POHópdagur 2023
Group retreat in Iceland
Group 2023
Mariya, Elísa, Ester, Magnús, Kjartan, Pétur, Mahtab, Kiddi, Kateryna, Sveinn, Sigga, Kinga
UCPH Group 2025
Pétur, Frida, Upasana, Aida, Mads, Shrutarshi, Jens
POHópdagur 2021
Sveinn, Kjartan, Dagur, Pétur, Sarah, Matti, Mahtab, Sigga, Kiddi, Yiming, Jens, Magnús
POHópdagur 2024
Summer house retreat in Iceland

Group

Principal investigator​

Petur

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

Aida Curovic

 

Education: University College Copenhagen, Denmark.  

 

 

Postdoctoral researchers

Shrutarshi Mitra

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 starts on his PhD journey.

Sveinn Bjarnason, PhD

 

Education: PhD/BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Iceland, Iceland.

 

Project: Pioneer factor Sox2 studied with NMR and smFRET.

WashU Med School Headshots

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

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.

©Kristinn Ingvarsson

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

SiggaStefania

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 R Gøtzsche-Larsen

Mads Ruben Gøtzsche-Larsen, BSc

 

Education: BSc Biochemistry , University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

Project: Uncovering the molecular properties of pluripotency
inducer super-Sox

ÁsdísHrefna2

Ásdís Hrefna V. Laufeyjardóttir, BSc

Education: BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland, Iceland.

 

Project: Sox2 in phase separated condensates

BSc students

Research assistants

Former lab members

Frida Højer Nielsen- BSc student, 2025

Mariya Petrova Monova- BSc/MSc student, 2022-2025

Magnús Arnar Rúnarsson- BSc/MSc student, 2022-2025

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