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- Thursday 14 Oct 2021
- Friday 15 Oct 2021
- Saturday 16 Oct 2021
Thursday 14 Oct 2021
13:00 – 14:45
Íslensk Erfðagreining / deCODE auditorium
Fundarstjóri/chair: Kalina Kapralova, formaður Líffræðifélags Íslands / President of the Icelandic Biological Society
13:00-13:15 Opnun / Opening address
13:15-13:45 Opnunarerindi / Keynote
Y1 – Haseeb Randhawa – Research in the Falkland Islands: Jack of all trades, master of none
Kaffihlé / Coffee break
14:15 – 16:00 Málstofulota 1 / Seminar session 1
Landvistfræði / Terrestrial Ecology
ÍE – Fróði
Thu 14:15 – 16:00
Þróunarfræði I / Evolution I
ÍE – Tjarnarsalur
Thu 14:15 – 16:00
Kaffihlé / Coffee break
16:15 – 17:45 Málstofulota 2 / Seminar session 2
Örnámskeið um vistheimt – Samlíf / Short course on ecological restoration
Askja – N 131
Örnámskeið um vistheimt á vegum Samlífs – samtök líffræðikennara / A short course on ecological restoration, offered by the Icelandic Biology Teachers’ Association. Í umsjón Rannveigar Magnúsdóttir frá Landvernd og Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir frá Náttúruminjasafni Íslands.
Ítarlegri upplýsingar um námskeiðið / more info about the course
Thu 16:15 – 17:45
Sjávarlíffræði I / Marine Biology I
ÍE – Fróði
| E8 | Nýr landnemi meðal lindýra; Sindraskel (Ensis terranovensis, Vierna & Martínez-Lage, 2012) finnst við Suðvesturland Karl Gunnarsson, Hilmar J. Malmquist, Davíð Gíslason, Sindri Gíslason, Joana MicaelSæmundur Sveinsson |
| E9 | Hlustað á humra Jónas Páll Jónasson |
| E10 | Áhrif fiskeldis á botndýralíf og ákvörðun hvíldartíma Þorleifur Eiríksson, Þorgerður Þorleifsdóttir, Leon Moodley, Halldór Pálmar Halldórsson, Erlín Emma Jóhannsdóttir, Erlendur Gíslason, Kristján Lilliendahl, Gunnar Steinn JónssonJónatan Þórðarson, Kristín Ágústsdóttirog Þorleifur Ágústsson |
| E11 | Sea Trout in the United States: Management and Ecology of Anadromous Cutthroat Trout James P. Losee, Andrew Claiborne, Derek Dapp, Riley Freeman, Gabe Madel, Todd Seamons, Rob Allan, Anna Kagley, Jessica Miller, Tom Quinn, Gustav Hellström, Daniel Palm, Fia Finn |
| E12 | It is Good to be Different – Sometimes Steven Campana |
| E13 | Whole-body integration of gene expression and single-cell morphology Detlev Arendt, Peer Bork, Rainer Pepperkok, Yannick Schwab, Paola Y. Bertucci, Jospia Bilic, Stephanie Kandels |
Thu 16:15 – 17:45
Vöktun, gagnagreining og útrás í vistfræði / Monitoring, data analysis and outreach in ecology
ÍE – Tjarnarsalur
| E21 | Náttúrufræðingurinn í takt við tímann: Glæsileg vefútgáfa með opinn aðgang Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir, Anna Heiða Ólafsdóttir1, Guðmundur Björnsson1, Helena Óladóttir1, Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir1, Gróa V. Ingimundardóttir1, Snæbjörn Guðmundsson1,2 |
| E22 | Lífríkisvöktun á Norðurslóðum – framlag og ávinningur Íslands af CBMP samstarfi CAFF Starri Heiðmarsson, Guðni Guðbergsson, Jón S. Ólafsson, Steinunn Hilma Ólafsdóttir, Sunna Björk Ragnarsdóttir |
| E23 | Wildlife ecological modeling in Iceland: How scientists can leverage Machine Learning Thomas Y. Chen |
