Programme and speakers

The fifth annual conference in Biomedical Engineering at Linköping University has a special focus on the strategic areas Cancer and Infection and inflammation (MIIC).

Programme for the BME conference 21 May 2024

When and where?

The conference takes place 21 May 2024 at 08.30-17.30. Rooms for presentations and sessions are Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit, floor 9, Norra Entrén (north entrance), University Hospital, Linköping. Coffee and lunch will be served in Ljusgården, which will also host the Research Arena and poster exhibition. 

It will be possible to participate via Zoom.

Below you will find the Zoom links for each room:

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Session 1 - Welcome and Keynote 1

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

08:30-08:35 “Welcome to the BME@LiU Day”, Elin Nyman, Head of Department, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University.
08:35-08:40 “Overview of program”, Gunnar Cedersund, Chair of Programme Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University.
08:40-09:00 “Welcome and introduction” from LiU leadership, Matts Karlsson, deputy vice-chancellor for research at Linköping university.

09:00-09:30 Keynote 1: “Bias and representation - A problem for data collection both IRL and in AI” (Hugo Theorell)

Ericka Johnson, Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA) and Saghi Hajisharif, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University.

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

Coffee will be served in Ljusgården, located just outside the halls Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit.

Session 2 - Parallell sessions

10:00-12:00 Biosensors, materials, and actuators (Antracit) 

This track will focus on technology, ultilisation, and technique development that involve bio-sensing/imaging, bio-materials, actuators and/or transducers (i.e. anything that influences, interacts or measures biologic media).

Session organisers: Daniel Aili, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), and Rolf Saager, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University.

Speakers
  • 10.00-10.30 “Iontronic devices in the fight against cancer”, Theresia Arbring Sjöström, Department of Science and Technology (ITN) and Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University and Linda Waldherr, Medical University of Graz, Austria and guest researcher at Linköping University.
  • 10.30-10.50 "Biofabrication and emulation of human oral tissues and disease models", Pierfrancesco Pagella, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University.
  • 10.50-11.10 "3D organ-on-a-chip and olfaction-based early disease detection", Ehsanul Hoque Apu, Lincoln Memorial University, US.
  • 11.10-11.30 “Textile muscles for haptic and rehabilitation wearables”, Edwin Jager, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University.
  • 11.30-12.00 IMPACT – Improving Acetabular Cup Fixation with Multiplanar Screws”, Joakim Holmberg Department of Management and Engineering (IEI), Linköping University and Jörg Schilcher, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköpings University, Region Östergötland and Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Linköping University.

10:00-12:00 Data analysis, modeling, AI, imaging (Hugo Theorell)

This track will focus on data processing methods that involve Machine Learning, A.I., Image Processing, Modelling, Aggregation and Visualisation, etc. (e.g. anything that interprets and analyses data from biological media).

Session organiser: Gunnar Cedersund, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University.

Speakers
  • 10.00-10.30 “Towards an eHealth app for prevention: alcohol, diet, and drug simulations”, William Lövfors, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University and Örebro University, and Valentin Kindesjö, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University and Region Östergötland.
  • 10.30-10.50 “Flowmotion analysis of the microcirculation in the SCAPIS Micro study”, Martin Hultman, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University.
  • 10.50-11.10 “Investigating the dominant role of Inhibitory Neuronal Activity in the Neurovascular Coupling and fMRI: A Mechanistic Modelling Perspective”, Nicolas Sundqvist Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT) and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University.
  • 11.10-11.20 10 minutes break.
  • 11.20-11.40 “Representational learning from healthy multi-tissue human RNA-seq data such as latent space arithmetics extracts disease modules”, Dirk de Weerd,  Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University and Skövde University.
  • 11.40-12.00 11.40-12.00 “Proteomics reveal biomarkers for diagnosis, disease activity and long-term disability outcomes in multiple sclerosis”, Julia Åkesson, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University.

10:00-12:00 eHealth and clinical decision support (Dolomit)

This track will focus on eHealth and clinical decision support, i.e. on apps, UX-design, remote monitoring, etc. It can also deal with ethics and implementation issues.

Session co-organised with: Tiny Jaarsma, Coordinator of eHealth Strategy Area, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University.

