Mona Susan Johannessen
Professor
Job description
I am head of Research Group for Host-Microbe interaction (HMI) that studies the interplay between host and microbe with the goal to find new strategies for rapid diagnostic as well as colonization and infection prevention/treatment. I am also highly involved in tearching at courses at bachelor-, master- and PhD level.
Srijana Bastakoti,
Clement Ajayi,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Exploring differentially expressed genes of Staphylococcus aureus exposed to human tonsillar cells using RNA sequencing
Lisa Myrseth Hemmingsen,
Pimmat Panchai,
Kjersti Julin,
Purusotam Basnet,
Mona Nystad,
Mona Johannessen
et al.:
Chitosan-based delivery system enhances antimicrobial activity of chlorhexidine
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Anna Ngoc Phung,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Biofilm Responsive Zwitterionic Antimicrobial Nanoparticles to Treat Cutaneous Infection
Laura Schulte Werning,
Anjanah Murugaiah,
Bhupender Singh,
Mona Johannessen,
Rolf Einar Engstad,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
et al.:
Multifunctional Nanofibrous Dressing with Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Properties Prepared by Needle-Free Electrospinning
Monika Kumaraswamy,
Kamilla Wiull,
Bishnu Joshi,
George Sakoulas,
Armin Kousha,
Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad
et al.:
Bacterial membrane-derived vesicles attenuate vancomycin activity against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
Lisa Myrseth Hemmingsen,
Kjersti Julin,
Luquman Mian Ahsan,
Purusotam Basnet,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Chitosomes-in-chitosan hydrogel for acute skin injuries: Prevention and infection control
Bishnu Joshi,
Bhupender Singh,
Aftab Nadeem,
Fatemeh Askarian,
Sun Nyunt Wai,
Mona Johannessen
et al.:
Transcriptome profiling of staphylococcus aureus associated extracellular vesicles reveals presence of small RNA-cargo
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Kjersti Julin,
Elizabeth G. Aarag Fredheim,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Liposomal delivery of antibiotic loaded nucleic acid nanogels with enhanced
drug loading and synergistic anti-inflammatory activity against S. aureus
intracellular infections
Adriana Maria Sanabria-Moreno,
Erik Hjerde,
Mona Johannessen,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Shotgun-Metagenomics on Positive Blood Culture Bottles Inoculated With Prosthetic Joint Tissue: A Proof of Concept Study
May Wenche Jøraholmen,
Mona Johannessen,
Kirsten Midttun Gravningen,
Mirja Puolakkainen,
Ganesh Acharya,
Purusotam Basnet
et al.:
Liposomes-in-hydrogel delivery system enhances the potential of resveratrol in combating vaginal chlamydia infection
May Wenche Jøraholmen,
Abhilasha Bhargava,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
The Antimicrobial Properties of Chitosan Can be Tailored by Formulation
Selenia Ternullo,
Eivind Gagnat,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Purusotam Basnet,
Željka Vanić
et al.:
Liposomes augment biological benefits of curcumin for multitargeted skin therapy
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics 2019 DOI
Jorunn Pauline Cavanagh,
Fatemeh Askarian,
Maria Pain,
Jack-Ansgar Bruun,
Ilona Urbarova,
Sun Nyunt Wai
et al.:
Proteome profiling of secreted and membrane vesicle associated proteins of an invasive and a commensal Staphylococcus haemolyticus isolate.
