Kegelrobben, Seehunde, Schweinswal und Kegelrobbe
Standort Büsum
Iben Stokholm
Iben Stokholm

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

  • MSc in biology | Ecology & Genetics

University of Copenhagen | Sept. 2015 – Aug. 2017
Thesis: Origin and Spread of Phocine Distemper Virus

Locality: Center for GeoGenetics, National History Museum of Denmark
Exchange: MIT | Feb. 2017 – March 2017

  • BSc in biology

University of Copenhagen | Sept. 2012 – June 2015
Thesis: Population genetics in S. Mansoni

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

  • 1 ½ years at the Center for GeoGenetics
  • DNA/RNA extractions
  • Amplification (PCR, qPCR and RT-PCR)
  • Gel electrophoresis
  • 1 month at the Runstadler laboratory at the MIT, Boston
  • Extractions (Influenza A)
  • qPCR
  • influenza A virus propagation in embryonated chicken eggs

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

  •  1/2 – 31/3 2018: Internship at the Natural History Museum of Denmark
    Responsibilities: sample analyzation, PCR, data analysis

VOLUNTARY WORK

  •  8/3-2017: VW Workshop in Hannover (GE)
    • Task: 3 hours lecture in genetics and the outbreaks of Phocine Distemper Virus
  • 28/4-2017: European Cetacean Society Conference in Middelfart (DK)
    • Task: Teaching high school students about marine mammals and how genetics can be applied in research.

  • April 6th to April 10th 2018: European Cetacean Society Conference in La Spezia (IT)Tasks: Registration, sales and microphone duties

Publications

Stokholm, I.; Fischer, N.; Baechlein, C.; Postel, A.; Galatius, A.; Kyhn, L.A.; Thøstesen, C.B.; Persson, S.; Siebert, U.; Olsen, M.T.; et al. In
the Search of Marine Pestiviruses: First Case of Phocoena Pestivirus in a Belt Sea Harbour Porpoise. Viruses 2022, 14, 161.
doi.org/10.3390/v14010161

Stokholm I, Puryear W, Sawatzki K, Knudsen SW, Terkelsen T, Becher P, Siebert U, Olsen MT. 2021 Emergence and radiation of distemper viruses in terrestrial and marine mammals. Proc. R. Soc. B 288: 20211969.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1969

"Stokholm, I., Härkönen, T. Harding, K. Siebert, U. Lehnert, K. Dietz, R. Teilmann, J. Galatius, A. Havmøller, L. W. Carroll, E. Hall, A. Olsen, M. T. (2019) ‘Phylogenomic insights to the origin and spread of Phocine Distemper Virus in European harbour seals in 1988 and 2002’, Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms, 133(2), pp. 47–56."

Reckendorf, A.; Wohlsein, P.; Lakemeyer, J.; Stokholm, I.; von Vietinghoff, V.; Lehnert, K.: There and back again – The return of the nasal mite Halarachne halichoeri to seals in German waters,
In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.04.003

CONFERENCES AND AWARDS  

  • March 7th to March 9th 2017: VW workshop in Hannover (GE)
    May 5th to May 3rd 2017: European Cetacean Society Conference in Middelfart (DK)
  • March 9th to March 10th 2018: Danish Marine Mammal Symposium 2018

    Full talk: “Phylogenomic inside to the origin and spread of Phocine Distemper Virus in harbour seals in 1988 and 2002”
    April 6th to April 10th 2018: European Cetacean Society Conference in La Spezia(IT)

  • Full talk: “Origin and Spread of Phocine Distemper Virus in 1988 and 2002”
    Award: The ECS student award for the full talk

    Abstracts

    Stokholm, I.; Bagger T.; Thilde; Siebert, U.; Olsen, M. The origin and spread of distemper virus in phocids, short talk, World Marine Mammal Conference 2019, Barcelona, Spain, 9th – 12th December 2019, Abstract book, p. 557