| E24 | The Effectiveness and Potential Improvements of a Voluntary Code of Conduct for Whale-Watching in Iceland Renée Blankenstein, Mariana Lucia Tamayo, Helga Ögmundardóttir |
| E25 | Raising awareness of invasive and alien plants Mervi Orvokki Luoma, Mariana Lucia Tamayo |
Thu 16:15 – 17:45
Friday 15 Oct 2021
08:30 – 10:15
Íslensk Erfðagreining / deCODE auditorium
8:30-9:00 Y2 – Eiríkur Steingrímsson – MITF and phenotype plasticity in melanoma
9:15-10:15 Heiðursverðlaun Líffræðifélagsins og heiðurserindi
Kaffihlé / Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Málstofulota 3 / Seminar session 3
Landvistfræði II / Terrestrial Ecology II
ÍE – Tjarnarsalur
Fri 10:30 – 12:00
Hádegishlé / Lunch break
13:00 – 14:45 Málstofulota 4 / Seminar session 4
Sameindalíffræði og erfðafræði / Molecular Biology and Genetics
ÍE – Fróði
| E26 | Transcriptome Changes Downstream of Reproductive Homeobox Factors Erna Magnúsdóttir, Thejus B. Venkantesh, Nikolas Lee Van Keersbilck, Sunna Bragadóttir |
| E27 | A novel Kabuki mouse model carrying a missense variant from a patient with Kabuki syndrome Hilmar Örn Gunnlaugsson, Sara Þöll Halldórsdóttir, Ellen Dagmar Björnsdóttir, Teresa Luperchio, Hans Tómas Björnsson (1-4) |
| E28 | Epitranscriptomic regulation of DNA repair genes Karen Kristjánsdóttir, Stefán Þ. Sigurðsson, Þorkell Guðjónsson |
| E29 | Elucidation of additional members of the cold stress pathway. Salvör Rafnsdóttir, Li Zhang, Kimberley Anderson, Hans Tómas Björnsson |
| E30 | Role of MITF during melanocyte development as determined by a conditional mutation Romain Lasseur, Eirikur Steingrimsson |
| E31 | Metabolic gene essentiality in the endothelium Adrián López García de Lomana, & Óttar Rolfsson |
| E32 | Sterile salmon production, different strategies Eduardo Rodriguez |
Fri 13:00 – 14:45
Hagnýt örverufræði og líftækni / Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
ÍE – Tjarnarsalur
| E40 | Identification and characterization of carbohydrate active enzymes that break down seaweed polysaccharides Hörður Guðmundsson, Lilja Róbertsdóttir, Elísabet Guðmundsdóttir, Justine Vanhalst, Rébecca Leblay, Amélie Robert, Ólafur Friðjónsson, Guðmundur Hreggviðsson, Björn Aðalsteinsson |
| E41 | Evaluation of genus Thermoanaerobacter’s alcohol dehydrogenase specificities Eva Maria Ingvadottir, Sean Michael Scully, Johann Orlygsson |
| E42 | Influence of Culture Conditions on the Bioreduction of Organic Acids to Alcohols by Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus Jóhann Örlygsson, Sean Michael Scully1, Aaron E. Brown2, Yannick Mueller-Hilger1, Andrew B. Ross2, 1 |
| E43 | ThermoBlue – Development of a novel blue food colorant from Icelandic thermophilic microalgae René Groben, Hörður Guðmundsson, Alexandra Klonowski & Viggó Þór Marteinsson |
| E44 | Microbially-produced polyesters: a biodegradable bioplastics solution Sean Michael Scully |
Fri 13:00 – 14:45
Kaffihlé / Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00
Askja – Náttúrufræðahús HÍ, stofa N 132
15:30-16:00 Y3 – Detlev Arendt – Traversing European Coastlines: The TREC expedition
16:15 – 17:45 Málstofulota 5 / Seminar session 5
BIODICE vinnustofa / workshop
Askja – N-132
Málstofa um BIODICE, alþjóðlegt samstarfsverkefni um líffræðilega fjölbreytni.
