About

Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir

Associate professor (Dósent) at the Faculty of Life- and Environmental Sciences.


Contact:
Institute of Life- and Environmental Sciences
Askja, Sturlugata 7
102 Reykjavik, Iceland
sirrut [at] hi.is

Current research topics:

Developmental neurobiology

We use genetic tools to study the role and function of genes and their products in establishing and maintaining a functional nervous system.

 

The molecular basis for rapid divergence in Icelandic Arctic charr

The Arctic charr research group is a cross-disciplinary group studying the developmental, genetic and molecular basis of morphological divergence and parallel evolution of Arctic charr populations.