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Olga Kourtchenko
Principal Research Engineer
Department of Marine SciencesAbout Olga Kourtchenko
Marine, molecular and microbiology specialist.
Over 10 years of experience in microalgal cultivation and handling (including sampling, single cell isolation, sterile work and microscopy).
Over 20 years’ experience in molecular and cell biology laboratory techniques.
Main research interests: diatom biology, ecology, evolution, genomics.
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The draft genome sequences of the cosmopolitan centric diatom, the genus
Skeletonema
Satoshi Nagai, Ryuhei Minei, Ikuyo Takemura, Hiromasa Tabata, Mats Töpel, Matthew Pinder, Olga Kourtchenko, Kang Lee-Kuo, Nguyen Van Nguyen, Sirje Sildever, Atsushi Ogura, Takashi Gojobori
SCIENTIFIC DATA - 2025 -
Genome-Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton
Species
Eveline Pinseel, Elizabeth C. Ruck, Teofil Nakov, Per R. Jonsson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anke Kremp, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Wade R. Roberts, Conny Sjöqvist, Mats Töpel, Anna Godhe, Matthew W. Hahn, Andrew J. Alverson
Molecular Ecology - 2025 -
Strain-specific metabarcoding reveals rapid evolution of copper tolerance in populations of the coastal diatom Skeletonema
marinoi
Björn Andersson, Olof Berglund, Helena L. Filipsson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Kerstin Johannesson, Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Lara Hoepfner, Karin Rengefors
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY - 2024 -
Resting cells of Skeletonema marinoi assimilate organic compounds and respire by dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in dark, anoxic
conditions
Rickard Stenow, Elizabeth Robertson, Olga Kourtchenko, Martin J Whitehouse, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Giovanna Benvenuto, Mats H. Töpel, Anna Godhe, Helle Ploug
Environmental Microbiology - 2024 -
Diatom Growth: How to Improve the Analysis of Noisy
Data
Olga Kourtchenko, Kai T. Lohbeck, Björn Andersson, Tuomas Rajala
The Mathematical Biology of Diatoms - 2023 -
Transcriptome analysis reveals insights into adaptive responses of two marine microalgae species to Nordic
seasons
Otilia Cheregi, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Kashif Mohd Shaikh, Mats X. Andersson, Johan Engelbrektsson, Niklas Strömberg, Susanne Ekendahl, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Mats H. Töpel, Cornelia Spetea
Algal Research - 2023 -
Cross-contamination risks in sediment-based resurrection studies of
phytoplankton
Björn Andersson, K. Rengefors, Olga Kourtchenko, Kerstin Johannesson, O. Berglund, H. L. Filipsson
Limnology and Oceanography Letters - 2022 -
Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity
cline
E. Pinseel, T. Nakov, K. Van den Berge, K. M. Downey, K. J. Judy, Olga Kourtchenko, A. Kremp, E. C. Ruck, C. Sjoqvist, Mats H. Töpel, Anna Godhe, A. J. Alverson
Isme Journal - 2022 -
Resting stages of Skeletonema marinoi assimilate nitrogen from the ambient environment
under dark, anoxic
conditions
Rickard Stenow, Malin Olofsson, Elizabeth Robertson, Olga Kourtchenko, M. J. Whitehouse, Helle Ploug, Anna Godhe
Journal of Phycology - 2020 -
Complete Genome Sequence of the Diatom-Associated Bacterium Sphingorhabdus sp. Strain
SMR4y
Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Adrian K Clarke
Microbiology Resource Announcements - 2019 -
Skeletonema marinoi as a new genetic model for marine chain-forming
diatoms
Oskar N. Johansson, Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Olga Kourtchenko, Anders Blomberg, Anna Godhe, Adrian K Clarke
Scientific Reports - 2019 -
High single cell diversity in carbon and nitrogen assimilation by a chain‐forming diatom across a
century
Malin Olofsson, Olga Kourtchenko, Eva-Maria Zetsche, Hannah K. Marchant, Martin J. Whitehouse, Anna Godhe, Helle Ploug
Environmental Microbiology - 2019 -
Genome sequence of arenibacter algicola strain SMS7, found in association with the marine diatom skeletonema
marinoi
Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Adrian K Clarke
Microbiology Resource Announcements - 2019 -
Genome Sequence of Kordia sp. Strain SMS9 Identified in a Non-Axenic Culture of the Diatom Skeletonema
marinoi.
Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Alvar Almstedt, Olga Kourtchenko, Adrian K Clarke, Anna Godhe, Mats H. Töpel
Journal of genomics - 2019 -
Whole Genome Sequence of Marinobacter salarius Strain SMR5, Shown to Promote Growth in its Diatom
Host.
Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Adrian K Clarke
Journal of Genomics - 2019 -
Complete Genome Sequence of Novel Sulfitobacter pseudonitzschiae Strain SMR1, Isolated from a Culture of the Marine Diatom Skeletonema
marinoi.
Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Olga Kourtchenko, Adrian K Clarke, Anna Godhe
Journal of Genomics - 2019 -
Optimization of a high-throughput phenotyping method for chain-forming phytoplankton
species
Susanna Gross, Olga Kourtchenko, Tuomas Rajala, Björn Andersson, Luciano Francisco Fernandez Ricaud, Anders Blomberg, Anna Godhe
Limnology and Oceanography : Methods - 2018 -
Whole-Genome Sequence of the Novel Antarctobacter heliothermus Strain SMS3, Found in Association with the Marine Diatom Skeletonema
marinoi.
Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Adrian K Clarke
Journal of Genomics - 2018 -
Complete genome sequence of Loktanella vestfoldensis strain SMR4r, a novel strain isolated from a culture of the chain-forming diatom Skeletonema
marinoi
Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Adrian K Clarke
Genome Announcements - 2018 -
Growth of a common planktonic diatom quantified using solid medium
culturing.
Olga Kourtchenko, Tuomas Rajala, Anna Godhe
Scientific reports - 2018 -
Genome sequence of Roseovarius mucosus strain SMR3, isolated from a culture of the diatom Skeletonema
marinoi
Mats H. Töpel, Matthew I. M. Pinder, Oskar N. Johansson, Olga Kourtchenko, Anna Godhe, Adrian K Clarke
Genome Announcements - 2017 -
PRECOG: a tool for automated extraction and visualization of fitness components in microbial growth
phenomics
Luciano Fernandez-Ricaud, Olga Kourtchenko, Martin Zackrisson, Jonas Warringer, Anders Blomberg
Bmc Bioinformatics - 2016 -
Concerted Evolution of Life Stage Performances Signals Recent Selection on Yeast Nitrogen
Use.
Sebastian Ibstedt, Simon Stenberg, Sara Bagés, Arne B Gjuvsland, Francisco Salinas, Olga Kourtchenko, Jeevan K A Samy, Anders Blomberg, Stig W Omholt, Gianni Liti, Gemma Beltran, Jonas Warringer
Molecular biology and evolution - 2015 -
Biochemical studies of plant defense responses against
pathogens
Olga Kourtchenko
2008 -
Oxo-phytodienoic acid-containing galactolipids in arabidopsis: Jasmonate signaling
dependence
Olga Kourtchenko, Mats X. Andersson, M. Hamberg, A. Brunnstrom, C. Gobel, K. L. McPhail, W. H. Gerwick, I. Feussner, Mats Ellerström
Plant Physiology - 2007 -
Oxylipin profiling of the hypersensitive response in Arabidopsis thaliana - Formation of a novel oxo-phytodienoic acid-containing galactolipid, arabidopside
E
Mats X. Andersson, Mats Hamberg, Olga Kourtchenko, Åsa Brunnström, Kerry L. McPhail, William H. Gerwick, Cornelia Göbel, Ivo Feussner, Mats Ellerström
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY - 2006 -
Phospholipase-dependent signalling during the AvrRpm1- and AvrRpt2-induced disease resistance responses in Arabidopsis
thaliana
Mats X. Andersson, Olga Kourtchenko, Jeffery L. Dangl, David Mackey, Mats Ellerström
Plant Journal - 2006