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Nini Sissener

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Researcher
Telephone: 41665767
Department: Fôr og ernæring
Publications

Publications

Academic articles

2022

Increasing dietary levels of the n-3 long-chain PUFA, EPA and DHA, improves the growth, welfare, robustness and fillet quality of Atlantic salmon in sea cages

Esmail Lutfi Royo, Gerd Marit Berge, Grete Bæverfjord, Trygve Sigholt, Marta Bou, Thomas Larsson, Turid Mørkøre, Øystein Evensen, Nini Sissener, Grethe Rosenlund, Lene Sveen, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Bente Synnøve Ruyter
British Journal of Nutrition 129 p. 10-28
2022

Dietary electrolyte balance of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) freshwater feeds: Impact on osmoregulation, mineral metabolism and performance in seawater

P. Antony Jesu Prabhu, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Sofie C. Remø, Chandrasekar Selvam, Kristin Hamre, Marit Espe, Elisabeth Holen, Kaja Helvik Skjærven, Vibeke Vikså, Saravanan Subramanian, Johan W. Schrama, Nini Sissener
Aquaculture 546
2022

Tailoring freshwater diets towards boosted immunity and pancreas disease infection robustness in Atlantic salmon post smolts

Elisabeth Holen, M Chen, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Kaja Helvik Skjærven, Nini Sissener, Sofie C. Remø, P. Antony Jesu Prabhu, Kristin Hamre, Vibeke Vikeså, S. Subramanian, Marit Espe
Fish and Shellfish Immunology 120 p. 377-391
2022

A Piece of the Puzzle—Possible Mechanisms for Why Low Dietary EPA and DHA Cause Hepatic Lipid Accumulation in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

Bjørg Kristine Hundal, Esmail Lutfi Royo, Trygve Sigholt, Grethe Rosenlund, Nina Sylvia Liland, Brett Glencross, Nini Sissener
Metabolites 12 p. 1-23
2022

Long-term feeding of Atlantic salmon with varying levels of dietary EPA+DHA alters the mineral status, but does not affect the stress responses after mechanical delousing stress

Chandrasekar Selvam, P. Antony Jesu Prabhu, Esmail Lutfi Royo, Trygve Sigholt, Birgitta Norberg, Grete Bæverfjord, Grethe Rosenlund, Bente Synnøve Ruyter, Nini Sissener
British Journal of Nutrition 128 p. 2291-2307
2022

Dietary plant oil supplemented with arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid affects the fatty acid composition and eicosanoid metabolism of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) during smoltification

L. Miao, Sofie C. Remø, Marit Espe, P. Antony Jesu Prabhu, Kristin Hamre, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Kaja Helvik Skjærven, Elisabeth Holen, Vibeke Vikeså, Nini Sissener
Fish and Shellfish Immunology 123 p. 194-206
2022

A dose-response study with omega-3 rich canola oil as a novel source of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in feed for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in seawater; effects on performance, tissue fatty acid composition, and fillet quality

Bente Synnøve Ruyter, Marta Bou, Gerd Marit Berge, Turid Mørkøre, Nini Sissener, Monica Sanden, Esmail Lutfi Royo, Odd Helge Romarheim, Aleksei Krasnov, Tone-Kari K Østbye
Aquaculture 561 p. 1-13
2022

Intracellular trafficking of fatty acids in the fish intestinal epithelial cell line RTgutGC

Chandrasekar Selvam, Takaya Saito, Nini Sissener, P. Antony Jesu Prabhu, Øystein Sæle
Frontiers in Marine Science 9 p. 1-15
2022

Steroidogenic and innate immune responses in Atlantic salmon are influenced by dietary total lipid, long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and dissolved oxygen

David Huyben, Tarah Cronin, Kerry L Bartie, Chessor Matthew, Nini Hedberg Sissener, Bjørg Kristine Hundal, Natalie Z. M. Homer, Bente Synnøve Ruyter, Brett Glencross
Aquaculture 564 p. 1-16
2021

Sensitivity of Atlantic salmon to the pesticide pirimiphos-methyl, present in plant-based feeds

Marc HG Berntssen, Grethe Rosenlund, Borja Garlito, Heidi Amlund, Nini Sissener, Annette Bernhard, Monica Sanden
Aquaculture 531
2021

Impact of dietary level and ratio of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids on disease progression and mRNA expression of immune and inflammatory markers in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) challenged with Paramoeba perurans

Chandrasekar Selvam, Mark Darryn Powell, Nina Sylvia Liland, Grethe Rosenlund, Nini Sissener
PeerJ 9
2021

Can improved nutrition for Atlantic salmon in freshwater increase fish robustness, survival and growth after seawater transfer?

