Dagskrá / Schedule

Ráðstefnubæklingurinn í heild sinni á PDF-formi / Complete conference booklet as PDF

Heildarlisti yfir erindi fyrir neðan dagskráryfirlit / Complete list of talks is below the schedule overview

Listi yfir öll veggspjöld með ágripum / List of all posters and abstracts

Fimmtudagur / Thursday 17. okt

Íslensk Erfðagreining / deCODE genetics
Sturlugata 8, 101 Reykjavík

Fundarstjóri/chair: Lísa A. Libungan, formaður Líffræðifélags Íslands / President of the Icelandic Biological Society

9:00-9:10 Opnun / Opening
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðherra/ Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources

9:10-9:40 Opnunarerindi / Keynote address
Um uppruna tegunda og tegundafjölbreytileika á Íslandi / On the origin of species and species diversity in Iceland
Snæbjörn Pálsson, prófessor í stofnlíffræði við Líf- og umhverfisvísindadeild Háskóla Íslands / Professor in Population Biology at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland

9:40-9:50 Afhending heiðursverðlauna / Honorary awards 

9:50-10:20 Heiðurserindi ungs vísindamanns / Honorary talk
A decade investigating a top marine predator: the Icelandic Orca Project  Filipa Samarra

10:20-10:50   Kaffi / Coffee

 

Málstofa/session
deCODE, Fróði

Málstofa/session
deCODE, Tjörnin

10:50-12:50

Þróunarfræði / Evolution
Málstofustjóri/chair: Marcos G. Lagunas

Kalina H. Kapralova
Lieke Ponsioen
Quentin Horta-Lacueva
Matthew S. Haynsen
Einar Árnason
Bjarki Eldon
Katrín Halldórsdóttir

Grasafræði / Botany
Málstofustjóri/chair: Lea Jerman P.

Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir
Kesara Anamthawat-Jónsson
Pawel Wasowicz
Guðni Þorvaldsson

12:50-13:30   Hádegishlé / Lunch break

13:30-15:15

Mannerfðafræði / Human genetics
Málstofustjóri/chair: Kristín Allison

Laufey Tryggvadóttir
Þórunn Ásta Ólafsdóttir
Stefán Ragnar Jónsson
Marta S. Alexdóttir
Erna Magnúsdóttir

Erfðabreyttar lífverur  / Genetically modified species
Málstofustjóri/chair: Pétur Henry Petersen

Pétur Henry Petersen
Rakel Kristjánsdóttir
Björn Lárus Örvar
Skúli Skúlason

Askja – Náttúrufræðahús HÍ / Askja – the building of Natural Sciences, University of Iceland
Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavík

15:15-15:40   Kaffi / Coffee

15:40-16:10 Öndvegiserindi / Plenary talk  Stofa/room: N-132
Linking bird migration systems and demography
Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson, vísindamaður við HÍ og forstöðumaður Rannsóknaseturs HÍ á Suðurlandi / Research Professor at the University of Iceland and director of the South Iceland Research Centre of the University

 

Málstofa/session
Askja, N-132

16:15-17:30

Hlutverk almennings í vöktun og rannsóknum / The role of the public in monitoring and research
Málstofustjórar/chairs: Andrés Arnalds & Auður Önnu Magnúsardóttir

Simon Leed Krøs
Jóhann Helgi Stefánsson og Bryndís Marteinsdóttir
Snorri Sigurðsson
Jónína Þorláksdóttir
Elva Hrönn Hjartardóttir

17:30-19:30   Veggspjaldasýning – léttar veitingar í boði MEDOR / Poster session – light refreshments in curtesy of MEDOR


Föstudagur/Friday 18. okt

Íslensk Erfðagreining / deCODE genetics

Fundarstjóri/chair: Sævar Ingþórsson, stjórnarmaður Líffræðifélags Íslands / Board member of the Icelandic Biological Society

9:00-9:30 Öndvegiserindi / Plenary talk  Salur/hall: Fróði
Zoos in Science and science in zoos
Christina Hvilsom, Geneticist & Zoo’s genetics lab leader at Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark

