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Katrine Nergård Bjerkan

Biobank coordinator

ORCHID: 0000-0002-1517-9096

Education

  • PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Oslo
  • Master of Science (Molecular biology), University of Oslo
  • Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology), University of Western Sydney, Australia

Position

  • Biobank coordinator

Field of interest

  • Genetics
  • Molecular biology
  • Personalized medicine

Email

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Telephone

+ 47 22 45 42 12

visiting address

Diakonhjemmet hospital
Diakonveien 12
0370 Oslo

Postal address

Diakohjemmet hospital
PO Box 23 Vinderen
0319 Oslo

Projects

Publications

Publications taken from the National Science Archive (NVA):

Genetic and environmental manipulation of Arabidopsis hybridization barriers uncovers antagonistic functions in endosperm cellularization

Katrine Nergård Bjerkan, Renate Alling, Ida Velle Myking, Anne Krag Brysting, Paul Grini


Frontiers in Plant Science

2023

Structural evidence for MADS-box type I family expansion seen in new assemblies of Arabidopsis arenosa and A. lyrata

Jonathan Bramsiepe, Anders Kristian Krabberød, Katrine Nergård Bjerkan, Renate Alling, Ida Nielsen, Karina Stensland Hornslien


The Plant Journal

2023

Spatial and temporal regulation of parent-of-origin allelic expression in the endosperm

Yuri Stephan van Ekelenburg, Karina Stensland Hornslien, Tom Van Hautegem, Matyáš Fendrych, Gert Van Isterdael, Katrine Nergård Bjerkan


Plant Physiology

2022

Genetic variation and temperature affect hybrid barriers during interspecific hybridization

Katrine Bjerkan, Karina Stensland Hornslien, Ida Marie Johannessen, Anders Kristian Krabberød, Yuri Stephan van Ekelenburg, Maryam Kalantarian


The Plant Journal

2019

Endosperm-based hybridization barriers explain the pattern of gene flow between Arabidopsis lyrata and Arabidopsis arenosa in Central Europe

Clément Lafon-Placette, Ida Marie Johannessen, Karina Stensland Hornslien, Mohammad F. Ali, Katrine Bjerkan, Jonathan Bramsiepe


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

2017

The Arabidopsis DDB1 interacting protein WDR55 is required for vegetative development

Katrine Bjerkan, Paul Eivind Grini


Plant Signaling & Behavior

2013

Identification of pathways directly regulated by SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE during vegetative and reproductive development in Arabidopsis

Veronica Gregis, Fernandio Andrès, Alice Sessa, Rosalinda F Guerra, Sara Simonini, Julieta L Mateos


Genome Biology

2013

Arabidopsis WD REPEAT DOMAIN55 Interacts with DNA DAMAGED BINDING PROTEIN1 and Is Required for Apical Patterning in the Embryo

Katrine Bjerkan, S Jung-Romeo, G Jurgens, P Genschik, Paul Eivind Grini


The Plant Cell

2012

Genome-Wide Transcript Profiling of Endosperm without Paternal Contribution Identifies Parent-of-Origin-Dependent Regulation of AGAMOUS-LIKE36

Reza Shirzadi, Ellen Dehnes Andersen, Katrine Bjerkan, Barbara M Gloeckle, Maren Heese, Alexander Ungru


PLoS Genetics

2011

Reproductive cross-talk: seed development in flowering plants

MK Nowack, Alexander Ungru, Katrine Bjerkan, Paul Eivind Grini, Arp Schnittger


Biochemical Society Transactions

2010