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Dennis Eriksson

Dennis Eriksson
Associate Professor in Genetics and Plant Breeding. In 2021-2023, Professor in plant functional genetics at INN University in Norway. Coordinating the Horizon Europe-funded projects GeneBEcon (2022-2025) and DETECTIVE (2024-2027). Working interdisciplinary for about five years (2017-2021) with the regulatory frameworks for plant biotechnology and genetic resources (incl biosafety, ABS and PVR). Recently initiating research on sweetpotato with the aim to develop lines that grow well under Scandinavian conditions and have a high root iron content.

Teaching

2021, Course leader PhD course "Legal frameworks for research and innovation with plant genetic resources" (PLS0068), 3 credits, SLU-LTV.

2018-2022, Teaching at various MSc and BSc courses (Genetics and Plant Breeding [BI1343]; Applied Plant Biotechnology [BI1344]; Advanced Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources [BI1057]; Plant Breeding and Protection Biology [BI1296]; Introduction to Plant Biology for Sustainable Production [BI1294]; Integrated Pest Management in Sustainable Production Systems [BI1267])

2016, Teaching at PhD course "Mutagenesis as a plant research and breeding tool", SLU Alnarp.

2016, Teaching at international MSc course "New Plant Breeding Technologies", within Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS), Copenhagen University.

2016, Invited guest lecturer (in Spanish), Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal, Lima, Peru.

2015, Teaching at advanced level course "Advanced Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources" (SLU-20141), SLU Alnarp.

2015, Organising a 2-week international MSc course "Genetic Resources in Crop Breeding", within Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS), SLU Alnarp.

2015, Co-organising PhD course "Plant Imaging Techniques, TC4F/PlantLink, Lund University.

2015, Co-organising a 1-year industrial mentorship programme for PhD students, PlantLink.

2011, Full-time employment as Teaching Assistant, courses "Molecular Cell Biology" and "Cell Biology", Lund Institute of Technology (LTH).

2005, Organising PhD course "Gene Technology in Plant Breeding", SLU Alnarp.

Research

2017-- (currently), Researcher, Dept of Plant Breeding, SLU Alnarp, Sweden.

2021-2023, Professor of Functional plant genetics, Dept of Biotechnology, INN University, Norway.

2015-2016, Scientific Coordinator, SLU Alnarp, seconded to European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) in Brussels, Belgium

2015, Postdoctoral researcher, SLU/Mistra Biotech, Sweden

2011-2014, Postdoctoral researcher, Copenhagen University, Denmark

2011, Teaching assistant, Lund University, Sweden

2004-2009, PhD student, SLU Alnarp, Sweden

2002, MSc student, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratories, Singapore

Supervision

2022--ongoing, Assistant supervisor for PhD student Katherine Castillo, INN University, Norway.

2020, Assistant supervisor for MSc student Fredrik Persson, SLU Alnarp, Sweden.

2019-2020, Supervisor for postdoctoral researcher Dr Tomasz Zimny, SLU Alnarp, Sweden.

2019, Assistant supervisor for MSc student Sofia Classon, LTH, Sweden.

2019, Supervisor for three visiting guest researchers, SLU Alnarp, Sweden.

2011-2012, Assistant supervisor of one PhD student, Copenhagen University, Denmark

2005-2006, Assistant supervisor of two MSc students, SLU Alnarp, Sweden

Selected publications

Rosado A and Eriksson D (2022). Biosafety legislation and the regulatory status of the products of precision breeding in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Plants, People, Planet, Early view published online 06.12.2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10243

Spendrup S, Eriksson D and Fernqvist F (2021). Swedish consumers´ attitudes and values to genetic modification and conventional plant breeding – The case of fruit and vegetables. GM Crops & Food, 12(1): 342-360. https://doi:10.1080/21645698.2021.1921544

Purnhagen K et al (2021). Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals? Trends in Plant Science, 26: 48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.012

van der Meer P et al. (2021). The status under EU law of organisms developed through novel genomic techniques. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 1-20. https://doi:10.1017/err.2020.105.

Eriksson D and Zimny T (2020). Critical observations on the French Conseil d'Etat ruling on mutagenesis. Nature Plants, 6: 1392-1393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00819-4.

