Fernanda Cristina Petersen
Professor
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Biofilm2

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Phone
+47 22840312
Mobile phone
+47 91186028
Username
Visiting address
Domus Odontologica
RH Building A1 floor M
Sognsvannsveien 10
0372 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1052 Blindern
0316 Oslo
Academic Interests
Molecular microbiology, streptococcal genetics and competence, bacterial signaling, regulatory pathways, commensal and pathogenic relationships, biofilms.
Teaching
- http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/odont/tannpleie/TPSEM1/
- http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/odont/tannlege/ODSEM6/
- PBL veileder, 2 sem (Medisin, Odontologi, Ernæring)
Higher education and employment history
dr odont, University of Oslo, 2002; Master education, University of Oslo, 1995; Specialist in prosthodontics, Rio de Janeiro State University, 1990; DDS, Rio de Janeiro State University, 1988.
Honoraria
- NOF division Hatton Award, 2000
- IADR International Hatton Award, 2001
- NOF division Hatton Award, 2003
- Unilever travel Awards, 2004
- Tidende, best review article in 2005-2007, 2007
Appointments
- Associate professor, University of Oslo, 2007
- Researcher/lecturer, University of Oslo, 2006
- Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Oslo, 2002
- PhD fellow (dr. odont), University of Oslo, 1997
Cooperation
Member of the Biofilm and signaling group, University of Oslo
Farmaceutical Institute, University of Oslo
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
Forsyth Institute, USA
Department of Oral Biology (Cell biology and microbiology groups), University of Oslo
Member of the Center for biofilm research www.biofilmforskning.no
Project
Research and education in biofilm and antibiotic
Publications
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Marshall, Helina; José, Ricardo J.; Kilian, Mogens; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Brown, Jeremy S. (2021). Effects of Expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae PspC on the Ability of Streptococcus mitis to Evade Complement-Mediated Immunity. Frontiers in Microbiology. ISSN 1664-302X. 12, p. 1–12. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.773877. Full text in Research Archive
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Pandey, Sushma; Søland, Tine Merete; Bjerkli, Inger-Heidi; Sand, Lars Peter; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Costea, Daniela Elena [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Combined loss of expression of involucrin and cytokeratin 13 is associated with poor prognosis in squamous cell carcinoma of mobile tongue. Head and Neck. ISSN 1043-3074. 43(11), p. 3374–3385. doi: 10.1002/hed.26826. Full text in Research Archive
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu; Åmdal, Heidi Aarø & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2021). Vaccination With the Commensal Streptococcus mitis Expressing Pneumococcal Serotype 5 Capsule Elicits IgG/IgA and Th17 Responses Against Streptococcus pneumoniae. Frontiers in Immunology. ISSN 1664-3224. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.676488. Full text in Research Archive
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Dhariwal, Achal; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Chen, Tsute & Junges, Roger (2021). ResistoXplorer: a web-based tool for visual, statistical and exploratory data analysis of resistome data. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. ISSN 2631-9268. 3. doi: 10.1093/nargab/lqab018. Full text in Research Archive
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Dahle, Ulf R; Nicolau, Belinda & Casals-Pascual, Climent (2020). COVID-19: Looking Into the Overlooked. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. ISSN 2296-889X. 7. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.00165. Full text in Research Archive
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Marshall, Helina; Aguayo, Sebastian; Kilian, Mogens; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Bozec, Laurent & Brown, Jeremy S. (2020). In Vivo Relationship between the Nano-Biomechanical Properties of Streptococcal Polysaccharide Capsules and Virulence Phenotype. ACS Nano. ISSN 1936-0851. 14(1), p. 1070–1083. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08631.
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Pandey, Sushma; Follin-Arbelet, Benoit; Bahadur Pun, Chin; K. Gautam, Dej; Johannessen, Anne Christine & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Helicobacter pylori was not detected in oral squamous cell carcinomas from cohorts of Norwegian and Nepalese patients. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65694-7. Full text in Research Archive
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Rajar, Polona; Saugstad, Ola Didrik; Berild, Dag; Dutta, Anirban; Greisen, Gorm & Lausten-Thomsen, Ulrik [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2020). Antibiotic stewardship in premature infants: a systematic review. Neonatology. ISSN 1661-7800. 117(6), p. 673–686. doi: 10.1159/000511710. Full text in Research Archive
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Rørvik, Gro Herredsvela; Liskiewicz, Krystyna Anna; Kryuchkov, Fedor; Naemi, Ali-Oddin; aasheim, Hans-Christian & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate regulates metabolism and growth in the oral commensal streptococcus mitis. Microorganisms. ISSN 2076-2607. 8:1269(9), p. 1–21. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8091269. Full text in Research Archive
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Dhariwal, Achal; Junges, Roger; Chen, Tsute & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). ResistoXplorer: a web-based tool for visual, statistical and exploratory data analysis of resistome data. BioRxiv. ISSN 0362-4331. doi: 10.1101/2020.08.14.250837.
