Group
Principal investigator
Pétur Orri Heiðarsson, PhD
Associate professor of Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen
Professor of Biochemistry, University of Iceland
Postdoc: Biophysics, University of Zürich, Switzerland/University of Cambridge, UK/University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education: PhD Biophysics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Technical staff
Aida Curovic
Education: University College Copenhagen, Denmark.
Postdoctoral researchers
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
Sveinn Bjarnason, PhD
Education: PhD/BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Project: Pioneer factor Sox2 studied with NMR and smFRET.
Upasana Mallimadugula, PhD
Education: PhD Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis, USA; MSc in Physics, Pondicherry University, India.
Project: Ensemble dynamics and kinetics of pluripotency transcription factors.
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.
MSc students
Mads Ruben Gøtzsche-Larsen, BSc
Education: BSc Biochemistry , University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Project: Uncovering the molecular properties of pluripotency
inducer super-Sox
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
Frida Højer Nielsen
Project: Role of conserved residues in Sox2 IDR for DNA binding and bending
Research assistants
Ásdís Hrefna V. Laufeyjardóttir, BSc
Project: Role of polyA/polyQ tract in neuronal pioneer factor Ascl1
Former lab members
Kristinn Ragnar Óskarsson- Postdoctoral researcher, 2021-2024
Kateryna Nitsenko- Postdoctoral researcher, 2021-2024
Hafrún Hákonardóttir- BSc student, summer 2024
Kjartan Skarphéðinsson- BSc/MSc student, 2022-2024
Kinga Sofia Demény- BSc/MSc student, 2021-2024
Berglind Bjarnadóttir- Research assistant, 2024
Andrea Guala- Research assistant, 2023
Niclas Ritter- Erasmus exchange student, Fall 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