Andreas Sagen | PhD Research Fellow

About

I am a PhD Research Fellow at the University of Oslo working at the intersection of microbiology, genetics and bioinformatics.

Selected Publications

Microplastics amplify the pro-inflammatory response to fungal mycelial fragments and spores in neutrophil-like cells

Anani K. Afanou, Andreas Solberg Sagen, Francesco Barbero, Ilaria Zanoni, Anna Costa, Øyvind P. Haugen, Shan Zienolddiny-Narui

Frontiers in Toxicology

DOI

Distinct pro-inflammatory responses to pristine and microbially contaminated PET nanoplastics in a human alveolar cell co-culture

Øyvind P. Haugen, Andreas Solberg Sagen, Francesco Barbero, Victor Alcolea-Rodriguez, Raquel Portela, Ivana Fenoglio, Bendik C. Brinchmann, Håkan Wallin, Shan Zienolddiny-Narui, Anani K. Afanou

Frontiers in Toxicology

DOI

Genetic and functional characterization of the natural transformation system in Streptococcus constellatus

Andreas Solberg Sagen, Kazi Shefaul Mulk Shawrob, Gabriela Salvadori, Roger Junges

Microbiology

DOI bioRxiv

All Publications

Featured Projects

Investigating how bacteria acquire foreign genetic material via cell-to-cell communication and horizontal gene transfer under environmental selection in oral streptococci.

Paper

Investigating cytotoxic and inflammatory responses to micro- and nanoplastics alone and in combination with microbial agents in human alveolar and neutrophil cell models.

Paper

All Projects

Hi, I'm Andreas Sagen