Dr Sara Moeskjær

School of Biosciences

Research Associate

s.moeskjaer@sheffield.ac.uk

Alfred Denny Building

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Dr Sara Moeskjær
School of Biosciences
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN

Profile

2021-present: Research Associate, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
2019-2020: Research Associate, Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Qualifications

2015-2019: PhD, Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University: The genetics of the Rhizobium-clover interaction
2011-2015: MSc, Molecular Biology, Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Research interests: Soil microbial dynamics
How does land management influence below-ground biodiversity and can we determine what "sustainable agriculture" is using soil health as a metric?

Rhizobium genomics and genetics
How do we define bacterial species, how mobile are their core and accessory genomes, and which genes determine N fixing ability with a specific legume host genotype?

Legume genomics and yield improvement through genomic prediction
Optimising yield of legumes by understanding the symbiosis with rhizobia is a brilliant opportunity to increase yield per acre without adding more synthetic N

Publications

Journal articles

Young JPW, Jorrin B, Moeskjær S & James EK (2023) Rhizobium brockwellii sp. nov., Rhizobium johnstonii sp. nov. and Rhizobium beringeri sp. nov., three genospecies within the Rhizobium leguminosarum species complex. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 73(7).
Ford S, Moeskjær S, Young P, Santamaría RI & Harrison E (2021) Introducing a novel, broad host range temperate phage family infecting Rhizobium leguminosarum and beyond. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12(11). View this article in WRRO
Moeskjær S, Skovbjerg CK, Tausen M, Wind R, Roulund N, Janss L & Andersen SU (2021) Major effect loci for plant size before onset of nitrogen fixation allow accurate prediction of yield in white clover.. Theor Appl Genet.
Cavassim MIA, Moeskjær S, Moslemi C, Fields B, Bachmann A, Vilhjálmsson BJ, Schierup MH, W. Young JP & Andersen SU (2020) Symbiosis genes show a unique pattern of introgression and selection within a Rhizobium leguminosarum species complex. Microbial Genomics, 6(4).
Fields B, Moeskjær S, Deakin WJ, Moffat EK, Roulund N, Andersen SU, Young JPW & Friman V () Rhizobium nodule diversity and composition are influenced by clover host selection and local growth conditions. Molecular Ecology.
Tausen M, Clausen M, Moeskjær S, Shihavuddin ASM, Dahl AB, Janss L & Andersen SU () Greenotyper: Image-Based Plant Phenotyping Using Distributed Computing and Deep Learning. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.
Young JPW, Moeskjær S, Afonin A, Rahi P, Maluk M, James EK, Cavassim MIA, Rashid MH-O, Aserse AA, Perry BJ , Wang ET et al () Defining the Rhizobium leguminosarum Species Complex. Genes, 12(1), 111-111.
Moeskjær S, Tausen M, Andersen SU & Young JPW () Amplicons and isolates: Rhizobium diversity in fields under conventional and organic management.
Young JPW, Moeskjær S, Afonin A, Rahi P, Maluk M, James EK, Cavassim MIA, Rashid MH-O, Aserse AA, Perry BJ , Wang ET et al () Defining the Rhizobium Leguminosarum Species Complex.
Fields B, Moeskjær S, Friman V-P, Andersen SU & Young JPW () MAUI-seq: Metabarcoding using amplicons with unique molecular identifiers to improve error correction.
Fields B, Moeskjær S, Friman V, Andersen SU & Young JPW () MAUI‐seq: Metabarcoding using amplicons with unique molecular identifiers to improve error correction. Molecular Ecology Resources.
Moeskjær S, Skovbjerg CK, Tausen M, Wind R, Roulund N, Janss L & Andersen SU () Major effect loci for plant size before onset of nitrogen fixation allow accurate prediction of yield in white clover.