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Kristín Ingólfsdóttir - Professor

Kristín Ingólfsdóttir

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Kristín Ingólfsdóttir

Professor

Former president/rector and professor

Email
kring [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Curriculum Vitae
Kristín Ingólfsdóttir - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5598-6757
Research portal – Kristín Ingólfsdóttir

Professional Experience

2010 - 2015, President of Governing Council and Rector of the University of Iceland. Second term in office, University of Iceland
2005 - 2010, President of Governing Council and Rector of the University of Iceland. First term in office, University of Iceland
1997 - 2005, Professor of Pharmaceutical Natural Products Chemistry/Pharmacognosy, University of Iceland; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
1988 - 1997, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Natural Products Chemistry/Pharmacognosy., University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pharmacy
1983 - 1988, Senior lecturer and researcher in Pharmaceutical Natural Products, University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pharmacy, later Faculty of Pharmacy
1980 - 1981, Assistant teaching of practical laboratory courses in Pharmacognosy., University of London, King's College, Dept. of Pharmacy
1979 - 1979, Pharmacist in hospital pharmacy, Manor House Hospital, London, UK
1978 - 1979, Research assistant, University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pharmacy
1976 - 1977, Pharmacy student, Ingólfs apótek (Retail pharmacy)

Published works

2016

Winds of Change in Higher EducationTrends in Pharmacological Sciences

2014

Impact of MOOCs and other forms of online educationProceedings of the IEEE

2011

Uppskerum eins og vid saumLaeknabladid

2010

Cellular mechanisms of the anticancer effects of the lichen compound usnic acidPlanta Medica

2008

Heilbrigoisvísindasvio Háskóla Íslands og háskólasjúkrahúsio LandspítaliLaeknabladid
In vitro and in vivo immunomodulating effects of traditonally prepared extracts and purified compounds from Cetraria islandica.International Immunopharmacology
In vitro and in vivo immunomodulating effects of traditionally-prepared extract and purified compounds from Cetraria islandicaProceedings of the Nutrition Society
In vitro and in vivo immunomodulating effects of traditionally prepared extract and purified compounds from Cetraria islandicaInternational Immunopharmacology

2005

Solubilization of poorly soluble lichen metabolites for biological testing on cell linesEuropean Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

2004

Anti-proliferative effects of lichen-derived lipoxygenase inhibitors on twelve human cancer cell lines of different tissue origin in vitroPlanta Medica
Anti-proliferative lichen compounds with inhibitory activity on 12(S)-HETE production in human plateletsPhytomedicine

2003

NMR study of fumarprotocetraric acid, a complex lichen depsidone derivative from Cladonia furcataMagnetic Resonance in Chemistry

2002

Usnic acidPhytochemistry
Effects of tenuiorin and methyl orsellinate from the lichen Peltigera leucophlebia on 5-/15-lipoxygenases and proliferation of malignant cell lines in vitroPhytomedicine
Chromatography and electrophoresis in separation and characterization of polysaccharides from lichensJournal of Chromatography A
Solubilization of the lichen metabolite (+)-usnic acid for testing in tissue cultureJournal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Aukaverkanir og milliverkanir náttúrulyfja, náttúruvara og fæðubótarefnaLæknablaðið

2001

Polysaccharides from lichensPlanta Medica

2000

Evaluation of selected lichens from Iceland for cancer chemopreventive and cytotoxic activityPharmaceutical Biology

1999

Immunologically active (1→3)-(1→4)-α-D-Glucan from Cetraria islandicaPhytomedicine

1998

Anti-proliferative effects of lichen-derived inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase on malignant cell-lines and mitogen-stimulated lymphocytesJournal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Antimycobacterial activity of lichen metabolites in vitroEuropean Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

1997

Akonitín, eiturefni í bláhjálmi : yfirlitsgreinLæknablaðið
Inhibitory effects of baeomycesic acid from the lichen Thamnolia subuliformis on 5-lipoxygenase in vitroPhytomedicine
Effect of lobaric acid on cysteinyl-leukotriene formation and contractile activity of guinea pig taenia coliJournal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
In vitro susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to protolichesterinic acid from the lichen Cetraria islandicaAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Quantitative determination of protolichesterinic- and fumarprotocetraric acids in Cetraria islandica by high-performance liquid chromatographyJournal of Chromatography A

1996

Inhibitory effects of the lichen metabolite lobaric acid on arachidonate metabolism in vitroPhytomedicine

1995

Mechanistic evaluation of new plant-derived compounds that inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptaseJournal of Natural Products

1994

In vitro inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase by protolichesterinic acid from Cetraria islandicaPhytomedicine
Immunologically active polysaccharide from Cetraria islandicaPlanta Medica
Aconitine in nectaries and other organs from an Icelandic population of Aconitum napellus ssp. vulgarePlanta Medica

1991

Greining ginsenosíð sambanda í gingseng afurðumLæknablaðið

1990

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Senecio vulgaris L. growing in IcelandActa Pharmaceutica Nordica

1986

Structure of vesuvianic acid from stereocaulon speciesPhytochemistry

1985

The isolation of methyl β-orsellinate from Stereocaulon alpinum and comments on the isolation of 4,6-dihydroxy-2- methoxy-3-methylacetophenone from stereocaulon speciesPhytochemistry
In vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of lichen metabolites as potential preservativesAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Keywords for Specialisation:

immunostimulating and anti-tumour activity

especially those having antiviral