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Matthias Obst
Forskare
Institutionen för marinaOm Matthias Obst
Research
Marine ecosystems provide a large amount of essential goods and services to our society and the quality of these products often directly depends on the biological diversity in these environments. Today, impacts from overexploitation and pollution of marine habitats as well as climate change cause substantial loss of biodiversity, reaching levels only comparable to the five major mass extinctions in Earth’s history. In my research I am establishing and testing harmonized and automated observation systems for biological diversity in the sea, spanning from molecular sensors (i.e. genomic observatories) to human sensors (i.e. citizen science). I am also developing methods and infrastructures that capture and integrate such data to enable inter-disciplinary research for the protection and management of our biological resources in the ocean.
Expertise
marine and benthic ecology, marine conservation biology, invertebrate phylogeny and systematics, marine phylogeography, molecular taxonomy, metabarcoding, phylogenomics, metagenomics, e-science, zoomorphology, ecological niche modeling
Projects and program initiatives
Science projects. I am coordinating various eco-genomic projects in the Swedish eDNA lab
Marine infrastructure. I have currently active roles in numerous marine infrastructure projects (EMBRC, AssemblePlus)
eScience. I am currently consortium chair of the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure Consortium (SBDI) and coordinate the Nordic network of biodiversity data infrastructures (https://neic.no/affiliate-deepdive/). I am also leading tasks in the EOSC-NORDIC project
Centers. I am steering group member in the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Center
More information
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Phylogeographic study using autonomous reef monitoring structures indicates fast range expansion of the invasive bryozoan Juxtacribrilina
mutabilis
Rasmus Martaeng, Matthias Obst, P. Kuklinski
Hydrobiologia - 2023 -
European marine omics biodiversity observation network: a strategic outline for the implementation of omics approaches in ocean
observation
I. Santi, O. Beluche, M. Beraud, P. L. Buttigieg, R. Casotti, C. J. Cox, M. Cunliffe, N. Davies, O. D. de Cerio, K. Exter, A. E. Kervella, G. Kotoulas, R. Lagaisse, A. Laroquette, B. Louro, F. Not, Matthias Obst, C. Pavloudi, J. Poulain, K. Praebel, J. Vanaverbeke, N. Pade
Frontiers in Marine Science - 2023 -
Paleozoic origins of cheilostome bryozoans and their parental care inferred by a new genome-skimmed
phylogeny
Russell J.S. Orr, Emanuela Di Martino, Mali H. Ramsfjell, Dennis P. Gordon, Björn Berning, Ismael Chowdhury, Sean Craig, Robyn L. Cumming, Blanca Figuerola, Wayne Florence, Jean Georges Harmelin, Masato Hirose, Danwei Huang, Sudhanshi S. Jain, Helen L. Jenkins, Olga N. Kotenko, Piotr Kuklinski, Hannah E. Lee, Teresa Madurell, Linda McCann, Hannah L. Mello, Matthias Obst, Andrew N. Ostrovsky, Gustav Paulay, Joanne S. Porter, Natalia N. Shunatova, Abigail M. Smith, Javier Souto-Derungs, Leandro M. Vieira, Kjetil L. Voje, Andrea Waeschenbach, Kamil Zágoršek, Rachel C.M. Warnock, Lee Hsiang Liow
Science Advances - 2022 -
Environmental DNA Monitoring of Biodiversity Hotspots in Danish Marine
Waters
