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• Lukas Frank; Jon Albretsen; Ragnheid Skogseth et al. (2026). Shelf–fjord-exchange variability in western Svalbard based on Lagrangian particle tracking. (external link)
• Alexius Werner Thomas Folk; Mikko Petteri Heino; Dieter Ebert et al. (2026). Parasites perform poorly at high host densities: an experimental test in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Rolf Edvardsen; Ketil Malde; Christian Mittelholzer et al. (2011). EST resources and establishment and validation of a 16 k cDNA microarray from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). (external link)
• Tariku Markos Tadiso; Aleksei Krasnov; Stanko Skugor et al. (2011). Gene expression analyses of immune responses in Atlantic salmon during early stages of infection by salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) revealed bi-phasic responses coinciding with the copepod-chalimus transition. (external link)
• Anna Zofia Komisarczuk; Heidi Kongshaug; Frank Nilsen (2018). Gene silencing reveals multiple functions of Na+/K+-ATPase in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Francois Besnier; Matthew Peter Kent; Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen et al. (2014). Human-induced evolution caught in action: SNP-array reveals rapid amphi-atlantic spread of pesticide resistance in the salmon ecotoparasite Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Muhammad Tanveer Khan; Sussie Dalvin; Frank Nilsen et al. (2017). Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in the ectoparasitic crustacean salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Ozlem Yilmaz; Francois Chauvigné; Alba Ferré et al. (2020). Unravelling an unexpectedly complex duplication history of deuterostome glycerol transporters.. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2025). Transcriptomic insights into the low-salinity tolerance of the sea louse Caligus elongatus. (external link)
• Monica Favnebøe Solberg; Øystein Skaala; Frank Nilsen et al. (2013). Does domestication cause changes in growth reaction norms? A study of farmed, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon families exposed to environmental stress. (external link)
• Bjørn Olav Kvamme; Petter Frost; Frank Nilsen (2004). The cloning and characterisation of full-length trypsins from the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Hulda Hardardottir; Rune Male; Frank Nilsen et al. (2021). Chitin synthases are critical for reproduction, molting, and digestion in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Bjørn Krossøy; Frank Nilsen; Knut Falk et al. (2001). Phylogenetic analysis of infectious salmon anaemia virus isolates from Norway, Canada and Scotland. (external link)
• Bjørn Olav Kvamme; Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Petter Frost et al. (2004). Molecular characterisation of five trypsin-like peptidase transcripts from the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) intestine. (external link)
• Bjørn Olav Kvamme; Heidi Kongshaug; Frank Nilsen (2005). Organisation of trypsin genes in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Crustacea, copepoda) genome. (external link)
• Anna Zofia Komisarczuk; Sindre Grotmol; Frank Nilsen (2017). Ionotropic receptors signal host recognition in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Copepoda). (external link)
• Monica Favnebøe Solberg; Bjørn Olav Kvamme; Frank Nilsen et al. (2012). Effects of environmental stress on mRNA expression levels of seven genes related to oxidative stress and growth in Atlantic salmon salmo salar L. Of farmed, hybrid and wild origin. (external link)
• Ove Tommy Skilbrei; Per Gunnar Espedal; Frank Nilsen et al. (2015). Evaluation of emamectin benzoate and substance EX against salmon lice in sea-ranched Atlantic salmon smolts. (external link)
• Aleksei Krasnov; Stanko Skugor; Marijana Todorcevic et al. (2012). Gene expression in Atlantic salmon skin in response to infection with the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis, cortisol implant, and their combination. (external link)
• Helene Børretzen Fjørtoft; Frank Nilsen; Francois Besnier et al. (2019). Salmon Lice Sampled from Wild Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout Throughout Norway Display High Frequencies of the Genotype Associated with Pyrethroid Resistance. (external link)
• Monica Favnebøe Solberg; Per Gunnar Fjelldal; Frank Nilsen et al. (2014). Hatching time and alevin growth prior to the onset of exogenous feeding in farmed, wild and hybrid Norwegian Atlantic salmon. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Petter Frost; Bjarte Dysvik et al. (2008). Salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) transcriptomes during post molting maturation and egg production, revealed using EST-sequencing and microarray analysis. (external link)
