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PhD Student Toolbox

  • Practical minicourses, workshops and presentations which support the academic and professional development of PhD students.
  • All events take place in English unless otherwise indicated.
  • All events are either virtual or hybrid, unless otherwise indicated.
  • Shorter events are normally recorded, but not the longer workshops.
  • Participants receive a certificate of professional development each term.
  • In cooperation with the Schools, the Centre for Teaching and Learning, the Center for Writing, Student & Career Counselling, the International Division and the National and University Library.

Fall 2024 Schedule

Ágúst | August

BMC Seminar - Causative Genetic Mutations in Human Neurodevelopmental Disorders

3. October 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00

Læknagarður

room 343

BMC Semniar Thursday 3 October, 12:00 in Læknagarður Vatnsmýrarvegur 16, room 343

Speaker: Dr. Julian Heng, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Bentley, Australia.

Title: Causative Genetic Mutations in Human Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Detection as a First Step on the Path to New Treatment Options

Useful links

Here are some useful links and informations for immigrants in Iceland.

Planning to bid for an international conference? Consultation for SHS

24. September 2024 - 13:30 to 14:30

Læknagarður

4th floor meeting room at the School's office. Open area by reception in front, as backup, if room is too small

Meet in Reykjavík – Iceland Convention Bureau (MIR) and the University of Iceland (HÍ) entered into an agreement in 2018 with the aim of increasing the number of academic meetings and conferences held in Iceland. In recent years, MIR has worked with many people within the university to secured interesting conferences to Iceland, most recently the IGARSS 2027 Conference in collaboration with Jón Atla Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland and his team.

Doctoral Defense in bioengineering - Yixi Su

7. May 2024 - 13:00 to 14:30

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Doctoral candidate:
Yixi Su

Title of thesis:
Decoding the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum for developing photosynthetic cell factories

Opponents:
Dr. Maria Barbosa, Professor at Wageningen University, Dr Tryggvi Stefansson Chief Operating Officer at Algalíf Iceland 

Advisors:
Dr. Weiqi Fu, Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland and Professor at Zhejiang University, Dr. Sigurður Brynjólfsson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, biomechanics and bioengineering at the University of Iceland

Also in the doctoral committee:
Dr. Ólafur Sigmar Andrésson, Professor Emiritus, dr. Snædís Huld Björnsdóttir, professor of microbiology at Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Iceland

GPMLS Lectures - Dr. Sarah Shammas & Dr. Sebastian Deindl

30. May 2024 - 15:00 to 17:00

Askja

N-132

Dr. Sarah Shammas, MRC career development fellow at the Department of Biochemistry at Oxford University and Dr. Sebastian Deindl, Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Uppsala University, EMBO Young Investigator and Wallenberg Academy Fellow will give lectures in the GPMLS lecture series.

The talk of Dr. Sarah Shammas is titled "Impact of residual structure in DNA binding by disordered DNA binding domains".

Doctoral defence in Biochemistry - Sveinn Bjarnason

31. May 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Doctoral candidate: Sveinn Bjarnason

Title of thesis: The structural dynamics of Sox2: Deciphering the role of intrinsically disordered regions in pioneer transcription factors

Advisor: Dr. Pétur Orri Heiðarsson, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland

Opponents:
Dr. Sarah Shammas, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Sebastian Deindl,  Professor at Uppsala University, Sweden

Doctoral committee:
Dr. Magnús Már Kristjánsson, Professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland
Dr. Erna Magnúsdóttir, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland

Chair of Ceremony:
Dr. Snæbjörn Pálsson, Professor and Head of the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland

Shaping the Path Forward at the Aurora Spring Biannual 2024

27/06/2024 - 11:15

At the end of May, the Aurora community gathered in the historic city of Naples for the Aurora Spring Biannual, hosted by the University Federico II of Naples (UNINA). This biannual combined a historic perspective with Aurora’s transition into its exciting new phase. 

This year’s biannual event offered the Aurora community a chance to celebrate the 800th anniversary of UNINA, placing Aurora’s ambitions in a grand historical context. The anniversary of UNINA served as a powerful reminder of the importance and transformative potential of our universities. By situating Aurora’s contemporary aims within this historical framework, the biannual meeting in Naples not only celebrated the past but also inspired the Aurora community to continue shaping a better society through collaboration in education and research.

Leading Journal in Feminist Studies Edited by UI  Researchers

29/11/2023 - 10:40

Researchers at the University of Iceland have taken over the editorial management of the NORA journal, Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. The journal, published in English by Taylor & Francis, aims to convey a Nordic perspective on international gender studies and feminism, making Nordic research in the field accessible and visible on the global stage. NORA, with its significant impact, is a leading publication in Nordic feminist studies. It is also an important source for trends and developments in the field and collaboration with other research areas. The journal features new studies from various disciplines, including education, health sciences, history, law, literature, philosophy, political science, theology, sociology, and science and technology. NORA serves as a platform for interdisciplinary articles, opinion articles, and reviews that address both international and specific Nordic subjects, methods, and theories.

Learning more about no-see-ums and fruit flies

29/08/2023 - 06:40

Most people in Iceland have probably noticed increasing numbers of biting in the country over the last few years. These tiny and hard-to-spot flies midges (called no-see-ums in English and lúsmý in Icelandic) settle on mammals to drink their blood, something which many of us have no doubt experienced first hand. "We believe that biting midges first arrived in Iceland around 10 years ago, but there is still a lot we don't know about their biology," says Arnar Pálsson, professor at the University of Iceland Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. Along with his colleagues, he has spent the summer researching the distribution and DNA of these aggressive newcomers, as well as the fruit flies you may have seen around the fruit bowl at home. The aim is to map the distribution of these species in the capital area and changes in their numbers over the summer.

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