9:30-10:00 Öndvegiserindi / Plenary talk  Salur/hall: Fróði
Toward a unified science of ecological change: Thermal ecology as a central pillar
Mary I. O’Connor, Associate Professor in the Zoology Department and Associate Director of the Biodiversity Research Centre at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

10:00-10:30   Kaffi / Coffee

 

Málstofa/session 

deCODE, Fróði

Málstofa/session

deCODE, Tjörnin

10:30-12:15


Erfðafræði dýra / Animal genetics
Málstofustjóri/chair: Kalina Kapralova

Sigurður S. Snorrason
Zophonías O. Jónsson
Marcos G. Lagunas
Han Xiao
Sebastien Matlosz
Charles C. R. Hansen
Jake Goodall

Aðgerðaráætlun í loftslagsmálum – hvað þýðir hún fyrir íslensk þurrlendisvistkerfi? / Climate action plan – what does it mean for the Icelandic terrestrial ecosystems?
Málstofustjóri/chair: Kristín Svavarsdóttir

Kristín Svavarsdóttir
Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir
Ása L. Aradóttir
Ólafur K. Nielsen
Sigurður Hjalti Magnússon

12:15-12:45   Hádegishlé / Lunch break

12:45-13:15 Öndvegiserindi / Plenary talk  Salur/hall: Fróði
Biology and Ecology in an era of global disruption
Halldór Þorgeirsson, formaður Loftslagsráðs / Chair of the Icelandic Climate Council

 

Málstofa/session
deCODE, Fróði

Málstofa/session
deCODE, Tjörnin

13:15-14:45

Science communication / Vísindamiðlun
Málstofustjórar / session chairs: Mia Cerfonteyn & Hafdís H. Ægisdóttir

In English

Kolefnisjöfnun örnámskeið / A short course on carbon offsetting
Stefán Gíslason frá Umhverfisráðgjöf Íslands ehf. (Environice)

14:45-15:15   Kaffi / Coffee

 

Málstofa/session
deCODE, Fróði

15:15-17:15

Vísindamiðlun til almennings / Communicating science to the public

Málstofustjórar / session chairs: Guðmundur Á. Þórisson og Hafdís H. Ægisdóttir

Viðmælendur í pallborði / panelists:

Edda Olgudóttir ritstjóri Hvatans og vísindapistlahöfundur á Rás 1
Evgenia Ilyinskaya jarðfræðingur
Jón Örn Guðbjartsson markaðs- og samskiptastjóri Háskóla Íslands
Kjartan Hreinn Njálsson aðstoðarmaður Landlæknis og fyrrum ritstjóri Fréttablaðsins
Lilja Katrín Gunnarsdóttir ritstjóri Frjálsrar fjölmiðlunar
Sævar Helgi Bragason jarðfræðingur, stjörnufræðikennari og dagskrárgerðarmaður
Þóra Kristín Ásgeirsdóttir upplýsingafulltrúi Íslenskrar Erfðagreiningar

Pallborðið fer fram á íslensku, ókeypis aðgangur, allir velkomnir
The panel discussion is in Icelandic, free admission, all welcome

17:30-18:00 Aðalfundur Líffræðifélags Íslands / Annual meeting of the Icelandic Biological Society   Salur/hall: deCode, Tjörnin


Laugardagur/Saturday 19. okt

Askja – Náttúrufræðahús HÍ

 

Málstofa/session
N-131

Málstofa/session
N-132

9:00-10:30

Sameindalíffræði I / Molecular Biology I
Málstofustjóri/chair: Kalman Christer

Arsalan Amirfallah
Adrianna Milewska
Drífa Hrund Guðmundsdóttir
Baldur Kristjánsson
Alessandra Schnider
Sara Björk Stefánsdóttir

Vistfræði I / Ecology I
Málstofustjóri/chair: Agnes-Katharina Kreiling

Bjarni K. Kristjánsson
Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir
Guðrún Óskarsdóttir
Stefán Óli Steingrímsson
Ivan Jarić