Nini Sissener, Kristin Hamre, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, P. Antony Jesu Philip, Marit Espe, L. Miao, Erik Höglund, Christina Sørensen, Kaja Skjærven, Elisabeth Holen, S. Subramanian, V. Vikeså, Birgitta Norberg, Sofie Remø
Aquaculture 542
2021

Increasing the dietary n-6/n-3 ratio alters the hepatic eicosanoid production after acute stress in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Bjørg Kristine Hundal, Nina Sylvia Liland, Grethe Rosenlund, Erik Höglund, Pedro Araujo, Ingunn Stubhaug, Nini Sissener
Aquaculture 534
2020

Increasing dietary n-6 FA while keeping n-3 FA stable decreases EPA in polar lipids of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Bjørg Kristine Hundal, Nina Sylvia Liland, Grethe Rosenlund, Marta Bou, Ingunn Stubhaug, Nini Sissener
British Journal of Nutrition p. 1-16
2020

Dietary 18:2n-6 affects EPA (20:5n-3) and ARA (20:4n-6) content in cell membranes and eicosanoid production in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Nini Sissener, Pedro Araujo, Øystein Sæle, Gjert Hovland Rosenlund, Ingunn Stubhaug, Monica Sanden
Aquaculture 522
2020

Parasite development affect dispersal dynamics; infectivity, activity and energetic status in cohorts of salmon louse copepodids

Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen, Nini Sissener, Anne Dagrun Sandvik, Sonnich Meier, Pål Næverlid Sævik, Morten D. Skogen, Tone Vågseth, Sussie Dalvin, Mette Skern-Mauritzen, Samantha Bui
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 530-531
2019

Recommendations for dietary level of micro-minerals and vitamin D3 to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr and post-smolt when fed low fish meal diets

Antony Jesu Prabhu Antony Jesu Prabhu, Erik-Jan Lock, Gro Ingunn Hemre, Kristin Hamre, Marit Espe, Pål Asgeir Olsvik, Joana Silva, Ann-Cecilie Hansen, Johan Johansen, Nini Sissener, Rune Waagbø
PeerJ 7
2019

n-3 canola oil effectively replaces fish oil as a new safe dietary source of DHA in feed for juvenile Atlantic salmon

Bente Ruyter, Nini Sissener, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Cedric Simon, Aleksei Krasnov, Marta Bou, Monica Sanden, Peter D. Nichols, Esmail Lutfi Royo, Gerd Marit Berge
British Journal of Nutrition 122 p. 1329-1345
2018

Erucic acid (22:1n-9) in fish feed, farmed, and wild fish and seafood products

Nini Sissener, Robin Ørnsrud, Monica Sanden, Livar Frøyland, Sofie C. Remø, Anne-Katrine Lundebye
Nutrients 10 p. 1-12
2018

Fucosterol causes small changes in lipid storage and brassicasterol affects some markers of lipid metabolism in Atlantic salmon hepatocytes

Nina Sylvia Liland, Karin Pittman, Paul Whatmore, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Nini Sissener
Lipids 53 p. 737-747
2018

Effects of dietary vegetable oils and varying dietary EPA and DHA levels on intestinal lipid accumulations in Atlantic salmon

Nina Sylvia Liland, Einar Nesse Johnsen, Hege Hellberg, Rune Waagbø, Nini Sissener, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Øystein Sæle
Aquaculture Nutrition 24 p. 1599-1610
2018

Tissue sterol composition in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) depends on the dietary cholesterol content and on the dietary phytosterol:cholesterol ratio, but not on the dietary phytosterol content

Nini Sissener, Grethe Rosenlund, Ingunn Stubhaug, Nina Sylvia Liland
British Journal of Nutrition 119 p. 599-609
2018

A comparative study: Difference in omega-6/omega-3 balance and saturated fat in diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) affect immune-, fat metabolism-, oxidative and apoptotic-gene expression, and eicosanoid secretion in head kidney leukocytes

Elisabeth Holen, Pedro Araujo, Nini Sissener, Grethe Rosenlund, Rune Waagbø
Fish and Shellfish Immunology 72 p. 57-68
2018

Are we what we eat? Changes to the feed fatty acid composition of farmed salmon and its effects through the food chain

Sissener, Nini
Journal of Experimental Biology 121
2017

Phytosterols are not involved in the development of fatty liver in plant oil fed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at high or low water temperature

Nini Sissener, Nina Sylvia Liland, Elisabeth Holen, Ingunn Stubhaug, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Grethe Rosenlund
Aquaculture 480 p. 123-134
2017

