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