10:30-10:50   Kaffi / Coffee

10:50-12:20

Sameindalíffræði II / Molecular Biology II
Málstofustjóri/chair: Baldur Kristjánsson

Sigríður S. Hlynsdóttir
Kevin Ostacolo
Kristrún Ýr Holm
Kristín Allison
Sarah McGarrity
Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir

Vistfræði II / Ecology II
Málstofustjóri / chair: Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir

Edda Sigurdís Oddsdottir
Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir
Brynja Hrafnkelsdóttir
Jóhannes Guðbrandsson
Menja von Schmalensee

12:20-13:15   Hádegismatur – Grænmetisborgarar frá Prikinu (kjötvalmöguleiki í boði)
Lunch – Vegetarian burgers from Prikið (meat option available)

13:15-13:45  Öndvegiserindi / Plenary talk
„Gleymskan mikla“ Um hlutverk innsæis og forgangsröðun eftir tilfinningum í rannsóknum. Hver er munurinn á visku og þekkingu. Er ekkert „til“ nema hægt sé að spegla það eða mæla? / “The Great Forgetting” Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge. What happened to the intuitive mind. Is research only about measurements and objectification?
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon (Goddur), rannsóknarprófessor við Hönnunar- og arkitektúrdeild Listaháskóla Íslands / Artist and graphic designer and Research Professor at Iceland University of Art & Design

13:45  Listasýningin Líf í list / Art exhibition Life in art

 

Málstofa/session
N-131

Málstofa/session
N-132

14:00-15:45

Örverufræði I / Microbiology I
Málstofustjóri/chair: Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir

Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir
Clara Anne Jégousse
Pauline Bergsten
Mia Cerfonteyn
Eva Benediktsdóttir
Denis Warshan

Sjávarlíffræði / Marine Biology
Málstofustjóri / chair: Paulus Jacobus Wensveen

Jónas Páll Jónasson
Sindri Gíslason
Joana Micael
Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá
Gotje von Leesen
Charla Jean Basran
Steinunn Hilma Ólafsdóttir

15:45-16:00   Kaffi / Coffee

16:00-17:15

Örverufræði II / Microbiology II
Málstofustjóri / chair: Denis Warshan

Níels Árni Árnason
Sean Michael Scully
Ólafur S. Andrésson
Maonian Xu

Dýrafræði / Zoology
Málstofustjóri / chair: Anna Selbmann

Sölvi Rúnar Vignisson
Hrafnkatla Eiríksdóttir
Pedro Rodrigues
Jón Einar Jónsson
Gísli Már Gíslson

17:20-17:40  Lífríki, loftslagsbreytingar og leiðtogar: Ferðasaga frá Suðurskautslandinu / Antarctica’s biota in an era of climate crisis and the role of leadership  Hafdís H. Ægisdóttir  Askja N-132

17:40-18:00  Afhending verðlauna (besti nemendafyrirlestur og veggspjald) og ráðstefnuslit / Awards for best student presentation and poster and closing remarks   Askja N-132

20:00-01:00  Haustfagnaður Líffræðifélags Íslands á Bryggjunni Brugghús / Social event of the Icelandic Biological Society at Bryggjan Brugghús, Grandagarði 8, 101 Reykjavík


Yfirlitserindi / Plenary talks

Y1

Um uppruna tegunda og tegundafjölbreytileika á Íslandi / On the origin of species and species diversity in Iceland
Snæbjörn Pálsson

Y2 Heiðurserindi ungs vísindamanns / Honorary talk: A decade investigating a top marine predator: the Icelandic Orca Project
Filipa Samarra
Y3 Linking bird migration systems and demography
Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson
Y4 Zoos in Science and science in zoos
Christina Hvilsom
Y5 Toward a unified science of ecological change: Thermal ecology as a central pillar
Mary I. O’Connor
Y6 Biology and Ecology in an era of global disruption
Halldór Þorgeirsson
Y7 „Gleymskan mikla“ Um hlutverk innsæis og forgangsröðun eftir tilfinningum í rannsóknum. Hver er munurinn á visku og þekkingu. Er ekkert „til“ nema hægt sé að spegla það eða mæla? / “The Great Forgetting” Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge. What happened to the intuitive mind. Is research only about measurements and objectification?
Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon (Goddur)

