Janet Knutson Jansson

**Relevant Personal data**

-   Date and place of birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA \[March 27,
    1959\]

-   Married; 3 children \[ages 18, 18 and 19\]

-   Citizenship: USA and Sweden

**Education and academic degrees**

-   Bachelor of Science, 1980 (2 degrees): Department of Agronomy, New
    Mexico State University, New Mexico,USA; Areas: Biology and Soil
    Science

-   Master of Science, 1983: Department of Soil Science, Colorado State
    University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; Area: Soil Microbiology

-   Doctor of Philosophy, 1988: Department of Soil Science, Michigan
    State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Area: Microbial
    Ecology; Thesis supervisor: Prof. James Tiedje; Thesis title: DNA
    probes for specific detection of bacteria in soil.

-   Post doctoral, 1988-1991: Department of Biochemistry, Stockholm
    University,

> Area: Biochemistry; Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Nordlund (*half time due
> to maternity leave)*

**Positions and Employment**

1992-1995 Researcher (independent funding), Department of Biochemistry,
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

1996-1997 Associate Professor (Docent), Department of Biochemistry,
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

1998-1999 Associate Professor (Lektor), Section for Natural Sciences,
Södertörn University College, Huddinge, Sweden

2000-2002 Professor of Microbiology, Section for Natural Sciences,
Södertörn University College, Huddinge, Sweden

2003-2007 Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

2007 Senior Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Berkeley, California.

**Other Experience and Commissions of trust**

-   Vice Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural
    Sciences (from 2007)

-   Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, National Committee
    for Biology (\>2006)

-   Swedish representative for the International Union of Biological
    Sciences (\>2006)

-   Frequent evaluator of research applications submitted to the
    European Union

-   Board of the Department of Microbiology, SLU

-   International dissertation examiner "Opponent": 4 times

-   Coordinator of EU project: "MAREP, Marker/reporter genes in
    Microbial Ecology" with 26 partners from 11 different countries
    (1997-1999)

-   Member of the Swedish Gene Technology Advisory Board (2000-2006)

**Ongoing competitive grants**

-   Swedish Research Council for the Environment, Agricultural Sciences
    and Spatial Planning, FORMAS. "*Microbiomics for Agriculture,
    Forestry and Freshwater Management: A strong research environment in
    Uppsala*" \[2005-2010\]. Goal: to develop and apply molecular tools
    for assessment of complex microbial communities in the environment
    (www.microbiomics.se). Role: Coordinator and PI.

-   Uppsala Bio-X: "*Microbial profiling of the gastrointestinal tract,
    MICPROF*" \[2005-2007, with possibility of extension\]. Goal: to
    develop novel molecular tools for obtaining community fingerprints
    of the human gut microflora (http://www.uppsalabio.com).
    Role:Coordinator and PI.

-   FORMAS: "*Chicory- A potential forage crop in organic food
    production*" \[2006-2009\]. Goal: to use molecular tools to
    characterize the gut microbiota in pigs according to modified diet.
    Role: Co-PI; Jan-Erik Lindberg Coordinator.

-   DOE-Joint Genome Institute (JGI): *Actinobacteria for
    bioremediation*. \[\>2006\]. Goal: to sequence and annotate two
    actinobacteria known for their biodegradation capacity. Role: PI

-   SLU- BarleyFunFood: Thematic research initiative \[\>2007\]. Goal:
    to determine the impact of modified barley starch on the gut
    microbiota. Role: Co-PI. Christer Jansson, Coordinator.

-   PathOrganic \[2007-2009\].: Risks and Recommendations Regarding
    Human Pathogens in Organic Vegetable Production Chains[. EU
    supported ERA network. Goal: to]{.smallcaps} address the quality and
    safety of organically produced vegetables throughout the production
    chain. Role: Partner (11 partners total) Coordinator: Angela
    Sessitsch

-   EU-BACSIN project \[2008-2010\]: Bacterial Abiotic Cellular Stress
    and Survival Improvement Network. Goal: To improve rational
    exploitation of catalytic properties of bacteria for remediation of
    pollution. Role: Partner (16 partners total) Coordinator: Jan Roelof
    Van der Meer.

**Additional recent grant funding** (last 5 years): SSF, EU (3
projects), MISTRA, FORMAS (2 projects), Baltic Sea Foundation (total
approx. 18 milj. SEK)

**Assignments as member of editorial boards for scientific journals
(from 1999)**

-   Editor of FEMS Microbiology Ecology (1996-2004)

-   Editorial Board of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (from
    2005)

-   Editorial Board of FEMS Microbiology Ecology (from 2006)

-   Editorial Board of Environmental Microbiology (from 2006)

-   Editorial Board of International Society of Microbial Ecology
    Journal (from 2007)

**Supervision of post doctoral fellows**

-   Benjamin Willing \[2007-2008\]

-   Joakim Bjerketorp \[2004-2007\]

-   Karin Hjort \[2002-2006\]

-   Maria Bergström \[2004-2005\]

-   Magnus Rosenquist \[2005-2007\]

-   Riccardo Tombolini \[2004\]

-   Bernd-Uwe Barth \[2001­-2003\]

-   Zexun Lu \[2000-2003\]

-   Elisabeth Johansson \[2002-2003\]

**Present work as supervisor in research training**

-   Currently: 7 Ph.D. students as main supervisor

-   Currently: 2 Ph.D. students as assistant supervisor

**Completed Ph.D. and M.S. (Lisc.) degrees under supervision of J.K.
Jansson**

-   Anna Edlund (Ph.D.) 2007. Microbial diversity in Baltic Sea
    sediments.

