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Brynja Sigurpálsdóttir
- Job title
- Institution
- deCODE genetics, Iceland
- Biography
Brynja Sigurpálsdóttir is a research scientist at deCODE genetics (a subsidiary of Amgen), concurrently pursuing a PhD at Reykjavík University. Brynja’s academic journey began with a BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Reykjavík University, during which she undertook an internship with deCODE genetics, Iceland. In 2019, Brynja completed an MSc in Bioinformatics from ETH, Zürich, with her thesis on defining the methylation patterns of Kabuki and Wiederman-Steiner syndromes using nanopore sequencing data.
- Recent publications
Sigurpalsdottir, B.D. et al. A comparison of methods for detecting DNA methylation from long-read sequencing of human genomes. Genome Biol. 25(69) (2024).
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03207-9Stefansson, O.A. et al. The correlation between CpG methylation and gene expression is driven by sequence variants. Nat Genet. 56:1624–1631 (2024).
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01851-2