Málstofuerindi / Seminar talks

   
  Þróunarfræði / Evolution
Málstofustjóri / chair: Marcos G. Lagunas
E1 Tales from the field: drones, boats, underwater cameras and scuba, the tools to studying speciation
Kalina H. Kapralova, Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir, Fia Finn, Lieke Ponsioen, Quentin Horta-Lacueva, Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson, Sigurður S Snorrason
E2 Adaptive divergence in head morphology in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from Thingvallavatn
Lieke Ponsioen, Quentin Horta-Lacueva, Sigurður S. Snorrason, Kalina H. Kapralova
E3 The puzzled Arctic charr: When a mishmash of hybrid traits promotes adaptive divergence
Quentin Horta-Lacueva, Quentin J.-B. HORTA-LACUEVA, David BENHAÏM, Camille A.-L. LEBLANC, Sigurður S. SNORRASON, Kalina H. KAPRALOVA
E4 Atlantic cod population split estimates: Inferrences made with whole genomes
Matthew S. Haynsen, Einar Árnason, Katrín Halldórsdóttir
E5 A case of mitochondrial DNA recombination?
Einar Árnason, Katrín Halldórsdóttir
E6 Multiple-merger coalescents, bounded juvenile numbers, and large sample sizes
Bjarki Eldon, Jonathan A. Chetwynd-Diggle, Alison M. Etheridge
E7 Theoretical models in population genetics. Does Atlantic cod fit the Fisher-Wright or the Schweinsberg model of reproduction?
Katrín Halldórsdóttir
   
  Grasafræði / Botany
Málstofustjóri / chair: Lea Jerman P.
E8 Sveppir og ögn um útbreiðslu þeirra hérlendis
Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir
E9 Imaging biological samples by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Kesara Anamthawat-Jonsson
E10 Struthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz – an Icelandic endemic fern
Pawel Wasowicz, Sonia Molino, Jose M. Gabriel y Galán, Emily B. Sessa, Adam Rostanski
E11 Áhrif mismunandi áburðar á gróðurframvindu á sandjörð
Guðni Þorvaldsson, Hólmgeir Björnsson, Þorsteinn Guðmundsson
   
   
  Mannerfðafræði / Human genetics
Málstofustjóri / chair: Kristín Allison
E12 Estrogen receptor status and breast cancer survival in Nordic BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
Laufey Tryggvadóttir, Olafsdottir EJ, Aittomäki K, Barkardottir RB, Blomqvist C, Borg A, Ejlertsen B, Gerdes AM, Heeholm Sønderstrup IM, Hovig E, Jensen M-B, Johannsson OT, Jonasson JG, Lænkholm A-V, Loman N, Nevanlinna H, Nilsson MOlafsdottir GH, Rossing M, Sigurdsson S, Narod SA, Tryggvadottir L
E13 Asthma risk variants highlight the role of T cell regulation and inflammation in asthma pathogenesis
Þórunn Ásta Ólafsdóttir, Thorunn A Olafsdottir, Fannar Theodors, Kristbjorg Bjarnadottir, Unnur Steina Bjornsdottir, Arna B Agustsdottir, Olafur A Stefansson, Erna V Ivarsdottir, Jon K Sigurdsson, Stefania Benonisdottir, Gudmundur I Eyjolfsson, David Gislason, Thorarinn Gislason, Steinunn GuðmundsdóttirArnaldur Gylfason, Bjarni V Halldorsson, Gisli H Halldorsson, Thorhildur Juliusdottir, Anna M Kristinsdottir, Dora Ludviksdottir, Bjorn R Ludviksson, Gisli Masson, Kristjan Norland, Pall T Onundarson, Isleifur Olafsson, Olof Sigurdardottir, Lilja Stefansdottir, Gardar Sveinbjornsson, Vinicius Tragante, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Patrick Sulem, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Gudmundur L Norddahl, Ingileif Jonsdottirand Kari Stefansson
E14 Áhrif Vif próteina á lentiveiruhindrann SAMHD1
Stefán Ragnar Jónsson, Tim Aberle, Valgerður Andrésdóttir
E15 Molecular biomarkers for the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
Marta S. Alexdóttir, Unnur Jóna Björgvinsdóttir, Þóra Steingrímsdóttir, Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir
E16 BLIMP1 and EZH2 co-operate to decrease NK cell mediated cytotoxicity in Waldenström macroglobulinaemia
Erna Magnúsdóttir, Kimberley Anderson, Árný Björg Ósvaldsdóttir, Birgit Atzinger, Gunnhildur Ásta Traustadóttir, Aðalheiður Elín Lárusdóttir, Kirstine Nolling Jensen, Jón Þór Bergþórsson, Ingibjörg Harðardóttir
   