Peter A. U. Staehr, Karsten Dahl, Helle Buur, Cordula Göke, Rumakanta Sapkota, Anne Winding, Marina Panova, Matthias Obst, Per Sundberg
Frontiers in Marine Science - 2022 -
A bayesian network to inform the management of key species in Kosterhavet National Park under contrasting storylines of environmental
change
Katharina Rettig, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Matthias Obst, Dainel Herring, Christian K. Feld
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science - 2022 -
Priorities for ocean microbiome
research
A. Abreu, E. Bourgois, A. Gristwood, R. Trouble, S. G. Acinas, P. Bork, E. Boss, C. Bowler, M. Budinich, S. Chaffron, C. de Vargas, T. O. Delmont, D. Eveillard, L. Guidi, D. Iudicone, S. Kandels, H. Morlon, F. Lombard, R. Pepperkok, J. J. P. Karlusich, G. Piganeau, A. Regimbeau, G. Sommeria-Klein, L. Stemmann, M. B. Sullivan, S. Sunagawa, P. Wincker, O. Zablocki, D. Arendt, J. Bilic, R. Finn, E. Heard, B. Rouse, J. Vamathevan, R. Casotti, I. Cancio, M. Cunliffe, A. E. Kervella, Whcf Kooistra, Matthias Obst, N. Pade, D. M. Power, I. Santi, T. M. Tsagaraki, J. Vanaverbeke
Nature Microbiology - 2022 -
Synthesizing knowledge and evidence to inform the management of coastal seas’ biodiversity and NCPs
– a case study from
Sweden
Andreas Skriver Hansen, Katharina Rettig, Matthias Obst, Carl Dahlberg, Daniel Hering, Christian Feld
Presentation given at ECSA 59, 5-8 September 2022, Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain - 2022 -
An open-source, citizen science and machine learning approach to analyse subsea
movies
Victor Anton, Jannes Germishuys, Per Bergström, Mats Lindegarth, Matthias Obst
Biodiversity Data Journal - 2021 -
A molecular phylogeny of historical and contemporary specimens of an under-studied micro-invertebrate
group
Russell J.S. Orr, Maja M. Sannum, Sanne Boessenkool, Emanuela Di Martino, Dennis P. Gordon, Hannah L. Mello, Matthias Obst, Mali H. Ramsfjell, Abigail M. Smith, Lee Hsiang Liow
Ecology and Evolution - 2021 -
Unidirectional Introgression and Evidence of Hybrid Superiority over Parental Populations in Eastern Iranian Plateau Population of Hares (Mammalia: Lepus Linnaeus,
1758)
Z. Mohammadi, M. Aliabadian, F. Ghorbani, F. Y. Moghaddam, A. A. Lissovsky, Matthias Obst, Urban Olsson
Journal of Mammalian Evolution - 2020 -
A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Genetic Monitoring of Hard-Bottom Communities
(ARMS-MBON)
Matthias Obst, K. Exter, A. L. Allcock, C. Arvanitidis, Alizz Axberg, M. Bustamante, I. Cancio, D. Carreira-Flores, E. Chatzinikolaou, G. Chatzigeorgiou, N. Chrismas, M. S. Clark, T. Comtet, T. Dailianis, N. Davies, K. Deneudt, O. D. de Cerio, A. Fortic, V. Gerovasileiou, P. I. Hablutzel, K. Keklikoglou, G. Kotoulas, R. Lasota, B. R. Leite, S. Loisel, L. Leveque, L. Levy, M. Malachowicz, B. Mavric, C. Meyer, J. Mortelmans, J. Norkko, N. Pade, A. M. Power, A. Ramsak, H. Reiss, J. Solbakken, P. A. Stoehr, Per Sundberg, J. Thyrring, J. S. Troncoso, F. Viard, R. Wenne, E. L. Yperifanou, M. Zbawicka, C. Pavloudi
Frontiers in Marine Science - 2020 -
Deep Relations in Nordic and Baltic Biodiversity e-Infrastructures
(DeepDive)
Matthias Obst
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards - 2019 -
Analysis of potential distribution and impacts for two species of alien crabs in Northern
Europe
Rikard Karlsson, Matthias Obst, Matz Berggren
