
Fysiologi och miljötoxikologi
Fysiologi och miljötoxikologi
Forskningen på programmet för fysiologi och miljötoxikologi innefattar utnyttjande av molekylära verktyg och experimentella modeller för att studera och förstå hur cellulära och molekylära mekanismer hos djur och växter ger avtryck i hela organismens fysiologi och utveckling. Vår forskning syftar till att i detalj förstå hur vävnadsspecifik genreglering och cell-cellkommunikation tillsammans koordinerar cellers funktioner, vilka sedan ligger till grund för hela växtens eller djurets utveckling, funktion och beteenden.
Genom att få detaljerad kunskap om hur cellernas inre organiseras och hur dess molekylära reaktioner och biokemiska processer regleras är det möjligt att få en ökad kunskap om hur yttre faktorer eller sjukdomar kan påverka organismer och deras anpassning till olika miljöer. Inom miljötoxikologin studerar vi hur några av de tusentals kemikalier som finns i miljön påverkar olika funktioner hos människor och djur. Vi använder ett flertal olika modellorganismer från akvatiska vertebrater till cellmodeller och mikroorganismer ”on-a-chip”. Ett exempel är zebrafisk, där vi har tillgång till avancerade teknologier för genetisk sjukdomsmodellering och substansexponering integrerad med fenotypisk utvärdering.
Alla våra lärare och doktorander är starkt engagerade i undervisning på alla nivåer och ansvarar bl.a. för grundutbildningens kurser i cellbiologi, neurobiologi, växt- och djurfysiologi samt toxikologi. Läs mer om våra masterutbildningar nedan och om forskarutbildning här.
- Behrendt labb – Ecotoxicology–on–a–chip
- Eklund labb – Utvecklingsbiolgi i växter
- Guerrero-Bosagna labb – Miljöepigenetik
- Jönsson labb – Ämnesomsättning och fettvävnadsutveckling
- Ledin labb – Danio readout service
- Mackenzie labb – Hjärnans anatomi och funktion
- Rüegg labb – Molekylär toxikologi och epigenetik
- Schmitz labb – Fish endocrinology
- Söderhäll labb – Invertebrate immunology
Våra masterutbildningar

Läs om våra masterprogram i Miljötoxikologi och Genetisk och molekylär växtbiologi.
Våra senaste publikationer
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Augstein, Frauke
Mechanisms of plant root xylem developmental plasticity in response to water deficiency and salt
2022
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Baur, Philipp; Kuehl, Michael; Comba, Peter; Behrendt, Lars
Possible Functional Roles of Patellamides in the Ascidian-Prochloron Symbiosis
2022
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Caporale, Nicolo; Leemans, Michelle; Birgersson, Lina; Germain, Pierre-Luc; Cheroni, Cristina; Borbely, Gabor; Engdahl, Elin; Lindh, Christian; Bressan, Raul Bardini; Cavallo, Francesca; Chorev, Nadav Even; D'Agostino, Giuseppe Alessandro; Pollard, Steven M.; Rigoli, Marco Tullio; Tenderini, Erika; Tobon, Alejandro Lopez; Trattaro, Sebastiano; Troglio, Flavia; Zanella, Matteo; Bergman, Ake; Damdimopoulou, Pauliina; Jönsson, Maria; Kiess, Wieland; Kitraki, Efthymia; Kiviranta, Hannu; Nanberg, Eewa; Oberg, Mattias; Rantakokko, Panu; Ruden, Christina; Soder, Olle; Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf; Demeneix, Barbara; Fini, Jean-Baptiste; Gennings, Chris; Rüegg, Joëlle; Sturve, Joachim; Testa, Giuseppe
From cohorts to molecules: Adverse impacts of endocrine disrupting mixtures
2022
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Tsakoumis, Emmanouil; Ahi, Ehsan Pashay; Schmitz, Monika
Impaired leptin signaling causes subfertility in female zebrafish
2022
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Hallberg, Ida; Persson, Sara; Olovsson, Matts; Moberg, Mikaela; Ranefall, Petter; Laskowski, Denise; Damdimopoulou, Pauliina; Sirard, Marc-Andre; Rüegg, Joëlle; Sjunnesson, Ylva C. B.
