Rate My Professor Eva-Stina Edholm

Eva-Stina Isabella Edholm is an Associate Professor and Vice Head of Education at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. She holds a Master's degree in immunology from Uppsala University, Sweden (2004), and a PhD from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA (2011). Her postdoctoral training (2011-2017) and role as Research Assistant Professor were at the University of Rochester, New York, USA, partially funded by the American Association of Immunologists. Since 2018, she has been at UiT, advancing from researcher to associate professor, leading the Tromsø Research Foundation Starting Grant project 'Innate T cell defence in fish' (iTD, 2018-2022, 12 MNOK). Edholm lectures in Bio-3609 Basal and Comparative Immunology and MBI-2004 Immunology, and supervises master students on topics like γδ T cells and non-classical MHC genes in Atlantic salmon.

Edholm's research centers on fish immunology and vaccinology, focusing on unconventional, innate-like T and NKT cells, MHC class I-like molecules, and their roles in antiviral immunity in Atlantic salmon. Utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, MHC tetramer technologies, and next-generation sequencing, her work explores early immune surveillance against viruses such as salmonid alphavirus (SAV3) and piscine orthoreovirus (PRV). Key publications include 'Profiling the T Cell Receptor Alpha/Delta Locus in Salmonids' (Frontiers in Immunology, 2021), 'Piscine Orthoreovirus (PRV)-3, but Not PRV-2, Cross-Protects against PRV-1 and Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation in Atlantic Salmon' (Vaccines, 2021), 'Critical Role of an MHC Class I-Like/Innate-Like T Cell Immune Surveillance System in Host Defense against Ranavirus (Frog Virus 3) Infection' (Viruses, 2019), 'Impacts of the MHC class I-like XNC10 and innate-like T cells on tumor tolerance and rejection in the amphibian Xenopus' (Carcinogenesis, 2019), 'Microbial danger signals control transcriptional induction of distinct MHC class I L lineage genes in Atlantic salmon' (Frontiers in Immunology, 2019), and 'Comparative analysis of salmonid non-classical MHC class I L lineage genes' (Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 2025). She contributes to projects like CRISPRized Immortality, ImmunDNA, and AquTRep, and serves on the editorial board of Comparative Immunology Reports, with editorial roles in Frontiers in Immunology. Her research has garnered over 2200 citations, influencing comparative immunology in ectothermic vertebrates and aquaculture vaccine development. She participated in the UiT Aurora Outstanding program for talented researchers.