  Erfðabreyttar lífverur / Genetically modified species
Málstofustjóri / chair: Pétur Henry Petersen
E17 Almennt um erfðabreytingar lífvera
Pétur Henry Petersen
E18 Erfðabreyttar lífverur – lög og reglur
Rakel Kristjánsdóttir
E19 Hagnýting plöntuerfðatækninnar – reynsla ORF Líftækni
Björn Lárus Örvar
E20 Erfðabreyttar lífverur: vist- og siðfræðilegar áskoranir
Skúli Skúlason, Stefán Óli Steingrímsson, Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson
   
  Hlutverk almennings í vöktun og rannsóknum / The role of the public in monitoring and research
Málstofustjóri / chair: Andrés Arnalds og Auður Önnu Magnúsardóttir
E21 Project Biodiversity Now: How Denmark’s largest citizen science project aims to monitor national and local changes in biodiversity by 2020
Simon Leed Krøs
E22 Þeir vakta sem nýta
Jóhann Helgi Stefánsson, Bryndís Marteinsdóttir, Elín Fjóla Þórarinsdóttir, Guðmundur Halldórsson, Iðunn Hauksdóttir, Jóhann Þórsson, Kristín Svavarsdóttir og Sigþrúður Jónsdóttir
E23 AlienCSI: A current COST action on invasive species and citizen science.
Snorri Sigurðsson
E24 Að byggja brýr : Hlutverk þátttökunálgana í samþættingu og nýtingu þekkingar
Jónína S. Þorláksdóttir
E25 Líffræðileg fjölbreytni – Ungt fólk að borðinu
Elva Hrönn Hjartardóttir, Christian Prip (Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway), Thor Hjarsen (WWF: World Wildlife Fund, Denmark), Bjørn Bedsted (Danish Technological Board, Denmark) og Mette Gervin Damsgaard (Nordic Council)
   
  Erfðafræði dýra / Animal genetics
Málstofustjóri / chair: Kalina Kapralova
E26 Geographic patterns of genetic variation among populations of Arctic charr and brown trout in Iceland
Sigurður S. Snorrason, Han Xiao, Marcos Lagunas, Jóhannes Guðbransson, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Sigurður H. Árnason, Magnús Jóhannson, Benoný Jónsson, Arnar Pálsson, Zophonías O. Jónsson
E27 Erfðabreytileiki íslenskrar sjóbleikju í hlýnandi heimi
Zophonías O. Jónsson, Jóhannes Guðbrandsson, Benjamín Sigurgeirsson, Han Xiao, Sigurður Már Einarsson, Guðni Guðbergsson, Arnar Pálsson, Sigurður S. Snorrason
E28 Unveiling the genetic structure of brown trout populations in lake Þingvallavatn and the Ölfusá-Sog watershed
Marcos G. Lagunas, Magnús Jóhannsson, Benóný Jónsson, Arnar Pálsson, Zophonías O. Jónsson, Sigurður S. Snorrason
E29 Investigating genomic and phenotypic divergence among sympatric Arctic charr morphs in the Lake Thingvallavatn-Úlfljótsvatn system
Han Xiao, Benjamin Sigurgeirsson, Johannes Gudbrandsson, Zophonias O. Jonsson, Arnar Palsson, Sigurdur S. Snorrason
E30 DNA methylation in Arctic charr: Epigenetics to help understand polymorphism
Sebastien Matlosz, Sébastien Matlosz, Benjamín Sigurgeirsson, Arnar Pálsson, Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir, Sigurður Sveinn Snorrason, Zophonías O. Jónsson
E31 Genetics of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Iceland
Charles C. R. Hansen, Gunnar Þ. Hallgrímsson, Menja von Schmalensee, Róbert Stefánsson, Michael D. Martin, Kristinn H. Skarphéðinsson& Snæbjörn Pálsson
E32 Population genetic structuring in the common whelk, Buccinum undatum, across Iceland and the North Atlantic, as revealed by RAD sequencing
Jake Goodall, Zophonías O. Jónsson, Kristen MarieWestfall, Hildur Magnúsdóttir, Snæbjörn Pálsson, Erla Björk Örnólfsdóttir
   