Temperature modulates liver lipid accumulation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed low dietary levels of long-chain n-3 fatty acids

Nini Sissener, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Matthew A.G. Owen, Nina Sylvia Liland, Ingunn Stubhaug, Grethe Rosenlund
Aquaculture Nutrition 23 p. 865-878
2017

High dietary 18:2n-6/18:3n-3 ratio does not inhibit elongation and desaturation of 18:3n-3 to EPA and DHA in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Nini Sissener, Monica Sanden, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Rune Waagbø, Ingunn Stubhaug, G. Rosenlund
Aquaculture Nutrition 23 p. 899-909
2016

Minor lipid metabolic perturbations in the liver of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) caused by suboptimal dietary content of nutrients from fish oil

Monica Sanden, Nina Sylvia Liland, Øystein Sæle, Grethe Rosenlund, Shishi Du, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Ingunn Stubhaug, Bente Ruyter, Nini Sissener
42 p. 1463-1480
2016

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) require increased dietary levels of B-vitamins when fed diets with high inclusion of plant based ingredients

Gro Ingunn Hemre, Erik-Jan Lock, Pål Asgeir Olsvik, Kristin Hamre, Marit Espe, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Joana Silva, Ann-Cecilie Hansen, Rune Waagbø, JS Johansen, Monica Sanden, Nini Sissener
PeerJ 2016
2016

Long-term feeding of Atlantic salmon in seawater with low dietary long-chain n-3 fatty acids affects tissue status of the brain, retina and erythrocytes

Nini Sissener, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Ingunn Stubhaug, Grethe Rosenlund
British Journal of Nutrition 115 p. 1919-1929
2016

Antioxidant nutrition in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr and post-smolt, fed diets with high inclusion of plant ingredients and graded levels of micronutrients and selected amino acids

Kristin Hamre, Nini Sissener, Erik-Jan Lock, Pål Asgeir Olsvik, Marit Espe, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Joana da Silva, J. Johannesen, Rune Waagbø, Gro Ingunn Hemre
PeerJ 8
2016

Atlantic salmon require long-chain n-3 fatty acids for optimal growth throughout the seawater period

Grete Rosenlund, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Ingunn Stubhaug, Nafiha Usman, Nini Sissener
Journal of Nutritional Science (JNS) 5 p. 1-13
2016

Reduced n-3 long chain fatty acid levels in feed for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) do not reduce growth, robustness or product quality through an entire full scale commercial production cycle in seawater.

Nini Sissener, Rune Waagbø, Grete Rosenlund, Leif Tvenning, S. Susort, T Lea, Øyvind Oaland, L Chen, Olav Breck
Aquaculture 464 p. 236-245
2013

Effects of oral Btmaize (MON810) exposure on growth and health parameters in normal and sensitised Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L

Jinni Gu, Åshild Krogdahl, Nini Sissener, Trond Moxness Kortner, Eva Gelencser, Gro Ingunn Hemre, Anne Marie Bakke
British Journal of Nutrition
2013

Surveillance of selected nutrients, additives and undesirables in commercial Norwegian fish feeds in the years 2000–2010

Nini Sissener, Kåre Julshamn, Marit Espe, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, Gro Ingunn Hemre, Rune Waagbø, Amund Måge
Aquaculture Nutrition 19 p. 555-572
2013

Effects of plant-based diets on glucose and amino acid metabolism, leptin, ghrelin and GH-IGF system regulation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Nini Sissener, Gro Ingunn Hemre, Marit Espe, Monica Sanden, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Ernst Morten Hevrøy
Aquaculture Nutrition 19 p. 399-412
2013

Cross-generational feeding of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis)-maize to zebrafish (Danio rerio) showed no adverse effects on the parental or offspring generations

Monica Sanden, Robin Ørnsrud, Nini Sissener, Susanne Jørgensen, Jinni Gu, Anne Marie Bakke, Gro Ingunn Hemre
British Journal of Nutrition 110 p. 2222-2233
2012

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model for investigating dietary toxic effects of deoxynivalenol contamination in aquaculture feeds

Monica Sanden, Susanne Jørgensen, Gro Ingunn Hemre, Robin Ørnsrud, Nini Sissener
Food and Chemical Toxicology 50 p. 4441-4448
2011

Genetically modified plants as fish feed ingredients

Nini Hedberg Sissener, Monica Sanden, Åshild Krogdahl, Anne Marie Bakke, Lene Elisabeth Johannessen, Gro Ingunn Hemre
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68 p. 563-574
2011

Are apparent negative effects of feeding GM MON810 maize to Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, caused by confounding factors?