Biological Invasions - 2019 -
Present and potential future distributions of Asian horseshoe crabs determine areas for
conservation
S. Vestbo, Matthias Obst, F. J. Q. Fernandez, I. Intanai, P. Funch
Frontiers in Marine Science - 2018 -
Marine long-term biodiversity assessment suggests loss of rare species in the Skagerrak and Kattegat
region
Matthias Obst, Saverio Vicario, Kennet Lundin, Matz S. Berggren, Anna Karlsson, Robert Haines, Alan Williams, Carole Goble, Cherian Mathew, Anton Güntsch
Marine Biodiversity - 2018 -
Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global
scale
W. Daniel Kissling, Jorge A. Ahumada, Anne Bowser, Miguel Fernandez, Néstor Fernández, Enrique Alonso García, Robert P. Guralnick, Nick J.B. Isaac, Steve Kelling, Wouter Los, Louise Mcrae, Jean Baptiste Mihoub, Matthias Obst, Monica Santamaria, Andrew K. Skidmore, Kristen J. Williams, Donat Agosti, Daniel Amariles, Christos Arvanitidis, Lucy Bastin, Francesca De Leo, Willi Egloff, Jane Elith, Donald Hobern, David Martin, Henrique M. Pereira, Graziano Pesole, Johannes Peterseil, Hannu Saarenmaa, Dmitry Schigel, Dirk S. Schmeller, Nicola Segata, Eren Turak, Paul F. Uhlir, Brian Wee, Alex R. Hardisty
Biological Reviews - 2018 -
BioVeL: A virtual laboratory for data analysis and modelling in biodiversity science and
ecology
Alex R. Hardisty, Finn Bacall, Niall Beard, Maria Paula Balcázar-Vargas, Bachir Balech, Zoltán Barcza, Sarah Bourlat, Renato Giovanni, Yde Jong, Francesca Leo, Laura Dobor, Giacinto Donvito, Donal Fellows, Antonio Fernandez Guerra, Nuno Ferreira, Yuliya Fetyukova, Bruno Fosso, Jonathan Giddy, Carole Goble, Anton Güntsch, Robert Haines, Vera Hernández Ernst, Hannes Hettling, Dóra Hidy, Ferenc Horváth, Dóra Ittzés, Péter Ittzés, Andrew Jones, Renzo Kottmann, Robert Kulawik, Sonja Leidenberger, Päivi Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa, Cherian Mathew, Norman Morrison, Aleksandra Nenadic, Abraham Nieva Hidalga, Matthias Obst, Gerard Oostermeijer, Elisabeth Paymal, Graziano Pesole, Salvatore Pinto, Axel Poigné, Francisco Quevedo Fernandez, Monica Santamaria, Hannu Saarenmaa, Gergely Sipos, Karl Heinz Sylla, Marko Tähtinen, Saverio Vicario, Rutger Aldo Vos, Alan R. Williams, Pelin Yilmaz
BMC Ecology - 2016 -
Endozoicomonas Are Specific, Facultative Symbionts of Sea
Squirts
L. Schreiber, K. U. Kjeldsen, P. Funch, J. Jensen, Matthias Obst, S. Lopez-Legentil, A. Schramm
Frontiers in Microbiology - 2016 -
Community engagement: The ‘last mile’ challenge for European research
e-infrastructures
D Koureas, C Arvanitidis, L Belbin, WG Berendsohn, C Damgaard, QJ Groom, A Güntsch, G Hagedorn, A Hardisty, Matthias Obst
Research Ideas and Outcomes - 2016 -
Description of Endozoicomonas ascidiicola sp nov., isolated from Scandinavian
ascidians
Lars Schreiber, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Matthias Obst, Peter Funch, Andreas Schramm
Systematic and Applied Microbiology - 2016 -
Evaluating the potential of ecological niche modelling as a component in marine non-indigenous species risk
assessments
Sonja Leidenberger, Matthias Obst, Robert Kulawik, Kerstin Stelzer, Karin Heyer, Alex Hardisty, Sarah Bourlat
Marine Pollution Bulletin - 2015 -
The Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Invasion in Scandinavian Coastal Waters: Impact on Local Ecosystem
Services
Ane T Laugen, Hollander Johan, Matthias Obst, Åsa Strand
