis on methanogenic archaea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2009; Volum 70 (3). ISSN 0168-6496.s 553 - 562.s doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00750.x.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Edwards, Joan E; Cheng, Yan Fen; Senosiain, Roberto Solana; Fraile, Maria Napal; Northwood, Korinne S.; Præsteng, Kirsti; Glad, trine; Mathiesen, Svein D.; Wright, Andre-Denis G.. Molecular Diversity of the Rumen Microbiome of Norwegian Reindeer on Natural Summer Pasture. Microbial Ecology 2009; Volum 57 (2). ISSN 0095-3628.s 335 - 348.s doi: 10.1007/s00248-008-9414-7.
- Zoetendal, Erwin G; Smith, Alexandra; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Mackie, Roderick. The BaeSR two-component regulatory system mediates resistance to condensed tannins in Escherichia coli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2008; Volum 74 (2). ISSN 0099-2240.s 535 - 539.s doi: 10.1128/AEM.02271-07.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Kohn, A; Mathiesen, Svein D; Præsteng, Kirsti. Eubacterium rangiferina, a novel usnic acid-resistant bacterium from the reindeer rumen. Die Naturwissenschaften 2008; Volum 95 (8). ISSN 0028-1042.s 741 - 749.s doi: 10.1007/s00114-008-0381-0.
- Tyler, N. J. C.; Bull, Kirsti Strøm; Turi, J.M.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Bull, KS; Strøm Bull, K.; Sara, M.N.; Reinert, E.; Oskal, N.; Nellemann, C.; McCarthy, J.J.; Mathiesen, Svein D.; Martello, M.L.; Magga, Ole Henrik; Hovelsrud, Grete K.; Hanssen-Bauer, I.; Eira, Nils Isak; Eira, Inger Marie Gaup; Corell, R.W.. Saami reindeer pastoralism under climate change: Applying a generalized framework for vulnerability studies to a sub-arctic social-ecological system. (fulltekst) Global Environmental Change 2007; Volum 17. ISSN 0959-3780.s 191 - 206.s doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.06.001.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Præsteng, Kirsti; Cann, Isaac KO; Mathiesen, Svein D.; Mackie, Roderick I. Novel rumen bacterial diversity in two geographically separated sub-species of reindeer. Microbial Ecology 2007; Volum 54. ISSN 0095-3628.s 424 - 438.s doi: 10.1007/s00248-007-9254-x.
- Mathiesen, Svein D; Mackie, Roderick; Aschfalk, Ansgar; Ringø, Einar; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal tract in reindeer - changes through season. 2005; Volum 3 (?) ISBN 0-4445-0926-7. ISSN 1570-6222.s 73 - 100.
- Storeheier, Pål Vegar; van Oort, Bob Eric H.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Mathiesen, Svein D.. Food intake of reindeer in winter. Journal of Agricultural Science 2004; Volum 141. ISSN 0021-8596.s 93 - 101.
- Præsteng, Kirsti; Mathiesen, S.D.; Mackie, RI; Cann, IKO; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Novel rumen bacterial isolates from reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences 2004; Volum 13. ISSN 1230-1388.s 183 - 186.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Cann, IKO; Mathiesen, S.D.; Mackie, RI. Rumen microbial ecology in reindeer - adaptations to a unique diet. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences 2004; Volum 13. ISSN 1230-1388.s 717 - 720.
- Storeheier, Pål Vegar; Sehested, J.; Diernæs, L.; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Mathiesen, Svein D.. Effects of seasonal changes in food quality and food intake on the transport of sodium and butyrate across ruminal epithelium of reindeer. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 2003; Volum 173. ISSN 0174-1578.s 391 - 399.s doi: 10.1007/s00360-003-0345-9.
- Storeheier, Pål Vegar; Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Estimating faecal output in reindeer during winter. Livestock Production Science 2003; Volum 84 (1). ISSN 0301-6226.s 23 - 30.s doi: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00071-X.
