Tore Brembu

About

Professional competences, skills and interests

2018- : Research scientist, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2007-2017: Research scientist, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2004-2007: Post doc, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, including one year as a visiting scholar at University of California, Riverside

Phd student, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Research interests

Biomineralization, the formation of complex inorganic structures by organisms, is a widely distributed process in nature. One of the most spectacular examples of biomineralization is the diatom cell wall (frustule), which is a three-dimensional silica structure with intricate, species-specific patterns ranging from nano- to micrometer scale. While a number of proteins have been identified that take part in the deposition and patterning of silica within a specialized compartment (the silica deposition vesicle, SDV), the process as a whole is poorly understood. There is extensive interaction between the inside of the SDV and cytosolic factors such as the cytoskeleton, but the mechanisms of these interactions are unknown. We have established gene editing in the biomineralization model diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana and are currently performing funtional studies of genes involved in biomineralization.

I am starting a new project which aims to combine biotechnology and nanophotonics to obtain tailored biological based photonic crystals. This project is based on the recent finding that diatoms form high-quality photonic crystals in their cell wall, with highly reproducible photonic properties in the visible spectral range. Thus, diatoms have potential to act as a platform for producing highly cost-effective, environmentally friendly and natural photonic crystals for a wide range of applications.

Publications

2020

Osuna-Cruz, Cristina Maria; Bilcke, Gust; Vancaester, Emmelien; De Decker, Sam; Bones, Atle M.; Winge, Per. (2020) The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms. Nature Communications
Academic article

2019

Sharma, Amit Kumar; Mühlroth, Alice; Jouhet, Juliette; Maréchal, Eric; Alipanah, Leila; Kissen, Ralph. (2019) The Myb like transcription factor Phosphorus Starvation Response (PtPSR) controls conditional P acquisition and remodeling in marine microalgae. New Phytologist
Academic article
Najafi, Javad; Brembu, Tore; Vie, Ane Kjersti; Viste, Rannveig; Winge, Per; Somssich, Imre. (2019) PAMP-INDUCED SECRETED PEPTIDE 3 modulates immunity in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article

2018

Alipanah, Leila; Winge, Per; Rohloff, Jens; Najafi, Javad; Brembu, Tore; Bones, Atle M.. (2018) Molecular adaptations to phosphorus deprivation and comparison with nitrogen deprivation responses in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLOS ONE
Academic article

2017

Brembu, Tore; Mühlroth, Alice; Alipanah, Leila; Bones, Atle M.. (2017) The effects of phosphorus limitation on carbon metabolism in diatoms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Academic literature review
Brembu, Tore; Chauton, Matilde Skogen; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.; Vadstein, Olav. (2017) Dynamic responses to silicon in Thalasiossira pseudonana - Identification, characterisation and classification of signature genes and their corresponding protein motifs. Scientific Reports
Academic article
Vie, Ane Kjersti; Najafi, Javad; Winge, Per; Cattan, Ester; Wrzaczek, Michael; Kangasjärvi, Jakko. (2017) The IDA-LIKE peptides IDL6 and IDL7 are negative modulators of stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article

2016

Moeys, Sara; Frenkel, Johannes; Lembke, Christian; Gillard, Jeroen; Devos, Valerie; Van den Berge, Koen . (2016) A sex-inducing pheromone triggers cell cycle arrest and mate attraction in the diatom Seminavis robusta. Scientific Reports
Academic article

2011

Brembu, Tore; Jørstad, Margrethe; Winge, Per; Valle, Kristin Collier; Bones, Atle M.. (2011) Genome-wide profiling of responses to cadmium in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Sørmo, Christopher Gravningen; Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.. (2011) Arabidopsis thaliana MIRO1 and MIRO2 GTPases Are Unequally Redundant in Pollen Tube Growth and Fusion of Polar Nuclei during Female Gametogenesis. PLOS ONE
Academic article

2009

Nymark, Marianne; Valle, Kristin Collier; Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Hancke, Kasper; Andresen, Kjersti. (2009) An integrated analysis of molecular acclimation to high light in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Butenko, M; Vie, Ane Kjersti; Brembu, Tore; Aalen, RB; Bones, Atle M.. (2009) Plant peptides in signalling: looking for new partners. Trends in Plant Science
Academic literature review

2006

Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.; Yang, Zhenbiao. (2006) A RHOse by any other name: a comparative analysis of animal and plant Rho GTPases. Cell Research
Academic literature review
Sørmo, Christopher; Leiros, Ingar; Brembu, T.; Winge, Per; Os, vibeke; Bones, Atle M. (2006) The crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana RAC7/ROP9: The first RAS superfamily GTPase from the plant kingdom. Phytochemistry
Academic article

2005

Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.. (2005) Catching the WAVEs of plant actin regulation. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
Academic literature review
Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.. (2005) The small GTPase AtRAC2/ROP7 is specifically expressed during late stages of xylem differentiation in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article

2004

Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Seem, Martin; Bones, Atle M.. (2004) NAPP and PIRP encode subunits of a putative WAVE regulatory protein complex involved in plant cell morphogenesis. The Plant Cell
Academic article

2000

Winge, Per; Brembu, Tore; Kristensen, Ralf; Bones, Atle M.. (2000) Genetic structure and evolution of Rac-GTPases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics
Academic article

1997

Winge, Per; Brembu, Tore; Bones, Atle M.. (1997) Cloning and characterization of rac-like cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology
Academic article

