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Helen Nilsson Sköld
1970-01-13
Marine Ecology-Kristineberg
University of Gotheburg
Kristineberg 566
450 34 Fiskebäckskil
helen.skold@marecol.gu.se
Tel: +46 523-18529
Fax: +46 523-18502
Research projects:
The main research project concerns health and ageing in sexual/asexual marine invertebrates
(VR-NT). Postdoc Carolina Oweson here analyses cellular stress tolerance in clonal starfish.
Here there is also collaborative work within the CeMEB Linnaeus program at University of
Gothenburg.
A shared postdoc, Bethanie Carney Almroth, studies gender differences in ageing and maternal
effects in Atlantic cod and lobster subject to fishery. This project involves collaboration with the
National Board of Fisheries (Fiskeriverket).
Smaller grants also fund studies on fish coloration which are particularly suitable as smaller
student project.
Curriculum Vitae
Docent (Associated Professor) in Marine Zoology, Science Faculty, University of Gothenburg.
2010-4-13.
Forskarassistent (Assistant Professor, 80%) 2006-2010, financed by Vetenskapsrådet-NT
(Swedish National Research Council) in Organismal biology and based at University of
Gothenburg, Marine Ecology –Kristineberg. Research on ageing and stem cells in clonal/sexual
marine animals.
PhD in Zoophysiology, Zoology,. Thesis title: Pigment organelle positioning in fish
melanophores. Advisor: Professor Margareta Wallin. 2000-05-17.
Post doctor fellow (100%) at Royal Holloway University of London Egham UK, based at
Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden in the laboratory of Professor
Michael Thorndyke. M2002-04-01 – 2006-02-28 (3 years in total).
Post doctor (100%), Cell Therapeutics Scandinavia AB, (now Cellartis), Medicinargatan 9A,
Göteborg. 2001-06-08 – 2001-12-31.
Post doctor fellow (100%) at department Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, in
Prof S. A. Endow´s laboratory 2000-06-23 – 2001-03-04.
Postdoctoral fellows:
Dr Carolina Oweson (stress resistance in clonal starfish). July 2009Dr Bethanie Carney Almroth (gender differences in aging and maternal effects in Atlantic cod and
lobster). January 2009Dr Laura Rodrigues-Grana, post doctor 2007-2009 (Marie-Curie fellowship). Aging in copepods.
Coauthor on one publication. Now in Uruguay.
Dr Kristina Holm, post doctor May 2008- January 2009. Costs of female fish ornamentation. Now post
doc at Karolinska (KI). Coauthor on one past publication.
Past employments:
Eva Nilsson, technician 2006-2008. Now retired.
Maria Asplund, technician 2006-2007. Now PhD student in ME, GU. Coauthor on one manuscript
Erika Norlinder, technician during 2005. Now PhD student in ME, GU.
Carolina Oweson, technician during 2004. Coauthor on one publication and now my post doc.
Gabriela Quiroga, technician for 6 months during 2000. Coauthor on one publication. Now lecturer in
Portugal.
Supervision of student research projects:
Supervision of one 30 credit point student, Erica Ryman, in process) and one 15 credit point student,
Camilla Wandin (VG, 2009) at Department of Ecology, GU. Both investigating aspects on molecular
ageing in clonal starfish (telomeres, telomerase and protein damage). Research manuscript in preparation.
Supervision of one 30 credit point student, Farhad Farahani (G, 2009) and one 15 credit point student,
Lina Nilsson (VG, 2008) at Department of Ecology, GU. Both investigating starfish arm regeneration.
Resulted in one research publication (in press).
Supervising “case study” for 4 students investigating telomeres and clonal reproduction in starfish. 2009.
Similar for year 2010 with students investigating organismal and protein stress resistance in clonal
starfish. Research manuscript in preparation.
Supervising shorter research projects conducted by student from Gullmars Gymnasiet, Lysekil (3
students) and Danderyds Gymnasiet, Stockholm (1 student), which resulted in one research publication.
