My research foci lie on deciphering the phylogeny and systematics of deep-sea sharks, where I am making use of morphological and phylogenomic methods (including sequencing of preserved museum material) to explore adaptation, diversity, phylogeography and population structures in present and past.

 

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• Bachelor and master thesis supervision
• UiB BIO298: Workplace practice in Biology
• UiB BIO299: Research Practice in Biology
• High Throughput Sequencing - data types, data manipulation and analysis at ForBIO Research School for Biosystematics (https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2022/HTS_Bergen_2022.html)
• Systematics and Evolution of Marine Invertebrates: ForBio and UiB course (https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2022/Systematics%20and%20Evolution%20of%20Marine%20Invertebrates)
• BIO210: Evolutionary Biology team lecture
• Introduction to phylogenetic methods: ForBio and UiB course (https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2022/Bergen_Phylogenetics_2022.html)

 

2024

• Garmann-Aarhus, Benedicte; Nikolaeva, Ekaterina; Desvignes, Thomas et al. (2024). Museomics informs about species diversity within the adaptive radiation of Antarctic notothenioid fishes. (external link)
• Budaeva, Nataliya; Agne, Stefanie; Ribeiro, Pedro et al. (2024). Wide-spread dispersal in a deep-sea brooding polychaete: the role of natural history collections in assessing the distribution in quill worms (Onuphidae, Annelida). (external link)
• Torralba Sáez, Mario; Hofreiter, Michael; Straube, Nicolas (2024). Shark genome size evolution and its relationship with cellular, life-history, ecological, and diversity traits. (external link)
• Lopes, Fernando; Gunter, Nicole; Gillett, Conrad P.D.T. et al. (2024). From museum drawer to tree: Historical DNA phylogenomics clarifies the systematics of rare dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from museum collections. (external link)

2023

• Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Cares, Danielle; Ebert, David A. et al. (2023). First in situ documentation of a fossil tooth of the megatooth shark Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon from the deep sea in the Pacific Ocean. (external link)
• Steinberg, Madeline; Fiksen, Øyvind; Straube, Nicolas et al. (2023). The Hidden Sea Creatures in Norway's Fjords - On Mission. (external link)
• Staggl, Manuel Andreas; Ruthensteiner, Bernhard; Straube, Nicolas (2023). Head anatomy of a lantern shark wet-collection specimen (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae). (external link)
• Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Weigmann, Simon; Seret, Bernard et al. (2023). Comment on “4.4 First record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae) in the Mediterranean Sea” by Athanasios Anastasiadis, Evangelos Papadimitriou and Frithjof C. Küpper in: Kousteni, V., Anastasiadis, A., Bariche, M., Battaglia, P., Bonifazi, A. et al. (2022). New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (May 2022). Mediterranean Marine Science, 23 (3), 417-446. (external link)
• Pedersen, Haakon Arthur; Bakken, Torkild; Eilertsen, Mari Heggernes et al. (2023). Diversity of fish inside and around hydrothermal vent fields on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. (external link)
• Thorsen, Åshild Sunde Feyling; Tandberg, Anne Helene S.; Straube, Nicolas (2023). På tokt med OceanX. (external link)
• Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Nielsen, Kent Albin; Feichtinger, Iris et al. (2023). New records of fossil deep-sea shark teeth from the Lillebælt Clay (Early–Middle Eocene) of Denmark. (external link)
• Straube, Nicolas; Steinberg, Madeline (2023). Can We Film this Bioluminescent Shark? . (external link)

2022

• Baer, Jan; Schliewen, Ulrich K.; Schedel, Frederic D. B. et al. (2022). Cryptic persistence and loss of local endemism in Lake Constance charr subject to anthropogenic disturbance. (external link)
• Agne, Stefanie; Ekins, Merrick; Galitz, Adrian et al. (2022). Keratose sponge MuseOMICS: setting reference points in dictyoceratid demosponge phylogeny. (external link)
• Feichtinger, I.; Guinot, G.; Straube, Nicolas et al. (2022). Revision of the Cretaceous shark Protoxynotus (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes) and early evolution of somniosid sharks. (external link)
• Agne, Stefanie; Preick, Michaela; Straube, Nicolas et al. (2022). Simultaneous Barcode Sequencing of Diverse Museum Collection Specimens Using a Mixed RNA Bait Set. (external link)
• Wang, Qian; Dizai, Leyli; Huang, Junman et al. (2022). Molecular phylogenetics of the Clupeiformes based on exon-capture data and a new classification of the order. (external link)
• Lourtie, Alexia; Duchatelet, Laurent; Straube, Nicolas et al. (2022). Placoid scales in bioluminescent sharks: Scaling their evolution using morphology and elemental composition. (external link)
• Agne, Stefanie; Naylor, Gavin J. P.; Preick, Michaela et al. (2022). Taxonomic Identification of Two Poorly Known Lantern Shark Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA From Wet-Collection Paratypes. (external link)
• McCormack, Jeremy; Griffiths, Michael L.; Kim, Sora L. et al. (2022). Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. (external link)
• Villate-Moreno, Melany; Cubillos-M, Juan Camilo; Stibor, Herwig et al. (2022). Molecular identification and first demographic insights of sharks based on artisanal fisheries bycatch in the Pacific Coast of Colombia: implications for conservation. (external link)