Adriana Maria Sanabria-Moreno,
Merethe E.O. Røkeberg,
Mona Johannessen,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Culturing periprosthetic tissue in BacT/Alert® Virtuo blood culture system leads to improved and faster detection of prosthetic joint infections
Jorunn Pauline Cavanagh,
Maria Pain,
Fatemeh Askarian,
Jack-Ansgar Bruun,
Ilona Urbarova,
Sun Nyunt Wai
et al.:
Comparative exoproteome profiling of an invasive and a commensal Staphylococcus haemolyticus isolate
Mitesh Dongre,
Bhupender Singh,
Kyaw Min Aung,
Per Larsson,
Regina Miftakhova,
Karina Persson
et al.:
Flagella-mediated secretion of a novel Vibrio cholerae cytotoxin affecting both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts
Fatemeh Askarian,
John D. Lapek Jr.,
Mitesh Dongre,
Chih-Ming Tsai,
Monika Kumaraswamy,
Armin Kousha
et al.:
Staphylococcus aureus Membrane-derived Vesicles Promote Bacterial Virulence and Confer Protective Immunity in Murine Infection Models
Clement Ajayi,
espen Åberg,
Fatemeh Askarian,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Mona Johannessen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Genetic variability in the sdrD gene in Staphylococcus aureus from healthy nasal carriers.
Theresa Wagner,
Bishnu Joshi,
Jessin Janice James Peter,
Fatemeh Askarian,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet,
Ole Christian Hagestad
et al.:
Enterococcus faecium produces membrane vesicles containing virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance related proteins
Fatemeh Askarian,
Theresa Wagner,
Mona Johannessen,
Victor Nizet
:
Staphylococcus aureus modulation of innate immune responses
through Toll-like (TLR), (NOD)-like (NLR) and C-type lectin (CLR)
receptors
FEMS Microbiology Reviews 2018 DOI
Theresa Wagner,
Felipe Romero-Saavedra,
Diana Laverde,
Mona Johannessen,
Johannes Hübner,
Kristin Hegstad
:
Enterococcal Membrane Vesicles as Vaccine Candidates
2023
Carolin Kornelia Fenzel,
Anna K. Pöntinen,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad,
Theresa Wagner
:
Characterization of competition between commensal and clinical strains of Enterococcus faecium
2023
Alexandra Sofia Antunes de Sousa,
Kjersti Julin,
Annette Bayer,
Morten Bøhmer Strøm,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
et al.:
Drug-loaded DNA nanoparticles against bioflms
2023
Theresa Wagner,
Anna Kaarina Pöntinen,
Carolin Kornelia Fenzel,
Daniel Engi,
Jessin Janice,
Ana Almeida-Santos
et al.:
Competition between commensal Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis and clinical isolates of E. faecium
2023
Ingeborg Mathiesen,
Theodor Anton Ross,
Anna Kaarina Pöntinen,
Einar Holsbø,
Michael Kampffmeyer,
Mona Johannessen
et al.:
Characterization of Putative Virulence Factors in Enterococcus faecium
2023
Ingeborg Mathiesen,
Anna Kaarina Pöntinen,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad,
Theresa Wagner
:
Characterization of Putative Virulence Factors in Enterococcus faecium
2023
Kjersti Julin,
Annette Bayer,
Morten Bøhmer Strøm,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet,
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi
:
DNA Nanocarriers for improved biofilm penetration
2022
Mona Johannessen
:
Antibiotika-resistens- hva er det og hva gjør vi med det?