• Christiane Trösse; Heidi Kongshaug; Michael Dondrup et al. (2015). Characterisation of iron regulatory protein 1A and 1B in the blood-feeding copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Anna Zofia Komisarczuk; Frank Nilsen (2022). Sex differences in the early life stages of the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae). (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Ewa Harasimczuk et al. (2016). Exocrine glands of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae): Distribution, developmental appearance, and site of secretion. (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)
• Mirushe Miftari; Jan-Inge Bjune; Chun Jun Rong et al. (2022). Choriolytic and non-choriolytic proteases during hatching of Atlantic Salmon embryos. (external link)
• Dario Pistone; Marianne Lindgren; Per Ragnvald Holmstad et al. (2018). The role of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) as intermediate hosts in the transmission of Hymenolepis microps (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from the willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus (Aves: Tetraonidae). (external link)
• Anna Zofia Komisarczuk; Heidi Kongshaug; Ming Li et al. (2019). RNAi mediated myosuppressin deficiency affects muscle development and survival in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (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)
• Helene Børretzen Fjørtoft; Frank Nilsen; Francois Besnier et al. (2021). Losing the 'arms race': Multiresistant salmon lice are dispersed throughout the North Atlantic Ocean. (external link)
• Madjid Delghandi; Mette Serine Wesmajervi; Tekle Tafese et al. (2008). Twenty-three novel microsatellite markers developed from Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L. expressed sequence tags. (external link)
• Sussie Trine Dalvin; Frank Nilsen; Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen (2013). Localization and transcription patterns of LsVasa, a molecular marker of germ cells in Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer). (external link)
• Kiranpreet Kaur; Francois Besnier; Kevin Glover et al. (2017). The mechanism (Phe362Tyr mutation) behind resistance in Lepeophtheirus salmonis pre-dates organophosphate use in salmon farming. (external link)
• Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Ketil Malde; Francois Besnier et al. (2013). How does sequence variability affect de novo assembly quality?. (external link)
• Christiane Trösse; Frank Nilsen; Sussie Trine Dalvin (2014). RNA interference mediated knockdown of the KDEL receptor and COPB2 inhibits digestion and reproduction in the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Heidi Kongshaug et al. (2017). RNAi-mediated treatment of two vertically transmitted rhabdovirus infecting the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis).. (external link)
• Helene Børretzen Fjørtoft; Francois Besnier; Anne Stene et al. (2017). The Phe362Tyr mutation conveying resistance to organophosphates occurs in high frequencies in salmon lice collected from wild salmon and trout. (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)
• T Moen; B Hayes; Frank Nilsen et al. (2008). Identification and characterisation of novel SNP markers in Atlantic cod: Evidence for directional selection. (external link)
• Kevin Glover; Tom Johnny Hansen; Francois Besnier et al. (2017). Cloned and outbred Atlantic salmon display equal parasite dispersion when infected with the salmon louse. (external link)
• Lars Are Hamre; Kevin Alan Glover; Frank Nilsen (2009). Establishment and characterisation of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer 1837)) laboratory strains. (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)
• Monica Favnebøe Solberg; Zhiwei Zhang; Frank Nilsen et al. (2013). Growth reaction norms of domesticated, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon families in response to differing social and physical environments. (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)
• Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Petter Frost; Sussie Trine Dalvin et al. (2009). A trypsin-like protease with apparent dual function in early Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer)development. (external link)
• Lars Are Hamre; Frank Nilsen (2011). Individual fish tank arrays in studies of Lepeophtheirus salmonis and lice loss variability. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Anna Zofia Komisarczuk; Alexander Rebl et al. (2017). Systematic identification and characterization of stress-inducible heat shock proteins (HSPs) in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Heidi Kongshaug; Frank Nilsen (2019). Identification and Description of the Key Molecular Components of the Egg Strings of the Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Peter Andreas Heuch; Pål Arne Bjørn; Bengt Finstad et al. (2005). A review of the Norwegian 'National Action Plan Against Salmon LIce on Salmonids': The effect on wild salmonids. (external link)
• Liv Sandlund; Heidi Kongshaug; Frank Nilsen et al. (2018). Molecular characterization and functional analysis of components of the TOR pathway of the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1838). (external link)
• Liv Sandlund; Heidi Kongshaug; Tor Einar Horsberg et al. (2018). Identification and characterisation of the ecdysone biosynthetic genes neverland, disembodied and shade in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda, Caligidae). (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)
• Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Petter Frost; Frank Nilsen (2005). Relative transcript quantification by Quantitative PCR: Roughly right or precisely wrong?. (external link)
• Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Petter Frost; Lars Are Hamre et al. (2007). Molecular characterization and classification of a clip domain containing peptidase from the ectoparasite Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda, Crustacea). (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)
• Ming Li; Francisco Ponce-Gordo; J. Norman Grim et al. (2014). New insights into the molecular phylogeny of Balantidium (Ciliophora, Vetibuliferida) based on the analysis of new sequences of species from fish hosts. (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)
• Muhammad Tanveer Khan; Sussie Dalvin; Frank Nilsen et al. (2021). Two apolipoproteins in salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis), apolipoprotein 1 knock down reduces reproductive capacity. (external link)
• Madjid Delghandi; Mette Serine Wesmajervi Breiland; Saskia Mennen et al. (2008). Development of twenty sequence-tagged microsatellites for the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). (external link)
• Jon Anders Stavang; Francois Chauvigné; Heidi Kongshaug et al. (2015). Phylogenomic and functional analyses of salmon lice aquaporins uncover the molecular diversity of the superfamily in Arthropoda. (external link)
• Jelena Kolarevic; Audun Nerland; Frank Nilsen et al. (2008). Goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris) is an extreme vtgAa-type pelagophil teleost. (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)
• Ewa Harasimczuk; Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Sindre Grotmol et al. (2017). Characterization of three salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) genes with fibronectin II domains expressed by tegumental type 1 glands. (external link)
• Christiane Eichner; Lars Are Hamre; Frank Nilsen (2014). Instar growth and molt increments in Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) chalimus larvae. (external link)
• Muhammad Tanveer Khan; Sussie Dalvin; Qaiser Waheed et al. (2018). Molecular characterization of the lipophorin receptor in the crustacean ectoparasite Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Liv Sandlund; Frank Nilsen; Rune Male et al. (2015). Molecular characterisation of the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis salmonis (Krøyer, 1837), ecdysone receptor with emphasis on functional studies of female reproduction. (external link)
• Renate Johansen; Ingunn Sommerset; B. Torud et al. (2004). Characterization of nodavirus and viral encephalopathy and retinopathy in farmed turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.). (external link)
• Magne Olav Sydnes; Vebjørn Eikemo; Per Gunnar Espedal et al. (2023). Evaluation of photodegradable chitin synthetase inhibitors for the treatment of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Sindre Grotmol et al. (2018). Salmon louse rhabdoviruses: Impact on louse development and transcription of selected Atlantic salmon immune genes.. (external link)
• Liv Sandlund; Frank Nilsen; Rune Male et al. (2016). The ecdysone receptor (EcR) is a major regulator of tissue development and growth in the marine salmonid ectoparasite, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda, Caligidae). (external link)
• Settu Sridhar; Animesh Sharma; Heidi Kongshaug et al. (2012). Whole genome sequencing of the fish pathogen Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Toba04 gives novel insights into Francisella evolution and pathogenecity. (external link)
• Adele Mennerat; Lars Are Hamre; Dieter Ebert et al. (2012). Life history and virulence are linked in the ectoparasitic 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)
• Lina Ljungfeldt; Per Gunnar Espedal; Frank Nilsen et al. (2014). A common-garden experiment to quantify evolutionary processes in copepods: The case of emamectin benzoate resistance in the parasitic sea louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Madjid Delghandi; Mette Serine Wesmajervi Breiland; Saskia Mennen et al. (2009). New polymorphic di-nucleotide microsatellite markers for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). (external link)
• Lina Ljungfeldt; Maria Quintela Sanchez; Francois Besnier et al. (2017). A pedigree-based experiment reveals variation in salinity and thermal tolerance in the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Gokhlesh Kumar; Arun Sudhagar; Saloni Shivam et al. (2022). Identification of in vivo induced antigens of the malacosporean parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Cnidaria) using in vivo induced antigen technology. (external link)
• Øyvind Lundesgaard; Arild Sundfjord; Sigrid Lind et al. (2022). Import of Atlantic Water and sea ice controls the ocean environment in the northern Barents Sea. (external link)