  Aðgerðaráætlun í loftslagsmálum / Climate action plan
Málstofustjóri / chair: Kristín Svavarsdóttir
E33 Aðgerðaráætlun ríkisstjórnarinnar í loftslagsmálum og langtímaáhrif hennar á þurrlendisvistkerfi Íslands
Kristín Svavarsdóttir
E34 Aðgerðaáætlun í loftslagsmálum: hver verða sjónræn áhrif og afleiðingar á landslagskvarða?
Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir
E35 Endurheimt vistkerfa og aðgerðaáætlun í loftslagsmálum
Ása L. Aradóttir
E36 Fuglar og landbætur
Ólafur Karl Nielsen, Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson
E37 Kolefnisbinding – hvað geta bændur gert? Dæmi af Hrunamannaafrétti
Sigurður Hjalti Magnússon
   
  Sameindalíffræði I / Molecular Biology I
Málstofustjóri / chair: Kalman Christer
E38 Vacuole membrane protein 1 (VMP1)’s role in breast cancer development
Arsalan Amirfallah, 1,5, Adalgeir Arason2,5, Oskar Þor Johannsson4, Bjarni A. Agnarsson3,6, Rosa Bjork Barkardottir2,5, Inga Reynisdottir1,5
E39 Gold nanoisland arrays as SERS substrates for non-invasive detection of characteristic cellular fingerprints
Adrianna Milewska, Vesna Zivanovic, Virginia Merk, Unnar B. Arnalds, Olafur E. Sigurjonsson, Janina Kneipp, Kristjan Leosson
E40 The role of MITF in the response to DNA double strand breaks
Drífa Hrund Guðmundsdóttir, Stefán Þ. Sigurðsson, Þorkell Gupjónsson
E41 Can you save a mutant? Expressional rescue of 3 major wing defects in Drosophila melanogaster
Baldur Kristjánsson, Dagný Á. Rúnarsdóttir, Sudarshan Chari, Ian Dworkin, Arnar Pálsson
E42 The effect of relatedness on socio-positive behaviours in female vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops pygerythrus)
Alessandra Schnider
E43 Fyrirbyggjandi ónæmismeðferð gegn sumarexemi í hestum
Sara Björk Stefánsdóttir, Sigríður Jónsdóttir, Hólmfríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Eliane Marti, Sigurbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir
   
  Vistfræði I / Ecology I
Málstofustjóri / chair: Agnes-Katharina Kreiling
E44 Conserving biological diversity
Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Skúli Skúlason og Camille Leblanc
E45 Microplastics occurrence and composition in drinking water from an Icelandic urban area
Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir, Alessio Gomiero, Kjell Birger Öysæd
E46 Spatial and temporal patterns of early population establishment and growth of downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehr.) on a glacial outwash plain
Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, Hulda Margrét Birkisdóttir, Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir& Kristín Svavarsdóttir
E47 Behavioural differences among Icelandic stream salmonids: A brief overview
Stefán Óli Steingrímsson, Stefán Ó. Steingrímsson, Benjamin I. Andrews, Tommi Linnansaari
E48 The role of species charisma in biological invasions
Ivan Jarić o.fl., Ivan Jarić, Franck Courchamp, Ricardo A. Correia, Sarah L. Crowley, Franz Essl, Anke Fischer, Pablo González-Moreno, Gregor Kalinkat, Xavier Lambin, Bernd Lenzner, Yves Meinard, Aileen Mill, Camille Musseau, Ana Novoa, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Klára Pyšková, Peter Robertson, Menja von Schmalensee, Ross T. Shackleton, Robert A. Stefansson, Kateřina Štajerová, Diogo Veríssimo, Jonathan M. Jeschke
   
