Author Archives: Arnar Pálsson

About Arnar Pálsson

Arnar Palsson received his bachelor and Masters degrees from University of Iceland and Ph.D. from the Department of Genetics at North Carolina State University. He worked as post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago.

MS student galore

This past May several MS students completed their projects and examinations. These are completed by talks at the Mastersday in natural sciences, which this year had many biology related projects. First and foremost, Ruhila Goswami with her thesis on Evolutionary … Continue reading

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(Icelandic) Uppástand, umhverfi – pistill fyrir Rás 1

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Participation in NoWPaS 2026

NoWPaS International Workshop of PhDs and Post-doctoral Fellows on Anadromous Salmonids was held in Holar University, Iceland early in March. This is organized by students and postdocs, for them selves. Few seniors get to join, and share their work and … Continue reading

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MS projects in aquatic biology

The new cohort in MS programme on Aquatic biology and fisheries can choose from a variety of projects. The coordinator of the programme at the University of Iceland is Dr. Haseeb Randhawa. He maintains a list of projects that students … Continue reading

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(Icelandic) Öld gensins eftir Evelyn Fox Keller

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Two new papers

Two manuscripts on Arctic charr were published in January. Guðbjörg Ósk Jónsdóttir, analyzed teeth variation in the sympatric morphs in Þingvallavatn, out in Evolutionary biology. Jónsdóttir, G.Ó., Ingimarsson, F., Snorrason, S.S. et al. 2026 Variation of Tooth Traits in Ecologically Specialized … Continue reading

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Two new masters

Andreas (above) and Kenedy (below) finished their MS theses and passed their MS exams successfully this month. Pictures taken on the MS day on January 23rd 2026. M.Sc. Kenedy A. Williams. Patterns of Feeding Element Specialization in Polymorphic Arctic Charr … Continue reading

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Contributions to ICEBIO25

Earlier this month was the Icelandic biological society conference (9.-11. Oct 2025). Our lab was well represented there. The contributions were the following, with links to abstracts of the talks or posters. Kenedy Williams presented her poster on the small … Continue reading

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(Icelandic) Fjórðungi bregður til nafns: af uppnefndum genum og sérvisku erfðafræðinga

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Nicinthya Pajanissamy was a great and wonderful human and student

Nicinthyas Pajanissamy reached out to us for a summer project some years back, and struck me as curious, bright and level headed young woman. She and her friend Ines worked with us in the summer of 2024 and did very … Continue reading

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