• Weidong Li; Chong Wang; Feng Huang et al. (2014). Redescription of Protoopalina pingi Nie, 1935 inhabiting the recta of Hylarana guentheri and Pelophylax nigromaculatus in China. (external link)
• Bastiaan Star; Alexander Johan Nederbragt; Sissel Jentoft et al. (2011). The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system. (external link)
• Marc Catalan Garcia; Francois Chauvigné; Jon Anders Stavang et al. (2021). Lineage-level divergence of copepod glycerol transporters and the emergence of isoform-specific trafficking regulation. (external link)
• Lars Are Hamre; Tina Marie Wier Oldham; Frode Oppedal et al. (2021). The potential for cleaner fish-driven evolution in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis: Genetic or environmental control of pigmentation?. (external link)
• Karoline Hasti Rutle; Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Frank Nilsen et al. (2023). Aquaculture-driven evolution of the salmon louse mtDNA genome. (external link)
• Magnus Devold; Knut Falk; Ole Bendik Dale et al. (2001). Strain variation, based on the hemagglutinin gene, in Norwegian ISA virus isolates collected from 1987 to 2001: Indications of recombination. (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)
• Sussie Trine Dalvin; Petter Frost; Peter Loeffen et al. (2011). Characterisation of two vitellogenins in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis: molecular, functional and evolutional analysis. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2018). A novel gene‐family involved in spermatophore generation in the economically important salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Erna Irene Heggland; Frank Nilsen (2021). The transcriptomic response of adult salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) to reduced salinity. (external link)
• Thomas Moen; Ben J. Hayes; Frank Nilsen et al. (2008). Identification and characterisation of novel SNP markers in Atlantic cod: Evidence for directional selection. (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)
• Eli Anne Ersdal; Frank Nilsen; Ragnheid Skogseth (2025). On the tidal forcing of an Arctic coastal polynya —Storfjorden polynya. (external link)
• Frank Nilsen (2018). Recent advances in Salmon louse research. (external link)
• Renate Johansen; Ingunn Sommerset; Brit Tørud et al. (2004). Characterization of nodavirus and viral encephalopathy and retinopathy in farmed turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.). (external link)
• Motoshige Yasuike; Jong Leong; Stuart G. Jantzen et al. (2012). Genomic resources for sea lice: analysis of eSTs and mitochondrial genomes. (external link)
• Madjid Delghandi; Mette Serine Wesmajervi Breiland; Tekle Tafese et al. (2008). Twenty three novel microsatellite markers developed from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) expressed sequence tags. (external link)
• Elia Ciani; Marit Stormoen; Stein Ivar Antonsen et al. (2025). Optimization of calcium oxide treatment against salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). A controlled laboratory study. (external link)
• Børge A Kristoffersen; Audun H. Nerland; Frank Nilsen et al. (2009). Genomic and proteomic analyses reveal non-neofunctionalized vitellogenins in a basal clupeocephalan, the atlantic herring, and point to the origin of maturational yolk proteolysis in marine teleosts. (external link)
• Roderick Nigel Finn; Jelena Kolarevic; Heidi Kongshaug et al. (2009). Evolution and differential expression of a vertebrate vitellogenin gene cluster. (external link)
• Per Gunnar Espedal; Kevin Glover; Tor Einar Horsberg et al. (2013). Emamectin benzoate resistance and fitness in laboratory reared salmon lice (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)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Helena Marie Doherty Midtbø; Lars Are Hamre et al. (2022). Small, charged proteins in salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) secretions modulate Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) immune responses and coagulation. (external link)
• Kiranpreet Kaur; Marit Jørgensen Bakke; Frank Nilsen et al. (2015). Identification and molecular characterization of two acetylcholinesterases from the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• F Nilsen; Bjørn Gjevik; U Schauer (2006). Cooling of the West Spitsbergen Current: Isopycnal diffusion by topographic vorticity waves. (external link)
• Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Ketil Malde; Christiane Eichner et al. (2021). The salmon louse genome: Copepod features and parasitic adaptations. (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)
• 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)
• Andreas Borchel; Erna Irene Heggland; Frank Nilsen (2023). Without a pinch of salt: effect of low salinity on eggs and nauplii of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (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)
• Kevin Glover; Unni Grimholt; Hege G. Bakke et al. (2007). Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) variation and susceptibility to the sea louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. (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)