Ítarlegri upplýsingar um málstofuna / More info about the workshop
Fri 16:15 – 17:45
Sameindalíffræði / Molecular Biology
ÍE – Tjarnarsalur
| E45 | Using metabolomics and transcriptional changes to close in on metabolic stages during osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells Þóra Sigmarsdóttir, Thora Bjorg Sigmarsdottir, Sarah McGarrity, Adrian López García de Lomana, Snaevar Sigurðsson, James T. Yurkovich, Ottar Rolfsson2(), Olafur Eysteinn Sigurjonsson) |
| E46 | SERS Imaging of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Differentiation Adrianna Milewska, Olafur E. Sigurjonsson, and Kristjan Leosson |
| E47 | Genomically recoded E.coli enable single-molecule spectroscopy of MITF Matthías Már Valdimarsson, Kjartan Skarphéðinsson, Eiríkur Steingrímsson(co-PI), Pétur Orri Heiðarsson(co-PI) |
| E48 | Conformational dynamics of pioneer factor Sox2 during nucleosome remodelling Sveinn Bjarnason, Mahtab Hafizi Yazdabadi, Matthías Már Valdimarsson, Kinga Sofia Demény, Sarah Frederiksen Ruidiaz, Pétur Orri Heiðarsson |
| E49 | The intrinsically disordered regions in the pioneer transcription factor PU.1 modulate dimer formation on DNA Sigríður St. Hlynsdóttir, Pétur Orri Heiðarsson |
| E50 | Effects of altered Pontin and Reptin expression on protein aggregation and neurodegeneration Friðrik Björn Kjartansson, Zophonías Oddur Jónsson, Sigríður Rut Franzdóttur |
| E51 | Setting up for super resolution light microscopy in Iceland Stefán Eggertsson, Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir, Zophonías Oddur Jónsson |
Fri 16:15 – 17:45
18:00 – 20:00
Veggspjaldasýning / Poster session
Léttar veitingar í boði MEDOR á meðan á sýningunni stendur / Light refreshments courtesy of MEDOR during poster session
Saturday 16 Oct 2021
08:00 – 09:30 Málstofulota 6 / Seminar session 6
Ónæmisfræði og sníkjudýrafræði / Immunology and Parasitology
Askja – N 130
| E52 | Expression of APRIL, a plasma cell survival factor, is limited in early life Auður Anna Aradóttir Pind, Ingileif Jónsdóttir, Stefanía P. Bjarnarson |
| E53 | The adjuvants mmCT and dmLT enhance antibody response to Pn1-CRM197 in a neonatal murine model Jenny Lorena Molina Estupiñan, Auður Anna Aradóttir Pind, Poorya Foroutan Pajoohian, Jan Holmgren, Ingileif Jónsdóttir, Stefanía P. Bjarnarson |
| E54 | Greining á sumarexemi í hrossum með endurröðuðum ofnæmisvökum Sigríður Jónsdóttir, Sara Björk Stefánsdóttir, Anja Ziegler, Ragna Brá Gudnadóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Sigurbjörg Þorsteinsdóttir, Eliane Marti |
| E55 | Somatic evolution lesional and non-lesional psoriatic skin Sigurgeir Ólafsson, Peter J. Campbell, Carl A. Anderson |
| E56 | Rannsóknir á Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola sýkingum í laxfiskum á Íslandi, villtum og í eldi. Árni Kristmundsson, Birkir Þór Bragason, Snorri Már Stefánsson, Nóa Sólrún Guðjónsdóttir, Hildur Magnúsdóttir, Ásthildur Erlingsdóttir |
| E57 | Hringormar geta lifað dögum saman í fólki Karl Skírnisson |
Sat 08:00 – 09:30
Örverufræði / Microbiology
Askja – N 131
| E64 | Nitrogen fixation rates and cyanobacteria cover are enhanced by warming, wetting and light in a subarctic biological soil crust Alejandro Salazar (if virtual), Ólafur Andressón (if in person), Alejandro Salazar, Clara Vásquez, Denis Warshan, Ólafur Andressón |
| E65 | Microbial communities associated with a lava-induced hydrothermal system in Holuhraun Snædís H. Björnsdóttir, Solange Duhamel, Christopher Hamilton, Snæbjörn Pálsson |