Bovine oocyte exposure to perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) induces phenotypic, transcriptomic, and DNA methylation changes in resulting embryos in vitro
2022
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Lindholm, Caroline; Batakis, Petros; Altimiras, Jordi; Lees, John
Intermittent fasting induces chronic changes in the hepatic gene expression of Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus)
2022
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Hernandez-Perez, Ariadne; Zamora-Briseno, Jesus Alejandro; Söderhäll, Kenneth; Söderhäll, Irene
Gut microbiome alterations in the crustacean Pacifastacus leniusculus exposed to environmental concentrations of antibiotics and effects on susceptibility to bacteria challenges*
2022
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Rodriguez, Emiliano A. Videla; Pèrtille, Fábio; Guerrero-Bosagna, Carlos; Mitchell, John B. O.; Jensen, Per; Smith, V. Anne
Practical application of a Bayesian network approach to poultry epigenetics and stress
2022
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Cediel Ulloa, Andrea; Lupu, Diana; Johansson, Ylva; Hinojosa, Maria; Ozel, Fatih; Rüegg, Joëlle
Impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals on neurodevelopment: the need for better testing strategies for endocrine disruption-induced developmental neurotoxicity
2022
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Xiao, Linhong; Johansson, Sofia; Rughöft, Saskia; Burki, Fabien; Mendez Sandin, Miguel; Tenje, Maria; Behrendt, Lars
Photophysiological response of Symbiodiniaceae single cells to temperature stress
2022
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Svanholm, Sofie
The Xenopus tropicalis model for developmental endocrine and reproductive toxicity: Histological and molecular endpoints for disrupted spermatogenesis
2022
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Augstein, Frauke; Carlsbecker, Annelie
Salinity induces discontinuous protoxylem via a DELLA-dependent mechanism promoting salt tolerance in Arabidopsis seedlings
2022
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Cediel Ulloa, Andrea; Yu, Ximiao; Hinojosa, Maria; Johansson, Ylva; Forsby, Anna; Broberg, Karin; Rüegg, Joëlle
Methylmercury-induced DNA methylation-From epidemiological observations to experimental evidence
2022
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Söderhäll, Irene; Söderhäll, Kenneth
Blood cell formation in crustaceans.
2022
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Xiao, Linhong; Antczak, Philipp; Rüegg, Joëlle; Behrendt, Lars
Zeitotox: Toxicology and the Rhythms of Life
2022
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Söderhäll, Irene; Fasterius, Erik; Ekblom, Charlotta; Söderhäll, Kenneth
Characterization of hemocytes and hematopoietic cells of a freshwater crayfish based on single-cell transcriptome analysis
2022
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Lagercrantz, Ulf; Billhardt, Anja; Rousku, Sabine N.; Landberg, Katarina; Thelander, Mattias; Eklund, D. Magnus
PIF-independent regulation of growth by an evening complex in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
2022
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Pereira, Maria J.; Vranic, Milica; Kamble, Prasad G.; Jernow, Henning; Kristofi, Robin; Holbikova, Ema; Skrtic, Stanko; Kullberg, Joel; Svensson, Maria K.; Hetty, Susanne; Eriksson, Jan
CDKN2C expression in adipose tissue is reduced in type II diabetes and central obesity: impact on adipocyte differentiation and lipid storage?