Nini Sissener, Gro Ingunn Hemre, Santosh P. Lall, Anita Sagstad, Kjell Petersen, J Williams, Jens Rohloff, Monica Sanden
British Journal of Nutrition 106 p. 42-56
2011

Uptake and clearance of dietary DNA in the intestine of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed conventional or genetically modified soybeans

Monica Sanden, Lene Elisabeth Johannessen, Knut Berdal, Nini Sissener, Gro Ingunn Hemre
Aquaculture Nutrition 17 p. E750-E759
2010

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model for investigating the safety of GM feed ingredients (soya and maize); performance, stress response and uptake of dietary DNA sequences

Nini Hedberg Sissener, Lene Elisabeth Johannessen, Ernst Morten Hevrøy, Christer Nielsen, Knut Berdal, Andreas Hoel Nordgreen, Gro Ingunn Hemre
British Journal of Nutrition 103 p. 3-15
2010

Proteomic Profiling of Liver from Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Fed Genetically Modified Soy Compared to the Near-Isogenic non-GM Line

Nini Hedberg Sissener, Samuel AM Martin, Phil Cash, Ernst Morten Hevrøy, MONICA SANDEN, Gro Ingunn Hemre
Marine Biotechnology 12 p. 273-281
2009

A long term trial with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed genetically modified soy; focusing general health and performance before, during and after the parr–smolt transformation

Nini Hedberg Sissener, MONICA SANDEN, AM Bakke, Åshild Krogdahl, Gro Ingunn Hemre
Aquaculture 294 p. 108-117
2009

An assessment of organ and intestinal histomorphology and cellular stress response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed genetically modified Roundup Ready® soy

Nini Hedberg Sissener, Anne Marie Bakke, Jinni Gu, Michael H Penn, E Eie, Åshild Krogdahl, MONICA SANDEN, Gro Ingunn Hemre
Aquaculture 298 p. 101-110

Other journal contributions

2018

Erratum: Correction: Are we what we eat? Changes to the feed fatty acid composition of farmed salmon and its effects through the food chain (doi: 10.1242/jeb.161521) (The Journal of experimental biology (2018) 221 Pt Suppl 1 PII: jeb180976)

Sissener, Nini
Journal of Experimental Biology 221
2018

Corrigendum to “A comparative study: Difference in omega-6/omega-3 balance and saturated fat in diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) affect immune-, fat metabolism-, oxidative and apoptotic-gene expression, and eicosanoid secretion in head kidney leukocytes” [Fish Shellfish Immunol. 72 (2018) 57–68](S1050464817306502)(10.1016/j.fsi.2017.10.040)

Elisabeth Holen, Pedro Araujo, Nini Sissener, Grethe Rosenlund, Rune Waagbø
Fish and Shellfish Immunology 83 p. 449

Scientific lectures

2024

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DIETARY LEVELS OF FAT, FATTY ACIDS, AND ZN ON GROWTH, HEALTH, AND FILLET QUALITY OF SALMON IN SEA CAGES

Bente Synnøve Ruyter, Nini Hedberg Sissener, T. Sigholt, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Marta Bou, Thomas Larsson, Gerd Marit Berge
2024

VITAMIN E REQUIREMENT IN ATLANTIC SALMON Salmo salar DURING SMOLTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE

Pauline Wischhusen, Kristin Hamre, Antony Jesu Prabhu Philip, Anne-Catrin Adam, Kaja Helvik Skjærven, Sofie c Remø, Ingunn Stubhaug, Nini Hedberg Sissener
2019

Trenger laks fettsyren EPA for optimal immunrespons?

Nina Sylvia Liland, Bjørg-Kristine Hundal, Elisabeth Holen, Marit Espe, Sofie C. Remø, Ingunn Stubhaug, Grethe Rosenlund, Nini Sissener
2019

Omega-3-nivået i fôret er viktig for laksens helse og muskelkvalitet

Bente Ruyter, Esmail Lutfi Royo, Turid Mørkøre, Nini Sissener, Trygve Sigholt, G. Rosenlund, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Marta Bou, Grete Bæverfjord, Gerd Marit Berge
2018

Omega-3 Canola Oil effectively replaces fish oil as a dietary source of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in feed for Atlantic salmon in freshwater and seawater

Bente Ruyter, Nini Sissener, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Marta Bou, Monica Sanden, Aleksei Krasnov, Turid Mørkøre, Cedric Simon, Gerd Marit Berge
2017

Omega-6/omega-3 balanse og metta feitt i fôr til laks – konsekvensar for immunrespons og sjukdomsforløp av PD?

