Aslak Jørgensen

Aslak Jørgensen

Guest Researcher


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Actinarctus doryphorus (Tanarctidae) DNA barcodes and phylogenetic reinvestigation of Arthrotardigrada with new A. doryphorus and Echiniscoididae sequences

    Grollmann, M. M., Jørgensen, Aslak & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5284, 2, p. 351-363 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2022
  4. Published

    Extreme freeze-tolerance in cryophilic tardigrades relies on controlled ice formation but does not involve significant change in transcription: [Corrigendum]

    Møbjerg, A., Kodama, M., Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Neves, R. C., Jørgensen, Aslak, Schiøtt, M., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2022, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 271, 8 p., 111245.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2021
  6. Published

    20 years of Zootaxa: Tardigrada (Ecdysozoa: Panarthropoda)

    McInnes, S. J., Jørgensen, Aslak & Michalczyk, Ł., 2021, In: Zootaxa. 4979, 1, p. 23-24 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  7. 2020
  8. Published

    Ongoing revision of Echiniscoididae (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea), with the description of a new interstitial species and genus with unique anal structures

    Møbjerg, Nadja, Jørgensen, Aslak & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2020, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 188, 3, p. 663-680 18 p., zlz122.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2019
  10. Published

    An upgraded comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Tardigrada tree of life

    Guil, N., Jørgensen, Aslak & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2019, In: Zoologica Scripta. 48, 1, p. 120-137

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Comparative myoanatomy of Tardigrada: new insights from the heterotardigrades Actinarctus doryphorus (Tanarctidae) and Echiniscoides sigismundi (Echiniscoididae)

    Persson, D. K., Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Cardoso Neves, R. A., Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2019, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 19, 14 p., 206.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Comparative transcriptomics suggest unique molecular adaptations within tardigrade lineages

    Kamilari, M., Jørgensen, Aslak, Schiøtt, M. & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2019, In: B M C Genomics. 20, 19 p., 607.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 2018
  14. Published

    Modelling extreme desiccation tolerance in a marine tardigrade

    Sørensen-Hygum, T. L., Stuart, R. M., Jørgensen, Aslak & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 9 p., 11495.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Morphology and Functional Anatomy

    Møbjerg, Nadja, Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Cardoso Neves, R. A., 2018, Water Bears: The Biology of Tardigrades. Schill, R. O. (ed.). Springer, p. 57-94 (Zoological Monographs, Vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Phylogeny and Integrative Taxonomy of Tardigrada

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2018, Water Bears: The Biology of Tardigrades. Schill, R. O. (ed.). Springer, p. 95-114 (Zoological Monographs, Vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  17. 2017
  18. Published

    A dichotomous key to the genera of the Marine Heterotardigrades (Tardigrada)

    Fontoura, P., Bartels, P. J., Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Hansen, J. G., 17 Jul 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4294, 1, p. 1-45 45 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    A molecular approach to arthrotardigrade phylogeny (Heterotardigrada, Tardigrada)

    Fujimoto, S., Jørgensen, Aslak & Hansen, J. G., Jul 2017, In: Zoologica Scripta. 46, 4, p. 496-505 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Comparative investigation of copper tolerance and identification of putative tolerance related genes in tardigrades

    Hygum, T. L., Fobian, D., Kamilari, M., Jørgensen, Aslak, Schiøtt, M., Grosell, M. & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2017, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 8, 10 p., 95.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 2016
  22. Published

    Associations between patterns of human intestinal schistosomiasis and snail and mammal species richness in Uganda: can we detect a decoy effect?

    Stensgaard, Anna-Sofie, Kristensen, T. K., Jørgensen, Aslak, B. Kabatereine, N. & Rahbek, Carsten, 2016, In: Frontiers of Biogeography. 8, 3, 10 p., e21748.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Data from new taxa infer Isoechiniscoides gen. nov. and increase the phylogenetic and evolutionary understanding of echiniscoidid tardigrades (Echiniscoidea: Tardigrada)

    Møbjerg, Nadja, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Jørgensen, Aslak, 2016, In: Linnean Society. Zoological Journal. 178, 4, p. 804-818 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Osmotic stress tolerance in semi-terrestrial tardigrades

    Heidemann, N. W. T., Smith, D. K., Hygum, T. L., Stapane, L., Clausen, L. K. B., Jørgensen, Aslak, Helix-Nielsen, C. & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2016, In: Linnean Society. Zoological Journal. 178, 4, p. 912-918 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Postembryonic development, paedomorphosis, secondary sexual dimorphism and population structure of a new Florarctus species (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada)

    Hansen, J. G., Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, Jørgensen, Aslak, Accogli, G., D'Addabbo, R. & Gallo, M., 2016, In: Linnean Society. Zoological Journal. 178, 4, p. 871-877 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Tun formation is not a prerequisite for desiccation tolerance in the marine tidal tardigrade Echiniscoides sigismundi

