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Óttar Rolfsson - Professor
–
Heilbrigðisvísindasvið
Óttar Rolfsson
Íslenska
Professor
of Biochemistry and Systems Biology
Location
Sturlugata 8
Phone
525 - 5854
Email
ottarr [at] hi.is
Unit
Biochemistry
Website
https://systemsbiology.hi.is/the-rolfsson-laboratory/
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-6057
Research portal – Óttar Rolfsson
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2023 - 2024
LÆK408G - Molecular Life Sciences B
LÆK310G - Molecular Life Sciences
LÆK410G - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B
Education
2009
,
Ph.D.
,
University of Leeds
,
PhD from the Astbury Center of Structural Molecular Biology
2005
,
Meistarapróf
,
University of Iceland
,
Organic Synthesis
2001
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Biochemistry
Published works
2023
Data from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 5 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Endothelial Cell Phenotypes Demonstrate Different Metabolic Patterns and Predict Mortality in Trauma Patients
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Supplementary Figure 1 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 2 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 3 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 4 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary File 1 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 7 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 4 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 3 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 6 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 5 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 2 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 1 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary File 1 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 7 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Supplementary Figure 6 from EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
2022
UDP‐glucose dehydrogenase expression is upregulated following EMT and differentially affects intracellular glycerophosphocholine and acetylaspartate levels in breast mesenchymal cell lines
Molecular Oncology
2021
Lipid mediator profile of burn wound healing: Acellular cod fish skin grafts promote the formation of EPA and DHA derived lipid mediators during the first seven days
EMT-Derived Alterations in Glutamine Metabolism Sensitize Mesenchymal Breast Cells to mTOR Inhibition
Molecular Cancer Research
Argininosuccinate lyase is a metabolic vulnerability in breast development and cancer
npj Systems Biology and Applications
2020
Wound healing grafts: Omega‐3 fatty acid lipid content differentiates the lipid profiles of acellular Atlantic cod skin from traditional dermal substitutes
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Altered Glutamine Metabolism Exposes EMT Derived Mesenchymal Cells to PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway Inhibition
Metabolomics study of platelet concentrates photochemically treated with amotosalen and UVA light for pathogen inactivation
Transfusion
Visualizing metabolic network dynamics through time-series metabolomic data
BMC Bioinformatics
2019
Pathogen inactivation with amotosalen plus UVA illumination minimally impacts microRNA expression in platelets during storage under standard blood banking conditions
Transfusion
2018
Ion mobility-derived collision cross section database: Application to mycotoxin analysis.
Analytica chimica acta
Altered plasmalogen content and fatty acid saturation following epithelial to mesenchymal transition in breast epithelial cell lines
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Chemical Mutagenesis and Fluorescence-Based High-Throughput Screening for Enhanced Accumulation of Carotenoids in a Model Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Marine Drugs
Metabolic systems analysis of LPS induced endothelial dysfunction applied to sepsis patient stratification
Scientific Reports
Visualizing metabolic network dynamics through time-series metabolomics data
Systems analysis of metabolism in platelet concentrates during storage in platelet additive solution
Biochemical Journal
2017
Metabolomics comparison of red cells stored in four additive solutions reveals differences in citrate anticoagulant permeability and metabolism
Vox Sanguinis
Metabolic re-wiring of isogenic breast epithelial cell lines following epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Cancer Letters
Regenerative and antibacterial properties of acellular fish skin grafts and human amnion/chorion membrane: Implications for tissue preservation in combat casualty care
Military Medicine
Quantitative time-course metabolomics in human red blood cells reveal the temperature dependence of human metabolic networks
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Mannose and fructose metabolism in red blood cells during cold storage in SAGM.
Transfusion
Elucidating dynamic metabolic physiology through network integration of quantitative time-course metabolomics
Scientific Reports
2016
Understanding the Causes and Implications of Endothelial Metabolic Variation in Cardiovascular Disease through Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
EGFR Signal-Network Reconstruction Demonstrates Metabolic Crosstalk in EMT
PLOS Computational Biology
Biomarkers defining the metabolic age of red blood cells during cold storage.
Blood
Direct Evidence for Packaging Signal-Mediated Assembly of Bacteriophage MS2
Journal of Molecular Biology
Identified metabolic signature for assessing red blood cell unit quality is associated with endothelial damage markers and clinical outcomes
Transfusion
Bacteriophage MS2 genomic RNA encodes an assembly instruction manual for its capsid
Bacteriophage
Metabolic fate of adenine in red blood cells during storage in SAGM solution
Transfusion
2015
Kinetic analysis of gluconate phosphorylation by human gluconokinase using isothermal titration calorimetry
FEBS Letters
Decoding the jargon of bottom-up metabolic systems biology
BioEssays
Affrumað roð: Eðliseiginleikar sem styðja vefjaviðgerð
Læknablaðið
2014
Metabolomic analysis of platelets during storage: a comparison between apheresis- and buffy coat-derived platelet concentrates
Transfusion
Comprehensive metabolomic study of platelets reveals the expression of discrete metabolic phenotypes during storage
Transfusion
Ion Mobility Derived Collision Cross Sections to Support Metabolomics Applications
Anal. Chem.
Biochemical Characterization of Human Gluconokinase and the Proposed Metabolic Impact of Gluconic Acid as Determined by Constraint Based Metabolic Network Analysis
PLoS ONE
Prediction of intracellular metabolic states from extracellular metabolomic data
Metabolomics
2013
A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism
Nat Biotechnol
Inferring the metabolism of human orphan metabolites from their metabolic network context affirms human gluconokinase activity
Biochemical Journal
2012
Inferring the metabolism of human orphan metabolites from their metabolic network context affirms human gluconokinase activity
Biochem. J.
2011
The human metabolic reconstruction Recon 1 directs hypotheses of novel human metabolic functions
BMC Systems Biology
2010
Viral Genomic Single-Stranded RNA Directs the Pathway Toward a T=3 Capsid
Journal of Molecular Biology
A systems biology approach for human metabolism in health and disease
New Biotechnology
Mutually-induced Conformational Switching of RNA and Coat Protein Underpins Efficient Assembly of a Viral Capsid
Journal of Molecular Biology
2008
RNA Packing Specificity and Folding during Assembly of the Bacteriophage MS2
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
2007
A Simple, RNA-Mediated Allosteric Switch Controls the Pathway to Formation of a T=3 Viral Capsid
Journal of Molecular Biology
2003
Linkage of Osteoporosis to Chromosome 20p12 and Association to BMP2
Plos Biol
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