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.

Scientist
Adam Ray Smith

Developmental biology, evolution, plasticity, gene duplications, reproductive biology

Adrian Lopez Garcia de Lomana

Quantitative cell biology, systems biology, gene regulatory network interence, transcriptomics, metabolomics

Árni Kristmundsson

Fish, shellfish diseases

Berglind Eva Benediktsdóttir

Exosomes, drug delivery, cancer treatment, size-exclusion chromatography, cell layer permeation studies

Berglind Ósk Einarsdóttir

Cell biology, genetics, cancer, melanoma, melanocytes, cell culture, in vivo experiments, molecular Biology

Birkir Þór Bragason

Arctic charr, aquaculture pathogens, immune response, gene expression

Björn Rúnar Lúðvíksson
Bylgja Hilmarsdóttir

Cancer, Organoids, cell biology, EMT, molecular pathology, BRCA1/2 mutations, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer

Charlotta Oddsdóttir

Veterinary Medicine, Reproductive Pathology, Early Embryonic Death, Abortion

Eiríkur Steingrímsson

MITF, melanoma, melanocytes, transcription regulation

Erna Magnúsdóttir

Transcriptional regulation, cancer epigenetics, lineage determination

Francois Singh

Mitochondrial homeostasis, mitophagy, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial physiology, metabolism, Parkinson's Disease.

Georgios Kararigas
Guðjón Ólafsson

Chromosome segregation, Cell Biology, Cancer, Centromeres, Synthetic Biology, Yeast Genetics, Transcriptional Regulation, High-throughput assays

Guðmundur Hrafn Guðmundsson

Innate immunity, antimicrobial peptide, cathelicidin, infections, mucosal defenses

Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir

Human embryonic stem cells, cardiovascular development, TGF-beta signalling

Gunnhildur Ásta Traustadóttir

Cell biology, Molecular Biology, Stem cells

Gunnsteinn Haraldsson

Pneumococci, MRSA, non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae, molecular typing, molecular epidemiology

Hannes Petersen

Inner ear, evolution, postural control, vertigo development, whale, 3D models

Hans Tómas Björnsson

Epigenetics, Histone Machinery, Kabuki syndrome, intellectual disability, therapeutic development

Inga Reynisdóttir

Breast cancer, genetic alterations, cell line validation, clinical pathology

Ingibjörg Harðardóttir

Resolution of inflammation, natural killer cells, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Jens Guðmundur Hjörleifsson

Biochemistry, structure and function of proteins.

Jón Þór Bergþórsson

Prostate cancer, morphogenesis, genetic susceptibility

Jón Pétur Jóelsson

Ventilatior-Induced Lung Injury, Macrolides, ARDS, Barriolides

Jón Jóhannes Jónsson

DNA damage, two-dimensional electrophoresis, human genetics, molecular diagnostics

Jóna Freysdóttir

Resolution of inflammation, NK cells, dendritic cells, omega-3 PUFA

Kalina Hristova Kapralova

Evo-devo, complex morphological traits, population genomics, gene expression, miRNAs

Karl Ægir Karlsson

Sleep, ontogeny, zebrafish, drug screening

Kristinn P. Magnússon

Genetics Genomics Biotechnology Ecological genetics Ecological genomics Human genetics Conservation genetics Conservation genomics

Linda Viðarsdóttir

Noncoding RNAs, epigenetics, breast cancer, sarcoma, BRCA2, autophagy

Magnús Karl Magnússon

Stem cells, lung/breast epithelial cells, EMT (epithelial mesenchymal transition), transcriptional regulation, microRNA (miRNA)

Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir

Autophagy, Cancer, Metabolism

Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir

Clinical mass spectrometry, bioanalytical mass, spectrometry, lipidomics, chemometrics, sponge-derived bioactives

Marta Guðjónsdóttir

Exercise capacity, pulmonary function, walking test, sleep

Oddur Vilhelmsson

Bioprospecting Arctic, sub-Arctic habitats, environmental biotechnology applications

Ólafur E. Sigurjónsson

Stem cells, tissue engineering, regenrative medicine, transfusion medicine, platelets, osteogeneis, chondrogeneis, systems biology

Ólöf Birna Ólafsdóttir
Ólöf Guðrún Sigurðardóttir

Veterinary pathology, Diagnostics

Óttar Rolfsson

Metabolic networks, metabolomics, carbohydrate metabolism, red blood cells, platelets, enzymology, kinetics

Paolo Gargiulo

Medical modelling, surgical planning, bone, brain electrical activity, tissue engineering

Páll Melsted

Bioinformatics, algorithms, data structures, whole genome assembly, RNA-Seq

Pétur Orri Heiðarsson

Single-molecule FRET, intrinsically disordered proteins, chromatin biophysics, protein dynamics

Pétur Henry Petersen

Brain, alzheimer, neurodegeneratin, cystatin C, mouse, drosophila

 Ragnhildur Þóra Káradóttir

Neuroscience, electrophysiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, cellular physiology, physiology

Rósa Björk Barkardóttir

Breast cancer, oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, BRCA1/2,  familial / hereditary breast cancer

Sara Sigurbjörnsdóttir

Molecular cell biology, hedgehog signaling, Smoothened, zebrafish, CRISPR/Cas9

Siggeir Fannar Brynjólfsson
Sigríður Guðrún Suman

Inorganic synthesis, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis

Sigríður Klara Böðvarsdóttir

Breast cancer, BRCA2, Aurora-A, telomere, chromosomal instability

Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir
Sigríður Jónsdóttir

Immunology, Allergy, Immunotherapy, Equine insect bite hypersensitivity

Sigurbergur Kárason

Human lung epithelia cells, epithel integrity, cyclic mechanical stretch, mechanotransduction, ventilator induced lung injury

Sigurður Brynjólfsson

Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering

Sigurður Ingvarsson

Cancer, transcription, miRNA, BRCA2, genetics

Snævar Sigurðsson

Bioinformatics, Genomic Data Analysis, DNA or RNA sequencing

Stefanía P Bjarnarson

Immunology, Vaccines, Adjuvants, Memory induction, Neonate, Polysaccaride-induced hyporesponsiveness

Stefán Sigurðsson

DNA repair and genomic instability

Sveinn Hákon Harðarson

Retinal oximetry, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vessel occlusion, age-related macular  degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, imaging

Valborg Guðmundsdóttir

Functional genomics, systems biology, proteomics, type 2 diabetes

Vilmundur Guðnason

Age-related diseases, the Reykjavik study, cardiovascular disease, brain disorders

Zophonías Oddur Jónsson

Gene regulation in yeast and arctic charr, DNA replication, chromatin remodeling, MiRNA and epigenetics

Þór Eysteinsson

Retinal pigment epithelium, electrophysiology, patch clamping, ion channels, vessel myography, retinal oximetry

Þórarinn Guðjónsson

Stem cells, breast morphogenesis, breast cancer, lung stem cells, lung morphogenesis

Share