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)

Research report

• Leif Christian Stige; Knut Vollset; Ola Håvard Diserud et al. (2025). Oppdaterte resultater og vurderinger for 2024. (external link)
• Leif Christian Stige; Knut Vollset; Ola Håvard Diserud et al. (2025). Produksjonsområdebasert vurdering av lakselusindusert villaksdødelighet 2025. (external link)
• Leif Christian Stige; Ingrid Helene Ellingsen; Bengt Finstad et al. (2022). Vurdering av heterogenitet i lakselusindusert villfiskdødelighet innen produksjonsområder i 2020 og 2021. (external link)
• Knut Vollset; Frank Nilsen; Ingrid Helene Ellingsen et al. (2022). Produksjonsområdebasert vurdering av lakselusindusert villfiskdødelighet i 2022. (external link)
• Knut Vollset; Frank Nilsen; Ingrid Ellingsen et al. (2020). Vurdering av lakselusindusert villfiskdødelighet per produksjonsområde i 2019. Rapport fra ekspertgruppe for vurdering av lusepåvirkning.. (external link)
• Willem van der Bilt; Jostein Bakke; Lars H. Smedsrud et al. (2019). Climate in Svalbard 2100. (external link)
• Frank Nilsen; Ingrid H. Ellingsen; Bengt Finstad et al. (2017). Vurdering av lakselusindusert villfiskdødelighet per produksjonsområde i 2016 og 2017. Rapport fra ekspertgruppe for vurdering av lusepåvirkning. (external link)

Conference poster

• Liv Sandlund; Rune Male; Heidi Kongshaug et al. (2016). Ecdysone biosynthesis in Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Rune Male; Punit Bhattachan; Sussie Dalvin et al. (2016). The function of nanos in germ cell development and survival is conserved in Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Anna Zofia Komisarczuk; Sindre Grotmol; Frank Nilsen (2013). Unique Organisation of Chemosensory System in Salmon Louse (L.Salmonis) Indicates Adaptation To Strictly Parasitic Life Style. (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Ewa Harasimczuk et al. (2017). Eksokrine kjertler i lakselus (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Jon Anders Stavang; Francois Chauvigné; Frank Nilsen et al. (2014). Genomic and Functional Analyses of the Aquaporin Superfamily in Lepeophtheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Jon Anders Stavang; Francois Chauvigné; Frank Nilsen et al. (2014). Genomic and functional analyses of the aquaporin superfamily in Lepeoptheirus salmonis. (external link)
• Hulda Hardardottir; Sussie Dalvin; Frank Nilsen et al. (2016). Cuticle formation and transcription level of chitin metabolism gene expressed during the molting process in Lepeoptheirus salmonis.. (external link)
• Sandlund Liv; Lars Are Hamre; Kongshaug Heidi et al. (2013). Characterization of the Ecdysone Receptor (EcR) from the Salmon Louse, Lepeophtheirus Salmonis. (external link)
• Michael Dondrup; Christiane Eichner; Sussie Dalvin et al. (2022). LiceBase- An organism-Specific Database for Functional Genomics of Salmon Louse. (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)
• Krisna Rungruangsak-Torrissen; Hilde Kristin Garberg; Anders Thorsen et al. (2006). Oocyte development in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.): Trypsin-like specific activity, capacity for protein synthesis and proteomics. (external link)
• Liv Sandlund; Rune Male; Sussie Dalvin et al. (2013). Characterization of the ecdysone receptor (EcR) in the salmon louse, Lepeophthirus salmonis. (external link)
• Christiane Trösse; Heidi Kongshaug; Lars Are Hamre et al. (2012). Characterisation of iron regulatory protein 1 and 2 in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer 1837). (external link)

Journal corrigendum

• Anna Zofia Komisarczuk; Heidi Kongshaug; Ming Li et al. (2020). Author Correction: RNAi mediated myosuppressin deficiency affects muscle development and survival in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (6944), 10.1038/s41598-019-43515-w). (external link)