-   Ninwe Maraha (Ph.D.) 2007. Physiological status of bacteria used for
    environmental applications.

-   Cecilia Jernberg (Ph.D.) 2006. Use of microbiomics to study human
    impacts on complex microbial communities.

-   Veronica Artursson (Ph.D.) 2005. Bacterial-fungal interactions
    highlighted using microbiomics.

-   Karolina Westerberg (Ph.D.) 2004. 4-Chlorophenol biodegradation by
    *Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus* A6.

-   Ninwe Maraha (Lisc.) 2004. Studies of the physiological status of
    bacteria used for environmental applications.

-   Agneta Backman (Lisc.) 2004. Optimization of bacterial inoculants
    for environmental biotechnology applications.

-   Annika Unge (Ph.D.) 2000. Marker genes: Molecular tools for in situ
    monitoring of bacterial distribution and activity in environmental
    samples.

-   Annika Unge (Lisc.) 1998. Development of molecular marker systems
    for quantification of specific bacterial populations.

-   Annelie Elväng (Ph.D.) 1998. Quantitative monitoring of
    microorganisms in environmental samples using biomarkers.

**Publications (last 5 years)**

1.  Dicksved, J., J. Halfvarson, M. Rosenquist, G. Järnerot, C. Tysk, J.
    Apajalahti, L. Engstrand and J.K. Jansson. 2008. Molecular analysis
    of the gut microbiota of identical twins with Crohn's disease. ISME
    Journal (*Minor revision*).

2.  Edlund, A., F. Hårdeman, J.K. Jansson and S. Sjöling. 2008. Active
    bacterial community structure along vertical redox gradients in
    Baltic Sea sediment. Environmental Microbiology (*Minor revision*)

3.  Edlund, A. and J.K. Jansson. 2008. Use of bromodeoxyuridine
    immunocapture to identify psychrotolerant phenanthrene degrading
    bacteria in phenanthrene-enriched polluted Baltic Sea sediments.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology (*Minor revision*).

4.  Bjerketorp, J. A.N.T. Chiang, K. Hjort, M. Rosenquist, W-T. Liu and
    J.K. Jansson. 2008. Rapid lab-on-a-chip profiling of human gut
    bacteria. *Journal of Microbiological Methods.* 72:82-90.

5.  Unell, M., K. Nordin, C. Jernberg, J. Stenström and J.K.
    Jansson. 2008. Degradation of phenol mixtures by *Arthrobacter
    chlorophenolicus*. *Biodegradation* (*in press*)

6.  Liu, W-T. and J.K. Jansson (eds) 2008. Environmental Molecular
    Microbiology. Horizon Press (*in preparation*)

7.  Jäderlund, L. M. Hellman, I. Sundh, M. Bailey and J.K.
    Jansson. 2008. Use of a novel non-antibiotic triple marker gene
    cassette to monitor high survival of *Pseudomonas fluorescens* SBW25
    on winter wheat in the field. *FEMS Microbiology
    Ecology*.63:156-168.

8.  Jernberg, C., S. Löfmark, C. Edlund and J.K. Jansson. 2007.
    Long-term ecological impacts of antibiotic administration on the
    human intestinal microbiota. *International Society of Microbial
    Ecology Journal*.1:56-66.

9.  Dicksved, J., H. Flöistrup, A. Bergström, M. Rosenquist, G.
    Pershagen, A. Scheynius, S. Roos, J.S. Alm, L. Engstrand, C.
    Braun-Fahrländer, E. von Mutius and J.K. Jansson. 2007. Molecular
    fingerprinting of the fecal microbiota of children raised according
    to different lifestyles. *Applied and Environmental Microbiology*.
    73:2284-2289.

10. Unell, M., N. Kabelitz, J. Jansson and H. Heipieper. 2007.
    Adaptation of the psychrotroph *Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus* A6 to
    growth temperature and the presence of phenols by changes in the
    anteiso/iso ration of branched fatty acids. *FEMS Letters*.
    266:138-143.

11. Steger, K., Å.M. Sjögren, Å. Jarvis, J.K. Jansson and I.
    Sundh. 2007. Development of compost maturity and Actinobacteria
    populations during full-scale composting of organic household waste.
    *Journal of Applied Microbiology*.103:487-498.

12. Hjort, K., A. Lembke, A. Speksnijder, K. Smalla and J.K.
    Jansson. 2007. Community structure of actively growing bacterial
    populations in plant pathogen suppressive soil. *Microbial Ecol*.
    53:399-413.

13. Van Elsas, J.D., J.K. Jansson and J. Trevors (eds) 2006. Modern Soil
    Microbiology. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis.

