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Espen Fjærvik

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Espen Fjærvik

Senior Adviser
NV Faculty Administration

espen.fjarvik@ntnu.no
+4773594196 +4793217810 Realfagbygget, E3-168, Gløshaugen, Høgskoleringen 5
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About

I have a background as a researcher in microbiology/biotechnology and has since 2011 worked as an HSE advisor at the NV faculty.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordination of HSE work at the NV faculty
  • HSE-coordinator for NV-workshops, Research vessel Gunnerus and NTNU SeaLab
  • Area contact: Coordination of area/room issues and contact point between faculty and NTNU Property Division
  • Emergency preparedness coordinator at the NV faculty

Publications

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2014

  • Sletta, Håvard; Degnes, Kristin Fløgstad; Herfindal, Lars; Klinkenberg, Geir; Fjærvik, Espen; Zahlsen, Kolbjørn. (2014) Anti-microbial and cytotoxic 1,6-dihydroxyphenazine-5,10-dioxide (iodinin) produced by Streptosporangium sp. DSM 45942 isolated from the fjord sediment. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
    Academic article

2011

  • Klinkenberg, Geir; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Zahlsen, Kolbjørn; Bruheim, Per. (2011) Two-dimensional LC-MS fractioning and cross-matching of mass spectrometric data for rational identification of bioactive compounds in crude extracts. Journal of Separation Science
    Academic article

2010

  • Jørgensen, Hanne; Degnes, Kristin F.; Dikiy, Alexander; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir; Zotchev, Sergey. (2010) Insights into the Evolution of Macrolactam Biosynthesis through Cloning and Comparative Analysis of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for a Novel Macrocyclic Lactam, ML-449. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Engelhardt, Kerstin; Degnes, Kristin F.; Kemmler, M.; Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir. (2010) Production of a new thiopeptide antibiotic, TP-1161, by a marine Nocardiopsis species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article

2009

  • Jørgensen, Hanne; Fjærvik, Espen; Hakvåg, Sigrid; Bruheim, Per; Bredholt, Harald; Klinkenberg, Geir. (2009) Candicidin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster Is Widely Distributed among Streptomyces spp. Isolated from the Sediments and the Neuston Layer of the Trondheim Fjord, Norway. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Jørgensen, Hanne; Degnes, Kristin; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Dikiy, Alexander; Dikiy, Alexander. (2009) Biosynthesis of Macrolactam BE-14106 involves two distinct PKS systems and amino acid processing enzymes for generation of the aminoacyl starter unit. Chemistry and Biology
    Academic article
  • Hakvåg, Sigrid; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir; Borgos, Sven Even F.; Josefsen, Kjell D.; Ellingsen, Trond Erling. (2009) Violacein-producing Collimonas sp. from the sea surface microlayer of costal waters in Trøndelag, Norway. Marine Drugs
    Academic article
  • Valla, Svein; Ertesvåg, Helga; Tonouchi, Naoto; Fjærvik, Espen. (2009) Bacterial cellulose production: Biosynthesis and applications.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2008

  • Hakvåg, Sigrid; Fjærvik, Espen; Josefsen, Kjell Domaas; Ian, Elena; Ellingsen, Trond Erling; Zotchev, Sergey. (2008) Characterization of Streptomyces spp. isolated from the sea surface microlayer in the Trondheim fjord, Norway. Marine Drugs
    Academic article
  • Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Johnsen, Geir; Zotchev, Sergey. (2008) Actinomycetes from sediments in the Trondheim Fjord, Norway: Diversity and biological activity. Marine Drugs
    Academic article

2007

  • Bredholt, Harald; Galatenko, Olga A.; Engelhardt, Kerstin; Fjærvik, Espen; Terekhova, Larissa P.; Zotchev, Sergey. (2007) Rare actinomycete bacteria from the shallow water sediments of the Trondheim fjord, Norway: isolation, diversity and biological activity. Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article

2006

  • Borgos, Sven Even F.; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Brautaset, Trygve; Ellingsen, Trond Erling; Gulliksen, Ole-Martin. (2006) Effect of glucose limitation and specific mutations in the module 5 enoyl reductase domains in the nystatin and amphotericin polyketide synthases on polyene macrolide biosynthesis. Archives of Microbiology
    Academic article