Conference lecture

• Erna Irene Heggland; Christiane Eichner; Michael Dondrup et al. (2017). Heme absorption in the salmon louse. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2022). Molekylære tilpasningsmekanismer av lakselus til brakk- og ferskvann. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2022). Molecular responses of salmon lice to reduced salinity. (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Sindre Grotmol et al. (2019). Lusespytt modulerer laksens immunrespons. (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)
• Augustine Arukwe; Kjersti T Fjalestad; Bjørn Høyheim et al. (2008). GenoFisk ¿ En nasjonal Ressurs- og Kompetanseplattform for funksjonell genomforskning på fisk. (external link)
• Sussie Dalvin; Louise VG Jørgensen; Per W. Kania et al. (2018). MORPHOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN RAINBOW TROUT SKIN IN RESPONSE TO SALMON LOUSE INFECTION. (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; 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)
• 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)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Frank Nilsen; Noelia Nuñez-Ortiz et al. (2019). THE SALMON LOUSE (LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS) SALIVARY GLAND SECRETES IMMUNE REGULATORY PROTEINS. (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; Fabian Grammes; Michael Dondrup et al. (2017). The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) transcriptome is affected by the host resistance. (external link)
• Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen; Ketil Malde; Tomasz Furmanek et al. (2012). The Salmon Louse Genome Project. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2018). Sex in salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Sindre Grotmol et al. (2018). DO Lepeophtheirus salmonis RHABDOVIRUSES (LsRVs) DAMPEN THE LOCAL SKIN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN ATLANTIC SALMON Salmo salar?. (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)
• Michael Dondrup; Wei Zhang; Frank Nilsen et al. (2018). LiceBase – genom-data som kan bidra til kontroll av lakselus. (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Ewa Harasimczuk et al. (2017). Exocrine glands of Lepeophtheirus salmonis and secretion of possible immune regulatory proteins.. (external link)
• Monica Favnebøe Solberg; Øystein Skaala; Frank Nilsen et al. (2012). A study of growth reaction norms of farmed, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) families exposed to different levels of stress. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2017). Characterization of genes involved in the male reproductive system of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Aina-Cathrine Øvergård; Lars Are Hamre; Ewa Harasimczuk et al. (2016). Distribution and Development of salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis exocrine glands. (external link)
• Christiane Trösse; Frank Nilsen; Sussie Trine Dalvin (2014). Digestion and reproduction are inhibited by RNA interference mediated knockdown of LsKDELR and LsCOPB2 in the salmon louse. (external link)

Lecture

• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2017). Understanding male reproduction in sea lice. (external link)
• Jon Anders Stavang; Francois Chauvigné; Frank Nilsen et al. (2014). The functional properties of aquaporin water channels in the salmon louse compared to its host the Atlantic salmon. (external link)
• Muhammad Tanveer Khan; Sussie Dalvin; Frank Nilsen et al. (2016). Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis.. (external link)
• Ewa Harasimczuk; Sussie Dalvin; Frank Nilsen (2016). Salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis genes containing fibronectin type II domains. (external link)
• Fabian Grammes; Christiane Eichner; Jørgen Ødegård et al. (2016). Genomic basis of Atlantic salmon sea lice resistance. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Heidi Kongshaug; Frank Nilsen (2019). Main components of the egg strings of salmon lice. (external link)
• Bengt Finstad; Frank Nilsen; Tor Atle Mo (2018). Kort om fiskelus: ulike arter lus og vertsarter. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Helene Børretzen Fjørtoft; Frank Nilsen; Francois Besnier et al. (2020). Aquaculture-driven evolution: distribution of pyrethroid resistance in the salmon louse throughout the North Atlantic in the years 2000–2017. (external link)
• Øivind Bergh; Frank Nilsen; Ole Bent Samuelsen (2001). Diseases, prophylaxis and treatment of the Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus: a review.. (external link)
• Stanko Skugor; Kevin Alan Glover; Frank Nilsen et al. (2008). Local and systemic gene expression responses of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) to infection with the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Adele Mennerat; Frank Nilsen; Dieter Ebert et al. (2010). Intensive Farming: Evolutionary Implications for Parasites and Pathogens. (external link)
• Ole Torrissen; S. Jones; Frank Asche et al. (2013). Salmon lice - impact on wild salmonids and salmon aquaculture. (external link)
• Andreas Borchel; Frank Nilsen (2025). A Review of the Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) Hyposalinity Responses and the Efficacy of Freshwater Delousing. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Leif Christian Stige; Knut Vollset; Ola Håvard Diserud et al. (2025). Comment on “Salmon Lice Biology, Environmental Factors, and Smolt Behaviour With Implications for the Norwegian Salmon Farming Management System: A Critical Review”. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Liv Sandlund; Sussie Dalvin; Frank Nilsen et al. (2016). Functional investigations of the Ecdysone Receptor and production of ecdysone in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). (external link)
• Håvard G Frøysa; Guttorm Alendal; Hans J. Skaug et al. (2020). Estimation and identifiability of kinetic parameters in dynamical models of biochemical reaction networks. (external link)
• Marta Zygmuntowska; Lars H. Smedsrud; Kirill Khvorostovsky et al. (2014). Arctic sea ice altimetry - advances and current uncertainties. (external link)

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