Foredrag for skoleelever i forbindelse med Forskningsdagene 2022 2022
Ingeborg Mathiesen,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad,
Theresa Wagner
:
Characterisation of putative virulence factors in Enterococcus faecium
2022
Ingeborg Mathiesen,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad,
Theresa Wagner
:
Characterisation of putative virulence factors in Enterococcus faecium
2022
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Anna Ngoc Phung,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Zwitterionic Nanohybrids for the Treatment of Wound Biofilms
2021
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Anna Ngoc Phung,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Zwitterionic hybrid nanoparticles for the treatment of biofilm wound infections
2021
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Anna Ngoc Phung,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Multi-responsive and Zwitterionic Nanohybrids for the Treatment of Biofilm Wound Infections
2021
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Anna Ngoc Phung,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
ZWITTERIONIC NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BIOFILM INFECTIONS
2021
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Anna Ngoc Phung,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Multi-responsive and Zwitterionic Nanohybrids for the Treatment of Biofilm Wound Infections
2021
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Kjersti Julin,
Elizabeth G. Aarag Fredheim,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Liposomal delivery of Nucleic Acid Nanogels to Enhance Entrapment Efficiency and Sustain Release of Antibiotics against Staphylococcal intracellular infections
2020
Srijana Bastakoti,
Clement Ajayi,
Mona Johannessen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Identification of key determinants for S. aureus throat colonization: A transcriptomic approach
2020
Theresa Wagner,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad
:
Towards a vaccine based on enterococcal membrane vesicles
2020
Theresa Wagner,
Clement Ajayi,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad,
Gro Grimnes,
Ingrid Hemmingsen
:
Brukermøte 2020
2020
Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi,
Kjersti Julin,
Elizabeth G. Aarag Fredheim,
Pål Jarle Johnsen,
Mona Johannessen,
Natasa Skalko-Basnet
:
Liposomal delivery of antibiotic loaded DNA nanogels against intracellular infections
2020
Adriana Maria Sanabria-Moreno,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Mona Johannessen,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Erik Hjerde,
Anne Merethe Hanssen
:
Metagenomics on prosthetic joint tissue samples inoculated in blood culture bottles: a proof of concept study
2019
Theresa Wagner,
Clement Ajayi,
Kristin Hegstad,
Mona Johannessen,
Gro Grimnes,
Ingrid Hemmingsen
:
Brukermøte 2019
2019
Bishnu Joshi,
Sun Nyunt Wai,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad
:
Extracellular vesicle -associated small RNA released by Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA476) grown under stress condition
2019
Theresa Wagner,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad
:
Investigating the immune response towards enterococcal membrane vesicles
2019
Theresa Wagner,
Mona Johannessen,
Kristin Hegstad
:
Investigating the immune response towards enterococcal membrane vesicles.
2019
Adriana Maria Sanabria-Moreno,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Mona Johannessen,
Anne Merethe Hanssen,
Erik Hjerde
:
Metagenomics on prosthetic joint tissue samples inoculated in blood culture bottles
2019
Adriana Maria Sanabria-Moreno,
Mona Johannessen,
Johanna U Ericson Sollid,
Gunnar Skov Simonsen,
Anne-Merethe Hanssen
:
Evaluation of BacT/Alert Virtuo blood culture system for culturing of periprosthetic tissue specimens
2018
Selenia Ternullo,
Eivind Gagnat,
Laura Schulte-Werning,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Purusotam Basnet
et al.:
Curcumin-loaded liposomes-in-hydrogel for improved wound therapy: when traditional medicine meets advanced drug delivery systems
2018
Selenia Ternullo,
Eivind Gagnat,
Laura Schulte-Werning,
Kjersti Julin,
Mona Johannessen,
Purusotam Basnet
et al.:
Curcumin-loaded liposomes-in-hydrogel for improved wound therapy: when traditional medicine meets advanced drug delivery systems
2018
Clement Ajayi,
Joan Geoghegan,
Fatemeh Askarian,
Mona Johannessen
:
Unraveling Staphylococcus aureus MSSA476 SasG virulence properties
2018 FULLTEKST
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Research interests
The alarming increase in multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens challenge efficient treatment of common infections. A fundamental understanding of the molecular interactions driving bacterial adhesion to host, and bacterial escape from host immunity, is a key step toward the development of novel antimicrobial therapies.
We use various approaches to evaluate the adhesive properties of bacterial virulence factors, and have previously shown that S. aureus SdrD specifically with Desmoglein 1, a intercellular junction-protein, expressed by keratinocytes. We have also shown that SdrD have immune evasive properties, and increases bacterial survival in presence of host immunity in vitro and in vivo. By use of similar approach, we are evaluating other virulence factors in their adhesive, invasive and immune evasive properties.