Speakers
  • 10.00-10.30 “20+ years of telemonitoring – From digital pens and cancer patients to smartphones and COPD patients”, Leili Lind, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University and RISE, and Petra Jacobson, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University and Region Östergötland.
  • 10.30-10.50 “Distributional long-term outcomes of digital behavior change interventions”, Marcus Bendtsen, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University.
  • 10.50-11.10 “Use GDPR to extract a copy of all data from all sources into your own personal data vault - app development in medical and technical applications”. Jesper Fellenius. Z2 Invest.
  • 11.10-11.20 10 minutes break.
  • 11.20-11.40“Measuring Usability of e-Health Applications”,  Ankica Babic, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University and University of Bergen.

Additional speakers selected from abstracts.

Session 3 - Lunch, posters and Research Arena

12:00-13:30 Lunch, posters and Research Arena (Ljusgården)

Lunch will be served in Ljusgården, located just outside the halls Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit. Here you will also find the Posters with scientific presentation and Research Arenas with presentations from companies and organisations.

Organisers: Elisabeth Klint, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University, Rolf Sager, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University, and Anna Fahlgren, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköpings University and East Sweden MedTech.

12:00-13:00 Innovators lunch: Nya material i vården

Arenas for companies and organizations (this event is in Swedish). 

This lunch is a parallel event, organized by East Sweden MedTech.

Session 4 - Parallell sessions

13:30-15:00 Medical infection and inflammation (MIIC) (Antracit)

Medical Inflammation and Infection Center (MIIC) research focus is on infections and inflammatory conditions, which are major concerns for human health. This track will focus on basic and clinical research that introduce new methods and technologies that provide new research findings and can contribute to improving human health within the scope of this strategic area on a national and global level.

Session co-organized with Marie Larsson, Leader of MIIC Strategy Area, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköping University.

Speakers
  • 13.30-14.00 “Inflammatory biomarkers for early detection and prevention of pressure ulcer formation in vulnerable patient populations”, Sara Bergstrand, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University and Region Östergötland and Bijar Ghafouri, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University.
  •  14.00-14.20 “Title to be announced”. Jorma Hinkula, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköpings University, with input from Toomas Timpka,  Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University.
  • 14.20-14.40 “Individualized treatment for patients immune-mediated inflammatory disease”, Samuel Schäfer, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköpings University and Region Östergötland.
  • 14.40-15.00 “Using the IBD Home app to monitor inflammatory bowel disease patients” Henrik Hjortswang, Region Östergötland.

 

13:30-15:00 Cancer (Hugo Theorell)

Unique to LiU Cancer is its engagement of scientists from a wide range of disciplines from clinical application to engineering. By supporting interdisciplinary research, we build on strongholds of Linköping University and Regional Health Care to form a high-profile cancer research environment with the ultimate aim to improve patient care and survival. The aim of this track is to highlight some of these interdisciplinary projects initiated at LiU and promote further engagement and collaboration.

Session co-organized with Charlotta Dabrosin, Leader of Cancer Strategy Area, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

Speakers
  • 13.30-14.00 “Can quantitative, multimodal optical imaging enable adaptive Photodynamic Therapy of non-melanoma skin cancers?”, Rolf B Saager, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Linköping University, and Chris Anderson, Region Östergötland.
  • 14.00-14.30 "Neurosurgery: Multiparametric identification of brain tumor boundarie", Karin Wårdell, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University, and Johan Richter, Region Östergötland.

  • 14.30-14.50 "Federated training of segmentation models for radiotherapy treatment planning", Anders Eklund, Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT), Linköping University.

 

15:30-16:00 Coffee, posters and Research Arena (Ljusgården)

Coffee will be served in Ljusgården, located just outside the halls Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit.

Session 5 - Panel debate and conference end

16:00-16:30 Panel Debate (Hugo Theorell)

 “Recipies for successful cross-collaborations”, with selected speakers who gave double presentations.

16:30-16:45 Final words (Hugo Theorell)

Wrapping up BME@LiU 2024.

16:45-17:30 Mingling and final chance to see posters (Ljusgården)

Final mingling in the Poster and Research Arena in Ljusgården.

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