Four seminars on BMC infrastructure - Part B.

This week we will start a series of four seminars on BMC infrastructure.

In this project the aim is to examine basic physiological processes involved in regulating the vessel diameter and vascular tone in retinal arteries, using a small vessel myography system which allows for experimentation on isolated vessels.

Vu Hong Nhung, Doctoral student under the supervision of Prof. Eiríkur Steingrímsson gives lecture titled Functional role of PRDM7 in melanoma and its regulation by MITF

The mission of Neuroendocrinology and Aging Group is to contribute to develop new knowledge in the aging field, namely to demonstrate that neuroendocrine system and related mechanisms can be targeted in experimental models to delay, stop, and in some examples, reverse manifestations of aging and age-related disorders.

Dr. Gudjonsson's primary research focus is basic immunological and genetic research on chronic inflammatory skin diseases.

The overall research theme in our lab is the structural and functional characterization of enzymes and enzyme assemblies that contribute to the bacteria defense systems which target invading nucleic acids.

Adenosine is an evolutionary ancient metabolic regulator linking energy state to physiological processes including immunomodulation and cell proliferation.

Hydrogels have been extensively used for drug delivery, hemostasis, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.

Dr. Edith Heard, Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) will give a presentation at the University of Iceland on Monday August 15 at 16:00 in lecture hall Askja 132. Her seminar is entitled: Life in context: EMBL‘s perspective.