| E66 | A comparison of the genomes of Icelandic Renibacterium salmoninarum strains to genomes of North American and European strains Birkir Þór Bragason, Sigríður Hjartardóttir, Snorri Már Stefánsson, Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir, Árni Kristmundsson |
| E67 | Chemosystematics and fungal-algal association pattern inspired discovery of a new lichenized algal clade in the genus Trebouxia Maonian Xu |
| E68 | Pseudomonas syringae in non- agricultural environments in Iceland and lichens as reservoir Natalia Ramirez, Natalia Ramírez, Oddur Vilhelmsson, Margrét Auður Sigurbjörnsdóttir |
| E69 | Efficient Cas9 based genome editing of extreme thermophiles Björn Aðalsteinsson, Björn Þór Aðalsteinsson, Þórdís Kristjánsdóttir, Hörður Guðmundsson, William Merre, Alexandra Helleux, Julia Dusaucy, Mathilde Tourigny, Ólafur Friðjónsson, Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson |
Sat 08:00 – 09:30
Sjávarlíffræði II / Marine Biology II
Askja – N 132
Sat 08:00 – 09:30
No workshops in this session.
09:45 – 11:30 Málstofulota 7 / Seminar session 7
Sameindalíffræði og sjúkdómar I / Molecular Biology and Diseases I
Askja – N 131
| E70 | Interplay between TGFβ family members and angiogenic factors in breast cancer cells Clara Valls Ferré, Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir, Kristian Pietras, Helga Þráinsdóttir |
| E71 | Opposing roles of the TGFbeta family in human placental development Hallfríður Ingólfsdóttir, Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir, Marta S. Alexdóttir, Þóra Steingrímsdóttir |
| E72 | Deciphering the effects of phosphorylation on MITF activity Eyvindur Árni Sigurðarson, Valerie Fockand Eiríkur Steingrímsson |
| E73 | Absence of Mitf leads to changes in olfaction without neurodegeneration in aging mice Fatich Mechmet, Eiríkur Steingrímsson, Pétur Henry Petersen |
| E74 | Generating iPSC-derived disease models to analyze the causes of neurological symptoms in CTD Kristín Allison, Helgi J. Ísaksson, Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir |
| E75 | The Role of the Extracellular Domain of SMO in Chondrocytes Sara Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Elín Sóley Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Máney Dögg Hjaltadóttir, Sigrún Elísa Magnúsdóttir, Abbi E. Smith, Eiríkur Steingrímssonand |
| E76 | Functional role of PRDM7 in melanoma and its regulation by MITF Hong Nhung Vu (nhv2@hi.is), Hong Nhung Vu, Ramile Dilshat, and Eiríkur Steingrímsson |
Sat 09:45 – 11:30
Ferskvatnsvistfræði / Freshwater Ecology
Askja – N 132
| E90 | Locating and validating salmonid spawning sites using drones, scuba diving and genetics Lieke Ponsioen, Benjamin D. Hennig, Jónína H. Ólafsdóttir, Marcos G. Lagunas, Marina de la Cámara, Kalina H. Kapralova |
| E91 | Skötuormar – huldudýr á heiðum uppi Þorgerður Þorleifsdóttir, Þorleifur Eiríksson, Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttirog Hilmar J. Malmquist |
| E92 | Occurrence of microplastics in a remote Icelandic glacier Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir, Alessio Gomiero, Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, Kjell Birger Öysæd |
| E93 | Endurheimt votlendis – líka fyrir fiska Jóhannes Guðbrandsson, Ásgerður Elín Magnúsdóttir, Ingólfur Pétursson, Iðunn Hauksdóttir |
| E94 | The use of acoustic telemetry to improve management and conservation of arctic charr and brown trout in large lakes. Gustav Hellström, Daniel Palm, James Loose, Tomas Brodin |