  Sameindalíffræði II / Molecular Biology II
Málstofustjóri / chair: Baldur Kristjánsson
E49 An isoform of ATG7 is unable to perform its characterized autophagy function
Sigridur S. Hlynsdottir, Kristrun Yr Holm, Kevin Ostacolo, Linda Sooman, Margret H. Ogmundsdottir
E50 Characterization of the role of ATG7 in cancer
Kevin Ostacolo, Kristrún Yr Holm, Linda Sooman, Sigridur S Hlynsdottir, Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir
E51 Characterization of a mammalian specific function of the key autophagy protein ATG7
Kristrún Ýr Holm, Kevin Ostacolo, Julia Bjorg Kristbjornsdottir, Sigridur S. Hlynsdóttir, Linda Sooman, Margret Helga Ogmundsdottir
E52 A disease model under construction: following SLC13A5 around the brain
Kristín Allison, Helgi J. Ísaksson, Guðmundur L. Norðdahl, Sigríður R. Franzdóttir
E53 Using Genome Scale Metabolic Models to Optimise Differentiation in Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Sarah McGarrity, Þóra B. Sigmarsdóttir, David Snorrason, Óttar Rolfsson and Ólafur Sigurjónsson
E54 Running in circles at the neuromuscular junction
Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir, Kristín E. Allison, Kristín Gyða Hrafnkels Hlynsdóttir, Zophonías O. Jónsson
   
  Vistfræði II / Ecology II
Málstofustjóri / chair: Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir
E55 Áhrif skógræktar á kolefnisjöfnuð Íslands
Edda Sigurdis Oddsdottir, Edda Sigurdís Oddsdóttir
E56 Kolefnis- og vatnshringrás í asparskógi á framræstri mýri á Suðurlandi
Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir, Bjarni Diðrik Sigurðsson
E57 Áhrif loftslagsbreytinga á meindýr á trjám
Brynja Hrafnkelsdóttir, Edda S. Oddsdóttir
E58 Vistkerfi vatnsfalla á Vestfjörðum
Jóhannes Guðbrandsson, Sigurður Már Einarsson, Jón S. Ólafsson, Eydís Salome Eiríksdóttir
E59 Heimiliskötturinn – úlfur í sauðargæru?
Menja von Schmalensee
   
  Örverufræði I / Microbiology I
Málstofustjóri / chair: Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir
E60 Microorganisms in cold spring sources in lava fields in Iceland and Crangonyx islandicus
Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Ragnhildur Gudmundsdottir, Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, Bjarni K. Kristjánsson, Viggó Þ. Marteinsson, Snæbjörn Pálsson
E61 Metagenomics study of microbes in Icelandic marine waters.
Clara Anne Jégousse, Pauline Vannier, René Groben, Viggó Þór Marteinsson
E62 The subsurface biosphere of the five-decades old volcanic island of Surtsey
Pauline Bergsten, Pauline Vannier, Julie Frion, Alan Mougeolle, Stephen Knobloch, Alexandra M. Klonowski, Viggó Þ. Marteinsson
E63 Mapping marine phytoplankton in Iceland using environmental DNA metabarcoding.
Mia Cerfonteyn, René Groben, Kristinn Guðmundsson, Pauline Vannier, Daniel Vaulotand Viggó Þór Marteinsson
E64 Inactivation of viruses in groundwater in postglacial lava field in arctic climate
Eva Benediktsdóttir, María J. Gunnarsdóttir, Berglind Dögg Ómarsdóttir, Vilhjálmur Í. Sigurjónsson, Sigurður M. Gardarsson
E65 Endangered marriage: Ecological genomics predict climate vulnerability in a lichen symbiosis.
Denis Warshan, Philipp Resl, Hörður Gudmundsson, Zophonías O. Jónsson, Silke Werth, Ólafur S. Andrésson
   
