Academic article

• David Pioch; Samantha Bui; Christiane Eichner et al. (2026). Temperature-dependent physiological impairment and mortality of wild post-smolt Atlantic salmon exposed to salmon lice. (external link)
• Luke T. Barrett; Frode Oppedal; Minnie Harvey et al. (2025). Collection rates of detached mobile sea lice according to net mesh and body size: A benchtop model. (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Andreas Borchel; Christiane Eichner et al. (2025). The generalist Caligus elongatus is better at dampening the Atlantic salmon immune response than the salmonid specialist Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Malene Skuseth Slinning; Thaddaeus Mutugi Nthiga; Christiane Eichner et al. (2024). Major vault protein is partof an extracellular cement materialin the Atlantic salmon louse(Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Helena Marie Doherty Midtbø; Christiane Eichner; Lars Are Hamre et al. (2024). Salmon louse labial gland enzymes: implications for host settlement and immune modulation. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Christiane Eichner; Aina-Cathrine Øvergård (2023). Mining Lepeophtheirus salmonis RNA-Seq data for qPCR reference genes and their application in Caligus elongatus. (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Christiane Eichner; Noelia Nuñez-Ortiz et al. (2023). Transcriptomic and targeted immune transcript analyses confirm localized skin immune responses in Atlantic salmon towards the salmon louse. (external link)
• Zhaoran Zhou; Christiane Eichner; Frank Nilsen et al. (2021). A novel approach to co-expression network analysis identifies modules and genes relevant for moulting and development in the Atlantic salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Joakim Brunet; Christiane Eichner; Rune Male (2021). The FTZ-F1 gene encodes two functionally distinct nuclear receptor isoforms in the ectoparasitic copepod salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Ketil Malde; Christiane Eichner et al. (2021). The salmon louse genome: Copepod features and parasitic adaptations. (external link)
• Sussie Dalvin; Christiane Eichner; Michael Dondrup et al. (2021). Roles of three putative salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) prostaglandin E2synthases in physiology and host–parasite interactions. (external link)
• Erna Irene Heggland; Michael Dondrup; Frank Nilsen et al. (2020). Host gill attachment causes blood-feeding by the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) chalimus larvae and alters parasite development and transcriptome. (external link)
• Laura Braden; Dylan Michaud; Okechukwu O. Igboeli et al. (2020). Identification of critical enzymes in the salmon louse chitin synthesis pathway as revealed by RNA interference-mediated abrogation of infectivity. (external link)
• David M. Fields; Nils Olav Handegard; John Dalen et al. (2019). Airgun blasts used in marine seismic surveys have limited effects on mortality, and no sublethal effects on behaviour or gene expression, in the copepod Calanus finmarchicus. (external link)
• Erna Irene Heggland; Christiane Trösse; Christiane Eichner et al. (2019). Heavy and light chain homologs of ferritin are essential for blood-feeding and egg production of the ectoparasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Erna Irene Heggland; Christiane Eichner; Svein Isungset Støve et al. (2019). A scavenger receptor B (CD36)-like protein is a potential mediator of intestinal heme absorption in the hematophagous ectoparasite Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Hulda Hardardottir; Rune Male; Frank Nilsen et al. (2019). Chitin synthesis and degradation in Lepeophtheirus salmonis: Molecular characterization and gene expression profile during synthesis of a new exoskeleton. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Michael Dondrup; Frank Nilsen (2017). RNA-sequencing reveals distinct gene expression patterns during the development of parasitic larval stages of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Christiane Eichner; Frank Nilsen et al. (2017). Molecular characterization and functional analysis of a salmon louse (Lepeoptheirus salmonis, Krøyer 1838) heme peroxidase with a potential role in extracellular matrixes. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Sussie Trine Dalvin; Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen et al. (2015). Characterization of a novel RXR receptor in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Copepoda) regulating growth and female reproduction. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Ewa Harasimczuk; Frank Nilsen et al. (2015). Molecular characterisation and functional analysis of LsChi2, a chitinase found in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis salmonis, Krøyer 1838). (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Frank Nilsen et al. (2015). Molecular characterization and knock-down of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) prostaglandin E synthase. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Lars Are Hamre; Frank Nilsen (2014). Instar growth and molt increments in Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) chalimus larvae. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Frank Nilsen; Sindre Grotmol et al. (2014). A method for stable gene knock-down by RNA interference in larvae of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Lars Are Hamre; Christiane Eichner; Christopher Caipang et al. (2013). The salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) life cycle has only two chalimus stages. (external link)
• Sussie Trine Dalvin; Petter Frost; Eirik Biering et al. (2009). Functional characterisation of the maternal yolk-associated protein (LsYAP) utilising systemic RNA interference in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) (Crustacea: Copepoda). (external link)
• Trond Karsten Løvdal; Christiane Eichner; Hans-Peter Grossart et al. (2008). Competition for inorganic and organic forms of nitrogen and phosphorous between phytoplankton and bacteria during an Emiliania huxleyi spring bloom. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Erna Irene Heggland; Christiane Eichner; Michael Dondrup et al. (2017). Heme absorption in the salmon louse. (external link)
• Erna Irene Heggland; Frank Nilsen; Christiane Eichner et al. (2017). Functional study of a putative heme receptor in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) intestine. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Fabian Grammes; Michael Dondrup et al. (2017). The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) transcriptome is affected by the host resistance. (external link)
• Sussie Dalvin; Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Christiane Eichner et al. (2017). Do prostaglandins produced by lepeophtheirus salmonis affect the interaction between the parasite and the fish?. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Michael Dondrup; Heidi Kongshaug et al. (2016). RNA-sequencing reveals distinct gene expression patterns during the development of parasitic larval stages of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Michael Dondrup; Frank Nilsen (2016). RNA-sequencing reveals distinct gene expression patterns during the development of parasitic larval stages of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Ewa Harasimczuk; Sindre Grotmol et al. (2014). Molecular characterization of a salmon louse (lepeophtheirus salmonis) chitinase using RNA interference in planktonic stages. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Lars Are Hamre; Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen et al. (2014). The salmon louse life cycle: How did two chalimus stages become four chalimus stages?. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Frank Nilsen et al. (2014). Characterization and knock-down of a putative prostaglandin e synthase found in Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)

