Personal profile
External positions
Member, The Danish Young Academy
1 Sept 2024 → 1 Sept 2029
Keywords
- User defined:
- Bioinformatics
- Microbiology
- supercomputer
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Antibiotics
- Bacteria
- Genomics
- Metagenomics
- Microbiome
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Publications
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Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance
Munk, P., Brinch, C., Møller, F. D., Petersen, T. N., Hendriksen, R. S., Seyfarth, A. M., Kjeldgaard, J. S., Svendsen, C. A., van Bunnik, B., Berglund, F., Global Sewage Surveillance Consortium, Larsson, D. G. J., Koopmans, M., Woolhouse, M. & Aarestrup, F. M., 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 16 p., 7251.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Time-series sewage metagenomics distinguishes seasonal, human-derived and environmental microbial communities potentially allowing source-attributed surveillance
Becsei, Á., Fuschi, A., Otani, S., Kant, R., Weinstein, I., Alba, P., Stéger, J., Visontai, D., Brinch, C., de Graaf, M., Schapendonk, C. M. E., Battisti, A., De Cesare, A., Oliveri, C., Troja, F., Sironen, T., Vapalahti, O., Pasquali, F., Bányai, K. & Makó, M. & 7 others, , 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 13 p., 7551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Abundance and diversity of the faecal resistome in slaughter pigs and broilers in nine European countries
Munk, P., Knudsen, B. E., Lukjacenko, O., Duarte, A. S. R., Van Gompel, L., Luiken, R. E. C., Smit, L. A. M., Schmitt, H., Garcia, A. D., Hansen, R. B., Petersen, T. N., Bossers, A., Ruppé, E., Graveland, H., van Essen, A., Gonzalez-Zorn, B., Moyano, G., Sanders, P., Chauvin, C. & David, J. & 21 others, , 1 Aug 2018, In: Nature Microbiology. 3, 8, p. 898-908Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A comprehensive database for biological data derived from sewage in five European cities
Becsei, Á., Munk, P., Fuschi, A., Otani, S., Stéger, J., Visontai, D., Papp, K., Brinch, C., Kant, R., Weinstein, I., Vapalahti, O., de Graaf, M., Schapendonk, C. M. E., Roelfsema, J., van den Beld, M., Pijnacker, R., Franz, E., Alba, P., Battisti, A. & De Cesare, A. & 15 others, , 2026, In: Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. 2026, 7 p., baaf089.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Controlled immobilization of single-domain antibodies using cellulose-binding modules for AB5-type toxin detection in paper-based assays
Belfakir, S. B., Jürgensen, J. A., Petersson, M., Wraae, M. S., Munk, P., Thumtecho, S., Masteghin, M. G., Ljungars, A., Laustsen, A. H., Thrane, S. W. & Ross, G. M. S., 2026, In: RSC Advances. 16, 23, p. 21423-21437Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Bioinformatic tools for genomic reconstruction in the face of sequence redundancy
Vojtková, M. (PhD Student), Munk, P. (Main Supervisor) & Brinch, C. (Supervisor)
01/12/2025 → 30/11/2028
Project: PhD
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Bioinformatic methods for multi-metagenome integration in antimicrobial resistance research
Freitag, R. (PhD Student), Munk, P. (Main Supervisor) & Brinch, C. (Supervisor)
01/06/2025 → 31/05/2028
Project: PhD
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Host range and epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in global genome collections
Thorn, A. V. (PhD Student), Aarestrup, F. M. (Main Supervisor) & Munk, P. (Supervisor)
01/11/2021 → 23/03/2026
Project: PhD
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Analysis of global emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in 150k host and environmental samples
Martiny, H.-M. (PhD Student), Estibaritz, A. A. (Examiner), Friedman, J. (Examiner), Petersen, T. N. (Main Supervisor), Brinch, C. (Supervisor) & Munk, P. (Supervisor)
15/11/2019 → 01/03/2023
Project: PhD
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Veterinærforlig III
Andersen, V. D. (PI), Vigre, H. (PI), Aarestrup, F. M. (PI), Munk, P. (PI) & Jensen, M. S. (PI)
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research
Activities
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The Young Academy of Technology, Science, and Innovation (External organisation)
Munk, P. (Member)
2025 → 2030Activity: Membership › Membership of commitees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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videnskab.dk (External organisation)
Munk, P. (Member)
2025 → …Activity: Membership › Board duties in companies, associations, or public organisations
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Should researchers be ‘influencers’ to maximise their research impact?
Hermund, D. B. (Speaker) & Munk, P. (Speaker)
6 Feb 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies and organisations
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The Danish Young Academy (External organisation)
Munk, P. (Member)
2024 → 2029Activity: Membership › Membership of commitees, commissions, boards, councils, associations, organisations, or similar
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AMR-alliancen (External organisation)
Munk, P. (Member)
2024 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of research networks or expert groups
Datasets
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PanRes - Collection of antimicrobial resistance genes
Martiny, H.-M. (Creator), Pyrounakis, N. (Creator), Lukjančenko, O. (Creator), Petersen, T. N. (Creator), Aarestrup, F. M. (Creator), Clausen, P. T. L. C. (Creator) & Munk, P. (Creator), Zenodo, 27 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10091602, https://zenodo.org10091602
Dataset
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MetalResistance - Collection of metal resistance genes
Martiny, H.-M. (Creator), Pyrounakis, N. (Creator), Lukjančenko, O. (Creator), Petersen, T. N. (Creator), Aarestrup, F. M. (Creator), Clausen, P. T. L. C. (Creator) & Munk, P. (Creator), Zenodo, 31 Aug 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8108201, https://zenodo.org/record/8108201
Dataset
Press/Media
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Dansk gris kan rumme et af svarene på global sundhedskrise
20/09/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Scientists develop new method to analyze sewage data for epidemic monitoring
18/09/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Forskere finder tusindvis af ukendte bakterier i spildevandet fra København og fire andre storbyer
17/09/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ny forskning chokerer: Tusindvis af ukendte bakterier i Københavns kloakker
17/09/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media