- Mackie, Roderick; Aminov, Rustem I; Hu, W; Klieve, AV; Ouwerkerk, D; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Kamagata, Y. Ecology of uncultivated Oscillospira species in the rumen of cattle, sheep and reindeer as assessed by microscopy and molecular approaches. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2003; Volum 69 (11). ISSN 0099-2240.s 6809 - 6815.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Blix, Arnoldus Schytte; Utsi, Tove Aagnes; Mathiesen, Svein Dish. Chitinolytic bacteria in the minke whale forstomach. (data) (sammendrag) Canadian Journal of Microbiology (print) 1999; Volum 46 (1). ISSN 0008-4166.s 85 - 94.
- Moen, Randi; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Haga, Øyvind E.; Sørmo, Wenche; Utsi, Tove Aagnes; Mathiesen, Svein Dish. Digestion of timothy silage and hay in reindeer. (data) (fulltekst) (sammendrag) Rangifer 1998; Volum 18 (1). ISSN 0333-256X.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Utsi, Tove Aagnes; Mathiesen, Svein Dish. The effect of thimothy silage on the bacterial population in rumen fluid of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) from natural summer and winter pasture. (data) (sammendrag) FEMS Microbiology Ecology 1997; Volum 24 (2). ISSN 0168-6496.s doi: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00052-4.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Utsi, Tove Aagnes; Mathiesen, Svein Dish. Failure of cellulolysis in the rumen of reindeer fed timothy silage. (data) (fulltekst) (sammendrag) Rangifer 1995; Volum 15 (2). ISSN 0333-256X.
- Mathiesen, Svein Dish; Utsi, Tove Aagnes; Sørmo, Wenche; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; Blix, Arnoldus Schytte; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær. Digestive physiology of minke whales. (data) (sammendrag) Elsevier IFAC Publications / IFAC Proceedings series 1995; Volum 4. ISSN 1474-6670.s 351 - 359.
- Sørmo, Wenche; Utsi, Tove Aagnes; Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Mathiesen, Svein Dish. The bacteriology of the small intestinal mucosa of free-living reindeer. (data) (fulltekst) (sammendrag) Rangifer 1994; Volum 14 (2). ISSN 0333-256X.s 65 - 78.
- Sundset, Monica Alterskjær; Utsi, Tove Aagnes; Mathiesen, Svein Dish. Digestion of Herring by Indigenous Bacteria in the Minke Whale Forestomach. (data) (fulltekst) (sammendrag) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1994; Volum 60 (12). ISSN 0099-2240.s 4445 - 4455.
Research interests
Ongoing projects:
- SECURE - Novel Marine Resources for Food Security and Food Safety (Stategic funding by UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)
- Collaboration on internship in higher education (DIKU)
- Developing Feedback Literacy for Learning in Biology (Utviklingsmidler tildelt av Strategisk Utdanningsutvalg, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)
- SLUSEN - innovation and research project on leadership in education, learning and education during change, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (Result, UiT)
Teaching
I teach in the following courses at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway:
Bio-1105 Innføring i Biologi (course instructor) (2019)
Bio-2002 Fysiologi II Dyrefysiologi (course instructor)
Bio-1006 Dyre- og Plantefysiologi
Bio-2310 Arctic Biology
Bio-3008 Animal Physiology
Kurs - Vurdering av utdanningsfaglig kompetanse (Result) (2020)
UNIPED-100-1 19H Basismodul i pedagogisk kompetanse (Result) (2020)
BFE Pedagogisk Seminar - Utvikling Pedagogisk Mapper (2020)
Member of research group
Member of project
CV
Candidata Scientiarum (MSc) in Animal Physiology (1992)
Doctor Philosophiae (PhD) in Animal Physiology (2000)
Associate Professor in Animal Physiology (1997-2001)
Post doc fellowship at UiT (2001-2004)
Visiting Scientist at Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA (2001-2002)
Professor in Animal Physiology (since 2004)
Vice Dean of Education at Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (2010-2018)
Deputy Leader for Education and Teaching at Dept of Arctic and Marine Biology (since 2019)
Leader of the Programboard for the BSc and the MSc in Biology at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (since 2019)
Merited Teacher in 2019
Teaching portfolio (2019)
Qualified evaluator of teaching portfolios (2018)
NFH A204