Conference poster

• Michael Dondrup; Christiane Eichner; Sussie Dalvin et al. (2022). LiceBase- An organism-Specific Database for Functional Genomics of Salmon Louse. (external link)
• Amr Ahmed Adelrahim Gamil; Tz-Chun Guo,; Stephen Mutoloki et al. (2016). Comparison of early responses induced in skin and fin following sea lice infection. (external link)
• Erna Irene Heggland; Christiane Eichner; Frank Nilsen (2016). Quantification of heme in Lepeophteirus salmonis (Krøyer) copepodids. (external link)
• Michael Dondrup; Wei Zhang; Zhaoran Zhou et al. (2016). Licebase-a species focused resource for sea lice including an RNAi LIMS andtools for data analysis and genome annotation. (external link)

Dataset

• Alejandro Mateos-Rivera; Maria Quintela; Francois Besnier et al. (2026). Genetic analyses suggest the parasitic copepod Caligus elongatus (Caligidae) in the North Atlantic comprise two non-hybridising species. (external link)

Lecture

• Fabian Grammes; Christiane Eichner; Jørgen Ødegård et al. (2016). Genomic basis of Atlantic salmon sea lice resistance. (external link)

Research report

• Christiane Eichner; Rasmus Skern; Takaya Saito et al. (2025). TRACELICE — Sporing av lus ved hjelp av epigenetiske markører. (external link)
• Frode Oppedal; Sussie Trine Dalvin; Luke T. Barrett et al. (2025). Bevegelige lakselus løsner under trenging og kan re-infestere eller samles opp — Sluttrapport FHF #901784 «LuseOppsamlingSjø». (external link)

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