Biological Invasions in Changing Ecosystems: Vectors, Ecological Impacts, Management and Predictions. - 2015 -
Report of the 14th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting, Oxford, UK, September 17-21,
2012
N. Davies, D Field, L. Amaral-Zettler, K. Barker, M. Bicak, Sarah Bourlat, J. Coddington, J. Deck, A. Drummond, J. Gilbert, F-O Glockner, R. Kottmann, C. Meyer, N. Morrison, Matthias Obst, R. Robbins, L. M. Schriml, P. Sterk, S. Stones-Havas
Standards in Genomic Sciences - 2014 -
Swedish LifeWatch ─ a biodiversity infrastructure integrating and reusing data from citizen science, monitoring and
research
Ulf Gärdenfors, Mari Jönsson, Matthias Obst, Anna Maria Wremp, Oskar Kindvall, Johan Nilsson
Human Computation - 2014 -
A semi-automated workflow for biodiversity data retrieval, cleaning, and quality
control
Cherian Mathew, Anton Guentsch, Matthias Obst, Saverio Vicario, Robert Haines, Alan R Williams, Yde de Jong, Carole Goble
Biodiversity Data Journal - 2014 -
Data Refinement Using the BioVeL
Portal
Alberto González-Talaván, Cherian Mathew, Matthias Obst, Elisabeth Paymal
2014 -
The founding charter of the Genomic Observatories
Network
Neil Davies, Dawn Field, Linda Amaral-Zettler, Melody S Clark, John Deck, Alexei Drummond, Daniel P Faith, Jonathan Geller, Jack Gilbert, Frank O Glöckner, Penny R Hirsch, Jo-Ann Leong, Chris Meyer, Matthias Obst, Serge Planes, Chris Scholin, Alfried P Vogler, Ruth D Gates, Rob Toonen, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier, Michèle Barbier, Katherine Barker, Stefan Bertilsson, Mesude Bicak, Matthew J Bietz, Jason Bobe, Levente Bodrossy, Angel Borja, Jonathan Coddington, Jed Fuhrman, Gunnar Gerdts, Rosemary Gillespie, Kelly Goodwin, Paul C Hanson, Jean-Marc Hero, David Hoekman, Janet Jansson, Christian Jeanthon, Rebecca Kao, Anna Klindworth, Rob Knight, Renzo Kottmann, Michelle S Koo, Georgios Kotoulas, Andrew J Lowe, Viggó T Marteinsson, Folker Meyer, Norman Morrison, David D Myrold, Evangelos Pafilis, Stephanie Parker, John J Parnell, Paraskevi N Polymenakou, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, George K Roderick, Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Karsten Schonrogge, Nathalie Simon, Nathalie J Valette-Silver, Yuri P Springer, Graham N Stone, Steve Stones-Havas, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Kate M Thibault, Patricia Wecker, Antje Wichels, John C Wooley, Tetsukazu Yahara, Adriana Zingone
GigaScience - 2014 -
Application of ecological niche modeling and earth observation for the risk assessment and monitoring of invasive species in the Baltic Sea. MarCoast II, Marine and Coastal Environmental Information Services. Ballast Water
Option.
Kerstin Stelzer, Karin Heyer, Sarah Bourlat, Matthias Obst
2013 -
On specifying and sharing scientific workflow optimization results using research
objects
Holl Sonja, Garijo Daniel, Belhajjame Khalid, Zimmermann Olav, Giovanni Renato De, Matthias Obst, Goble Carole
Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science - 2013 -
Xenoturbella bocki exhibits direct development with similarities to
Acoelomorpha
Hiroaki Nakano, K. Lundin, Sarah Bourlat, M. J. Telford, P. Funch, J. R. Nyengaard, Matthias Obst, Michael C. Thorndyke
Nature Communications - 2013 -
Application of Niche Modeling and Earth Observation for the risk assessment and monitoring of invasive species in the Baltic
Sea.