2021

• Wienerroither, Rupert; Hesthagen, Trygve H.; Bjelland, Otte et al. (2021). Fisker (Myxini, Petromyzontiformes, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes). Norsk rødliste for arter 2021. (external link)
• Straube, Nicolas; Preick, Michaela; Naylor, Gavin J.P. et al. (2021). Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of a wet-collection syntype demonstrates the importance of type material as genetic resource for lantern shark taxonomy (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae). (external link)
• Villate-Moreno, Melany; Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Kremer-Obrock, Friederike et al. (2021). Molecular analyses of confiscated shark fins reveal shortcomings of CITES implementations in Germany. (external link)
• Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Straube, Nicolas (2021). Phylogenetic placement and description of an extinct genus and species of kitefin shark based on tooth fossils (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae). (external link)
• Straube, Nicolas; Lyra, Mariana L.; Paijmans, Johanna L. A. et al. (2021). Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens. (external link)
• Feichtinger, I.; Adnet, Sylvain; Cuny, Gilles et al. (2021). Comment on “An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks”. (external link)

2020

• Rancilhac, Loïs; Bruy, Teddy; Scherz, Mark D. et al. (2020). Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus). (external link)
• Tandberg, Anne Helene S.; Hosia, Aino Laila Johanna; Straube, Nicolas et al. (2020). Two centuries of marine biodiversity collections and research. (external link)
• Straube, Nicolas; Pollerspöck, Jürgen (2020). Intraspecific dental variations in the deep-sea shark Etmopterus spinax and their significance in the fossil record. (external link)

2019

• Tandberg, Anne Helene S.; Rapp, Hans Tore; Kjetland, Anders et al. (2019). Hvalsalen - Det store mylderet. (external link)
• Junge, Claudia; Myrlund, Marlen Knutsen; Wienerroither, Rupert et al. (2019). Mission (im)possible: identifying skate species accurrately, fast, easy and untrained, is that possible?. (external link)
• Moritz, Timo; Straube, Nicolas; Neumann, Dirk (2019). The Garra species (Cyprinidae) of the Main Nile basin with description of three new species. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Publications (selection)

 

Methods:

Straube, N. & Lyra, M.L. & Paijmans, J.L.A. & Preick, M. & Basler, N. & Penner, J. & Rödel, M.-O. & Westbury, M.V. & Haddad, C.F.B. & Barlow, A. & Hofreiter, M. (2021)Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21(7), 2299–2315DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13433

Agne, S. & Straube, N. & Preick, M. & Hofreiter, M. (2022). Simultaneous barcode sequencing of diverse museum collection specimens using a mixed RNA bait set. Front. Ecol. Evol. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.909846

McCormack, J. & Griffiths, M.L. & Kim, S.L. & Shimada, K. & Karnes, M. & Maisch, H. & Pederzani, S. & Bourgon, N. & Jaouen, K. & Becker, M.A. & Jöns, N. & Sisma-Ventura, G. & Straube, N. & Pollerspöck, J. & Hublin, J.-J. & Eagle, R.A. & Tütken, T. (2022)Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. Nature Communications, 13, Article 2980DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30528-9

Li, C. & Hofreiter, M. & Straube, N. & Corrigan, S. & Naylor G.J.P. (2013) Capturing protein-coding genes across highly divergent species BioTechniques 2013 54:6, 321-326

 

Museomics

Baer, Jan, Schliewen, Ulrich K., Schedel, Frederic D. B., Straube, Nicolas, Roch, Samuel, and Brinker, Alexander. 2023. “ Cryptic Persistence and Loss of Local Endemism in Lake Constance Charr Subject to Anthropogenic Disturbance.” Ecological Applications 33( 2): e2773. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2773

