Bilde av Sundset, Monica Alterskjær
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Bilde av Sundset, Monica Alterskjær
Professor in animal physiology Department of Arctic and Marine Biology monica.a.sundset@uit.no +4777644790 97190722 You can find me here

Monica Alterskjær Sundset


Job description

Merited teacher

Deputy leader at Dept of Arctic and Marine Biology


  • Sara A Meier, Melanie Furrer, Nora Nowak, Renato Zenobi, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber et al.:
    Uncoupling of behavioral and metabolic 24-h rhythms in reindeer
    Current Biology 2024 DOI
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Nora Qi Baskår Norli, Cato Bjørndal, Camilla Svensen :
    Formative feedback through digital MCQs: Students´ perceived learning in a bachelor-level physiology course
    Nordic Journal of STEM Education 2024 DOI
  • Marina Tonkopeeva, Eli Risten Skum, Kia Krarup Hansen, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Tatyana Romanenko, David Griffiths et al.:
    Resilience Thinking in Reindeer Husbandry
    Springer 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Melanie Furrer, Sara A. Meier, Maxime Jan, Paul Franken, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Steven A. Brown et al.:
    Reindeer in the Arctic reduce sleep need during rumination
    Current Biology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Ragnhild Sandvoll :
    Academic development through a collective approach – introducing peer observation of teaching in a multidisciplinary faculty
    Nordic Journal of STEM Education 09. June 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kia Krarup Hansen, Issat Turi, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Svein Disch Mathiesen :
    Bridging traditional and scientific knowledge on reindeer meat smoking - a pilot study
    International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Margherita Paola Poto, Edel O. Elvevoll, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Karl-Erik Eilertsen, Mathilde Morel, Ida-Johanne Jensen :
    Suggestions for a systematic regulatory approach to ocean plastics
    Foods 16. September 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Mario Acquarone, Alejandro Salgado Flores, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    The Bacterial Microbiome in the Small Intestine of Hooded Seals (Cystophora cristata)
    Microorganisms 27. October 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Alejandro Salgado Flores, Alexander Tøsdal Tveit, Andre-Denis Wright, Phillip Pope, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Characterization of the cecum microbiome from wild and captive rock ptarmigans indigenous to Arctic Norway
    PLOS ONE 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Michał Hubert Węgrzyn, Paulina Wietrzyk-Pełka, Agnieszka Galanty, Beata Cykowska-Marzencka, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Incomplete degradation of lichen usnic acid and atranorin in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)
    Polar Research 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kia Krarup Hansen, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Lars Folkow, Marte Nilsen, Svein Disch Mathiesen :
    Methane emissions are lower from reindeer fed lichens compared to a concentrate feed
    Polar Research 19. October 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Emilie Andersen-Ranberg, Christopher J Barnes, Linett Rasmussen, Alejandro Salgado Flores, Carsten Grøndahl, Jesper Bruun Mosbacher et al.:
    A Comparative Study on the Faecal Bacterial Community and Potential Zoonotic Bacteria of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Northeast Greenland, Northwest Greenland and Norway
    Microorganisms 25. July 2018 DATA / ARKIV / DOI
  • A Salgado-Flores, Mathias Bockwoldt, Live Heldal Hagen, Phillip Pope, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    First insight into the faecal microbiota of the high Arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)
    Microbial Genomics 29. July 2016 DOI
  • Alejandro Flores Salgado, Mathias Bockwoldt, Live Heldal Hagen, Phillip Pope, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    A first insight into the fecal microbiota of the high Arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)
    Microbial Genomics 29. April 2016 ARKIV / DOI
  • Hanne Bjerknes, Edel Oddny Elvevoll, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Andreas Langdal, Karl-Erik Eilertsen :
    Farmed blue mussels (Mytilus edulis)—a nutrient-dense resource retaining nutritional value through processing
    Frontiers in Nutrition 2024 DOI
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Ragnhild Sofie Sandvoll, Bjørn-Petter Finstad, Ingrid Hovda Lien, Torstein Låg :
    Praksis i ikke-profesjonsrettede utdanninger - hva sier forskningen?
    2024
  • Galina Gusarova, Hedvig Elisabeth Mjøen, Magali Corti, Frédéric Mahé, Pernille Meyer, Lilja Steinthorsdottir et al.:
    Bridging past and present: From dietary metabarcoding of large herbivores towards broad scale biodiversity analyses
    2024
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Kollegafellesskap som grunnlag for utvikling av undervisning og pedagogisk kompetanse
    2023 OMTALE
  • Ragnhild Sandvoll, Bjørn-Petter Finstad, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Praksis som læringsform i ikke-profesjonsrettede utdanninger- hva vektlegger studentene som sentralt for egen læring?
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Læringspunkter fra tilsynsprosessen ved Bachelorprogrammet i Biologi. Dokumentasjon og sporbare prosesser.
    2023 OMTALE
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Lars Folkow, Silje Kristine Helgesson :
