Friday 23 September
Lecture hall Hasselquist, Campus US
- 08:30 – 09:15 Coffee and Poster Session all day outside Hasselquist
Introductory session
- 09:15 – 10:30 Next 25 years of scientific, multi-disciplinary training and research
- Welcome
- “The future of life science and the need of cross-disciplinary collaboration”
Jan-Ingvar Jönsson, Vice-Chancellor Linköping University
- The importance of multidisciplinary training
Helena Jerregård, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Mälardalen University and Former member of Forum Scientium
- The importance of multidisciplinary collaboration
Sofia Håkansson Buch, Vice President Cell Therapy at Novo Nordisk AS, Copenhagen and Former member of Forum Scientium
- The benefits of Forum Scientium for the Wallenberg research programmes DDLS and WCMM
WCMM Director David Engblom, BKV CSAN, LiU and Forum Scientium PI
- The advantages of multidisciplinary research
Professor Magnus Berggren, ITN Laboratory for Organic Electronics, Campus Norrköping and Forum Scientium PI
- The 2030 vision for Forum Scientium
Programme Directors Caroline Brommesson, IFM, and Rozalyn Simon, HMV
- 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee and Poster Session
Scientific sessions
During the following three thematic sessions the external and internal speakers will present their multidisciplinary research. The internal speakers will also give proposals how Forum Scientium can contribute during the coming years.
- 11:00 – 12:30
- Theme: Neuroscience and Bioelectronics
- Conformable organic electronics for epilepsy
Jennifer Gelinas, Assistant professor Neurology at Columbia University, New York, US
- Iontronic substance delivery
Daniel Simon, Professor ITN Organic Bioelectronics and Forum Scientium PI
- Taking control of ion channel proteins
Sara Liin, Associate professor BKV Neurobiology and Forum Scientium PI
- Plant Bioelectronics and Biohybrids
Eleni Stavrinidou, Associate professor ITN Electronic Plants, Former Forum Scientium member and today a Forum Scientium PI
- 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch with Poster session
- 13:30 – 15:00
- Theme: Bioresponsive Materials, Biomedical Materials and Regenerative Medicine
- Modular hydrogels for organoid-based disease modelling
Eileen Gentleman, Reader at the Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology at King's College, London
- Enzyme-Responsive Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting
Daniel Aili, Professor IFM Molecular Materials, LiU, and Former Forum Scientium member and today a Forum Scientium PI
- "Novel methods for skin transplantation using biomaterials and autologous cells"
Johan Junker, Associate professor Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology, RÖ, and Forum Scientium PI
- “Nucleases as biomarkers of disease”
Frank Hernandez, Associate professor IFM Nucleic Acids Technologies, LiU, and Forum Scientium PI
- 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee and Poster Session
- 15:30 – 17:00
- Theme: Bioimaging
- Imaging is the gateway to the invisible mechanisms of life
John E Eriksson, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology (Åbo Akademi Univ.), Director General, Euro-Bioimaging, Åbo, Finland
- The rich inner life of a thrombus – “next generation” analysis of platelet activity during thrombus formation in vivo
Niklas Boknäs, Associate professor BKV Clinical Chemistry and Forum Scientium PI
- Quantifying blood flow dynamics - an outstanding research topic
Tino Ebbers, Professor Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Group and Former Forum Scientium member
- "Quantitative sensing of microscopic features over wide fields of view"
Rolf Saager, Associate professor IMT Biomedical Engineering, WCMM Fellow and Forum Scientium PI
- Closing words
Programme Directors Caroline Brommesson and Rozalyn Simon
- 17:00 – 19:00 Mingle and Poster Session
Saturday 24 September
New Student Building, Campus Valla
- 12:00 - 12:30
- How did Forum Scientium start?
Lasse Ekedahl, Founder
- 12:30 – 13:10
- 13:10-13:40
- International view on multidisciplinary graduate training
Michael Grunze, Prof Emeritus, University of Heidelberg
- 13:40 – 14:00
Round Table Discussions
Entrance hall and Coffee area in the Physics Building (entrance 57), Campus Valla
14:10 – 14:50
Discussion 1A: How to choose between academia and industry – How did you make the decision? (in Jordan-Fermi (J402) two floors up)
- Maria Bolin, Anvill CEO at Utvecklingsklustret Energi AB, Linköping
- Anna Herland, Associate Professor at KTH and Founder of CellectEve AB
- Erica Zeglio, Researcher and MSCA Fellow at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Discussion 1B: From academia to industry and back again (in the sitting area one floor up)
- Edwin Jager, Associate professor at Linköping University
Discussion 1C: It is fantastic to work with science in the academy (in seminar room Mott (G403) two floors up)
14:50 – 15:40
Coffee Break: Coffee and Exhibition on level 2, main entrance Physics Building
15:40 – 16:20
Discussion 2A: Working in the pharmaceutical industry (in Jordan-Fermi (J402) two floors up)
- Parmis Blomgran, Senior Manager, Global Project Management, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg
- Mathias Liljeblad, Early CVRM, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg
Discussion 2B: Taking part in starting a company as a PhD student, Postdoc or directly after PhD exam, and also working in a start-up company (in the sitting area one floor up)
Discussion 2C: Working as a Quality Assurance or Pharmacovigilance specialist/officer/manager (in seminar room Mott (G403) two floors up)
16:20 – 18:00
Continued discussions and Networking
University Club at Campus Valla
- 18:00 – late
- Dinner with performances at the University Club, Campus Valla
