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,Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences
Margrét Auður Sigurbjörnsdóttir
Associate Professor
+35 44608518
mas@unak.is
Location
R226
Borgir rannsóknarhús
Specialisation
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular biology
Microbiology
Plant pathogens
Biotechnology
Head of Department - biotechnology
Research portal - Margrét Auður Sigurbjörnsdóttir
General information
Courses
HLT1206200
Molecular genetics 2. Medical biotechnology.
LOK1226120
Final year project II
SVA1106060
Special assignment in natural resource science - Literature review
EFN1116120
General Chemistry
ERF1106110
Genetics
HVN0186100
Group project I
LFT1106120
Biotechnology
LUP1106110
Bioinformatics
SÓV0108160
Microbiology, Immunology and Virology
SVA1106060
Special assignment in natural resource science - Literature review
HVN0186100
Group project I
LFR1106110
General Biology
LUP1106110
Bioinformatics
JÖN1508210
Arctic Geomicrobiology and Biotechnology
Education
2016
University of Iceland, Ph.D. Microbiology
2009
University of Akureyri, MS Biotechnology
2007
University of Akureyri, BS Biotechnology
Career
2021
University of Akureyri, Associate Professor
2015 - 2021
University of Akureyri, Project Manager of Laboratories
2016 - 2020
University of Akureyri, Adjunct
2007 - 2012
University of Akureyri, Fellow Researcher
Research
2022
Pseudomonas syringae on Plants in Iceland Has Likely Evolved for Several Million Years Outside the Reach of Processes That Mix This Bacterial Complex across Earth’s Temperate Zones
2021
Exploration of social spreading reveals behavior is prevalent among Pedobacter and P. fluorescens isolates, and shows variations in induction of phenotype
2020
Gas seepage pockmark microbiomes suggest the presence of sedimentary coal seams in the Öxarfjörður graben of northeastern Iceland
2018
Xylanolytic psychrotrophs from andosolic sedge fens and moss heaths in Iceland
2016
Are lichens potential natural reservoirs for plant pathogens?
2016
Nutrient scavenging activity and antagonistic factors of non-photobiont lichen-associated bacteria: a review
2016
Selective isolation of potentially phosphate-mobilizing, biosurfactant-producing and biodegradative bacteria associated with a sub-Arctic, terricolous lichen, Peltigera membranacea
2016
The lichen-associated microbiome: Taxonomy and functional roles of lichen-associated bacteria
2015
Analysis of the Peltigera membranacea metagenome indicates that lichen-associated bacteria are involved in phosphate solubilization
2014
Novel bacteria associated with Arctic seashore lichens have potential roles in nutrient scavenging
2012
Combined hydrogen and ethanol production from sugars and lignocellulosic biomass by Thermoanaerobacterium AK 54, isolated from hot spring
2012
Effect of various factors on ethanol yields from lignocellulosic biomass by Thermoanaerobacterium AK17
2011
Ethanol and Hydrogen Production with Thermophilic Bactera from Sugars and Complex Biomass
2010
Bioprospecting thermophilic ethanol and hydrogen producing bacteria from hot springs in Iceland
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