Zimny T and Eriksson D (2020). A comparative analysis of recent proposals to amend the European Union GMO legislation. EMBO Reports, 21: e51061, https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202051061.

Eriksson D, Ortiz R, Visser RG, Vives Vallés JA and Prieto H (2020). Editorial: Leeway to operate with plant genetic resources. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11:911.

Lehrman A (ed.), Chatzopoulou S, Eriksson D, Jonas E, Levander F, Nicolia A, Rydhmer L, Röcklinsberg H, Sandin P and Zhu L-H (2020). Shaping our food – an overview of crop and livestock breeding. Uppsala, SLU. ISBN 978-91-981907-1-7.

Eriksson D, Custers R, Edvardsson Björnberg K, Hansson SO, Purnhagen K, Qaim M, Romeis J, Schiemann J, Schleissing S, Tosun J and Visser R (2020). Options to reform the European Union legislation on GMOs: scope and definitions. Trends in Biotechnology, 38(3): 231-234.

Eriksson D, Custers R, Edvardsson Björnberg K, Hansson SO, Purnhagen K, Qaim M, Romeis J, Schiemann J, Schleissing S, Tosun J and Visser R (2020). Options to reform the European Union legislation on GMOs: risk governance. Trends in Biotechnology, 38(4): 349-351.

Eriksson D, Custers R, Edvardsson Björnberg K, Hansson SO, Purnhagen K, Qaim M, Romeis J, Schiemann J, Schleissing S, Tosun J and Visser R (2020). Options to reform the European Union legislation on GMOs: post-authorization and beyond. Trends in Biotechnology, 38(5): 465-467.

Chatzopoulou S, Leiva Eriksson N and Eriksson D (2020). Improved risk assessment in the European Food Safety Authority: lessons from the European Medicines Agency. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11:349.

Lindberg T, de Ávila RI, Zeller KS, Levander F, Eriksson D, Chawade A and Lindstedt M (2020). An integrated transcriptomic and proteomic approach to evaluate the human skin sensitization potential of glyphosate and its commercial agrochemical formulations. Journal of Proteomics, 217: 103647.

Eriksson D, de Andrade E, Bohanec B, Chatzopolou S, Defez R, Leiva Eriksson N, van der Meer P, van der Meulen B, Ritala A, Sági L, Schiemann J, Twardowski T and Vanek T (2019). Implementing an EU opt-in mechanism for GM crop cultivation. EMBO Reports, 20(5): e48036.

Eriksson D, Kershen D, Nepomuceno A, Pogson B, Prieto H, Purnhagen K, Smyth S, Wesseler J and Whelan A (2019). A comparison of the EU regulatory approach to directed mutagenesis with that of other jurisdictions, consequences for international trade and potential steps forward. New Phytologist, 222(4): 1673-1684.

Custers R, Casacuberta J, Eriksson D, Sági L and Schiemann J (2019). Genetic alterations that do or do not occur naturally; consequences for genome edited organisms in the context of biotechnology regulatory oversight. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 6:213.

Eriksson D, de Andrade E, Bohanec B, Chatzopolou S, Defez R, Leiva Eriksson N, van der Meer P, van der Meulen B, Ritala A, Sági L, Schiemann J, Twardowski T and Vanek T (2018). Why the European Union needs a national GMO opt-in mechanism. Nature Biotechnology, 36(1): 18-19.

Eriksson D (2018). The evolving EU regulatory framework for precision breeding. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132(3): 569-573.

Eriksson D, Akoroda M, Azmach G, Labuschagne M, Mahungu N and Ortiz R (2018). Measuring the impact of plant breeding on sub-Saharan African staple crops. Outlook on Agriculture, 47(3): 163–180.

Eriksson D, Ammann K, Chassy B and Chawade A (2018). Comments on two recent publications on GM maize and Roundup. Scientific Reports, 8: 13338.

Eriksson D, Harwood, W, Hofvander P, Jones H, Rogowsky P, Stöger E and Visser R (2018). A welcome proposal to amend the GMO legislation of the EU. Trends in Biotechnology, 36(11): 1100-1103.

Eriksson D (2018). The Swedish policy approach to directed mutagenesis in a European context. Physiologia Plantarum, 164(4): 385-395.

