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Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2002) Microbiology. Department of applied Chemistry and
Microbiology, University of Helsinki. Thesis Pictures
M. Sc.
(1998) Environmental
microbiology Department of Applied Chemistry and
Microbiology , University of Helsinki
Diploma in Biology (1980) Alemaya University of Agriculture, Addis Ababa University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Biology teacher (1982-1988) |
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Teaching assistant (1999-2000) |
Department of Applied Chemistry
and Microbiology |
Professional Skills and Expertise
Microbiology,
Biology, Environmental conservation
Computer skills: Microsoft package; Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access; Statistical and DNA and protein sequence
analysis programs; SPSS, Genetic Computer Group package and Bionumerics;
HTML and webpage
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
1995-present,
Plant microbe interaction and
rhizobial diversity
Exploitation of Chinese Biodiversity for sustainable crop production
using a biotechnological approach for rhizobial diversity evaluation strain
improvement and risk assessment
Agroforestry for sustainable development in Senegal and
Mali
Developing
a genomic toolbox for exploring and exploiting bacterial diversity
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
- Wolde-meskel, E., Terefework,
Z., Lindström, K., Frostegård, Å. 2004 Rhizobia nodulating African Acacia
spp and Sesbania
sesban trees in southern Ethiopian soils are
metabolically and genomically diverse. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry. 36:2013-2025
- Wolde-meskel, E., Terefework,
Z., Lindström, K., Frostegård, Å. 2004
Metabolic and AFLP fingerprinting of rhizobia
isolated from root nodules of Acacia spp and
Sesbania sesban
trap hosts grown in soils of southern
- Wolde-meskel, E., Terefework,
Z., Lindström, K., Frostegård, Å. 2004. Genetic diversity
and phylogeny of rhizobia isolated from agroforestry legume species in southern
- Jun-Lian Gao, Sarah Lea Turner, Feng Ling Kan, En Tao Wang, Zhi Yuan Tan, Yu Hui Qiu, Jun Gu, Zewdu Terefework, J. Peter W. Young, Kristina Lindström, and Wen Xin Chen 2004 Mesorhizobium septentrionale sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium temperatum sp. nov., isolated from Astragalus adsurgens growing in the northern regions of China Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54: 2003-2012.
- Andronov, E., Terefework,
Z., Roumiantseva, M., Dzubenko, M. L., Onichtchouk,
N. I., Kurchak, O. P., Dresler-Nurmi, A., Young, J. P. W., Simarov, B. V. and
Lindström, K. 2003. Symbiotic
and genetic diversity of Rhizobium galegae isolates collected from the G. orientalis gene center in the
- van Berkum, P., Z. Terefework, L. Paulin, S. Suomalainen, K. Lindström, and B. D. Eardly. 2003. Discordant phylogenies with the rrn loci of rhizobia. J. Bacteriol. 185:2988-2998.
- Chen, Q., Zhang, X., Terefework. Z., Kaijalainen, S., Li, D., and K. Lindström. 2003. Diversity and compatibility of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) bradyrhizobia and their host plants. Plant and Soil. 255, 605-617.
- Lindström, K., Terefework, Z., Suominen, L. and Lortet, G. 2002. Signalling and development of Rhizobium-legume symbioses. In: Biology and
Environment. Proceedings of the
- Gao, J., Terefework,
Z., Chen, W-X. and Lindström,
K. 2001. Genetic diversity of rhizobia
isolated from Astragalus
adsurgens
growing in different geographical regions of
- Terefework, Z., Kaijalainen, S. and Lindström, K. 2001. AFLP fingerprinting as a tool to study the genetic diversity of Rhizobium galegae. Journal of Biotechnology. 91, 169-180
- Dresler-Nurmi, A., Terefework, Z., Kaijalainen, S., Lindström, K. and Hataka, A. 2000. Silver stained polyacrylamide gels and fluorescence-based automated capillary electrophoresis for detection of amplified fragment polymorphism patterns obtained from white-rot fungi in the genus Trametes. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 41, 161-172.
- Terefework, Z., Lortet, G., Suominen, L.
and Lindström, K. 2000. Molecular Evolution of interaction
between rhizobia and their legume host In:
Prokaryotic Nitrogen Fixation: A Model System for the Analysis of a
Biological Process
- Zhang, X.-X., Guo,
X.-W., Terefework, Z., Cao, Y.-Z., Hu, F.R., Lindström, K. and Li, F.-D. 1999. Genetic
diversity among rhizobial isolates from field-grown Astragalus
sinicus of Southern China. Systematic and
Applied Microbiology 22, 312-320.
· Zhang X, Nick G, Kaijalainen S, Terefework Z, Paulin L, Tighe SW, Graham PH, Lindstrom K. 1999. Phylogeny and diversity of Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from the root nodules of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) in Sichuan, China. Syst Appl Microbiol. 22, 378-386
- Terefework, Z. Nick, G., Suomalainen,
S., Paulin, L. and Lindström,
K. 1998Phylogeny of Rhizobium galegae with respect to other rhizobia
and agrobacteria International Journal of
Systematic Bacteriology 48, 349–356
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Lindström, K., Terefework,
Z., Paulin, L., and Nick, G. 1996.
Nitrogen fixation, rhizobia and agricultural
applications. In: Samson, J.A. Stalpers, D. van der Mei and A. H. Stouthamer (ed.). Culture
Collections to Improve the Quality of Life..
Proceedings from the 8th international Congress on Culture Collections. pp.
365-369
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Awards
Best
Masters thesis award for microbiology, 1998. Dept. of
Applied Chemistry and Microbiology,
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC
PRESENTATIONS
- 1st Nordic conference on prokaryotic
molecular biology,
- 5th meeting of Ph.D..
students in Evolutionary Biology, Umeå
- 11th Nordic Nitrogen Fixation Conference,
- 13th North American Conference on
Biological
- 6th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference,
Services rendered as a reviewer for journals:
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Canadian
Journal of Microbiology
- Biotechniques
- FEMS microbiology letters
- Archives of Microbiology
Memberships
International
Society for Molecular Plant Microbe interactions
People to
People Inc.
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