Programme and speakers

Take part in inspiring lectures in biomedical engineering, engage in stimulating discussions, and make valuable connections.

Overview and registration

Date and time: 25 May, 8:30-17:00
Location: Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit, 9th floor, North Entrance, Linköping University Hospital

Coffee breaks and lunch will be served in Ljusgården, just outside the halls, where the poster exhibition and the Research & Innovation Arena will also be located. It will be possible to attend the conference digitally.

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Programme

Session 1 - Welcome and introduction

08:30-09:00 – Welcome and introduction (Hugo Theorell)

  • 08:30-08:35 Welcome from IMT
    Elin Nyman, Head of Department, IMT
  • 08:35-09:00 Overview of programme and co-arrangment
    Overview of program and of the M4-HEALTH excellence cluster: a new model for health using digital twins and AI - Gunnar Cedersund, IMT, chair of programme committee.

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09:00-09:30 Keynote 1 (Hugo Theorell)

  • 9.00-9.30 “Strategic initiatives on the university and RÖ levels” – Matts Karlsson (IMI, LIU) and Reidar Källström (Region Östergötland)

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Session 2 - Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena

09:30-10:00 Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

Coffee will be served in Ljusgården, situated just outside the lecture rooms Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit. Here, you will also find posters featuring scientific presentations and the Research & Innovation Arena with presentations from companies and organisations.

Session 3 - Morning parallel sessions

10:00-12:00 Novel instruments, Biosensors and Biomaterials (Antracit)

Session organizers: Rolf Saager IMT, Daniel Aili IFM, and Daniel Simon ITN

10.00-10.40 “Verification of inflammatory erythema from noxious heating for study of hyperalgesia” Johannes Johansson (IMT, LiU) and Sara Lindström (BKV, LiU)

10.40-11.00  “Engineering cell diversity for preclinical models and regenerative oral medicine” Pierfrancesco Pagella (IFM, LiU)

11.00-11.20 “Automated laser modified EndoGraft (ALMEG)” Wajdi Alrawi (Region Östergötland), 

11.20-11.40  “Development of in vitro precision photodynamic therapeutics model against bacterial biofilm chronic infections” Rolf Saager (IMT. LiU) and Yasuhiko Irie (IFM, LiU)

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10:00-12:00 Data Analysis, Modelling and AI (Hugo Theorell)

Session organisers: Gunnar Cedersund (IMT)

10.00-10.30 “Knowledge-driven drug development using physiologically based pharmacokinetics modelling of antibodies” Elin Boger (AstraZeneca) and Nicolas Sundqvist (IMT, LiU)

10.30-10.50 “Mechanistic modelling of blood pressure regulation” Finbar Argus (Auckland University) 

10.50-11.15“Neuroradiology, neurocognitition, immunology and phenomenology in post-covid19 fatigue: an interdisciplinary investigation”  Ida Blystad (Region Östergötland, WCMM) and Anders Eklund (IMT, LiU), 

11.15-11.40  “Untangling leukemia using trajectory analysis of single-cell multi-omics data: where do things go wrong?” Johanna Tingvall-Gustafsson (Lund university) and Hendrik de Weerd (IMT, LiU),

11.40-12.00  “Bioinformatics and network analysis: theory and examples” Erik Sonnhammer (Stockholm university),

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10:00-12:00 eHealth and clinical implementation (Dolomit)

Session organizers: Tiny Jaarsma

10.00-10.30 “An eHealth-based health program at Norlandia: digital twins for employees and eldercare” Johan Holmsäter (Lev Skönare AB) and Anna Ejve (Norlandia AB), 

10.30-10.50 “Movie realistic digital twins for health, eHealth, and healthcare”  Jimmy Johansson (Variant AB) 

10.50-11.20 “Digital twins for eHealth – from architecture and housing to longevity and diabetes” Nicolas Waern (Life Atlas AB) 

11.20-11.40 “Micro-habits for lifestyle changes – from Itrim to clinical studies in company health” Birgitta Thörn (Holistal AB) and Modjtaba Zandian (Karolinska Institutet), 

11.40-12.00  “Visualizing learner skills in minimally invasive neurosurgical simulations” Alessandro Iop (ITN, LiU), Mario Romero (ITN, LiU),

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Session 4 - Lunch and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

12:00-13:30 Lunch, Posters and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

Lunch will be served in Ljusgården, situated just outside the lecture rooms Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit. Here, you will also find posters featuring scientific presentations and the Research & Innovation Arena with presentations from companies and organisations.

Session 5 - Afternoon parallel sessions

13:30-15:00 Putting the pieces together: from cells to clinic to eHealth (Dolomit)

13.30-14.00  “A cross-disciplinary liver network integrating cell biology, clinical studies, health economy, and eHealth” Mattias Ekstedt, (RÖ and HMV, LiU),

14.00-14.30  “An M4-HEALTH sub-cluster for cardiology: from blood pressure modelling and cardiac imaging to eHealth interventions” Kajsa Tunedal or Tino Ebbers, (IMT and HMV, LiU),

14.30-14.50 “Pleasant Touch Dynamics with Endocannabinoid Levels: A Multidimensional Analysis of Pleasant Touch, Endocannabinoids, Social-Affective Traits, Pain, and Subjective Touch Perception in Healthy Adults” Faiz Mohammed Kassim (BKV, LiU), 

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13:30-15:00 Data harmonization, medical informatics and federated learning (Hugo Theorell)

13.30-13.55 “Exploiting clinical data for healthcare and precision health: from AIDA to CIP” Claes Lundström, (CMIV and Sectra), 

13.55-14.15 “Federated learning for radiation therapy” Anders Eklund (IMT, LiU), 

14.15-14.35
  “Federated learning and data harmonization in the STRATIF-AI project” Catalina Martines (University of Murcia) and Serge Timsit, (Brest University Hospital),

14.35-14.55 “High-quality longitudinal and multi-modal data in neurointensive care – basis for digital twin modelling”
 Lovisa Tobieson, (Region Östergötland), 

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Session 6 - Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena

15:00-15:30 Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

Coffee will be served in Ljusgården, situated just outside the lecture rooms Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit. Here, you will also find posters featuring scientific presentations and the Research & Innovation Arena with presentations from companies and organisations.

Session 7 - Afternoon keynote and Concluding Remarks (Hugo Thorell)

15:30-16:00 Keynote 2 Henrik Green

  • “A cross-disciplinary approach to forensics: from mass spectrometry to digital twins and AI” 
    Henrik Green, BKV, Linköping University

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16.00-16.30 Final discussions and conclusion of conference (Hugo Theorell)

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