About
Biologist with a Msc and PhD in fungal diversity and molecular ecology from the University of Oslo. Teaches in nature, health and movemnet at the department of early childhood education, and is part of the natural science section at the department. Do research on subjects such as nature (and outside areas), fungi in ECEC, students nature relatedness, and teaching methods.
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Botnen, Synnøve Smebye
;
Sandbakken, Mari
(2023).
Påstandsspill som et verktøy i undervisning om bærekraftig utvikling i barnehagelærerutdanningen.
Nordisk barnehageforskning.
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.23865/nbf.v19.347
Harder, Christoffer Bugge; Hesling, Emily;
Botnen, Synnøve Smebye
; Lorberau, Kelsey; Dima, Bálint; von Bonsdorff-Salminen, Tea; Niskanen, Tuula; Jarvis, Susan G.; Ouimette, Andrew; Hester, Alison; Hobbie, Erik A.; Taylor, Andy F. S.; Kauserud, Håvard
(2023).
Mycena species can be opportunist-generalist plant root invaders.
Environmental Microbiology.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16398
Estensmo, Eva Lena Fjeld;
Botnen, Synnøve Smebye
; Maurice, Sundy; Martin Sanchez, Pedro Maria; Morgado, Luis; Engh, Ingeborg Bjorvand; Høiland, Klaus; Skrede, Inger; Kauserud, Håvard
(2022).
The Indoor Mycobiomes of Daycare Centers Are Affected by Occupancy and Climate.
13 p.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Vol. 88.
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02113-21
Tonjer, Lea-Rebekka; Thoen, Ella; Morgado N, Luis;
Botnen, Synnøve
; Mundra, Sunil; Nybakken, Line; Bryn, Anders; Kauserud, Håvard
(2021).
Fungal community dynamics across a forest–alpine ecotone.
Molecular Ecology.
Vol. 30.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16095
Sandbakken, Mari ; Vik, Unni ; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye (2021). Dyr i byen. Barns muligheter til å oppleve dyr og dyreliv i byen. Jørgensen-Vittersø, Kari Anne; Vik, Unni (Ed.). Barn i by . p. 71-83. Universitetsforlaget.
Maurice, Sundy Ursula Mary Jane; Arnault, Gontran; Nordén, Jenni;
Botnen, Synnøve Smebye
; Miettinen, Otto; Kauserud, Håvard
(2021).
Fungal sporocarps house diverse and host-specific communities of fungicolous fungi.
The ISME Journal.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00862-1
Vik, Unni ; Botnen, Synnøve Smebye ; Sandbakken, Mari (2021). Artar som kan skape tilhøyrsle til natur på barnehagen sitt uteområde. Jørgensen-Vittersø, Kari Anne; Vik, Unni (Ed.). Barn i by . p. 85-98. Universitetsforlaget.
Thoen, Ella; Harder, Christoffer Bugge; Kauserud, Håvard;
Botnen, Synnøve Smebye
;
Vik, Unni
; Taylor, Andy F.S.; Menkis, Audrius; Skrede, Inger
(2020).
In vitro evidence of root colonization suggests ecological versatility in the genus Mycena.
New Phytologist.
Vol. 227.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16545
Botnen, Synnøve Smebye
; Thoen, Ella; Eidesen, Pernille Bronken; Krabberød, Anders Kristian; Kauserud, Håvard
(2020).
Community composition of arctic root-associated fungi mirrors host plant phylogeny.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
Vol. 96.
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa185
Botnen, Synnøve Smebye
; Mundra, Sunil; Kauserud, Håvard; Eidesen, Pernille Bronken
(2020).
Glacier retreat in the High Arctic: Opportunity or threat for ectomycorrhizal diversity?.
12 p.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
Vol. 96.
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa171