Prof. Monica Fengsrud Brinchmann, PhD

Last update: 23. 10. 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Brinchmann
I.2 Name Monica Fengsrud
I.3 Titles Prof. , PhD
I.4 Year of birth 1968
I.5 Name of the workplace University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Nord University
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position professor
I.8 E-mail address monica.f.brinchmann@nord.no
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.nord.no/no/ansatte/monica-fengsrud-brinchmann
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university veterinary medicine
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1222-0743
3 Optional item.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER QUALIFICATION GROWTH
II.a Name of the university or institution II.b Year II.c Study field and programme
II.1 First degree of higher education University of Oslo 1990 matematics and natural sciences
II.2 Second degree of higher education University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 1994 molecular cell biology
II.3 Third degree of higher education University of Oslo 2000 molecular cell biology
II.4 Associate professor University of Nordland, Bodø 2007 molecular cell biology
II.5 Professor Nord University, Bodø 2019 molecular cell biology
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
Professor Molecular Cell Biology Nord University 2019 up to now
Associate Professor Molecular Cell Biology University of Nordland/Nord University 2007 2018
Department Engineer Department of Fisheries and Natural Sciences, Bodø University College, Norway 2006 2006
Post doctor Department of Cell Biology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Norway 2001 2006
Research Fellow and Scientific assistant Department of Cell Biology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Norway 1995 2000

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL AND OTHER SKILLS
IV.a Activity description, course name, other IV.b Name of the institution IV.c Year
PE338L UniPed. 10 credit course pedagogy for university lecturers Nord University 2019
SI-Pass supervisor from the European Centre for SI-Pass European Centre for SI-Pass, SI-PASS Europe 2019
Developing doctoral supervision. Course in supervision of doctoral students. Course load corresponding to three working weeks University of Nordland/Nord University 2015

V. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TEACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY
V.1. Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a Name of the profile course V.1.b Study programme V.1.c Degree V.1.d Field of study
Biochemistry and cell biologyanimal science full time english languagefirstveterinary medicine

V.2. Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year 4
V.2.a Study programme V.2.b Degree V.2.d Field of study
4 According to Art. 6 para. 4 of the Standards for the Study Programme.

V.3. Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned

V.4. Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) V.4.b Diploma (second degree) V.4.c Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses 3 2 6
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 7 23 5

V.5. Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a Name of the course V.5.b Study programme V.5.c Degree V.5.d Field of study

VI. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER OUTPUTS
VI.1. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.a Overall VI.1.b Over the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs 57 9
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 56 8
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 3665 1630
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 2620 1209
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level 1 1

