Monica F. Solberg
Arbeidsområde
Kartlegge og kvantifisere genetiske forskjeller mellom oppdrettet og vill laks, og belyse de evolusjonære og økologiske effektene rømt oppdrettlaks har på ville populasjoner, gjennom biologiske forsøk supplert med molekylære metoder.
Identify and quantify genetic differences between wild and farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., and elucidate the evolutionary and ecological consequences of introgression of farmed on wild salmon, using common garden approach and family parentage testing.
Curriculum Vitae
Monica Favnebøe Solberg
Research scientist (1109), Section of Population Genetics, Institute of Marine Research, Norway.
DOB: 07.03.1984. Nationality: Norwegian. Family: Married, one child (born 2016).
FORMAL EDUCATION:
2010 – 2013. PhD, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway. Supervisors: Dr. Kevin Glover (IMR) and Prof. Frank Nilsen (UiB)
2008 – 2009. Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)/ Praktisk pedagogisk utdanning (PPU), Faculty of Psychology, Department of Education, University of Bergen, Norway.
2006 – 2008. MSc in Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway. Supervisors: Prof. Arne Skorping (UiB) and Prof. Frank Nilsen (UiB)
2003 – 2006. BSc, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
EMPLOYMENT:
2015 – Research scientist (1109), IMR
2013 – 2015 Post doctor, IMR
2010 – 2013 PhD candidate, IMR
2009 – 2010 Lecturer, Natural Science, Upper Secondary Education, Langhaugen vgs
2009 – 2010 Research Assistant, Evolutionary Fisheries Ecology, UiB (part time)
POSTDOCTORAL PROJECT:
QUANTESCAPE : A HAVBRUK Knowledge Platform
Quantifying genetic effects of Escaped farmed salmon on wild salmon. QuantEscape is a research project studying the genetic interaction between wild and farmed salmon, documenting how escapes from aquaculture facilities affect wild salmon populations. I’m employed in work package 2: Quantification of natural selection and its strength to “naturalize” farmed salmon - How do farmed salmon respond to natural selection, and potentially adapt to the natural environment? In order to answer this question, a series of common-garden experiments will be conducted under hatchery and semi-natural conditions using farmed and farmed x wild hybrid salmon that have survived for a generation in the wild.
Work package manager: Kevin A. Glover (IMR). Project manager: Kjetil Hindar, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). Research partners: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima) and the Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE).
PhD PROJECT:
INTERACT : A Strategic Institute Program (2010-2014)
Farmed escaped salmon represent a significant threat to the genetic integrity of wild populations. Each year, thousands of farmed salmon escape into the wild, and some of these are observed on the spawning grounds - ready to introgress with wild populations. This Norwegian research council funded project aims to delineate and quantify genetic differences between wild and farmed salmon and cod, including work packages on modelling. This includes 2x PhD students and 1x post Dr Researcher. Project manager Dr. Kevin Glover.
Publikasjoner
Faglige foredrag
Økologiske effekter av rømt oppdrettslaks – tidlige livsstadier
Adaptive plasticity in Atlantic salmon- genetic predisposition of time at maturity and environmental triggers
Vitenskapelige artikler (NVI)
Evolutionary drivers of kype size in atlantic salmon (salmo salar): domestication, age and genetics
The influence of vgll3 genotypes on sea age at maturity is altered in farmed mowi strain Atlantic salmon
Implications for introgression: Has selection for fast growth altered the size threshold for precocious male maturation in domesticated Atlantic salmon?
Documentation of multiple species of marine fish trapped in Atlantic salmon sea-cages in Norway
Cryptic introgression: evidence that selection and plasticity mask the full phenotypic potential of domesticated Atlantic salmon in the wild
Judging a salmon by its spots: Environmental variation is the primary determinant of spot patterns in Salmo salar
Rapid growth causes abnormal vaterite formation in farmed fish otoliths
Cloned and outbred Atlantic salmon display equal parasite dispersion when infected with the salmon louse
Half a century of genetic interaction between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon: Status of knowledge and unanswered questions
Ploidy elicits a whole-genome dosage effect: growth of triploid Atlantic salmon is linked to the genetic origin of the second maternal chromosome set
Thermal plasticity in farmed, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon during early development: Has domestication caused divergence in low temperature tolerance?
Salmonid fish: model organisms to study cardiovascular morphogenesis in conjoined twins?
Does density influence relative growth performance of farm, wild and F1 hybrid Atlantic salmon in semi-natural and hatchery common garden conditions?
Plasticity in response to feed availability: Does feeding regime influence the relative growth performance of domesticated, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon Salmo salar parr?
Plasticity in growth of farmed and wild Atlantic salmon: is the increased growth rate of farmed salmon caused by evolutionary adaptations to the commercial diet?
The vgll3 Locus Controls Age at Maturity in Wild and Domesticated Atlantic Salmon(Salmo salar L.) Males
Are farmed salmon more prone to risk than wild salmon? Susceptibility of juvenile farm, hybrid and wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. to an artificial predator
Hatching time and alevin growth prior to the onset of exogenous feeding in farmed, wild and hybrid Norwegian Atlantic salmon
Vertebra deformities in wild Atlantic salmon caught in the Figgjo River, southwest Norway
Growth reaction norms of domesticated, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon families in response to differing social and physical environments
Does domestication cause changes in growth reaction norms? A study of farmed, wild and hybrid Atlantic salmon families exposed to environmental stress
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
Rapporter og avhandlinger
Farmed escapees and interactions with wild conspecifics - quantification of genetic differences between wild and farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
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