2022
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Philippot, Gaëtan; Hosseini, Kimia; Yakub, Armine; Mhajar, Yasser; Hamid, Mariam; Buratovic, Sonja; Fredriksson, Robert
Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) and its Effect on the Developing Mouse Brain
2022
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Lizunkova, Polina; Engdahl, Elin; Borbely, Gabor; Gennings, Chris; Lindh, Christian; Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf; Rüegg, Joëlle
A Mixture of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Associated with Lower Birth Weight in Children Induces Adipogenesis and DNA Methylation Changes in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
2022
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Guillaumin, Adriane; Vlcek, Bianca; Wallén-Mackenzie, Åsa
Improving well-being and survival in the 6-OHDA lesion model of Parkinson´s disease in mice: Literature review and step-by-step protocol
2022
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Agrillo, Caroline
DNA methylation modifications in human mesenchymal stem cells induced by exposure to endocrine disrupting plasticiser metabolites MBP, MEP, MBzP, MEHP and MINCH
2022
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Smirnova, Anna; Mentor, Anna; Ranefall, Petter; Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf; Brunström, Björn; Mattsson, Anna; Jönsson, Maria
Increased apoptosis, reduced Wnt/β-catenin signaling, and altered tail development in zebrafish embryos exposed to a human-relevant chemical mixture
2021
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Engdahl, Elin; Alavian-Ghavanini, Ali; Forsell, Yvonne; Lavebratt, Catharina; Rüegg, Joëlle
Childhood adversity increases methylation in the GRIN2B gene
2021
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Guillaumin, Adriane; Serra, Gian Pietro; Georges, Francois; Wallén-Mackenzie, Åsa
Experimental investigation into the role of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in motor control using optogenetics in mice
2021
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Hernández-Pérez, Ariadne; Söderhäll, Kenneth; Sirikharin, Ratchanok; Jiravanichpaisal, Pikul; Söderhäll, Irene
Vibrio areninigrae as a pathogenic bacterium in a crustacean
2021
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Lee, Kang Soo; Pereira, Fatima C.; Palatinszky, Marton; Behrendt, Lars; Alcolombri, Uria; Berry, David; Wagner, Michael; Stocker, Roman
Optofluidic Raman-activated cell sorting for targeted genome retrieval or cultivation of microbial cells with specific functions
2021
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Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf; Engdahl, Elin; Hallerback, Maria Unenge; Wikström, Sverre; Lindh, Christian; Rüegg, Joëlle; Tanner, Eva; Chris, Gennings
Prenatal exposure to bisphenols and cognitive function in children at 7 years of age in the Swedish SELMA study
2021
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Pohl, Johannes; Golovko, Oksana; Carlsson, Gunnar; Örn, Stefan; Schmitz, Monika; Ahi, Ehsan Pashay
Gene co-expression network analysis reveals mechanisms underlying ozone-induced carbamazepine toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos
2021
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Cerenius, Lage; Söderhäll, Kenneth
Immune properties of invertebrate phenoloxidases
2021
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Carrara, Francesco; Sengupta, Anupam; Behrendt, Lars; Vardi, Assaf; Stocker, Roman
Bistability in oxidative stress response determines the migration behavior of phytoplankton in turbulence
2021
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Bagchi, Basabi; Corbel, Quentin; Khan, Imroze; Payne, Ellen; Banerji, Devshuvam; Liljestrand-Rönn, Johanna; Martinossi-Allibert, Ivain; Baur, Julian; Sayadi, Ahmed; Immonen, Elina; Arnqvist, Göran; Söderhäll, Irene; Berger, David
Sexual conflict drives micro- and macroevolution of sexual dimorphism in immunity
2021
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Carlsbecker, Annelie; Augstein, Frauke
Xylem versus phloem in secondary growth: a balancing act mediated by gibberellins
2021
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Blanc, Melanie; Antczak, Philipp; Cousin, Xavier; Grunau, Christoph; Scherbak, Nikolai; Rüegg, Joëlle; Keiter, Steffen H.