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. Patel, D.M., Bhide, K., Bhide, M. et al Proteomic and structural differences in lumpfish skin among the dorsal, caudal and ventral regions. Sci Rep 9, 6990 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43396-z
2. Cordero, H., Brinchmann, M.F., Cuesta, A. et al. Chronic wounds alter the proteome profile in skin mucus of farmed gilthead seabream. BMC Genomics 18, 939 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4349-3
3. "Patel DM, Brinchmann MF. Skin mucus proteins of lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus). Biochem Biophys Rep. 2017 Jan 5;9:217-225. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.12.016. PMID: 28956008; PMCID: PMC5614610."
4. "Rajan B, Patel DM, Kitani Y, Viswanath K, Brinchmann MF. Novel mannose binding natterin-like protein in the skin mucus of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2017 Sep;68:452-457. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2017.07.039. Epub 2017 Jul 22. PMID: 28743623."
5. "Patel, Deepti M.; Brinchmann, Monica F.; Hanssen, Anna; Iversen, Martin H. Changes in the Skin Proteome and Signs of Allostatic Overload Type 2, Chronic Stress, in Response to Repeated Overcrowding of Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus L.) Frontiers in Marine Science Vol. 9, 2022."
5 Maximum of five most significant outputs, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years 6
1. Patel, D.M., Bhide, K., Bhide, M. et al Proteomic and structural differences in lumpfish skin among the dorsal, caudal and ventral regions. Sci Rep 9, 6990 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43396-z
2. Cordero, H., Brinchmann, M.F., Cuesta, A. et al. Chronic wounds alter the proteome profile in skin mucus of farmed gilthead seabream. BMC Genomics 18, 939 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4349-3
3. "Patel DM, Brinchmann MF. Skin mucus proteins of lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus). Biochem Biophys Rep. 2017 Jan 5;9:217-225. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.12.016. PMID: 28956008; PMCID: PMC5614610."
4. "Rajan B, Patel DM, Kitani Y, Viswanath K, Brinchmann MF. Novel mannose binding natterin-like protein in the skin mucus of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2017 Sep;68:452-457. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2017.07.039. Epub 2017 Jul 22. PMID: 28743623."
5. "Kulkarni AD, Caipang CM, Kiron V, Rombout JH, Fernandes JM, Brinchmann MF. Evaluation of immune and apoptosis related gene responses using an RNAi approach in vaccinated Penaeus monodon during oral WSSV infection. Mar Genomics. 2014 Dec;18 Pt A:55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.05.002. Epub 2014 May 22. PMID: 24859490."
6 Maximum of five most significant outputs over the last six years, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs 7
1. "Fengsrud M, Roos N, Berg T, Liou W, Slot JW, Seglen PO. Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical characterization of autophagic vacuoles in isolated hepatocytes: effects of vinblastine and asparagine on vacuole distributions. Exp Cell Res. 1995 Dec;221(2):504-19. doi: 10.1006/excr.1995.1402. PMID: 7493651. cited by Kondylis V, van Nispen Tot Pannerden HE, van Dijk S, Ten Broeke T, Wubbolts R, Geerts WJ, Seinen C, Mutis T, Heijnen HF. Endosome-mediated autophagy: an unconventional MIIC-driven autophagic pathway operational in dendritic cells. Autophagy. 2013 Jun 1;9(6):861-80. doi: 10.4161/auto.24111. Epub 2013 Mar 12. PMID: 23481895; PMCID: PMC3672296."
2. "Chronic wounds alter the proteome profile in skin mucus of farmed gilthead seabream H Cordero, MF Brinchmann, A Cuesta, MA Esteban - BMC genomics, 2017cited by Raposo de Magalhães, Cláudia Sofia Ferreira, et al. ""A Proteomics and other Omics approach in the context of farmed fish welfare and biomarker discovery."" Reviews in Aquaculture 12.1 (2020): 122-144."
3. "Novel mannose binding natterin-like protein in the skin mucus of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) B Rajan, DM Patel, Y Kitani, K Viswanath… - Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2017 cited by Lepretre, Maxime, et al. ""The immune system of the freshwater zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, decrypted by proteogenomics of hemocytes and plasma compartments."" Journal of proteomics 202 (2019): 103366."
4. "Skin mucus proteins of lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) DM Patel, MF Brinchmann - Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2017 cited by Magnadóttir, Bergljót, et al. ""Post-translational protein deimination in cod (Gadus morhua L.) ontogeny novel roles in tissue remodelling and mucosal immune defences?."" Developmental & comparative immunology 87 (2018): 157-170."
5. "Skin mucus proteins of lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus) DM Patel, MF Brinchmann - Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2017 cited by Sanahuja, Ignasi, et al. ""Chronic cold stress alters the skin mucus interactome in a temperate fish model."" Frontiers in physiology 9 (2019): 1916."
7 Maximum of five most significant citations, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.5. Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years 8
1. StressMark- Molecular characterization of stress in cleanerfish
2. Characterization of skin immune and stress factors of Lumpsucker
3. Preventive health care of lumpsucker as cleaner fish – Characterization of immune components in skin mucus
4. Objective documentation and best practice to improve termic delousing (TermVel)
5.
8 Maximum of five most significant projects, if the RATP form is attached to the application. In addition to the name and brief characteristics of the project, the type of participation is indicated (in Slovak and in English), if possible, a hyperlink to the project and its outputs and citations are stated as well.

VII. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER ACTIVITIES 9
VII.a Activity, position VII.b Name of the institution, board VII.c Duration
Faculty responsible for the professor program at Nord University, ie mentor for Associate Professors. Nord University, Norway 2021 up to now
Academic responsible for Joint Bachelor in Animal Science Nord University, Norway, and The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Slovak Republic 2021 up to now
Member of the Education Board at FBA University of Nordland, Norway 2021 up to now
Member of an in-house group for researched based methods to improve learning in cell biology Nord University, Norway 2018 2019
Academic responsible for Bachelor in Biology Nord University, Norway 2017 2017
Deputy of the Research Ethics Committee Nord University Nord University, Norway 2015 2018
Deputy to the ‘National Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research’ Appointed by the Norwegian ‘Ministry of Education and Research’ , Norway 2014 2017
Member of the Research Board at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture (FBA) University of Nordland, Norway 2012 2016
Member of the Education Board at FBA University of Nordland, Norway 2012 2012
Member of the Faculty Board at FBA University of Nordland, Norway 2011 2015
9 E.g. academic positions, memberships in editorial boards and in scientific and professional societies.

VIII. OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES AND VISITS ORIENTED ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/ OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE GIVEN FIELD OF STUDY
VIII.a Name of the institution VIII.b Address of the institution VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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