Campus Solna Science Talks 2025
October 16, 2025 @ 09:00 – 17:00 CEST
Warmly welcome to the sixth Campus Solna Science Talk – a meeting for everyone in the community to learn more about ongoing research and activities at SciLifeLab’s Campus Solna, which aims to bring the community together, inspire exchange and new collaborations.
Research presentations will be given by group leaders and junior researchers (selected with consideration for balance in topics, presenters’ career stages, and affiliations) as part of four plenary sessions that will be mixed with panel discussions. We will end the day at Delta Campus Solna with poster sessions and pub.
We invite all Campus Solna research groups to be represented with at least 1 poster (and maximum 3). Furthermore, we want to encourage all infrastructure units, support functions (IT, OO, Site support) and committees (DEI, Public Engagement, CSI and the PhD&Postdoc Council) to partake with posters!
Seats are limited, register today to secure your spot!
Program
| 8.45 | Welcoming and opening of symposium Per Ljungdahl and Jan Ellenberg |
| 9.00 | Session I: Molecular profiling Moderator: Erik Benson |
| 9.05 | Nanoscale detection and chemical targeting of DNA replication at its root Bennie Lemmens |
| 9.20 | Illuminating DNA-RNA connectomes in single cells Magda Bienko |
| 9.35 | Proteome-wide biophysics Ilaria Piazza |
| 9.50 | Systematic Profiling of GPCR Autoantibodies in Human Disease Marcus Saarinen (Jochen Schwenk lab) |
| 10.10 | Coffee |
| 10.40 | Session II: Environment and Evolution Moderator: Christopher Wheat |
| 10.45 | Climate-Driven Trends in Adaptive Molt Phenology Theodore Squires (Mafalda Sousa Ferreira lab) |
| 11.00 | Genomics of island lineages: A data-driven approach Jose Cerca (DDLS Fellow) |
| 11.15 | How Development Makes Evolution More Predictable Lisandro Milocco (DDLS fellow) |
| 11.35 | Putting CoARA and Research Assessment Reform into Practice: What It Means for SciLifeLab and Swedish Research Chris Erdmann, Annika Jenmalm Jensen, Joanna Sendecka |
| 12.05 | Lunch |
| 12.50 | Session III: Membrane biology and molecular networks Moderator: Rebecca Howard |
| 12.55 | Towards structure-guided design of mRNA lipid nanoparticles Wojciech Fijalkowski (Hanna Barriga lab) |
| 13.10 | Using biophysical properties of immune cells to find unifying biomarkers in long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Agnes M. Koerfer (Erdinc Sezgin lab) |
| 13.25 | Combining cryo-EM and simulations to study membrane structure Karan Sharma (Milka Doktorova lab) |
| 13.40 | From Nodes to Distributed States: Tools to Decode Mammalian Behavior Stefanos Stagkourakis |
| 14.00 | Leg stretch and Coffee |
| 14.20 | Session IV: Machine learning and drug development Moderator: Brinton Seashore-Ludlow |
| 14.25 | PRIME: Investigating the role of PRostate Inflammation as a Mechanism for Cancer Evolution Alexandra Rafeletou (Arian Lundberg lab) |
| 14.40 | Machine Learning methods for Cancer Research & Drug Discovery Golnaz Taheri |
| 14:55 | Navigation of vast chemical spaces for drug discovery Andreas Luttens |
| 15.10 | Towards clinically reliable artificial intelligence for prostate cancer pathology Nita Mulliqi (Kimmo Kartasalo lab) |
| 15.30 | Panel: Evolution of SciLifeLab – 15 years! From Past into the Future Moderators; Rebecca Howard and Erdinc Sezgin |
| 16.00 | Concluding remarks Per Ljungdahl |
| 16.15 | Poster session and Pub at Campus Solna |
Posters
There will be voting for the Best Poster Award in two different categories; “Best Design and Presentation” and “Highest Scientific Impact”. The winners will be announced towards the end of the poster session.
Each group/unit is welcome to bring up to 3 posters to the grand Poster Session that will follow the talks. Submit the poster titles in the registration form. Please coordinate within your research group/unit beforehand who should bring a poster.
Please add your building and floor to the poster, so that everyone knows where your research is taking place.
Poster size; A0 or smaller in portrait orientation
Scientific committee
Inci Aksoylu
Haris Babačić
Iskra Pollack
Adnane Achour
Erik Benson
Per Ljungdahl
Organising committe
Disa Hammarlöf
Isolde Palombo
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