14. Van Elsas, J.D., V. Torsvik, A. Hartmann, L. Øvreås and J.K.
    Jansson. 2006. The bacteria and archaea in soil. In. J.D. van Elsas,
    J.K. Jansson and J. Trevors (eds). Modern Soil Microbiology. CRC
    Press, Taylor and Francis.

15. Lofmark, S., C. Jernberg, J. Jansson and C. Edlund. 2006.
    Clindamycin induced enrichment and long term persistence of
    resistant *Bacteroides* spp. and resistance genes. *Journal of
    Antimicrobial Chemotherapy*. 58:1160-1167.

16. Edlund, A. and J.K. Jansson. 2006. Changes in active bacterial
    communities before and after dredging of highly polluted Baltic Sea
    sediments. *Applied and Environmental Microbiology* 72:6800-6807.

17. Bjerketorp, J., S. Håkansson, S. Belkin and J.K. Jansson. 2006.
    Advances in preservation methods: how to keep microbial biosensors
    alive and active? *Current Opinion in Biotechnology.* 17:43-49.

18. Edlund, A., T. Soule, S. Sjöling and J.K. Jansson. 2006. Microbial
    community structure in Baltic Sea sediment along a pollution
    gradient. *Environmental Microbiology.* 8:223-232.

19. Toljander, J., V. Artursson, L.R. Paul, J.K. Jansson and R.D.
    Finlay. 2006. Attachment of different soil bacteria to arbuscular
    mycorrhizal fungal extraradical hyphae is determined by hyphal
    vitality and fungal species. *FEMS Letters*. 254:34-40.

20. Artursson, V. R. Finlay and J.K. Jansson. 2006. Interactions between
    arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria and their potential for
    stimulating plant growth. *Environmental Microbiology*. 8:1-10.

21. Von der Weid, I., V. Artursson, L. Seldin and J.K. Jansson. 2005.
    Antifungal and root surface colonization properties of GFP-tagged
    *Paenibacillus bransilensis* PB177. *World Journal of Microbiology
    and Biotechnology* 12:1589-1595*.*

22. Jernberg, C., Å. Sullivan, C. Edlund and J.K. Jansson. 2005.
    Monitoring antibiotic induced alterations in the human intestinal
    microflora and detection of probiotic strains by the use of T-RFLP.
    *Applied and Environmental Microbiology.* 71:501-506.

23. Artursson, V., R.D. Finlay and J.K. Jansson. 2005. Combined
    bromodeoxyuridine immunocapture and terminal restriction fragment
    length polymorphism analysis highlights differences in the active
    soil bacterial metagenome due to *Glomus mosseae* inoculation of
    plant species. *Environmental Microbiology.* 7:1952-1956.

24. Nordin, K., M. Unell and J.K. Jansson. 2005. A novel 4-chlorophenol
    degradation gene cluster and degradation route via hydroxyquinol in
    *Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus* A6. *Applied and Environmental
    Microbiology* 71:6538-6544.

25. Maraha, N., A. Backman and J.K. Jansson. 2004. Monitoring
    physiological status of GFP-tagged *Pseudomonas fluorescens* SBW25
    under different nutrient conditions and in soil by flow cytometry.
    *FEMS Microbiology Ecology* 51:123-132.

26. Backman, A. and J.K. Jansson. 2004. Degradation of 4-chlorophenol at
    low temperature and during extreme temperature fluctuations by
    *Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus* A6. *Microbial Ecology.* 48:246-253.

27. Backman, A., N. Maraha and J.K. Jansson. 2004. Impact of temperature
    on the physiological status of a potential bioremediation inoculant,
    *Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus* A6. *Applied and Environmental
    Microbiology.* 70:2952-2958.

28. Bloemberg, G.V., A. Lagopodi, F. J. De Bruijn and J.K.
    Jansson. 2004. Visualisation of microbes and their interactions in
    the rhizosphere using auto fluorescent proteins as markers. *In*
    A.D.L. Akkermans, J.D. van Elsas and F.J. de Bruijn (eds) Molecular
    Microbial Ecology Manual, 2^nd^ edition. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
    Dordrecht, Netherlands, 6.05:1257-1280.

29. Lu, Z., R. Tombolini, S. Woo, S. Zeilinger, M. Lorito and J.K.
    Jansson. 2004. In vivo study of *Trichoderma*-pathogen-plant
    interactions with constitutive and inducible GFP reporter systems.
    *Applied and Environmental Microbiology.* 70:3073-3081.

30. Artursson, V. and J.K. Jansson. 2003. Use of bromodeoxyuridine
    immunocapture to identify active bacteria associated with arbuscular
    mycorrhizal hyphae. *Applied and Environmental
    Microbiology.*69:6208-6215. [Editors choice]{.underline}:
    *Science*. 2003. 302:1117

31. Jansson, J.K. 2003. Marker and reporter genes: illuminating tools
    for environmental microbiologists. *Current Opinion in
    Microbiology*. 6:310-316.

32. Jansson, J.K. 2003. Chapter 8. Bakterier-hot och möjligheter. In.
    Genklippet? Risker och möjligheter med den nya biologin. FORMAS,
    Sweden.