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). The Dark Side of Antibiotics: Adverse Effects on the Infant Immune Defense against Infection. Frontiers in pediatrics. ISSN 2296-2360. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.544460. Full text in Research Archive
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Ercoli, Jimstan; Ercoli, Giuseppe; Pollard, Tracey; Chimalapati, Suneeta; Camberlein, Emilie & Szylar, Gabriella [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2019). Relative contributions of extracellular and internalized bacteria to early macrophage proinflammatory responses to streptococcus pneumoniae. mBio. ISSN 2161-2129. 10(5). doi: 10.1128/mBio.02144-19.
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Filho, Antonio Pedro Ricomini; Khan, Rabia; Åmdal, Heidi Aarø & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Conserved Pheromone Production, Response and Degradation by Streptococcus mutans. Frontiers in Microbiology. ISSN 1664-302X. 10. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02140. Full text in Research Archive
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Sturød, Kjersti; Dhariwal, Achal; Dahle, Ulf R; Vestrheim, Didrik Frimann & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Impact of narrow-spectrum penicillin V on the oral and faecal resistome in a young child treated for otitis media. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. ISSN 2213-7165. 20, p. 290–297. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.08.004. Full text in Research Archive
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu; Khan, Rabia; Khan, Ata Ul Razzaq & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Mouse IgG2a Antibodies Specific for the Commensal Streptococcus mitis Show Stronger Cross-Reactivity with Streptococcus pneumoniae than IgG1 Antibodies . Journal of Immunology Research. ISSN 2314-8861. 2019. doi: 10.1155/2019/7906724. Full text in Research Archive
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Khan, Rabia; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Shekhar, Sudhanshu (2019). Commensal bacteria: An emerging player in defense against respiratory pathogens. Frontiers in Immunology. ISSN 1664-3224. 10:1203(MAY), p. 1–9. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01203. Full text in Research Archive
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Geissler, Sebastian; Gomez-Florit, Manuel; Wiedmer, David; Barrantes Bautista, Alejandro; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Tiainen, Hanna (2019). In vitro performance of bioinspired phenolic nanocoatings for endosseous implant applications. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. ISSN 2373-9878. 5(7), p. 3340–3351. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00566. Full text in Research Archive
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Junges, Roger; Maienschein-Cline, Mark; Morrison, Donald A. & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19F Strain EF3030. Microbiology Resource Announcements (MRA). ISSN 2169-8287. 8(19), p. 1–3. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00198-19.
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Salvadori, Gabriela ; Junges, Roger; Morrison, Donald A. & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Close Commensal Relatives: Mechanisms and Implications. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. ISSN 2235-2988. 9:94, p. 1–8. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00094. Full text in Research Archive
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Junges, Roger; Salvadori, Gabriela ; Chen, Tsute; Morrison, Donald A. & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Hidden Gems in the Transcriptome Maps of Competent Streptococci. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. ISSN 2296-889X. 5, p. 1–7. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00116. Full text in Research Archive
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Junges, Roger; Sturød, Kjersti; Salvadori, Gabriela ; Åmdal, Heidi Aarø; Chen, Tsute & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Characterization of a Signaling System in Streptococcus mitis That Mediates Interspecies Communication with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. ISSN 0099-2240. 85(2). doi: 10.1128/AEM.02297-18.
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu; Khan, Rabia; Schenck, Karl & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Intranasal Immunization with the Commensal Streptococcus mitis Confers Protective Immunity against Pneumococcal Lung Infection. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. ISSN 0099-2240. 85(6). doi: 10.1128/AEM.02235-18.