| E95 | The correlation of personality scores between laboratory experiments and semi-wild observations, and its influence on movement and survival of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) Rosanne Beukeboom, Audrey Prat, Stefán Olí Steingrímsson, David Benhaïm |
| E96 | Effects of global warming on life history of Arctic charr morphs in Lake Thingvallavatn Sigurður S. Snorrason, Fia Finn, Finnur Ingimarsson, Haraldur R. Ingvason, Marina de la Camara, Han Xiao, Kalina H. Kapralova, Lieke Ponsioen, Marcos Lagunas, Nahal Eskafi, Quentin Jean B. Horta-Lacueva, Stefán M. Stefánsson |
Sat 09:45 – 11:30
11:35 – 12:05
Askja – Náttúrufræðahús HÍ, stofa N-132
11:35-12:05 Y4 – Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir – Abrupt ecosystem shifts: Thresholds, processes and timescales.Lessons for 21st century changes
Hádegishlé / Lunch break
13:15 – 15:00 Málstofulota 8 / Seminar session 8
Þróunarfræði II / Evolution II
Askja – N 130
Sat 13:15 – 15:00
Sameindalíffræði og sjúkdómar II/ Molecular Biology and Diseases II
Askja – N 131
| E77 | The role of the autophagy protein ATG7 in blood Fannar Óli Ólafsson, Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir, Sigríður Stefanía Hlynsdóttir |
| E78 | Search for novel biomarkers for early breast cancer diagnosis by targeted protein assay Kristrún Ýr Holm, Selma Dögg Magnúsdóttir, Finnur Eiríksson, Sigríður Klara Böðvarsdóttir, Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir |
| E79 | Hsa-miR-21-3p associates with breast cancer patient survival and targets genes in tumor suppressive pathways Inga Reynisdóttir, Arsalan Amirfallah, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Aðalgeir Arason, Bylgja Hilmarsdóttir, Óskar Þór Jóhannsson, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Rósa B. Barkardóttir |
| E80 | Breast cancer in BRCA2 999del5 founder mutation carriers María Rose Bustos, Laufey Tryggvadóttir, Snædís Ragnarsdóttir, Stefán Sigurðsson |
| E81 | A non-lipidating isoform of ATG7 is linked with malignancy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma Kevin Ostacolo, Margrét Helga Ögmundsdóttir |
| E82 | Patient derived pancreatic cancer organoids to model mutations in DNA damage repair pathways and explore therapeutic opportunities with PARP inhibitors Sigrun Agatha Árnadóttir, Sigrún Agatha Árnadóttir, Inga Reynisdóttir, Rósa Björk Barkardóttir, Þórarinn Guðjónsson, Bylgja Hilmarsdóttir |
| E83 | Maedi-visna virus Vif protein uses motifs distinct from HIV-1 Vif to bind zinc and the cofactor required for A3 degradation Stefán Ragnar Jónsson, Diana Rubene, Ragna Brá Guðnadóttir, Kirsten Knecht, Yong Xiong |
Sat 13:15 – 15:00
Loftslagsbreytingar og skógrækt / Climate change and forestry
Askja – N 132
Málstofa í umsjón Skógræktarinnar um tækifæri og áskoranir í skóglausu landi. Valin erindi og umræður.
Sat 13:15 – 15:00
No workshops in this session.
15:15 – 17:00 Málstofulota 9 / Seminar session 9
Sjávarlíffræði III / Marine Biology III
Askja – N 132
Sat 15:15 – 17:00
17:00 – 19:00
Askja – N-132
17:00-17:30 Y5 – Ingileif Jónsdóttir – Vaccines against COVID-19, a success story
17:30-18:00 Y6 – Johannes Krause – he genetic history of plague: From the Stone Age to the 21st century
18:00-18:15 Afhending verðlauna og ráðstefnuslit / Awards and closing remarks
18:15-18:45 Aðalfundur Líffræðifélagsins / Annual Meeting of the Icelandic Biological Society