Group
Principal investigator
Pétur Orri Heiðarsson, PhD
Associate professor
Education: Postdoc Biophysics, University of Zürich, Switzerland/University of Cambridge, UK/University of Copenhagen, Denmark; PhD Biophysics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Postdoctoral researchers
Kateryna Nitsenko, PhD
Education: PhD Biophysics, University of Paris, France; MSc Nanophysics, University of Strasbourg, France; BSc Physics, National University of Kiev, Ukraine.
Project: Interactions of neuronal pioneer factor Ascl1 with nucleosomes.
Kristinn Ragnar Óskarsson, PhD
Education: BSc/MSc/PhD Biochemistry, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Pioneer factor FoxA1
Shrutarshi Mitra, PhD
Education: PhD Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan; MSc Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India; BSc Chemistry, Calcutta University, India.
Project: Conformational dynamics of pioneer factor Ascl1
PhD students
Jens Nicolai Vilstrup Decker, MSc
Education: BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Project: Pluripotency pioneer factors NANOG and Sox2 studied with NMR and single-molecule spectroscopy.
Mahtab Hafizi Yazdabadi, MSc
Education: MSc Biochemistry, Shiraz University, Iran; BSc Cellular and Molecular Biology, Shiraz University, Iran.
Project: Extremely disordered architectural transcription factors and their interactions with chromatin
Sigríður Stefanía Hlynsdóttir, MSc
Education: BSc Biochemistry/MSc Medical Life Sciences, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Pioneer factor Pu1 conformational dynamics studied with smFRET.
Sveinn Bjarnason, MSc
Education: BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Pioneer factor Sox2 studied with NMR and smFRET.
MSc students
Kinga Sofia Demény, BSc
Education: BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Designing and reconstructing chromatin landscapes in vitro for single-molecule fluorescence studies.
Kjartan Skarphéðinsson, BSc
Education: BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Interactions of pioneer factor Pu1 with chromatin.
Magnús Arnar Rúnarsson, BSc
Education: BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Effects of oncogenic mutations on structure, dynamics, and function of pioneer factor FoxA1.
Mariya Petrova Monova, BSc
Education: BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Phosphomimetic mutations on a charged IDR in pioneer factor Pu1, studied with smFRET and optical tweezers.
BSc students
Ásdís Hrefna V. Laufeyjardóttir
BSc student in Biochemistry
Project: Pioneer factor Ascl1
Hafrún Hákonardóttir
BSc student in Biochemistry
Project: Pioneer factor FoxA1 and effects of oncogenic mutations.
Research assistants
Former lab members
Berglind Bjarnadóttir- Research assistant, 2024
Andrea Guala- Research assistant, 2023
Matthías Már Valdimarsson- BSc/MSc student 2021-2023
Ester Borgarsdóttir – BSc project student, Spring 2023
Elísa Sól Oddgeirsdóttir – BSc project student, Spring 2023
Hanna Bjerring Kastrup – BSc project student at the University of Copenhagen, Autumn 2022
Laura Hamann – BSc project student at the University of Copenhagen, Autumn 2022
Dagur Þórarinsson – Bsc project and summer student 2021-2022
Atli Freyr Marteinsson – Research assistant, 2021-2022
Sarah Frederiksen Ruidiaz – Research assistant, 2020-2021
Hrafnhildur Una Þórðardóttir- BSc project student, Autumn 2020
Einar Halldórsson- BSc project student, spring 2020
Dagur Fróði Kristjánsson- BSc project and summer student, 2020