Home Researchers Researchers 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 Image Adrián López García de Lomana Research Specialist Image Anna Karen Sigurðardóttir Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Pathology Image Árni Kristmundsson Fish, shellfish diseases Image Berglind Eva Benediktsdóttir Exosomes, drug delivery, cancer treatment, size-exclusion chromatography, cell layer permeation studies Image Berglind Ósk Einarsdóttir Cell biology, genetics, cancer, melanoma, melanocytes, cell culture, in vivo experiments, molecular Biology Image Birkir Þór Bragason Arctic charr, aquaculture pathogens, immune response, gene expression Image Björn Rúnar Lúðvíksson Image Björn C. Schäffner Cartilaginous fishes, parasites, marine biology, taxonomy & systematics, conservation biology Image Bylgja Hilmarsdóttir Cancer, Organoids, cell biology, EMT, molecular pathology, BRCA1/2 mutations, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer Image Charlotta Oddsdóttir Veterinary Medicine, Reproductive Pathology, Early Embryonic Death, Abortion Image Eiríkur Steingrímsson MITF, melanoma, melanocytes, transcription regulation Image Erna Magnúsdóttir Transcriptional regulation, cancer epigenetics, lineage determination Image Francois Singh Mitochondrial homeostasis, mitophagy, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial physiology, metabolism, Parkinson's Disease. Image Georgios Kararigas Image Guðmundur Hrafn Guðmundsson Innate immunity, antimicrobial peptide, cathelicidin, infections, mucosal defenses Image Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir Human embryonic stem cells, cardiovascular development, TGF-beta signalling Image Gunnhildur Ásta Traustadóttir Cell biology, Molecular Biology, Stem cells Image Gunnsteinn Haraldsson Pneumococci, MRSA, non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae, molecular typing, molecular epidemiology Image Hannes Petersen Inner ear, evolution, postural control, vertigo development, whale, 3D models Image Hans Tómas Björnsson Epigenetics, Histone Machinery, Kabuki syndrome, intellectual disability, therapeutic development Image Inga Reynisdóttir Breast cancer, genetic alterations, cell line validation, clinical pathology Image Ingibjörg Harðardóttir Resolution of inflammation, natural killer cells, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids Image Ingileif Jónsdóttir Immunology, vaccine, memory, adjuvant, neonate, polysaccharide, genetics Image Jens Guðmundur Hjörleifsson Biochemistry, structure and function of proteins. Image Jón Þór Bergþórsson Prostate cancer, morphogenesis, genetic susceptibility Image Jón Pétur Jóelsson Ventilatior-Induced Lung Injury, Macrolides, ARDS, Barriolides Image Jón Jóhannes Jónsson DNA damage, two-dimensional electrophoresis, human genetics, molecular diagnostics Image Jóna Freysdóttir Resolution of inflammation, NK cells, dendritic cells, omega-3 PUFA Image Kalina Hristova Kapralova Evo-devo, complex morphological traits, population genomics, gene expression, miRNAs Image Karl Ægir Karlsson Sleep, ontogeny, zebrafish, drug screening Image Karl G. Kristinsson Clinical microbiology Image Kristinn P. Magnússon Genetics Genomics Biotechnology Ecological genetics Ecological genomics Human genetics Conservation genetics Conservation genomics Image Laufey Tryggvadóttir Cancer, risk, survival, BRCA2, epidemiology Image Linda Viðarsdóttir Noncoding RNAs, epigenetics, breast cancer, sarcoma, BRCA2, autophagy Image Magnús Karl Magnússon Stem cells, lung/breast epithelial cells, EMT (epithelial mesenchymal transition), transcriptional regulation, microRNA (miRNA) Image Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir Autophagy, Cancer, Metabolism Image Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir Clinical mass spectrometry, bioanalytical mass, spectrometry, lipidomics, chemometrics, sponge-derived bioactives Image Marta Guðjónsdóttir Exercise capacity, pulmonary function, walking test, sleep Image Oddur Vilhelmsson Bioprospecting Arctic, sub-Arctic habitats, environmental biotechnology applications Image Ólafur E. Sigurjónsson Stem cells, tissue engineering, regenrative medicine, transfusion medicine, platelets, osteogeneis, chondrogeneis, systems biology Image Ólöf Birna Ólafsdóttir Image Ólöf Guðrún Sigurðardóttir Veterinary pathology, Diagnostics Image Óttar Rolfsson Metabolic networks, metabolomics, carbohydrate metabolism, red blood cells, platelets, enzymology, kinetics Image Paolo Gargiulo Medical modelling, surgical planning, bone, brain electrical activity, tissue engineering Image Páll Melsted Bioinformatics, algorithms, data structures, whole genome assembly, RNA-Seq Image Pétur Orri Heiðarsson Single-molecule FRET, intrinsically disordered proteins, chromatin biophysics, protein dynamics Image Pétur Henry Petersen Brain, alzheimer, neurodegeneratin, cystatin C, mouse, drosophila Image Ragnhildur Þóra Káradóttir Neuroscience, electrophysiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, cellular physiology, physiology Image Rósa Björk Barkardóttir Breast cancer, oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, BRCA1/2, familial / hereditary breast cancer Image Sara Sigurbjörnsdóttir Molecular cell biology, hedgehog signaling, Smoothened, zebrafish, CRISPR/Cas9 Image Siggeir Fannar Brynjólfsson Image Sigríður Guðrún Suman Inorganic synthesis, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis Image Sigríður Klara Böðvarsdóttir Breast cancer, BRCA2, Aurora-A, telomere, chromosomal instability Image Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir Image Sigríður Jónsdóttir Immunology, Allergy, Immunotherapy, Equine insect bite hypersensitivity Image Sigurbergur Kárason Human lung epithelia cells, epithel integrity, cyclic mechanical stretch, mechanotransduction, ventilator induced lung injury Image Sigurbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir Horses, allergens, insect bite hypersensitivity, immunotherapy Image Sigurður Brynjólfsson Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering Image Sigurður Ingvarsson Cancer, transcription, miRNA, BRCA2, genetics Image Snævar Sigurðsson Bioinformatics, Genomic Data Analysis, DNA or RNA sequencing Image Stefán Þórarinn Sigurðsson DNA repair and genomic instability Image Sveinn Hákon Harðarson Retinal oximetry, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vessel occlusion, age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, imaging Image Valborg Guðmundsdóttir Functional genomics, systems biology, proteomics, type 2 diabetes Image Vilmundur Guðnason Age-related diseases, the Reykjavik study, cardiovascular disease, brain disorders Image Zophonías Oddur Jónsson Gene regulation in yeast and arctic charr, DNA replication, chromatin remodeling, MiRNA and epigenetics Image Þór Eysteinsson Retinal pigment epithelium, electrophysiology, patch clamping, ion channels, vessel myography, retinal oximetry Image Þórarinn Guðjónsson Stem cells, breast morphogenesis, breast cancer, lung stem cells, lung morphogenesis
