Biography

Senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO, Div. Biotechnology and plant health). PhD in plant molecular biology (2002). Main research interests: plant-pathogen interactions, plant defense responses and bioprospecting. My research (with co-operation in Norway and abroad) has focused on anatomical and molecular resistance mechanisms in trees. This include how and where defense compounds act, which cell types and tissue regions are involved in their production as well as the molecular and genetic mechanisms behind. I am currently leading a project focusing on identifying chemical defense compounds in white rot spruce, with health application perspective. In addition to cell molecular biology, I have broad experience in microscopy techniques as light- and electron microscopy, laser micro dissection and imaging.

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