Mona E. Pedersen

Degree	Ph.D.
Position	Research Scientist
E-mail	mona.pedersen@nofima.no
Phone	+47 64970243
Workplace	Ås

Works with

Raw materials and process optimisation

Facts about Mona E. Pedersen

Post doc in the NRC- financed project ”skeletal maleformation in salmon and cod”. The aim of the project is to study the role of extracellular matrix in relation to skeletal development and mineralization in salmon.

I have been working with connective tissue components in relation to textural properties of skeletal muscle, and also skeletal development in mammals. Connective tissue components as proteoglycans, collagens and glycosaminoglycans regulate growth and development of tissues.

Education:

Cand Scient, University of Oslo, 1995. “Polarized transport of Syndecan-1 in MDCK-II cells”

PhD, University of Oslo, 2001. Thesis “ Connective tissue and meat tenderness”.

Publications

Tingbø, M.G., Pedersen, M.E., Kolset, S.O., Enersen, G. and Hannesson, K.O. 2012. Lumican is a major small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) skeletal muscle.
Pedersen, M.E., Takle, H., Ytteborg, E., Veiseth-Kent, E., Enersen, G., Færgestad, E.M., Baeverfjord, G. and Hannesson, K.O. 2011. Matrilin-1 expression is increased in the vertebral column of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) individuals displaying spinal fusions.
Pedersen, M.E., Takle, H., Ytteborg, E., Veiseth, E., Enersen, G., Færgestad, E., Bæverfjord, G. and Hannesson, K.O. 2011. Matrilin-1 expression is increased in the vertebral column of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) individuals displaying spinal fusions.
Najbjerg, H., Afseth, N.K., Young, J.F., Bertram, H.C., Pedersen, M.E., Grimmer, S., Vogt, G. and Kohler, A. 2011. Monitoring cellular responses upon fatty acid exposure by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy.
Ytteborg, E., Torgersen, J.S., Pedersen, M.E., Baeverfjord, G., Hannesson, K.O. and Takle, H. 2010. Remodeling of the notochord during development of vertebral fusions in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Ytteborg, E., Torgersen, J., Pedersen, M.E., Bæverfjord, G., Hannesson, K.O. and Takle, H. 2010. Remodeling of the notochord during development of vertebral fusions in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Pedersen, M.E., Takle, H., Ytteborg, E., Bæverfjord, G. and Hannesson, K.O. 2008. Glykosaminoglykaner i ryggsøylen hos laks.
Pedersen, M.E., Enersen, G., Takle, H., Bæverfjord, G. and Hannesson, K.O. 2008. En lysmikroskopisk studie av sulfaterte proteoglykaner i ryggsøylen på oppdrettslaks.
Hannesson, K., Pedersen, M.E., Ofstad, R. and Kolset, S.O. 2003. Breakdown of large proteoglycans in bovine intramuscular connective tissue early post mortem.
Eggen, K.H., Pedersen, M.E., Lea, P. and Kolset, S.O. 2001. Structure and solubility of collagen and glycosaminoglycans in two bovine muscles with different textural properties.
Pedersen, M.E., Kulseth, M., Kolset, S.O., Vellman, S. and Eggen, K.H. 2000. Decorin and fibromodulin expression in two bovine muscles (M. semitendinosus and M. psoas major) differing in texture.
Pedersen, M.E., Kolset, S.O., Sørensen, T. and Eggen, K.H. 1999. Sulfated glycosaminoglycans and collagen in two bovine muscles (M. semitendinosus and M. psoas major) differing in texture.