2005

  • Fjærvik, Espen; Zotchev, Sergey. (2005) Biosynthesis of the polyene macrolide antibiotic nystatin in Streptomyces noursei. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
    Academic literature review

1994

  • Brautaset, Trygve; Standal, Rune; Fjærvik, Espen; Valla, Svein. (1994) Nucleotide sequence and expression analysis of the Acetobacter xylinum phosphoglucomutase gene. Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Standal, Rune; Iversen, Tore Geir; Coucheron, Dag-Hugo; Fjærvik, Espen; Blatny, Janet Martha; Valla, Svein. (1994) A new gene required for cellulose production and a gene encoding cellulolytic activity in Acetobacter xylinum are colocalized with the bcs operon. Journal of Bacteriology
    Academic article

1989

  • Valla, Svein; Coucheron, Dag-Hugo; Fjærvik, Espen; Kjosbakken, Johannes; Weinhouse, Haim; Ross, Peter. (1989) Cloning of a gene involved in cellulose biosynthesis in Acetobacter xylinum : Complementation of cellulose-negative mutants by the UDPG pyrophosphorylase structural gene. Journal of Bacteriology
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Sletta, Håvard; Degnes, Kristin Fløgstad; Herfindal, Lars; Klinkenberg, Geir; Fjærvik, Espen; Zahlsen, Kolbjørn. (2014) Anti-microbial and cytotoxic 1,6-dihydroxyphenazine-5,10-dioxide (iodinin) produced by Streptosporangium sp. DSM 45942 isolated from the fjord sediment. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
    Academic article
  • Klinkenberg, Geir; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Zahlsen, Kolbjørn; Bruheim, Per. (2011) Two-dimensional LC-MS fractioning and cross-matching of mass spectrometric data for rational identification of bioactive compounds in crude extracts. Journal of Separation Science
    Academic article
  • Jørgensen, Hanne; Degnes, Kristin F.; Dikiy, Alexander; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir; Zotchev, Sergey. (2010) Insights into the Evolution of Macrolactam Biosynthesis through Cloning and Comparative Analysis of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for a Novel Macrocyclic Lactam, ML-449. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Engelhardt, Kerstin; Degnes, Kristin F.; Kemmler, M.; Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir. (2010) Production of a new thiopeptide antibiotic, TP-1161, by a marine Nocardiopsis species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Jørgensen, Hanne; Fjærvik, Espen; Hakvåg, Sigrid; Bruheim, Per; Bredholt, Harald; Klinkenberg, Geir. (2009) Candicidin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster Is Widely Distributed among Streptomyces spp. Isolated from the Sediments and the Neuston Layer of the Trondheim Fjord, Norway. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Jørgensen, Hanne; Degnes, Kristin; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Dikiy, Alexander; Dikiy, Alexander. (2009) Biosynthesis of Macrolactam BE-14106 involves two distinct PKS systems and amino acid processing enzymes for generation of the aminoacyl starter unit. Chemistry and Biology
    Academic article
  • Hakvåg, Sigrid; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir; Borgos, Sven Even F.; Josefsen, Kjell D.; Ellingsen, Trond Erling. (2009) Violacein-producing Collimonas sp. from the sea surface microlayer of costal waters in Trøndelag, Norway. Marine Drugs
    Academic article
  • Hakvåg, Sigrid; Fjærvik, Espen; Josefsen, Kjell Domaas; Ian, Elena; Ellingsen, Trond Erling; Zotchev, Sergey. (2008) Characterization of Streptomyces spp. isolated from the sea surface microlayer in the Trondheim fjord, Norway. Marine Drugs
    Academic article
  • Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Johnsen, Geir; Zotchev, Sergey. (2008) Actinomycetes from sediments in the Trondheim Fjord, Norway: Diversity and biological activity. Marine Drugs
    Academic article
  • Bredholt, Harald; Galatenko, Olga A.; Engelhardt, Kerstin; Fjærvik, Espen; Terekhova, Larissa P.; Zotchev, Sergey. (2007) Rare actinomycete bacteria from the shallow water sediments of the Trondheim fjord, Norway: isolation, diversity and biological activity. Environmental Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Borgos, Sven Even F.; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Brautaset, Trygve; Ellingsen, Trond Erling; Gulliksen, Ole-Martin. (2006) Effect of glucose limitation and specific mutations in the module 5 enoyl reductase domains in the nystatin and amphotericin polyketide synthases on polyene macrolide biosynthesis. Archives of Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Fjærvik, Espen; Zotchev, Sergey. (2005) Biosynthesis of the polyene macrolide antibiotic nystatin in Streptomyces noursei. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
    Academic literature review
  • Brautaset, Trygve; Standal, Rune; Fjærvik, Espen; Valla, Svein. (1994) Nucleotide sequence and expression analysis of the Acetobacter xylinum phosphoglucomutase gene. Microbiology
    Academic article
  • Standal, Rune; Iversen, Tore Geir; Coucheron, Dag-Hugo; Fjærvik, Espen; Blatny, Janet Martha; Valla, Svein. (1994) A new gene required for cellulose production and a gene encoding cellulolytic activity in Acetobacter xylinum are colocalized with the bcs operon. Journal of Bacteriology
    Academic article
  • Valla, Svein; Coucheron, Dag-Hugo; Fjærvik, Espen; Kjosbakken, Johannes; Weinhouse, Haim; Ross, Peter. (1989) Cloning of a gene involved in cellulose biosynthesis in Acetobacter xylinum : Complementation of cellulose-negative mutants by the UDPG pyrophosphorylase structural gene. Journal of Bacteriology
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Valla, Svein; Ertesvåg, Helga; Tonouchi, Naoto; Fjærvik, Espen. (2009) Bacterial cellulose production: Biosynthesis and applications.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • HMS0001 - Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) course for 1st year students
  • HMS0003 - Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) course for master students

Outreach

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Engelhardt, Kerstin; Degnes, Kristin F.; Kemmler, Michael; Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir. (2010) Isolation of the biosynthetic gene cluster for TP-1161, a novel thiazolyl peptide from a marine-derived Nocardiopsis species. Biology of Streptomycetes , Muenster 2010-10-07 - 2010-10-11

2009

  • Academic lecture
    Jørgensen, Hanne; Engelhardt, Kerstin; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Klinkenberg, Geir; Degnes, Kristin F.. (2009) Streptomycetes and other actinobacteria from the Trondheim fjord (Norway): diversity, secondary metabolites, and genes for their biosynthesis. Symposium on the Biology of Streptomyces , Muenster 2009-10-07 - 2009-10-11
  • Academic lecture
    Engelhardt, Kerstin; Sletta, Håvard; Degnes, Kristin F.; Klinkenberg, Geir; Kemmler, M.; Bredholt, Harald. (2009) Isolation of the biosynthetic gene cluster for TP1161, a novel thiazolyl peptide from a marine-derived Nocardiopsis sp. Symposium on the Biology of Streptomyces , Muenster 2009-10-07 - 2009-10-11
  • Academic lecture
    Zotchev, Sergey; Jørgensen, Hanne; Degnes, Kristin F.; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Dikiy, Alexander. (2009) SMALL-RING MACROLACTAMS WITH ACYL SIDE CHAIN: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE BIOSYNTHESIS AND ITS EVOLUTION. 15th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes , Shanghai 2009-08-20 - 2009-08-25
  • Poster
    Ian, Elena; Fjærvik, Espen; Bredholt, Harald; Zotchev, Sergey. (2009) Analysis of cultivable actinobacteria isolated from two marine sponges collected in the Trondheim fjord, Norway. Symposium on the Biology of Streptomyces , Muenster 2009-10-07 - 2009-10-11
  • Poster
    Jørgensen, Hanne; Degnes, Kristin F.; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, Espen; Dikiy, Alexander; Herfindal, Lars. (2009) The biosynthesis of macrolactam BE-14106: a new way of generating an aminoacyl starter unit. The Fifteenth International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes 2009 (ISBA15) 2009-08-20 - 2009-08-25