  Sjávarlíffræði / Marine Biology
Málstofustjóri / chair: Paulus Jacobus Wensveen
E66 Decadal fluctuations of Norway lobster in Icelandic waters
Jónas Páll Jónasson
E67 The Atlantic rock crab: Post-invasion demography and persistence in Iceland
Sindri Gíslason, Snæbjörn Pálsson, Hermann Dreki Guls, Jörundur Svavarsson, Jónas Páll Jónasson, Halldór P. Halldórsson
E68 Non-indigenous macroalgae species in Iceland
Joana Micael, Pedro Rodrigues, Sindri Gíslason
E69 Iceland: a laboratory for the non-indigenous ascidians
Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá, Joana Micael, Halldor P. Halldorson, Sindri Gislason
E70 Stable oxygen isotope reconstruction of ambient temperature of the Icelandic cod (Gadus morhua) stock over the last 100 years
Gotje von Leesen, Ulysses Ninnemann, Ásta Guðmundsdóttirand Steven E. Campana
E71 Monitoring and mitigating humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) entanglement in fishing gear in Iceland
Charla Jean Basran
E72 Hvert er dýrið?
Steinunn H. Ólafsdóttir, Hlynur Á. Þorleifsson, Bylgja S. Jónsdóttir, Julian M. Burgos, Hjalti Karlsson, Arnþór B. Kristjánsson
   
  Örverufræði II / Microbiology II
Málstofustjóri / chair: Denis Warshan
E73 Pathogen inactivation with amotosalen plus UVA illumination: Impact on platelet factor release in to storage media of platelet concentrates during storage under standard blood banking conditions.
Níels Árni Árnason, Niels Arni Arnason1, Freyr Johannson2, Ragna Landrö1, Björn Hardarsson1, Sveinn Gudmundsson1, Aina-Mari Lian4, Janne Elin Reseland4, Ottar Rolfsson2, and Olafur E. Sigurjonsson1,3,*
E74 Transforming Vinegar into Wine: Bioconversion of carboxylic acids into alcohols
Sean Michael Scully, Sean M. Scully, Jóhann Örlygsson
E75 Hélumosalífskurn – fjölþætt lífverusamfélag sérkennandi fyrir hálendi Íslands
Ólafur S. Andrésson, Alejandro Salazar Villegas, Petra L. Guðmundsdóttir, & Rúna Björk Smáradóttir
E76 Biochirality of usnic acids in the lichenized fungal family Parmeliaceae
Maonian Xu, Starri Heidmarsson, Elin S. Olafsdottir
   
  Dýrafræði / Zoology
Málstofustjóri / chair: Anna Selbmann
E77 A comparative study of the effect of habitat disturbance on birds in Icelandic heathland.
Sölvi Rúnar Vignisson, Sunna Björk Ragnarsdóttir
E78 Sauðfjárlungnaormar á Íslandi
Hrafnkatla Eiríksdóttir
E79 Icelandic seabirds as indicators of Climate Change
Pedro Rodrigues
E80 Is there more than one common eider population in Iceland?
Jón Einar Jónsson, Elisabeth Knudsen, Ellen Magnúsdóttir, Sverrir Thorstensen, Sigríður Magnúsdóttir, Höskuldur Þráinsson, Karl Skírnisson, Snæbjörn Pálsson& Arnþór Garðarsson
E81 Landnám og dreifing tveggja vorflugnategunda Potamophylax cingulatus og Micropterna lateralis á Íslandi og áhrif þess á vorfluguna Apatania zonella (Trichoptera)
Gísli Már Gíslson, Gísli Már Gíslason, Erling Ólafsson, Matthías S. Alfreðsson
E82 Lífríki, loftslagsbreytingar og leiðtogar: Ferðasaga frá Suðurskautslandinu
Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir