Curriculum Vitae

Background:

2008-present:  Post doc at IMR
2006-2008: Post doc at the Sars international centre for marin molecular biology
2002-2006: Post doc at Department of Molecualar Biology, UiB
2000-2002: Resercher at Unifob/Department of Molecular Biology, UiB
1996-2000: PhD student at the Department of Molecular Biology, UiB
 

Publications:

Anja Ragvin, Enrico Moro, David Fredman, Pavla Navratilova, Øyvind Drivenes, Pär G. Engström, M. Eva Alonso, Elisa de la Calle Mustienes, José Luis Gómez Skarmeta, Maria J. Tavares, Fernando Casares, Miguel Manzanares, Veronica van Heyningen, Anders Molven, Pål R. Njølstad, Francesco Argenton, Boris Lenhard, and Thomas S. Becker  (2010). Long-range gene regulation links genomic type 2 diabetes and obesity risk regions to HHEX, SOX4, and IRX3.    PNAS  Jan 12;107:775-780

Xianjun Dong, Pavla Navratilova, David Fredman, Øyvind Drivenes, Thomas S Becker and Boris Lenhard (2009). Exonic remnants of whole-genome duplication reveal cis-regulatory function of coding exons.    Nucleic Acids Research, 1–15 doi:10.1093/nar/gkp1124

Joseph C. Pearson, Michelle T. Juarez, Myungjin Kim, Øyvind Drivenes and William McGinnis (2009). Multiple transcription factor codes activate epidermal wound-response genes in Drosophila.                   PNAS  Feb 17;106(7):2224-9

Jon Vidar Helvik, Eyvind Rødahl, Øyvind Drivenes and Lars Haarr (2009). Identification and characterization of two zebrafish nectin-1 genes that are differentially expressed in the developing eye and brain. Developmental Dynamics Jan;238(1):43-55

Xiao-Feng Zhao, Anders Fjose, Natalia Larsen, Jon V. Helvik and Øyvind Drivenes (2008). Treatment with siRNA affects the microRNA pathway and causes unspecific defects in zebrafish embryos. FEBS Journal 275 2177–2184

Pär G. Engström, Shannan J. Ho Sui, Øyvind Drivenes, Thomas S. Becker and Boris Lenhard. (2007) Genomic regulatory blocks underlie extensive microsynteny conservation among insects. Genome Research. Dec;17(12):1898-908 [Recommended by the Faculty of 1000]

Fjose A, and Drivenes Ø. (2006) RNAi and microRNAs: from animal models to disease therapy. Birth Defects Research Part C. Embryo Today. Jun; 78(2): 150-71. Review.

Kamisaka Y, Drivenes Ø, Kurokawa T, Tagawa M, Rønnestad I, Tanaka M, Helvik JV (2005). Cholecystokinin mRNA in Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus- molecular cloning, characterization, and distribution in the digestive tract during the early life stages. Peptides 26(3): 385-93.

Øyvind Drivenes, Anne Mette Søviknes, Lars O. E. Ebbesson, Anders Fjose, Hee-Chan Seo and Jon Vidar Helvik (2003). Isolation and characterisation of two teleost melanopsin genes and their differential expression within the inner retina and brain. Journal of Comparative Neurology; 456 (1): 84-93

Jon Vidar Helvik, Øyvind Drivenes, Tore H. Næss, Anders Fjose and Hee-Chan Seo (2001). Molecular cloning and characterisation of five opsin genes from the marine flatfish Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Visual Neuroscience 18(5):767-80.

Jon Vidar Helvik, Øyvind Drivenes, Torstein Harboe, and Hee-Chan Seo (2001). Topography of different photoreceptor cell types in the larval retina of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Journal of Experimental Biology 204 (14)

Drivenes. Ø., Seo, H. C., and Fjose, A. (2000). Characterisation of the promoter region of the zebrafish six7 gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1491 (1-3): 240-247.

Seo, HC, Drivenes, Ø., and Fjose, A. (1998). A zebrafish Six4 homologue with early expression in head mesoderm. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 442(2-3):427-31.

Seo, HC, Drivenes, Ø., Ellingsen, S., and Fjose. (1998). Transient expression of a novel Six3-related zebrafish gene during gastrulation and eye formation. Gene 216 39-46.

Seo, HC, Drivenes, Ø., Ellingsen, S., and Fjose, A. (1998). Expression of two zebrafish homologues of the murine Six3 gene demarcates the initial eye primordia. Mechanisms of Development, 73 45-57.