2007

  • Poster
    Jørgensen, Hanne; Fjærvik, Espen; Hakvåg, Sigrid; Bruheim, Per; Bredholt, Harald; Klinkenberg, Geir. (2007) Spread of antibiotic biosynthesis genes among streptomycetes in the Trondheim fjord possibly involves mobile genetic elements. The Fourteenth International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes 2007 (ISBA14) , Newcastle 2007-08-26 - 2007-08-30
  • Poster
    Engelhardt, Kerstin; Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Sletta, Håvard; Klinkenberg, Geir; Ellingsen, Trond E.. (2007) Sea water dependent actinomycetes from the Trondheim fjord and their antibiotic production potential. The 14th International Symposium on Biology of Actinomycetes (ISBA) 2007-08-26 - 2007-08-30
  • Poster
    Engelhardt, Kerstin; Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Sletta, Håvard; Klinkenberg, Geir; Ellingsen, Trond Erling. (2007) Isolation and characterization of actinomycete bacteria from sediments of the Trondheim fjord, Norway. John Innes/Rudjer Boskovic Summer School on “Microbial Genomics and Secondary Metabolites , Split 2007-06-23 - 2007-07-01

2005

  • Poster
    Hakvåg, Sigrid; Fjærvik, Espen; Bredholt, Harald; Josefsen, Kjell D.; Ellingsen, Trond Erling; Zotchev, Sergey. (2005) Isolation and preliminary characterization of actinomycetes from neuston layer in the Trondheims fjord. First International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2005) , Badajoz 2005-03-15 - 2005-03-18
  • Academic lecture
    Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Hakvåg, Sigrid; Jørgensen, H; Josefsen, Kjell D.; Sletta, Håvard. (2005) Antibiotic-producing actinomycete bacteria from the Trondheim fjord. Joint Meeting of Society for General Microbiology (UK), Society for Medical Microbiology (Norway), Society for Microbiology (Norway), and Society for Virology (Norway) , Bergen 2005-09-27 - 2005-09-30

2004

  • Academic lecture
    Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, E.; Hakvåg, Sigrid; Sletta, Håvard; Johnsen, Geir; Ellingsen, Trond Erling. (2004) Mining for antibiotic-producing bacteria in the Trondheim fjord. BIOPROS 2004 , Tromsø 2004-10-12 - 2004-10-14
  • Poster
    Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, Espen; Johnsen, Geir; Hancke, Torunn Beate. (2004) Isolation and characterization of actinomycete bacteria from sediments in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. GMBIM/BMP , San Diego 2004-11-14 - 2004-11-18
  • Poster
    Bredholt, Harald; Fjærvik, E.; Johnsen, Geir; Johansen, G.; Sletta, Håvard; Ellingsen, Trond Erling. (2004) Isolation and characterization of actinomycete bacteria from sediments in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. Genetics and Molecular Biology of Industrial Microorganisms conference , San Diego 2004-11-14 - 2004-11-18

2003

  • Poster
    Borgos, Sven Even F.; Fjærvik, E.; Brautaset, Trygve; Sletta, Håvard; Ellingsen, Trond E.; Zotchev, Sergey. (2003) Engineered nystatin biosynthesis: From tetraene to heptaene. ISBA meeting 13 , Australia 2003-12-05 -
  • Poster
    Borgos, Sven Even F.; Fjærvik, Espen; Brautaset, Trygve; Sletta, Håvard; Ellingsen, Trond Erling; Zotchev, Sergey. (2003) Engineered nystatin biosynthesis: From tetraene to heptaene. ISBA Meeting 13 2003-11-10 - 2003-11-14

2001

  • Poster
    Zotchev, Sergey; Brautaset, Trygve; Sekurova, Olga; Sletta, Håvard; Fjærvik, E.; Ellingsen, T.E.. (2001) Fremstilling av nye antibiotika ved bruk av genteknologi. Biotek-konferanse , Oslo 2001-06-05 -

1994

  • Poster
    Brautaset, Trygve; Blatny, Janet-M.; Standal, Rune; Fjærvik, Espen; Valla, Svein. (1994) Development of a model system for use in metaboloc engineering. NBS Biokjemisk Vintermøte , Beitostølen, Januar

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