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Reglinski, Mark; Ercoli, Giuseppe; Plumptre, Charlie; Kay, Emily; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Paton, James C [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2018). A recombinant conjugated pneumococcal vaccine that protects against murine infections with a similar efficacy to Prevnar-13. npj Vaccines. ISSN 2059-0105. 3, p. 1–11. doi: 10.1038/s41541-018-0090-4. Full text in Research Archive
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Wiedmer, David; Cui, Chen; Weber, Florian; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Tiainen, Hanna (2018). Antibacterial Surface Coating for Bone Scaffolds Based on the Dark Catalytic Effect of Titanium Dioxide. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. ISSN 1944-8244. 10(42), p. 35784–35793. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b12623. Full text in Research Archive
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu; Åmdal, Heidi Aarø & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2021). Vaccination with the commensal Streptococcus mitis expressing pneumococcal serotype 5 capsule elicits IgG/IgA and Th17 responses against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Brar, Navdeep Kaur; Junges, Roger; Hakansson, Anders P. & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2021). The Impact of HAMLET, a Human-Milk Protein Complex, on the Ecology of the Oral Microbiome.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2021). Let's talk about microbiomes.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2021). Off-target impact of antibiotics.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Dhariwal, Achal; Bråten, Lars Christian Haugli; Sturød, Kjersti; Junges, Roger & Salvadori, Gabriela [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2021). Off-target impact of long-term amoxicillin treatment.
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Dhariwal, Achal; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Junges, Roger & Chen, Tsute (2020). ResistoXplorer: a web-based tool for visual, statistical and exploratory data analysis of resistome data.
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). Neonatal exposure to therapeutic antibiotic regimens suppresses peripheral and mucosal T cell responses.
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Torwick, Anna & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). An oral fungus brought a Brazilian exchange student to Norway.
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Bergersen, Linda Hildegard; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Dahle, Ulf R (2020). Kort sagt, fredag 27. mars. [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Dhariwal, Achal; Sturød, Kjersti & Nickelsen, Trine (2020). Babyer får penicillin ? og uheldige bakterier blusser opp. [Internet]. Apollon.
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Morais Dornelas Figueira, Louise & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). Cross-Kingdom Impact of Antimicrobial.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Torwick, Anna (2020). Born in the Twilight of Antibiotics - Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance in the Preterm Infants.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). Born in the twilight of antibiotics - Implications of Antibiotic Use to the Preterm Infant Respiratory Microbiome and Resistome Development.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Torwick, Anna (2020). Enhancing world-class research and education in biofilm and antibiotic resistance by strengthening cooperation between Norway-Brazil-USA.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). Towards epi-omic approaches in the study of microbiomes.
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Rajar, Polona & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). Born in the twilight of antibiotics: Implications of antibiotic use to the preterm infant respiratory microbiome and resistome development .
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Bergersen, Linda Hildegard; Bjorvand Bjørkøy, Aasta Marie; Fei Fang, Evandro; Gjelsvik, Olav; Hystad Hove, Lene & Liaaen Jensen, Janicke [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2020). Vi må kunne tenke nytt om alderdom.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2020). Metagenomic approaches for analysis of AMR in microbiomes.
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Charvet, Elodie; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Størseth Harr, Inger (2019). Resistance after long term antibiotic treatment. [Internet]. UiO Nettsider.
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Libardi Pagotto, Leonardo; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Zwaig Kolstad, Hilde (2019). - Har aldri sett så mye snø! [Internet]. UiO Nettsider.
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Pagotto, LL; Junges, Roger; Salvadori, Gabriela ; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Ricomini Filho, AP (2019). Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans competence by chlorhexidine gluconate.
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Baker, Jonathon & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Klebsiella and Providencia emerge as lone survivors following long-term starvation of oral microbiota . Show summary
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Herredsvela Rørvik, Gro & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). C-di-AMP signaling in the oral commensal Streptococcus mitis. Show summary
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Hu, Duoyi & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Strategies for unveiling upstream regulators controlling Streptococcus pneumoniae quorum-sensing . Show summary
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Lam, Trinh & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Droplet Confinement of Streptococcus pneumoniae for Studies of Bacterial Genetic Transformation. Show summary
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Libardi Pagotto, Leonardo & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans competence by chlorhexidine gluconate. Show summary
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Barbara, E Costa-Oliveira & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). New insights on Intracellular polysaccharides in Streptococcus mutans. Show summary
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Dhariwal, Achal; Junges, Roger & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Exploratory analysis and Visualization of resistome data. Show summary
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Martorano Fernandes, Loyse & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). The role of adhesins of Candida albicans in virulence and pathogenicity of duo-species biofilms with Streptococcus mutans. Show summary
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Morais Dornelas Figueira, Louise & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Streptococcus mitis regulation and genomic sequencing during interaction with Candida albicans. Show summary
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Rued, Britta & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Quorum sensing regulates expression of a post-translationally modified peptide in Streptococcus mutans.
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Melo Leite Filho, Ademir & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Cariogenic potential of a duo-species biofilm of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus fermentum exposed to lactose. Show summary
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Campos Vieira, Juliana & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Cariogenicity of lactose in a Streptococcus mutans biofilm exposed to sucrose. Show summary
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Laczkovich, Irina & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Identification of unannotated pheromone genes by ribosome profiling. Show summary
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). No time to wait: oral research in the twilight of antibiotics.