Agne, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Preick, M. & Yang, L. & Thiel, R. & Weigmann, S. & Paijmans, J.L.A. & Barlow, A. & Hofreiter, M. & Straube, N. (2022)Taxonomic Identification of Two Poorly Known Lantern Shark Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA From Wet-Collection Paratypes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article fevo.2022.910009DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.910009

Straube, N. & Preick, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Hofreiter, M. (2021)Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of a wet-collection syntype demonstrates the importance of type material as genetic resource for lantern shark taxonomy (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae). Royal Society Open Science, 8(9), Article 210474DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210474

Li, C. & Corrigan, S. & Yang, L. & Straube, N. & Harris, M. & Hofreiter, M. & White, W.T. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2015)DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(43), 13302–13307DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508735112

 

Technical comment:

Feichtinger, I. & Adnet, S. & Cuny, G. & Guinot, G. & Kriwet, J. & Neubauer, T.A. & Pollerspöck, J. & Shimada, K. & Straube, N. & Underwood, C. & Vullo, R. & Harzhauser, M. (2021)Comment on “An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks”. Science, 374(6573), Article abk0632DOI: 10.1126/science.abk0632

 

Phylogenetics & Evolution

Wang, Q. & Dizaj, L. P. & Huang, J. & Sarker, K. K. & Kevrekidis, C. & Reichenbacher, B. & Esmaeili, H. R. & Straube, N. & Moritz, T. & Li, C. (2022) Molecular phylogenetics of the Clupeiformes based on exon-capture data and a new classification of the order, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,Volume 175,2022,107590,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107590

Claes, J.M. & Nilsson, D.-E. & Mallefet, J. & Straube, N. (2015)The presence of lateral photophores correlates with increased speciation in deep-sea bioluminescent sharks. Royal Society Open Science, 2, Article 150219DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150219

Claes, J.M. & Nilsson, D.-E. & Straube, N. & Collin, S.P. & Mallefet, J. (2014)Iso-luminance counterillumination drove bioluminescent shark radiation. Scientific Reports, 4, Article 4328DOI: 10.1038/srep04328

Straube, N. & Li, C. & Claes, J.M. & Corrigan, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2015)Molecular phylogeny of Squaliformes and first occurrence of bioluminescence in sharks. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15, Article 162 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0446-6

 

Conservation

Villate-Moreno, M, & Cubillos-M, J.C. & Stibor, H. & Crawford, A.J. & Straube, N. (2022)Molecular identification and first demographic insights of sharks based on artisanal fisheries bycatch in the Pacific Coast of Colombia: implications for conservation. PeerJ, 10, Article e13478DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13478

Villate-Moreno, M. & Pollerspöck, J. & Kremer-Obrock, F. & Straube, N. (2021)Molecular analyses of confiscated shark fins reveal shortcomings of CITES implementations in Germany. Conservation Science and Practice, 3(6), Article e398DOI: 10.1111/csp2.398

Palaeontology

Pollerspöck, J. & Güthner, T. & Straube, N. (2022)Re-evaluation of the Lower Miocene (Burdigalian, Ottnangian) elasmobranch fauna (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) from Upper Austria (Allerding, near Schärding, Austria) with comments on the paleogeographic distribution of the recorded squaliform sharks. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Series A, 122, 87–163

Feichtinger, I. & Guinot, G. & Straube, N. & Harzhauser, M. & Auer, G. & Ćorić, S. & Kranner, M. & Schellhorn, S. & Ladwig, J. & Thies, D. & Pollerspöck, J. (2022)Revision of the Cretaceous shark Protoxynotus (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes) and early evolution of somniosid sharks. Cretaceous Research, 140, Article 105331DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105331

Pollerspöck, J. & Beaury, B. & Straube, N. & Feichtinger, I. (2021)Oldest evidence of the genus Squalus in the north alpine realm with remarks on its evolution and distribution through time. Paleoichthys, 2, 1–9

Pollerspöck, J. & Beaury, B. & Straube, N. & Feichtinger, I. (2021)Oldest evidence of the genus Squalus in the north alpine realm with remarks on its evolution and distribution through time. Paleoichthys, 2, 1–9

Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2021)Phylogenetic placement and description of an extinct genus and species of kitefin shark based on tooth fossils (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 19(15), 1083–1096DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2021.2012537

 

 

 

 

• Phylogenomics of archival DNA (German research Foundation; project number 351649567)
• Lions in Bergen – provenance of three collection specimens of Panthera leo in the University Museum of Bergen (Meltzer Fund)
• Type Specimen Museomics (Meltzer Fund)