    Hygum, T. L., Clausen, L. K. B., Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Jørgensen, Aslak & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2016, In: Linnean Society. Zoological Journal. 178, 4, p. 907-911 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 2015
  28. Published

    Notes on the cryptobiotic capability of the marine arthrotardigrades Styraconyx haploceros (Halechiniscidae) and Batillipes pennaki (Batillipedidae) from the tidal zone in Roscoff, France

    Jørgensen, Aslak & Møbjerg, Nadja, 7 Feb 2015, In: Marine Biology Research. 11, 2, p. 214-217 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. 2014
  30. Published

    Brain anatomy of the marine tardigrade Actinarctus doryphorus (arthrotardigrada)

    Persson, D. K., Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Jørgensen, Aslak, Møbjerg, Nadja & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2014, In: Journal of Morphology. 275, 2, p. 173-190 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    First record of cysts in the tidal tardigrade Echiniscoides sigismundi

    Clausen, L. K. B., Andersen, K. N., Hygum, T. L., Jørgensen, Aslak & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2014, In: Helgoland Marine Research. 68, 4, p. 531-537 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    The tardigrade fauna of Australian marine caves: with descriptions of nine new species of Arthrotardigrada

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Boesgaard, T. M., Møbjerg, Nadja & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2014, In: Zootaxa. 3802, 4, p. 401-443 43 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 2013
  34. Published

    Desiccation tolerance in the tardigrade Richtersius coronifer relies on muscle mediated structural reorganization

    Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Jørgensen, Aslak & Møbjerg, Nadja, 31 Dec 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 12, 10 p., e85091.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Congruence between molecular phylogeny and cuticular design in Echiniscoidea (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada)

    Guil, N., Jørgensen, Aslak, Giribet, G. & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 1 Dec 2013, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169, 4, p. 713-736 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Bulinus globosus (Planorbidae; Gastropoda) populations in the Lake Victoria basin and coastal Kenya show extreme nuclear genetic differentiation

    Nyakaana, S., Stothard, J. R., Nalugwa, A., Webster, B. L., Lange, C. N., Jørgensen, Aslak, Rollinson, D. & Kristensen, T. K., Nov 2013, In: Acta Tropica. 128, 2, p. 226-233 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    The ITS2 of the genus Bulinus: novel secondary structure among freshwater snails and potential new taxonomic markers

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Stothard, J. R., Madsen, Henry, Nalugwa, A., Nyakaana, S. & Rollinson, D., Nov 2013, In: Acta Tropica. 128, 2, p. 218-225 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Surface enhanced Raman scattering on Tardigrada - towards monitoring and imaging molecular structures in live cryptobiotic organisms

    Kneipp, H., Møbjerg, Nadja, Jørgensen, Aslak, Bohr, H., Hélix-Nielsen, C., Kneipp, J. & Kneipp, K., Aug 2013, In: Journal of Biophotonics. 6, 10, p. 759-764 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Ecology and thermal tolerance of the marine tardigrade Halobiotus crispae (Eutardigrada: Isohypsibiidae)

    Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Persson, D. K., Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2013, In: Marine Biology Research. 9, 7, p. 716-724 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Genetic diversity in the parthenogenetic reproducing tardigrade Echiniscus testudo (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea)

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Faurby, S., Persson, D. K., Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2013, In: Journal of Limnology. 72, 1s, p. 136-143 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Inorganic ion composition in Tardigrada: cryptobionts contain large fraction of unidentified organic solutes

    Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Larsen, K. W., Jørgensen, Aslak, Ramløv, H. & Møbjerg, Nadja, 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, 7, p. 1235-1243 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Marinbiologiske studier i 2012 ved al-Zubârah, Qatar

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, Møller, Peter Rask & Bangsgaard, Pernille, 2013, In: Dyr i Natur og Museum. 1, p. 7-11 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  43. 2012
  44. Published

    DNA extraction from dried Schistosoma haematobium eggs isolated on nylon filters

    Reinstrup, L., Jørgensen, Aslak, Vennervald, Birgitte J & Kristensen, T. K., 2012, In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 106, 4, p. 270-272 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Distribution and speciation in marine intertidal tardigrades: testing the roles of climatic and geographical isolation

    Faurby, S., Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Funch, P., 2012, In: Journal of Biogeography. 39, 9, p. 1596-1607 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Neuroanatomy of Halobiotus crispae (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae): Tardigrade brain structure supports the clade Panarthropoda

    Persson, D. K., Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Jørgensen, Aslak, Møbjerg, Nadja & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2012, In: Journal of Morphology. 273, 11, p. 1227-1245 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    The armoured marine tardigrades (Arthrotardigrada, Tardigrada)