    Hundene i Finnmarks­løpet slår syklistene i Tour de France
    17. March 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Lars Folkow, Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Silje Kristine Sælen-Helgesson :
    Finnmarksløpet slår Tour de France
    16. March 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Ragnhild Sofie Sandvoll, Bjørn-Petter Finstad, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Students’ perspectives on learning when crossing contexts in a multi-disciplinary program with work-integrated learning
    2023
  • Jayalal Kalathil Parambil Jayanthan, Andreas Langdal, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Karl-Erik Eilertsen, Edel Oddny Elvevoll :
    SECURE: Harnessing low-trophic level marine organisms for sustainable food and health benefits
    2023
  • Ragnhild Sofie Sandvoll, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Merittering av fremragende undervisere motiverer
    Khrono.no 2023 FULLTEKST
  • Melanie Furrer, Sara Meier, Maxime Jan, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber, Steven Brown et al.:
    Changes in reindeer sleep regulation across the year: A central role for rumination?
    2022 DATA
  • Melanie Furrer, Sara Meier, Maxime Jan, Paul Franken, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber et al.:
    Changes in reindeer sleep regulation across the year: A central role for rumination?
    2022 DATA
  • Melanie Furrer, Sara Meier, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber, Steven Brown, Gabriela Wagner :
    Rumination may substitute for sleep in reindeer
    2022 DATA
  • Melanie Furrer, Sara Meier, Maxime Jan, Paul Franken, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Gabriela Wagner et al.:
    Reindeer sleep regulation across the arctic year: Substitution of sleep time by rumination
    2022 DATA
  • Melanie Furrer, Sara Meier, Reto Huber, Steve Brown, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Gabriela Wagner :
    Reindeer sleep and metabolism
    2022
  • Sara Meier, Melanie Furrer, Nora Nowak, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber, Renato Zenobi et al.:
    Uncoupling of behavioural and metabolic rhythms in an arctic ruminant
    2022 DATA
  • Sara Meier, Melanie Furrer, Nora Nowak, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber, Renato Zenobi et al.:
    Uncoupling of behavioural and metabolic rhythms in an arctic ruminant
    2022 DATA
  • Sara Meier, Melanie Furrer, Nora Nowak, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber, Renato Zenobi et al.:
    Uncoupling of behavioural and metabolic rhythms in an arctic ruminant
    2022 DATA
  • Melanie Furrer, Sara Meier, Maxime Jan, Paul Franken, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber et al.:
    Changes in reindeer sleep regulation across the year: A central role for rumination?
    2022 DATA
  • Sara Meier, Melanie Furrer, Nora Nowak, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber, Renato Zenobi et al.:
    Uncoupling of behavioural and metabolic rhythms in an arctic ruminant
    2022 DATA
  • Sara Meier, Melanie Furrer, Nora Nowak, Renato Zenobi, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Reto Huber et al.:
    Arctic strategies for sleep and metabolism
    2022 DATA
  • Nora Qi Baskår Norli, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Camilla Svensen, Cato R. P. Bjørndal :
    Flervalgsoppgaver som verktøy for læring og utvikling av tilbakemeldingskompetanse i fysiologiundervisning på bachelor nivå
    2022
  • Camilla Svensen, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Hvordan gi tilbakemelding underveis i undervisning slik at den fremmer læring?
    2022
  • Kazunuari Ushida, Richard Kock, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Special Issue: Wildlife Microbiology
    Microorganisms 2021 DOI
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Marit Allern, Ragnhild Sandvoll :
    Utvikling av undervisningskvalitet gjennom styrket fagfellesskap
    2019 FULLTEKST
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Ragnhild Sandvoll, Marit Allern :
    Enhancing a collective approach to teaching in the spirit of SoTL
    2019 FULLTEKST
  • Annfrid Sivertsen, Camilla Brekke, Ragnhild Johanne Rensaa, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Michaela Aschan, Kathrine Tveiterås :
    Trodde du at naturvitenskap og teknologi ikke var for deg?
    Nordlys 09. April 2018 DATA
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Fra kollegaveiledning til fagfellevurdering – Et utviklingsprosjekt ved BFE
    2018
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Kollegaveiledningsprosjektet ved BFE – Et felles løft for kvalitetskultur
    2018
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Kollegaveiledningsprosjektet ved BFE: Erfaringer og resultater fra en pilot – hvor går veien videre?
    2018
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Marit Allern, Ragnhild Sandvoll :
    Peer observation of Teaching as motivation for educational development. From teaching as private enterprise to a collective approach
    2017
  • Mario Acquarone, Alejandro Flores Salgado, Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Characterization of the gut microbiome of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata)
    2016 ARKIV
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Fremragende forskning og «god nok» utdanning? Excellent research and "good enough" education?
    2016
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Satsning på utdanningskvalitet – hvordan få utdanning frem fra forskningsskyggen?
    2016
  • Monica Alterskjær Sundset :
    Merittering av undervisning
    2016

