OUH - Group members

Alemayehu Godana Birhanu

PhD student; M.Sc.
+47 23079031

I am working on the proteomic, epiproteomic, lipidomic and transcriptomic profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their secreted vesicles (exosomes).

Original articles

Birhanu AG, Yimer SA, Kalayou S, Riaz T, Zegeye ED, Holm-Hansen C, Norheim G, Aseffa A, Abebe M, Tønjum T (2019)
Ample glycosylation in membrane and cell envelope proteins may explain the phenotypic diversity and virulence in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 2927
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-39654-9, PubMed 30814666

Birhanu AG, Yimer SA, Holm-Hansen C, Norheim G, Aseffa A, Abebe M, Tønjum T (2017)
N_ε- and O-Acetylation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 7 and Lineage 4 Strains: Proteins Involved in Bioenergetics, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance Are Acetylated
J Proteome Res, 16 (11), 4045-4059
DOI 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00429, PubMed 28920697

Yimer SA, Birhanu AG, Kalayou S, Riaz T, Zegeye ED, Beyene GT, Holm-Hansen C, Norheim G, Abebe M, Aseffa A, Tønjum T (2017)
Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 7 and Lineage 4 Strains Reveals Differentially Abundant Proteins Linked to Slow Growth and Virulence
Front Microbiol, 8, 795
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00795, PubMed 28536560

Recent publications

Andersson DI, Balaban NQ, Baquero F, Courvalin P, Glaser P, Gophna U, Kishony R, Molin S, Tønjum T (2020)
Antibiotic resistance: turning evolutionary principles into clinical reality
FEMS Microbiol Rev (in press)
DOI 10.1093/femsre/fuaa001, PubMed 31981358

Shi W, Cui P, Niu H, Zhang S, Tønjum T, Zhu B, Zhang Y (2019)
Introducing RpsA Point Mutations Δ438A and D123A into the Chromosome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Confirms Their Role in Causing Resistance to Pyrazinamide
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 63 (6)
DOI 10.1128/AAC.02681-18, PubMed 30858213

Alfsnes K, Frye SA, Eriksson J, Eldholm V, Brynildsrud OB, Bohlin J, Harrison OB, Hood DW, Maiden MCJ, Tønjum T, Ambur OH (2018)
A genomic view of experimental intraspecies and interspecies transformation of a rifampicin-resistance allele into Neisseria meningitidis
Microb Genom, 4 (11)
DOI 10.1099/mgen.0.000222, PubMed 30251949

More publications

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Address: Sognsvannsveien 9, 0372 OSLO, entrance: Gaustadalleen 34

Airport Bus: Flybussekspressen route F3 stops at Gaustad.

Tram: Tram no. 17 or 18 to the station Gaustadalleen (the last station before the end station Rikshospitalet).

T-bane / Metro: No. 3, 4 and 6 to Forskningsparken.Take tram (get off at Gaustadalleen) towards Rikshospitalet or walk towards Rikshospitalet

Yellow arrows: entrances
Tone Tønjums new lab is at the 2nd floor in Domus medica 4, the building labelled light blue, please enter at the yellow arrows.

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Postal address:
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Institute of Microbiology
Unit for Genome Dynamics
DM4
Pb. 4950 Nydalen
0424 Oslo
Norway

Deliveries
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Unit for Genome Dynamics
DM4, plan 2, rom L-248
Gaustadalleen 34
0372 Oslo
Norway

E-mail: tone.tonjum@medisin.uio.no
Phone: +47 23079018/ +47 23079020
Fax: +47 23074061