Networks
Member of the Swedish telomere and telomerase network, Associated member of the EU network LinkAge, Member of Gothenburg University research platform Integrative Physiology (GRIP), Associated
member of the GU Linnaeus research program Centre of Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB,
formerly ACME), Member of the Nordic Goby Network.
Publications (# citations on April 12 2010 from Google scholar)
Peer reviewed research papers
1. Hernroth B, Farahani F, Brunborg G, Dupont S, Dejmek A, & Nilsson Sköld H. (2010).
Possibility of mixed progenitor cells in sea star arm regeneration. J. Exp. Zool. B. 312B: 1-12.
On line in advance of print (Number of citations: 0)
2. Rodrigues-Grana L, Calliari D, Tiselius P, Hanssen BW & Nilsson Sköld H. (2010). Gender
differences and non-mendelian inheritance of oxidative damage in marine copepods. Marine
Ecology Progress Series. 401: 1-13. Selected as Feature Article with open access. (Number of
citations: 0)
3. Nilsson Sköld H, Svensson PA & Zejlon C. (2010). The capacity for internal colour change is
related to body transparency in fishes. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 23: 292–295. (Number of
citations: 0)
4. Oweson, C., Sköld, H., Pinsino, A., Matranga, V. & Hernroth, B. (2008). Manganese effects
on haematopoietic cells and circulating coelomocytes of Asterisa rubens. Aquatic toxicol. 89: 7581. (Number of citations: 5)
5. Holm, K., Dupont, S., Sköld, H, Stenius, A., Thorndyke, M, & Hernroth, B. (2008). Induced
cell proliferation in putative haematopoietic tissues of the sea star, Asterias rubens (Linnaeus). J
Exp Biol. 211: 2551-2558. (Number of citations: 3)
6. Nilsson Sköld H, Svensson A, Amundsen, T, Mayer I, Bjelvenmark, J & Forsgren E. (2008).
Hormonal regulation of female nuptial coloration in a fish. Hormones and Behaviour 54: 549556. (Number of citations: 11)
7. Svensson A, Forsgren E, Amundsen, T & Nilsson Sköld H. (2005). Chromatic interaction
between egg pigmentation and skin chromatophores in the nuptial coloration of female twospotted gobies. J. Exp. Biol. 207: 4391-4397. (Number of citations: 7)
8. Rosenberg R, Dupont S, Lundälv T, Nilsson Sköld H, Norkko A Stach T & Thorndyke M.
(2005) Biology of the basket star Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (L.). Mar. Biol. 148:43-50.
(Number of citations: 0)
9. Nilsson Sköld H, Komma DJ & Endow SA. (2005) Assembly pathway of the anastral
Drosophila oocyte meiosis 1 spindle. J. Cell Sci. 118:1745-1755. (Number of citations: 24)
10. Scampi CJ, Komma DJ, Nilsson Sköld H, Hirose K and Endow SA. (2005) A bidirectional
kinesin motor in live Drosophila embryos. Traffic 6: 1036-1046. (Number of citations: 6).
11. Hansson M, Tonning A, Frandsen U, Petri A, Rajagopal J, Englund M, Heller RS,
Håkansson J, Fleckner J, Nilsson Sköld H, Melton D, Semb H & Serup P. (2004). Artifactual
insulin release from differentiated embryonic stem cells. Diabetes 53:2603-2609. (Number of
citations: 148)
12. Andersson TPM, Nilsson Sköld H & Svensson SPS. (2003) Phosphoinositide 3-kinase is
involved in Xenopus and Labrus melanophore aggregation. Cell Signal. 15:119-1127. (Number
of citations: 10)
13. Aspengren S, Nilsson Sköld H, Quiroga G, Mårtensson L, & Wallin M. (2003).
Noradrenaline- and melatonin-mediated regulation of pigment aggregation in fish melanophores.
Pigment Cell Res; 16: 59-64. (Number of citations: 18)
14. Nilsson Sköld H, Norström E & Wallin, M. (2002). Regulation of both actin- and microtubuledependent fish melanosome movement. Pigment Cell Res. 5:357-66.