Stelzer Kerstin, Heyer Karin, Sarah Bourlat, Matthias Obst
2013 -
Genomics in marine monitoring: new opportunities for assessing marine health
status.
Sarah Bourlat, Angel Borja, Jack Gilbert, Martin I Taylor, Neil Davies, Stephen B Weisberg, John F Griffith, Teresa Lettieri, Dawn Field, John Benzie, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Daniel P Faith, Tim P Bean, Matthias Obst
Marine pollution bulletin - 2013 -
A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and
priorities.
Alex Hardisty, Dave Roberts, Bart Aelterman, Guy Cochrane, Noël Conruyt, David King, Wouter Los, Norman Morrison, Matthias Obst, Evagelos Pafilis, Duong Vu, Aaike De Wever
BMC ecology - 2013 -
The placental analogue and the pattern of sexual reproduction in the cheilostome bryozoan Bicellariella ciliata
(Gymnolaemata).
Martin Moosbrugger, Thomas Schwaha, Manfred G Walzl, Matthias Obst, Andrew N Ostrovsky
Frontiers in zoology - 2012 -
Data Refinement
Workflow
C Mathew, V Hernandez-Ernst, A Güntsch, Sarah Bourlat, Matthias Obst
http://www.myexperiment.org/packs/267.html - 2012 -
Molecular phylogeny of extant horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura, Limulidae) indicates Paleogene diversification of Asian
species
Matthias Obst, Sören Faurby, Somchai Bussarawit, Peter Funch
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - 2012 -
Spermatozoon ultrastructure of Xenoturbella bocki (Westblad
1949)
Matthias Obst, Hiroaki Nakano, S. J. Bourlat, Michael C. Thorndyke, M. J. Telford, J. R. Nyengaard, P. Funch
Acta Zoologica - 2011 -
Spermatozoon ultrastructure of Xenoturbella bocki (Westblad
1949)
Matthias Obst, Hiroaki Nakano, Sarah Bourlat, Michael C. Thorndyke
Acta Zoologica - 2011 -
Potential for clonal animals in longevity and ageing
studies
Helen Nilsson Sköld, Matthias Obst
Biogerontology - 2011 -
The first internal molecular phylogeny of the animal phylum
Entoprocta.
Judith Fuchs, T Iseto, M Hirose, Per Sundberg, Matthias Obst
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - 2010 -
Population dynamics of American horseshoe crabs-historic climatic events and recent anthropogenic
pressures
S. Faurby, T. L. King, Matthias Obst, E. M. Hallerman, C. Pertoldi, P. Funch
Molecular Ecology - 2010 -
The fauna of hydrothermal vents on the Mohn Ridge (North
Atlantic)
C Schander, HT Rapp, JA Kongsrud, T Bakken, J Berge, S Cochrane, E Oug, I Byrkjedal, C Todt, T Cedhagen, A Fosshagen, A Gebruk, K Larsen, L Levin, Matthias Obst, Fredrik Pleijel, S Stöhr, A Warén, NT Mikkelsen, S Hadler-Jacobsen, R Keuning, KH Petersen, IH Thorseth, RB Pedersen
Marine Biology Research - 2010 -
Two types of endosymbiotic bacteria in the enigmatic marine worm
Xenoturbella.
Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Matthias Obst, Hiroaki Nakano, Peter Funch, Andreas Schramm
Applied and Environmental Microbiology - 2010 -
Reconstructing the Protostome Tree of Life-the past, the present and the
future
G Giribet, C Dunn, G Edgecombe, A Hejnol, R Kristensen, M Martindale, Matthias Obst, G Rouse, E Seaver, M Sorensen, W Wheeler, K Worsaae
Cladistics - 2010 -
Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic
methods
A Hejnol, Matthias Obst, A Stamatakis, M Ott, GW Rouse, GD Edgecombe, P Martinez, J Baguñà, X Bailly, U Jondelius, M Wiens, WEG Müller, E Seaver, WC Wheeler, MQ Martindale, G Giribet, CW Dunn
Proceedings of the Royal Society B - 2009 -
The first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) based on combined analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial
genes
Judith Fuchs, Matthias Obst, Per Sundberg
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - 2009 -
Stem Cells in Asexual Reproduction of Marine
Invertebrates
Helen Nilsson Sköld, Matthias Obst, Mattias Sköld, Bertil Åkesson
Stem Cells in Marine Organisms - 2009 -
The Spermatozoan Ultrastructure of Xenotubella Suggests a Close Relationship to Enteropneust
Hemichordates
Matthias Obst, Hiroaki Nakano, Sarah Bourlat, Michael C. Thorndyke, M. J. Telford, J. R. Nyengaard, P. Funch
Journal of Morphology - 2008 -
Feeding ecology of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum Xenoturbellida) revealed by genetic
barcoding
Sarah Bourlat, Hiroaki Nakano, M. Akerman, M. J. Telford, Michael C. Thorndyke, Matthias Obst
Molecular Ecology Resources - 2008 -
Developmental Studies of
Xenoturbella
Hiroaki Nakano, Sarah Bourlat, Matthias Obst, Ako Nakano, M. Telford, Michael C. Thorndyke
Journal of Morphology - 2008 -
The Bryozoa of Sweden - Morphological and Molecular Data in Modern Taxonomic
Research
Judith Fuchs, Matthias Obst, Per Sundberg
Journal of Morphology - 2008 -
The Spermatozoan Ultrastructure of Xenotubella Suggests a Close Relationship to Enteropneust
Hemichordates
Matthias Obst, Hiroaki Nakano, SJ Bourlat, MT Thorndike, MJ Telford, JR Nyengaard, P Funch
Journal of Morphology - 2008 -
Developmental Studies of
Xenoturbella.
Hiroaki Nakano, S. Bourlat, Matthias Obst, Ako Nakano, Maximilian Telford, Michael C. Thorndyke
J. Morphol. - 2008 -
Feeding ecology of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum Xenoturbellida) revealed by genetic
barcoding
Sarah Bourlat, Hiroaki Nakano, Marie Akerman, Maximilian Telford, Michael C. Thorndyke, Matthias Obst
Molecular Ecology Resources - 2008 -
New insight into animal relationships from phylogenomic
analyses
CW Dunn, A Hejnol, D Matus, K Pang, W Browne, S Smith, E Seaver, G Rouse, Matthias Obst, GD Edgecombe, MV Sorensen, S Haddock, A Schmidt-Rhaesa, A Okusu, RM Kristensen, WC Wheeler, MQ Martindale, G Giribet
Journal of Morphology - 2008 -
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONS AND FEEDING BIOLOGY OF SYMBION PANDORA (CYCLIOPHORA) AND TRITICELLA FLAVA
(BRYOZOA)
P. Funch, Peter Thor, Matthias Obst
Vie Et Milieu-Life and Environment - 2008 -
Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of
life.
Casey W Dunn, Andreas Hejnol, David Q Matus, Kevin Pang, William E Browne, Stephen A Smith, Elaine Seaver, Greg W Rouse, Matthias Obst, Gregory D Edgecombe, Martin V Sørensen, Steven H D Haddock, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Akiko Okusu, Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen, Ward C Wheeler, Mark Q Martindale, Gonzalo Giribet
Nature - 2008 -
Marine ecological genomics: when genomics meets marine
ecology
Michael C. Thorndyke, Samuel Dupont, Karen Wilson, Matthias Obst, Helen Nilsson Sköld, Hiroaki Nakano
Marine Ecology Progress Series - 2007 -
Skönhet under
luppen
Matthias Obst, Judith Fuchs
Flora och Fauna - 2007 -
A new species of Cycliophora from the mouthparts of the American lobster, Homarus americanus (Nephropidae,
Decapoda)
Matthias Obst, P. Funch, R. Møbjerg Kristensen
Organisms Diversity and Evolution - 2006