Programme and speakers

• 08:30-08:35 Welcome to the BME@LIU day
  Elin Nyman, Head of Department, IMT
• 08:35-08:40 Overview of programme
  Gunnar Cedersund, IMT, chair of programme committee

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• 08:40-09:30 BME@LIU 50 years - history, the present, and the future
  Joint presentation by several speakers including e.g.: Karin Wårdell (IMT), Daniel Simon (ITN), Tino Ebbers (CMIV/HMV), and Matts Karlsson (IEI/LiU leadership)
• 09.30-10.00 Reimagining MRI-Based Body Composition: A LiU Spin-Off is Shaping Weight-Reduction Drug Trials
  Speaker: Mikael Forsgren (HMV, AMRA medical AB)

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

Session organisers: Daniel Aili (IFM), Rolf Saager (IMT), Daniel Simon (ITN)

Speakers

• 10:30-10:45 Soft and stretchable neural electrodes based on gold nanowire composites
  Klas Tybrandt* (ITN, LiU)
• 10:45-11:00 All-optical physiology for neuronal circuit dissection
  Janos Fusik* (IMT, LiU)
• 11:00-11:15 Novel materials and methods for in situ formed substrate free organic bioelectronics
  Tobias Abrahamsson*, Daniel T. Simon, Magnus Berggren, Xenofon Strakosas (ITN, LiU)
• 11:15-11:35 Seeing what matters: k-edge imaging for detection of arterial plaque in photon-counting CT
  Julia Andersson*, Martin Stridsberg*, Caroline Brommesson, Anders Persson, Kajsa Uvdal (IFM, LiU)
• 11:35-12:00 Advancing Precision Diagnostics for Delineation of Basal Cell Carcinoma in Hyperspectral Images
  Paulina Ibek* (Lund University)
  and Non-invasive bioimaging of non-melanotic skin cancers
  Magne Stridh* (Lund University)

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Session organisers: Gunnar Cedersund (IMT)

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• 10:30-11:00 Usage of structured graph modeling to identify mechanisms of actions for drugs - theory and examples
  Oleg Sysoev* (IDA, LiU) and Jonathan Mangion (AstraZeneca)
• 11:00-11:15 Deciphering epigenetic data to predict cardiovascular and metabolic health and biological age using Explainable AI
  Mika Gustafsson* (IFM, LiU)
• 11:15-11:30 Foundational AI models for orthopedics
  Anders Eklund* (IMT, LiU), Iulian Tampu (IMT, LiU), Jörg Schilcher (RÖ, BKV, WCMM, LiU)
• 11:30-11:45 Using machine learning models and post-mortem metabolomics for prediction of ketoacidosis-related deaths
  Ralph Monte* (IMT)
• 11:45-12:00 Reprogramming of Glial Cells to PVALB Neurons - A Computational Study
  Alexander Degener* (Lund University)

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Session organisers: Tiny Jaarsma (HMV, coordinator of eHealth Strategy Area) and Gunnar Cedersund (IMT)

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• 10:30-10:50 A digital twin app for prevention of cardiometabolic diseases
  Greta Nilsson* (IMT, LIU)
• 10:50-11:10 The Medical Device Regulation (MDR) – Surprisingly fun and useful once you get the hang of it
  Ella Wilhelmsson*, Malin Silverå Ejneby* (Medos AB)
• 11:10-11:30 Medtech4Health Accelerating Swedish Medtech – Insights from 9 years of innovation support
  Lena Strömberg* (MedTech4Health)
• 11:30-11:50 Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy
  Speaker TBD (IBL, LIU)
• 11:50-12:10 TELE-FASTER-HF - Tele-monitoring for fast optimization of heart failure patient treatments
  Tomas Mellberg* (MD, Sahlgrenska University Hospital)

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

Organizers: Daniel Aili (IFM), Daniel Simon (ITN), Rolf Saager (IMT)

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• 13:30-13:45 Introduction to LSX
  Daniel Aili (IFM)
• 13:45-13:59 Programming the Tumor Microenvironment for Off-the-Shelf Cancer Vaccination
  Johan Karlsson* (IFM), Judit Svensson Arvelund* (BKV)
• 13:59-14:13 Steerable Guidewires: The Next Step in Enhancing Navigation and Precision in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
  Jose G. Martinez* (IFM), Elin Good (HMV)
• 14:13-14:27 A synergy of bioelectronic devices and bioengineered 3D cultures to advance precision nucleic acid therapeutics
  Pierfrancesco Pagella* (IFM), Theresia Arbring Sjöström* (ITN)
• 14:27-14:34 Short break
• 14:34-14:48 Navigation to Neuromodulation: Investigating Magnetoreception Mechanisms Using Xenopus Oocytes
  Rozalyn Simon (HMV)
• 14:48-15:02 Proof-of-Concept Study: NMR Metabolomics and Lipoprotein Profiling for Investigating Cholesterol Metabolism in Multiple Myeloma Cell Lines
  Padraig D'Arcy* (BKV), Alexandra Ahlner* (IFM), Ilona Dudka (Umeå University)
• 15:02-15:16 Temporal inflammatory profile in skin sebum after oronasal mask application
  Amanda Feldt* (HMV), William Lövfors* (IMT), Elin Nyman (IMT), Peter R. Worsley (University of Southampton), Bijar Ghafouri (HMV) and Sara Bergstrand (HMV)
• 15:16-15:30 Can we make an at-home test for male fertility?
  Anita Öst* (BKV), Zhangjun Hu* (IFM)

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Speakers

• 13:30-14:00 Usage of whole-body composition when diagnosing liver patients
  Mattias Ekstedt (HMV, RÖ, LiU) and Mikael Forsgren (HMV, LiU, AMRA Medical AB)
• 14:00-14:15 Impact of Virtual Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion on Atrial Hemodynamics in Sinus Rhythm
  Sophia Bäck (HMV, LiU)
• 14:15-14:45 Exploring Generative AI in Medical Education
  Karin Stacke (Sectra AB), Gabriel Eilertsen* (ITN, LiU), Nithesh Karthikeyan* (ITN, LiU)
• 14:45-15:00 Short break
• 15:00-15:15 Advancing melanoma diagnostic surgery using non-invasive spectral precision diagnostics
  Malin Malmsjö*, Magne Stridh, Paulina Ibek, Victor Olariu, Aboma Merdasa (Lund University)
• 15:15-15:30 Using Hyperspectral Imaging for the Detection of Malaria
  Michelle Müller*, Muyideen Kolapo Tijani, Kristina Persson, Philippe Grellier, Jérémie T. Zoueu, Malin Malmsjö, Aboma Merdasa (Lund University)

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

• SMART - a comprehensive heart monitoring and automated feedback delivery system for heart failure patients
  Ralph Maddison (Deakin University, Australia)

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