The Biomedical Center brings together researchers from all fields of life sciences in Iceland. The group consists of around 70 scientist both principal investigators, researchers, graduate students and emeritus professors.
Developmental biology, evolution, plasticity, gene duplications, reproductive biology
Quantitative cell biology, systems biology, gene regulatory network interence, transcriptomics, metabolomics
Fish, shellfish diseases
Exosomes, drug delivery, cancer treatment, size-exclusion chromatography, cell layer permeation studies
Cell biology, genetics, cancer, melanoma, melanocytes, cell culture, in vivo experiments, molecular Biology
Arctic charr, aquaculture pathogens, immune response, gene expression
Cancer, Organoids, cell biology, EMT, molecular pathology, BRCA1/2 mutations, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer
Veterinary Medicine, Reproductive Pathology, Early Embryonic Death, Abortion
MITF, melanoma, melanocytes, transcription regulation
Transcriptional regulation, cancer epigenetics, lineage determination
Mitochondrial homeostasis, mitophagy, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial physiology, metabolism, Parkinson's Disease.
Chromosome segregation, Cell Biology, Cancer, Centromeres, Synthetic Biology, Yeast Genetics, Transcriptional Regulation, High-throughput assays
Innate immunity, antimicrobial peptide, cathelicidin, infections, mucosal defenses
Human embryonic stem cells, cardiovascular development, TGF-beta signalling
Cell biology, Molecular Biology, Stem cells
Pneumococci, MRSA, non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae, molecular typing, molecular epidemiology
Inner ear, evolution, postural control, vertigo development, whale, 3D models
Epigenetics, Histone Machinery, Kabuki syndrome, intellectual disability, therapeutic development
Breast cancer, genetic alterations, cell line validation, clinical pathology
Resolution of inflammation, natural killer cells, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
Biochemistry, structure and function of proteins.
Prostate cancer, morphogenesis, genetic susceptibility
Ventilatior-Induced Lung Injury, Macrolides, ARDS, Barriolides
DNA damage, two-dimensional electrophoresis, human genetics, molecular diagnostics
Resolution of inflammation, NK cells, dendritic cells, omega-3 PUFA
Evo-devo, complex morphological traits, population genomics, gene expression, miRNAs
Sleep, ontogeny, zebrafish, drug screening
Genetics Genomics Biotechnology Ecological genetics Ecological genomics Human genetics Conservation genetics Conservation genomics
Noncoding RNAs, epigenetics, breast cancer, sarcoma, BRCA2, autophagy
Stem cells, lung/breast epithelial cells, EMT (epithelial mesenchymal transition), transcriptional regulation, microRNA (miRNA)
Autophagy, Cancer, Metabolism
Clinical mass spectrometry, bioanalytical mass, spectrometry, lipidomics, chemometrics, sponge-derived bioactives
Exercise capacity, pulmonary function, walking test, sleep
Bioprospecting Arctic, sub-Arctic habitats, environmental biotechnology applications
Stem cells, tissue engineering, regenrative medicine, transfusion medicine, platelets, osteogeneis, chondrogeneis, systems biology
Veterinary pathology, Diagnostics
Metabolic networks, metabolomics, carbohydrate metabolism, red blood cells, platelets, enzymology, kinetics
Medical modelling, surgical planning, bone, brain electrical activity, tissue engineering
Bioinformatics, algorithms, data structures, whole genome assembly, RNA-Seq
Single-molecule FRET, intrinsically disordered proteins, chromatin biophysics, protein dynamics
Brain, alzheimer, neurodegeneratin, cystatin C, mouse, drosophila
Neuroscience, electrophysiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, cellular physiology, physiology
Breast cancer, oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, BRCA1/2, familial / hereditary breast cancer
Molecular cell biology, hedgehog signaling, Smoothened, zebrafish, CRISPR/Cas9
Inorganic synthesis, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis
Breast cancer, BRCA2, Aurora-A, telomere, chromosomal instability
Immunology, Allergy, Immunotherapy, Equine insect bite hypersensitivity
Human lung epithelia cells, epithel integrity, cyclic mechanical stretch, mechanotransduction, ventilator induced lung injury
Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering
Cancer, transcription, miRNA, BRCA2, genetics
Bioinformatics, Genomic Data Analysis, DNA or RNA sequencing
Immunology, Vaccines, Adjuvants, Memory induction, Neonate, Polysaccaride-induced hyporesponsiveness
DNA repair and genomic instability
Retinal oximetry, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vessel occlusion, age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, imaging
Functional genomics, systems biology, proteomics, type 2 diabetes
Age-related diseases, the Reykjavik study, cardiovascular disease, brain disorders
Gene regulation in yeast and arctic charr, DNA replication, chromatin remodeling, MiRNA and epigenetics
Retinal pigment epithelium, electrophysiology, patch clamping, ion channels, vessel myography, retinal oximetry
Stem cells, breast morphogenesis, breast cancer, lung stem cells, lung morphogenesis