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    Research interests

    Ongoing projects

    PhD supervision

    1. Hedvig Elisabeth Mjøen (2022-2026), The Arctic University Museum of Norway, AMB, BFE. Genomic basis of eco-evolutionary responses to chaning environments in Arctic plant-herbivoee systems. Supervisors: Galina Gusarova, Monica A Sundset, Inger G Alsos, Gabriela Wagner.
    2. Hanne Bjerknes (2021-2025), NFH. Effects of novel low-trophic arctic marine raw materials on the development of atherosclerosis. Supervisors: Karl- Erik Eilertsen, MA Sundset, Edel Elvevoll.
    3. PhD Sara Meier (completed Dec 2023), Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Seasonality of diurnal metabolomics and sleep in an Arctic ruminant. Supervisors: Prof. Reto Huber, Prof. Gabriela Schaepmann-Strub, Prof. Monica A Sundset, Dr. Gabriela Wagner, Prof. Dr. Steven Brown (deceased).
    4. PhD Melanie Furrer (completed Nov 2022), University of Zürich, Switzerland (Neuroscience program). Circadian and homeostatic aspects of sleep regulation: From naturalistic models to clinical settings. Supervisors: Reto Huber, Gabriela Wagner, Steven Brown, Monica A Sundset.
    5. PhD Alejandro Salgado-Flores (completed 2017) Gut metagenomics in relation to diet and methanogenesis in Arctic herbivores, ISBN 978-82-8266-140-9. UiT. Supervisors: Monica A Sundset, Phillip B Pope (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo), Andre-Denis G Wright (The University of Arizona, USA).
    6. PhD Kirsti E Præsteng (completed 2012) Genetic identification and ruminal dosing of cellulolytic bacteria to reindeer in search of a future probiotic, ISBN 978-82-8266-040-2. UiT. Supervisors: Monica A Sundset, Svein D Mathiesen, Isaac KO Cann (University of Illinois, USA), Roderick I Mackie (University of Illinois, USA).
    7. PhD Trine Glad (completed 2010) Antimicrobial resistance and bacterial diversity in Arctic Environments, ISBN 978-82-7589-313-8. UiT. Supervisors: Monica A Sundset, Kaare M Nielsen.
    8. PhD Pål Vegar Storeheier (completed 2003) Food intake and forage utilization in reindeer during winter, ISBN 82-7589-139-6. UiT. Supervisors: Monica A Sundset, Svein D Mathiesen.

    MSc Thesis Advisor

    1. Jason Byrne (2024-2025) Setaria tundra: a climate change-sensitive parasite in Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). Supervisors: Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Monica A Sundset, Rebecca Davdson, Kayla Buhler, Morten Tryland.
    2. Nora Qi Badkår Norli (2022-2023, 40 stp). Formativ tilbakemelding gjennom digitale flervalgsoppgaver i CANVAS. En kvalitativ studie av studentenes læringserfaring gjennom arbeid med flervalgsoppgaver i et fysiologi-emne på bachelor nivå. Veiledere: MA Sundset, Camilla Svensen, Cato Bjørndal.
    3. Silje Hælen-Helgesson (2022-2023, 60 stp). The effect of endurance training on mitochondrial function in Siberian huskies and Alaskan huskies. Supervisors: MA Sundset, Chiara Ciccone, Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Shona Wood, Lars Folkow.
    4. MSc Irina Alexopoulou (2019-2020, 60 stp). Regulation of urokinase receptor (uPAR) cleavage by cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in oral cancer. Veiledere: Synnøve Magnussen (IMB), MA Sundset. 
    5. MSc Pernille Meyer (2019) Validation of DNA metabarcoding as a tool for diet analysis in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) Supervisors: Galina Gusarova, Stefaniya Kamenova, Anne K. Brysting, Monica A. Sundset, Lars Folkow). Pernille was a MSc student at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo - doing parts of her project with us in Tromsø.
    6. MSc Marte Nilsen (2013) Ernæringsbasert metanproduksjon hos sau (Methane emissions from sheep).
    7. MSc Kia Krarup Hansen (2012) Methane emissions from reindeer. Do reindeer fed lichens emit less methane than reindeer on a pelleted feed diet?
    8. MSc Anders J Hamnes (2007) Evaluering av lokalprodusert gresspellet som fôr til rein og effekt av melassetilsetning.
    9. MSc Vibeke F Kristiansen (2007) Ampicillin resistance and bacterial diversity in colon content from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) at the coast of northern Norway.
    10. MSc Pål Bernhardsen (2007) Bacterial diversity and ampicillin resistance in faecal content from polar bears (Ursus maritimus).

    German Diploma Thesis Advisor

    1. Alexandra Kohn (2008) Antibiotic usnic acid in lichens. Review and screening for usnic acid-resistant rumen bacterial strains from reindeer. Visiting Scholar.

    Veterinary Medicine Thesis Advisor

    1. Larsen AK & Marhaug T (2004) Digestion in polar bear - An anatomical study of the digestive system in Polar bear related to its ability to adapt to future climatic changes in the Arctic.

    Teaching

    I teach in the following courses at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway:

    • Bio-1105 Innføring i Biologi (course instructor) (2019)
    • Bio-1006 Dyre- og Plantefysiologi
    • Bio-2310 Arctic Biology
    • Kompetanseutviklingsprogram for studieprogramledere ved UiT (Nov 2021)Kurs - Vurdering av utdanningsfaglig kompetanse (Result) (2020)
    • UNIPED-100-1 19H Basismodul i pedagogisk kompetanse (Result) (2020)
    • BFE Pedagogisk Seminar - Utvikling Pedagogisk Mapper (2020)



    CV

    EDUCATION
    • Cand mag (1990) in Biology, UiT
    • Cand Scient (MSc) in Zoophysiology (1992), UiT
    • Dr philos (PhD) in Zoophysiology (2000), UiT
    • University Seminar in Pedagogics UiT (2003-2004)
    • The Dean School of The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR Dekanskolen, 2012-2013)
    • Course on peer review of teaching portfolios UiT (2017-2018)
    • Merited Teacher AMB/BFE/UiT (since 2019)
    • UNIPED-600 Course in research supervision, Result, UiT (2021-2022)
    POSITIONS
    • Associate professor in zoophysiology at Institute of Medical Biology, UiT (1997-2001)
    • Post-doc UiT (appointed by the university board) (2001-2004)
    • Visiting Scientist Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2001-2002)
    • Professor in Animal Physiology AMB/BFE/UiT (since 2004)
    • Vice Dean of Education BFE/UiT (Nov 2010 – July 2018)
    • Acting Dean BFE/UiT (4 months: 2015, 2016)
    • Deputy Leader for Teaching AMB/UiT (Since Aug 2019)
    LEADERSHIP / EXPERT