Journal publications

Osuna-Cruz, Cristina Maria; Bilcke, Gust; Vancaester, Emmelien; De Decker, Sam; Bones, Atle M.; Winge, Per. (2020) The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms. Nature Communications
Academic article
Sharma, Amit Kumar; Mühlroth, Alice; Jouhet, Juliette; Maréchal, Eric; Alipanah, Leila; Kissen, Ralph. (2019) The Myb like transcription factor Phosphorus Starvation Response (PtPSR) controls conditional P acquisition and remodeling in marine microalgae. New Phytologist
Academic article
Najafi, Javad; Brembu, Tore; Vie, Ane Kjersti; Viste, Rannveig; Winge, Per; Somssich, Imre. (2019) PAMP-INDUCED SECRETED PEPTIDE 3 modulates immunity in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
Alipanah, Leila; Winge, Per; Rohloff, Jens; Najafi, Javad; Brembu, Tore; Bones, Atle M.. (2018) Molecular adaptations to phosphorus deprivation and comparison with nitrogen deprivation responses in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Brembu, Tore; Mühlroth, Alice; Alipanah, Leila; Bones, Atle M.. (2017) The effects of phosphorus limitation on carbon metabolism in diatoms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Academic literature review
Brembu, Tore; Chauton, Matilde Skogen; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.; Vadstein, Olav. (2017) Dynamic responses to silicon in Thalasiossira pseudonana - Identification, characterisation and classification of signature genes and their corresponding protein motifs. Scientific Reports
Academic article
Vie, Ane Kjersti; Najafi, Javad; Winge, Per; Cattan, Ester; Wrzaczek, Michael; Kangasjärvi, Jakko. (2017) The IDA-LIKE peptides IDL6 and IDL7 are negative modulators of stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
Moeys, Sara; Frenkel, Johannes; Lembke, Christian; Gillard, Jeroen; Devos, Valerie; Van den Berge, Koen . (2016) A sex-inducing pheromone triggers cell cycle arrest and mate attraction in the diatom Seminavis robusta. Scientific Reports
Academic article
Vie, Ane Kjersti; Najafi, Javad; Liu, Bin; Winge, Per; Butenko, Melinka Alonso; Hornslien, Karina Stensland. (2015) The IDA/IDA-LIKE and PIP/PIP-LIKE gene families in Arabidopsis: Phylogenetic relationship, expression patterns, and transcriptional effect of the PIPL3 peptide. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
Alipanah, Leila; Rohloff, Jens; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.; Brembu, Tore. (2015) Whole cell response to nitrogen depletion in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
Valle, Kristin Collier; Nymark, Marianne; Aamot, Inga; Hancke, Kasper; Winge, Per; Andresen, Kjersti. (2014) System responses to equal doses of photosynthetically usable radiation of blue, green, and red light in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Tooming-Klunderud, Ave ; Nederbragt, Alexander Johan; Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd; Bones, Atle M.. (2014) The chloroplast genome of the diatom Seminavis robusta: New features introduced through multiple mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer. Marine Genomics
Academic article
Nymark, Marianne; Valle, Kristin Collier; Hancke, Kasper; Winge, Per; Andresen, Kjersti; Johnsen, Geir. (2013) Molecular and photosynthetic responses to prolonged darkness and subsequent acclimation to re-illumination in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Chauton, Matilde Skogen; Winge, Per; Brembu, Tore; Vadstein, Olav; Bones, Atle M.. (2013) Gene regulation of carbon fixation, storage, and utilization in the diatom phaeodactylum tricornutum acclimated to light/dark cycles. Plant Physiology
Academic article
Liu, Bin; Butenko, Melinka Alonso; Shi, Chunlin; Bolivar, Jenny; Winge, Per; Stenvik, Grethe-Elisabeth. (2013) NEVERSHED and INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION are differentially required for cell expansion and cell separation during floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
Brembu, Tore; Jørstad, Margrethe; Winge, Per; Valle, Kristin Collier; Bones, Atle M.. (2011) Genome-wide profiling of responses to cadmium in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
Sørmo, Christopher Gravningen; Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.. (2011) Arabidopsis thaliana MIRO1 and MIRO2 GTPases Are Unequally Redundant in Pollen Tube Growth and Fusion of Polar Nuclei during Female Gametogenesis. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Nymark, Marianne; Valle, Kristin Collier; Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Hancke, Kasper; Andresen, Kjersti. (2009) An integrated analysis of molecular acclimation to high light in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Butenko, M; Vie, Ane Kjersti; Brembu, Tore; Aalen, RB; Bones, Atle M.. (2009) Plant peptides in signalling: looking for new partners. Trends in Plant Science
Academic literature review
Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.; Yang, Zhenbiao. (2006) A RHOse by any other name: a comparative analysis of animal and plant Rho GTPases. Cell Research
Academic literature review
Sørmo, Christopher; Leiros, Ingar; Brembu, T.; Winge, Per; Os, vibeke; Bones, Atle M. (2006) The crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana RAC7/ROP9: The first RAS superfamily GTPase from the plant kingdom. Phytochemistry
Academic article
Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.. (2005) Catching the WAVEs of plant actin regulation. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
Academic literature review
Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Bones, Atle M.. (2005) The small GTPase AtRAC2/ROP7 is specifically expressed during late stages of xylem differentiation in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
Brembu, Tore; Winge, Per; Seem, Martin; Bones, Atle M.. (2004) NAPP and PIRP encode subunits of a putative WAVE regulatory protein complex involved in plant cell morphogenesis. The Plant Cell
Academic article
Winge, Per; Brembu, Tore; Kristensen, Ralf; Bones, Atle M.. (2000) Genetic structure and evolution of Rac-GTPases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics
Academic article
Winge, Per; Brembu, Tore; Bones, Atle M.. (1997) Cloning and characterization of rac-like cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology
Academic article

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