15. Nilsson H, Steffen W & Palazzo RE (2001) In vitro reconstitution of fish melanophore pigment
aggregation. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 48:1-10.
16. Nilsson H (2000) Melanosome and erythrosome positioning regulates cAMP induced movement in
chromatophores in Spotted Triplefin, Grahamina capito. J. Exp. Zool. 287:191-198.
17. Nilsson H & Wallin M (1998) Microtubule aster formations by dynein-dependent organelle transport.
Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 41:254-263 (black and white cover micrograph).
18. Nilsson H & Wallin M (1997) Evidence for several roles of dynein in pigment transport in
melanophores. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 38:397-409. (Number of citations: 59)
19. Nilsson H, Rutberg M & Wallin M (1996) Localization of kinesin and cytoplasmic dynein in
cultured melanophores from Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 33:183-196
(color cover micrograph). (Number of citations: 39)
Reviews, book chapters
1. Nilsson Sköld H, Obst M, Sköld M & Åkesson B. (2009). Stem cells in asexual reproduction
of marine invertebrates. Chapter 5. In Stem Cells In Marine Animals Eds: B. Rinkevich, V
Matranga. Springer. pp: 105-137. Invited. (Number of citations: 0)
2. Aspengren S, Nilsson Sköld H & Wallin M. (2009). Different strategies for color change. Cell
Mol Life Sci. 2; 187-191. Invited review. (Number of citations: 0)
3. Aspengren S, Hedberg D, Nilsson Sköld H & Wallin M (2008). New Insights into
Melanosome Transport in Vertebrate Pigment Cells. Int. Rev. Cell Mol. Biol. 272: 245-302.
Invited review. (Number of citations: 9)
4. Dupond S, Wilson K, Obst M, Sköld H, Hiroaki N & Thorndyke M. (2007) Marine ecological
genomics: when genomics meets marine ecology. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 332:257-273. Invited
review. (Number of citations: 13)
5. Nilsson Sköld H, Aspengren S & Wallin M (2002). The cytoskeleton in fish melanophores. Review.
Microsc Res Tech. 58:464-9.
6. Nilsson H (2000) Pigment organelle positioning in fish melanophores. PhD thesis; Zoophysiology,
Göteborg University, Sweden, ISBN 91-628-40099-1. Thesis.
7. Nilsson H & Wallin M (1998) Regulation of bidirectional pigment granule movement in
melanophores. Review. Advances in Structural Biology 5:1-7.
Popular and Outreach
1. The study by Nilsson Sköld et al., (2010) concerning internal pigmentation in fish, was
highlighted on several national and 16 international news web sites and newspapers.
2. Institutional contact person for short Gymnasie (Highschool) research projects since 2010.
3. Open lecture at Vetenskapsfestivalen (Science Festival) in Gothenburg “Why we age”. May
5, 2009.
4. Popular article in Havsutsik about fish coloration “Fina fisken: fisken och forskaren snackar
färg”. 2009, 2:10-11.
5. Supervision of 3 students from Gullmarsgymnasiet and 2 students from Danderyds Maritima
Gymnasium during 2 weeks practical projects about stress and asexual reproduction, and fish
coloration (resulting in one research publication).
6. Organized the open image exhibition at Kristineberg “Pelagialen”. 2008.
7. Contributed with materials to an open image exhibition at Kristineberg: “From cell to
ecosystem”. 2007.
8. Invited as a writer in “Tentakeln”, a webbased journal at Swedish Natural Science Council
(VR).
9. Swedish Radio “Naturmorgon” on asexual reproduction and regeneration. Live from
Kristineberg marine research station. Augusti 14, 2004.
10.
Involved in a Swedish Television program within “Jorden är platt” about regeneration
and stem cells in starfish. December 2003.
Coscinasterias, a starfish that reproduces by adult cloning.
Are they immortal? If so, how?
The pigmented inside of a fish. Why inner pigmentation if nobody can see it?