Eriksson D (2018). Recovering the original intentions of risk assessment and management of genetically modified organisms in the European Union. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 6:52.

McHughen A, Bradford K, Carter N, Eriksson D, Grabau E, Hood E, Parrott W and Wolt J (2018). Regulatory systems barriers to innovation for agricultural biotechnology faced by small businesses and universities. Council of Agricultural Science and Technology, Issue paper No 59, March 2018.

Eriksson D and Escajedo San-Epifanio L (2018). Governing the use of plant genome editing. Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, 2nd ed., Paul Thomson ed.

Escajedo San-Epifanio L and Eriksson D (2018). Opt out from GMOs in the European Union. Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, 2nd ed., Paul Thomson ed.

Eriksson D, Brinch-Pedersen H, Chawade A, Holme I, Hvoslef-Eide TAK, Ritala A, Teeri TH and Thorstensen T (2017). Scandinavian perspectives on plant gene technology: applications, policies and progress. Physiologia Plantarum, 162: 219–238.

Eriksson D and Chatzopolou S (2017). Responsible decision-making for plant research and breeding innovations in the European Union. GM Crops & Food, 9(1): 39-44.

Eriksson D and Ammann K (2017). A universally acceptable view on the adoption of improved plant breeding techniques. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1999.

Sprink T, Eriksson D, Schiemann J and Hartung F (2016). Regulatory hurdles for genome editing - process vs. product based approaches in different regulatory contexts. Plant Cell Reports, 35(7): 1493-1506.

Eriksson D, Carlsson-Nilsson U, Ortíz R and Andreasson E (2016). Overview and breeding strategies of table potato production in Sweden and the Fennoscandian region. Potato Research, 59(3): 279-294.

Eriksson D, Stymne S and Schjoerring JK (2014). The slippery slope of cisgenesis. Nature Biotechnology 32(8): 727.

Thomsen HC, Moeller IS, Eriksson D and Schjoerring JK (2014). Glutamine synthetase – a target for crop NUE improvement? Trends in Plant Science 19(10): 656-663.

Wang L, Pedas P, Eriksson D and Schjoerring JK (2013). Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide decreases the ammonia compensation point of barley plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(10): 2713–2724.

Eriksson D and Merker A (2011). Cloning and functional characterisation of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis in the novel oilseed crop Lepidium campestre L. Plant Breeding, 130(3): 407-409.

Glover JD, Reganold JP, Bell LW, Borevitz J, Brummer EC, Buckler ES, Cox CM, Cox TS, Crews TE, Culman SW, DeHaan LR, Eriksson D, Gill BS, Holland J, Hu F, Hulke BS, Ibrahim AM, Jackson W, Jones SS, Murray SC, Paterson AH, Ploschuk E, Sacks EJ, Snapp S, Tao D, Van Tassel DL, Wade LJ, Wyse DL and Xu Y (2010). Increasing food and ecosystem security via perennial grains. Science, 328: 1638-1639.

Glover JD, Reganold JP, Bell LW, Borevitz J, Brummer EC, Buckler ES, Cox CM, Cox TS, Crews TE, Culman SW, DeHaan LR, Eriksson D, Gill BS, Holland J, Hu F, Hulke BS, Ibrahim AM, Jackson W, Jones SS, Murray SC, Paterson AH, Ploschuk E, Sacks EJ, Snapp S, Tao D, Van Tassel DL, Wade LJ, Wyse DL and Xu Y (2010). Response to Perennial questions of hydrology and climate. Science, 330: 33.

Merker A, Eriksson D and Bertholdsson N-O (2010). Barley yield increases with undersown Lepidium campestre. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B – Soil and Plant Science, 60(3): 269-273.

Eriksson D and Merker A (2009). An efficient adventitious shoot regeneration protocol for Lepidium campestre (L.) R. BR. Propagation of Ornamental Plants, 9(2): 78-83.

Links

www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-eriksson-7201aa40

https://genebecon.eu

 


Contact

Researcher at the Department of Plant Breeding
Telephone: +4640415452
Postal address:
Växtförädling, Box 190
234 22 LOMMA
Visiting address: Sundsvägen 10, Alnarp