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Chen, Tsute & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). The Human Oral Microbiome Database: now extended to comprise the aerodigestive tract.
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Baker, Jonathon & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Exploiting the oral microbiome to prevent tooth decay: has evolution already provided the best tools?
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Federle, Michael & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Identifying and exploiting bacterial communication networks to manipulate bacterial pathogens.
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Rösing, Cassiano Kuchenbecker & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Mouthwashes: resistance against oral anti-septics: myth and reality.
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Casarin, Renato & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). From colonization to biofilm behavior: a look on severe periodontitis affecting young population.
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Ricomini, Pedro & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Biofilms: a challenging target.
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Morrison, Donald & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). The oral microbiome: a work in progress .
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Tabchoury, Cinthia; Ricomini, Pedro & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Welcome to RESISPART symposium.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Symposium and RESISPART partnership: Norway - Brazil - USA.
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Pandey, Sushma; Follin-Arbelet, Benoit; Pun, Chin Babadur; Gautam, Dej K.; Johannessen, Anne C. & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Helicobacter pylori is not present in oral squamous cell carcinomas from cohorts of Norwegian and Nepalese patients .
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu; Khan, Rabia; Schenck, Karl & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Intranasal immunization with the oral commensal Streptococcus mitis induces protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). No time to wait: living in the twilight of antibiotics.
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Shekhar, Sudhanshu; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Yang, Xi (2019). Editorial: Understanding and Exploiting Host-Commensal Interactions to Combat Pathogens. Frontiers in Immunology. ISSN 1664-3224. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02645.
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Junges, Roger; Salvadori, Gabriela; Chen, Tsute & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Identification of a ComRS-like regulator system in the mitis group of streptococci.
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Pagotto, LL; Junges, Roger; Salvadori, Gabriela ; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Ricomoni Filho, Antonio Pedro (2019). Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans competence by chlorhexidine gluconate.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & størseth, inger (2019). Utvekslingsopphold i Brasil.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & størseth, inger (2019). Resistance after long-term antibiotic treatment.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Torwick, Anna (2019). Born in the twilight of antibiotics.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Kolstad, Hilde Zwaig (2019). Gratulerer til Roger Junges som i dag mottok Den norske tannlegeforening sin pris for undervisning og forskning!
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Torwick, Anna (2019). Enhancing world-class research and education in biofilm and antibiotic resistance by strengthening cooperation between Norway-Brazil-USA.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Kolstad, Hilde Zwaig (2019). - Har aldri sett så mye snø!
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Resistance after long term antibiotic treatment.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Mikrobiom og antibiotikaresistens.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Torheim, Norunn Kristin & Vistnes, Torunn (2019). Lysvandring i Botanisk hage: Kommunikasjon mellom bakterier.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Aging in the twilight of antibiotics.
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Salvadori, Gabriela & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Functional Metagenomics: A Tool to Study Antimicrobial Resistance in Saliva.
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Dhariwal, Achal & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2019). Visual exploration and network-based analysis of resistome data.
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Dhariwal, Achal & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Network-based analysis of Resistome data.
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Junges, Roger; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina; Egija, Zaura; Lemos, José A. & Merritt, Justin (2018). Environmental and antibiotic stress on oral bacteria: a target for new therapies.
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Junges, Roger & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Eavesdropping on bacterial conversations: what are they doing and do they understand each other?
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Morrison, Donald A.; Jimenez, Med; Cowley, Lauren A.; Junges, Roger; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Hanage, William P. (2018). Genomic signature of natural genetic transformation shared by S. pneumoniae and S. pyogenes.
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Tiainen, Hanna; Wiedmer, David & Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Biofilm formation and planktonic growth of S. epidermidis in the presence of phenolic compounds tannic acid and pyrogallol.
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Wiedmer, David; Cui, Chen; Petersen, Fernanda Cristina & Tiainen, Hanna (2018). Antibacterial sol-gel coating for bone scaffolds based on the dark catalytic effect of titanium dioxide.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Streptococcal life.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Born in the Twilight of Antibiotics.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). The INDNOR project.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Massive Open Online Courses and antimicrobial resistance.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). The Oslo group: expertise and tools.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Projects by the Oslo Group: an overview.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). RESISPART- Inaugural Remarks.
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Petersen, Fernanda Cristina (2018). Fikk Thon-penger. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Den Norske Tannlegeforenings Tidende.
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