Bylgja Hilmarsdóttir

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Clinical scientist at Landspitali University hospital

Contact: 
Email: bylgjahi@landspitali.is
Phone: +354 543 8032

Location:
Molecular pathology unit, Department of Pathology at Baronsstigur, house 9, Landspitali University hospital
 

RESEARCH PROFILE - PUBLICATION
(work in progress)

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Bylgja Hilmarsdóttir

2008 BS, Biochemistry, University of Iceland
2010 MSc, Biomedical Sciences, University of Iceland
2016 PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Iceland
2016-2019 Postdoctoral research Oslo University Hospital

We are interested in 3D research models and culture of primary tissue as organoids. Those modes are used to study drug sensitivity in cancer and drivers of therapy resistance, as well as mechanisms in cancer progression. We also study cancer driving mutations, both somatic and germline, with particular focus in the BRCA1/2 genes. 

Current lab members:
Hafdís Björk Þórðardóttir, MSc student
Tryggvi Helmutsson, MSc student
Sif Heiðarsdóttir, MSc student
Birkir Orri Viðarsson, BSc student 
Former lab members:
Sigrún Agatha Árnadóttir, MSc student
Eydís Bergmann Gunnarsdóttir, MSc student
Íris Thelma Árnadóttir, BSc student