Lisa Klasson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Cell and Molecular Biology; Molecular Evolution
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 64 03
- E-mail:
- lisa.klasson@icm.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 596
751 24 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
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I use sequencing and comparative genomics of insect associated bacterial symbionts in order to elucidate the evolutionary forces that shape these organisms and to find the underlying genetic components that are important for the interaction between the symbiotic partners. I also investigate the evolutionary impact of symbionts on their host via transcriptomics, comparative transcriptomics and genomics.
I am currently the Programme director of the Master programme in Bioinformatics.
Keywords
- comparative genomics
- genome evolution
- symbiosis
- whole-genome sequencing
Publications
Selection of publications
- The effect of Wolbachia on gene expression in Drosophila paulistorum and its implications for symbiont-induced host speciation (2019)
- Genome expansion of an obligate parthenogenesis-associated Wolbachia poses an exception to the symbiont reduction model (2019)
- The Complexities and Nuances of Analyzing the Genome of Drosophila ananassae and Its Wolbachia Endosymbiont (2018)
- The unpredictable road to reduction (2017)
- Distinctive Genome Reduction Rates Revealed by Genomic Analyses of Two Coxiella-Like Endosymbionts in Ticks (2015)
- Comparative Genomics of Wolbachia and the Bacterial Species Concept (2013)
- Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti. (2009)
- The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans (2009)
- Genome evolution of Wolbachia strain wPip from the Culex pipiens group. (2008)
- 50 million years of genomic stasis in endosymbiotic bacteria. (2002)
Recent publications
- Multiple introgressions shape mitochondrial evolutionary history in Drosophila paulistorum and the Drosophila willistoni group (2023)
- Genomic changes during the evolution of the Coxiella genus along the parasitism-mutualism continuum (2023)
- Comparative Genomics Reveals Factors Associated with Phenotypic Expression of Wolbachia (2021)
- Life and Death of Selfish Genes (2021)
- Comparative genome sequencing reveals insights into the dynamics of Wolbachia in native and invasive cherry fruit flies (2021)
All publications
Articles
- Multiple introgressions shape mitochondrial evolutionary history in Drosophila paulistorum and the Drosophila willistoni group (2023)
- Genomic changes during the evolution of the Coxiella genus along the parasitism-mutualism continuum (2023)
- Comparative Genomics Reveals Factors Associated with Phenotypic Expression of Wolbachia (2021)
- Life and Death of Selfish Genes (2021)
- Comparative genome sequencing reveals insights into the dynamics of Wolbachia in native and invasive cherry fruit flies (2021)
- Parallel Sequencing of Wolbachia wCer2 from Donor and Novel Hosts Reveals Multiple Incompatibility Factors and Genome Stability after Host Transfers (2020)
- The effect of Wolbachia on gene expression in Drosophila paulistorum and its implications for symbiont-induced host speciation (2019)
- Genome expansion of an obligate parthenogenesis-associated Wolbachia poses an exception to the symbiont reduction model (2019)
- The Complexities and Nuances of Analyzing the Genome of Drosophila ananassae and Its Wolbachia Endosymbiont (2018)
- The unpredictable road to reduction (2017)
- Distinctive Genome Reduction Rates Revealed by Genomic Analyses of Two Coxiella-Like Endosymbionts in Ticks (2015)
- Extensive duplication of the Wolbachia DNA in chromosome four of Drosophila ananassae (2014)
- More than fishing in the dark (2014)
- Testing the Reproducibility of Multiple Displacement Amplification on Genomes of Clonal Endosymbiont Populations (2013)
- Comparative Genomics of Wolbachia and the Bacterial Species Concept (2013)
- The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution (2013)
- The Diversity and Evolution of Wolbachia Ankyrin Repeat Domain Genes (2013)
- Research on small genomes (2010)
- Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti. (2009)
- The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans (2009)
- Genome evolution of Wolbachia strain wPip from the Culex pipiens group. (2008)
- Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes in the wPip strain of Wolbachia from the Culex pipiens group. (2007)
- Evolution of minimal-gene-sets in host-dependent bacteria (2004)
- Evolution of minimal-gene-sets in host-dependent bacteria. (2004)
- Comparative genomics of microbial pathogens and symbionts. (2002)
- Microbial genome evolution (2002)
- 50 million years of genomic stasis in endosymbiotic bacteria. (2002)
- Preliminary analysis and annotation of the partial genome sequence of Francisella tularensis strain Schu 4. (2001)
- Mutualists and parasites (2001)
- Differential gene expression in semispecies and hybrids of Drosophila paulistorum
- Persistence of high-level heteroplasmy through biparental transmission of a selfish mitochondrion in Drosophila paulistorum
- Comparative genomics of closely related Wolbachia strains infecting Drosophila