The insecticide permethrin induces transgenerational behavioral changes linked to transcriptomic and epigenetic alterations in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
2021
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Liu, Hai-peng; Söderhäll, Kenneth
Introduction for special issue: Antiviral immunity in invertebrates
2021
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Delp, Johannes; Cediel Ulloa, Andrea; Suciu, Ilinca; Kranaster, Petra; van Vugt-Lussenburg, Barbara M. A.; Munic Kos, Vesna; van der Stel, Wanda; Carta, Giada; Bennekou, Susanne Hougaard; Jennings, Paul; van de Water, Bob; Forsby, Anna; Leist, Marcel
Neurotoxicity and underlying cellular changes of 21 mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitors
2021
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Philippot, Gaetan; Hellsten, Sofie V; Viberg, Henrik; Fredriksson, Robert
Evaluation of the dentate gyrus in adult mice exposed to acetaminophen (paracetamol) on postnatal day 10
2021
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Ahi, Ehsan Pashay; Tsakoumis, Emmanouil; Brunel, Mathilde; Schmitz, Monika
Transcriptional study reveals a potential leptin-dependent gene regulatory network in zebrafish brain
2021
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Tsakoumis, Emmanouil
The role of leptin in zebrafish (Danio rerio): Novel insights into appetite regulation and reproduction
2021
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Mouchlianitis, Foivos Alexandros; Bobori, Dimitra; Tsakoumis, Emmanouil; Sapounidis, Argyris; Kritikaki, Efpraxia; Ganias, Kostas
Does fragmented river connectivity alter the reproductive behavior of the potamodromous fish Alburnus vistonicus?
2021
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Engdahl, Elin; Svensson, Katherine; Lin, Ping-I Daniel; Alavian-Ghavanini, Ali; Lindh, Christian; Ruegg, Joelle; Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf
DNA methylation at GRIN2B partially mediates the association between prenatal bisphenol F exposure and cognitive functions in 7-year-old children in the SELMA study
2021
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Saad, Noha; Bereketoglu, Ceyhun; Pradhan, Ajay
Di(isononyl) cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate (DINCH) alters transcriptional profiles, lipid metabolism and behavior in zebrafish larvae
2021
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van der Stel, Wanda; Carta, Giada; Eakins, Julie; Delp, Johannes; Suciu, Ilinca; Forsby, Anna; Cediel Ulloa, Andrea; Attoff, Kristina; Troger, Florentina; Kamp, Hennicke; Gardner, Iain; Zdrazil, Barbara; Mone, Martijn J.; Ecker, Gerhard F.; Pastor, Manuel; Gomez-Tamayo, Jose Carlos; White, Andrew; Danen, Erik H. J.; Leist, Marcel; Walker, Paul; Jennings, Paul; Bennekou, Susanne Hougaard; van de Water, Bob
New Approach Methods (NAMs) Supporting Read-Across: Two Neurotoxicity AOP-based IATA Case Studies
2021
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Lagercrantz, Ulf; Billhardt, Anja; Rousku, Sabine N.; Leso, Martina; Reza, Salim Hossain; Eklund, D. Magnus
DE‐ETIOLATED1 has a role in the circadian clock of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
2021
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Hallberg, Ida; Persson, Sara; Olovsson, Matts; Sirard, Marc-Andre; Damdimopoulou, Pauliina; Rüegg, Joëlle; Sjunnesson, Ylva C. B.
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure of bovine oocytes affects early embryonic development at human-relevant levels in an in vitro model
2021
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Olivares-Castro, Gabriela; Caceres-Jensen, Lizethly; Guerrero-Bosagna, Carlos M.; Villagra, Cristian
Insect Epigenetic Mechanisms Facing Anthropogenic-Derived Contamination, an Overview
2021
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Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Sofia; Bergman, Henrik; Xiao, Linhong; Behrendt, Lars; Tenje, Maria
A microscopy-compatible temperature regulation system for single-cell phenotype analysis - demonstrated by thermoresponse mapping of microalgae
2021
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Ramachandran, Prashanth; Augstein, Frauke; Mazumdar, Shamik; Van Nguyen, Thanh; Minina, Elena A.; Melnyk, Charles W.; Carlsbecker, Annelie
Abscisic acid signaling activates distinct VND transcription factors to promote xylem differentiation in Arabidopsis
2021
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Xiao, Linhong; Johansson, Sofia; Tenje, Maria; Behrendt, Lars
Combined effects of thermal stress and UV filter exposure on single cells of Symbiodinium
2021
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Johansson, Sofia; Xiao, Linhong; Andersson, Martin; Bergman, Henrik; Behrendt, Lars; Tenje, Maria
Mapping the thermoresponses of micralgae by integrating single-cell arrays on a programmable temperature stage
2021
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