Sofie c Remø, Nini Hedberg Sissener, Elisabeth Holen, Sonal Jayesh Patel, Sven Martin Jørgensen, Hernandez Pedro W Araujo, Ingrid Uglenes Fiksdal, Charles McGurk, Grethe Rosenlund, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Rune Waagbø
2016

Omega-6/Omega-3 balance and saturated fat in diets for Atlantic salmon- effects on fish health and disease resistance

Sofie c Remø, Nini Hedberg Sissener, Elisabeth Holen, Sonal Jayesh Patel, Sven Martin Jørgensen, Hernandez Pedro W Araujo, Inger Uglenes, Charles McGurk, Grethe Rosenlund, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Rune Waagbø
2016

A short story on feed additives in Norwegian fish feed and farmed fish.

Monica Sanden, Nini Sissener, Gro Ingunn Hemre, Rune Waagbø, Robin Ørnsrud
2016

Kva betyr omega-6/omega-3 balanse og metta feitt i fôr for motstandsdyktigheit mot PD?

Sofie C. Remø, Sonal Patel, Pedro Araujo, Inger Uglenes, Charles McGurk, Grethe Rosenlund, Nini Sissener, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Rune Waagbø
2013

Do diets with 1-5% EPA and DHA induce inflammation in Atlantic salmon?

Nina Sylvia Liland, Elisabeth Holen, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Nini Sissener, Grethe Rosenlund

Poster

2021

Less dietary n-6 fatty acids results in better utilisation of dietary n-3 fatty acids in Atlantic salmon

Bjørg Kristine Hundal, Nina Sylvia Liland, Grethe Rosenlund, Marta Bou, Ingunn Stubhaug, Nini Sissener

Reports and dissertations

2021

Trenger laks fettsyren EPA for optimal immunrespons? Rapport FHF prosjekt EPA-laks

Nina Sylvia Liland, Nini Sissener, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Tor Gjøen, Marta Bou, Elisabeth Holen, Bente Synnøve Ruyter, Aleksei Krasnov, Esmail Lutfi, Marit Espe, Ingunn Stubhaug, Grethe Rosenlund
2021

Optimalisering av fett og fettsyrer i fôr til atlantisk laks for bedre helse og velferd gjennom ulike livsfaser og utfordrende miljøbetingelser

Bente Ruyter, Nini Sissener, Esmail Lutfi Royo, Bjørg Kristine Hundal, Gerd Marit Berge, Brett Glencross, David Huyben, Tor Gjøen, Adriana Magalhaes Santos Andresen, Grete Bæverfjord, Erik Høglund, Mark Darryn Powell, Marta Bou, Chandrasekar Selvam, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Nina Sylvia Liland, Grethe Rosenlund, Trygve Sigholt, Ingunn Stubhaug, Øystein Evensen, Aleksei Krasnov, Turid Mørkøre
2019

Nye omega-3-kilder i fôr til laks

Bente Ruyter, Katerina Kousoulaki, Aleksei Krasnov, Nini Sissener, Cedric Simon, Turid Mørkøre, Marta Bou, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Grete Bæverfjord, Monica Sanden, Odd Helge Romarheim, Mats Carlehög, Trine Ytrestøyl, Esmail Lutfi Royo, Gerd Marit Berge
2016

Effekter av endret fettsyresammensetning i fôr til laks relatert til fiskens helse, velferd og robusthet (Fett for fiskehelse): Oppdatering 2016

Nini Sissener, Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Bente Ruyter, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Rune Waagbø, Sven Martin Jørgensen, Bjarne Hatlen, Nina Sylvia Liland, Elisabeth Ytteborg, Øystein Sæle, Ida Rud, Sofie C. Remø, Turid Mørkøre, Jens-Erik Dessen, Kaja Skjerven, Trine Ytrestøyl, Elisabeth Holen, Gerd Marit Berge, Anne-Catrin Adam
2013

Fett for fiskehelse. Utredning: Effekter av endret fettsyre-sammensetning i fôr til laks relatert til fiskens helse, velferd og robusthet

Bente Elisabeth Torstensen, Bente Ruyter, Nini Sissener, Tone-Kari K Østbye, Rune Waagbø, Sven Martin Jørgensen, Elisabeth Ytteborg, Ida Rud, Nina Sylvia Liland, Turid Mørkøre, Jens-Erik Dessen
2009

Genetically modified plants as fish feed ingredients : Roundop Ready® soy N810 maize, Atlantic salmon, zebrafish

Sissener, Nini Hedberg
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