    Hansen, J. G., Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Jørgensen, Aslak, 2012, Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 91 p. (Scientia Danica. Series B, Biologica, Vol. 2).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    The distribution of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Victoria with ecological and spatial predictions using Bayesian modelling

    Standley, C. J., Vounatsou, P., Gosoniu, L., Jørgensen, Aslak, Adriko, M., Lwambo, N. J. S., Lange, C. N., Kabatereine, N. B. & Stothard, J. R., 2012, In: Hydrobiologia. 683, 1, p. 249-264 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    The marine tardigrades of Al Zubarah

    Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, Persson, D. K., Møbjerg, Nadja & Jørgensen, Aslak, 2012, Qatar Islamic Archaeology and Heritage Project: End of Season Report Environmental Studies 2011-2012. Bangsgaard, P., Kristensen, R. M., Møller, P. R. & Nymann, H. (eds.). University of Copenhagen, p. 13-24 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  50. 2011
  51. Published

    A molecular phylogenetic analysis of Bulinus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with conserved nuclear genes

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Madsen, Henry, Nalugwa, A., Nyakaana, S., Rollinson, D., Stothard, J. R. & Kristensen, T. K., 2011, In: Zoologica Scripta. 40, 2, p. 126-136 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Extreme stress tolerance in tardigrades: surviving space conditions in low earth orbit

    Persson, D. K., Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Jørgensen, Aslak, Ricci, C., Møbjerg, Nadja & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2011, In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 49, Supplement 1, p. 90-97 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Gastropod distribution in Lakes George and Edward, Uganda, relative to copper and cobalt levels

    Holmberg, R. D., Madsen, Henry, Kristensen, T. K. & Jørgensen, Aslak, 2011, In: African Journal of Aquatic Science. 36, 2, p. 191-196 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Genetic variation within and between populations of hermaphroditic Bulinus truncatus tetraploid freshwater snails of the Albertine Rift, East Africa

    Nalugwa, A., Jørgensen, Aslak, Nyakaana, S. & Kristensen, T. K., 2011, In: Hydrobiologia. 673, 1, p. 53-61 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    Phylogeny and evolution of the Echiniscidae (Echiniscoidea, Tardigrada) – an investigation of the congruence between molecules and morphology

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Møbjerg, Nadja & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2011, In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 49, Supplement s1, p. 6-16 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Phylogeography of North Atlantic tidal tardigrades: refugia, cryptic speciation and the history of the Mid-Atlantic islands

    Faurby, S., Jørgensen, Aslak, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Funch, P., 2011, In: Journal of Biogeography. 38, 8, p. 1613-1624 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. Published

    Survival in extreme environments – on the current knowledge of adaptations in tardigrades

    Møbjerg, Nadja, Halberg, Kenneth Veland, Jørgensen, Aslak, Persson, D. K., Bjørn, M., Ramløv, H. & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2011, In: Acta Physiologica. 202, 3, p. 409-420 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  58. Published

    The birth of an endemic species flock: demographic history of the Bellamya group (Gastropoda, Viviparidae) in Lake Malawi

    Schultheiss, R., Wilke, T., Jørgensen, Aslak & Albrecht, C., 2011, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 102, 1, p. 130-143 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    The status and distribution of freshwater molluscs (Mollusca)

    Graf, D. L., Jørgensen, Aslak, van Damme, D. & Kristensen, T. K., 2011, The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Central Africa. Brooks, E. G. E., Allen, D. J. & Darwall, W. R. T. (eds.). International Union for Conservation of Nature, p. 48-61 14 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  60. 2010
  61. Published

    Mitochondrial DNA variations in sibling species of the bulinus truncatus/tropicus complex in Lake Albert, Western Uganda

    Nalugwa, A., Kristensen, T. K., Nyakaana, S. & Jørgensen, Aslak, 2010, In: Zoological Studies. 49, 4, p. 515-522 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  62. Published

    Molecular phylogeny of Bulinus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) reveals the presence of three species complexes in the Albertine Rift freshwater bodies

    Nalugwa, A., Jørgensen, Aslak, Nyakaana, S. & Kristensen, T. K., 2010, In: International Journal of Genetics and Molecular Biology. 2, 7, p. 130-139 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  63. Published

    Molecular phylogeny of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada)

    Jørgensen, Aslak, Faurby, S., Hansen, J. G., Møbjerg, Nadja & Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, 2010, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54, 3, p. 1006-1015 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  64. 2009
  65. Published

    Genetic diversity of schistosomes and snails: implications for control

    Rollinson, D., Webster, J., Webster, B., Nyakaana, S., Jørgensen, Aslak & Stothard, J. R., 2009, In: Parasitology. 136, 13, p. 1801-1811

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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