Disruptive Technologies for Drugging the Undruggable

SciLifeLab Science Summit 2025

Are you ready to explore the cutting-edge for the future of drug discovery? Mark your calendar for the SciLifeLab Science Summit 2025, an event focusing on novel technologies as drivers to find new modalities for disease intervention and drug innovation for precision medicine.

This full-day symposium will bring together leading scientists, industry experts, and innovators to discuss the breakthroughs and challenges in addressing previously inaccessible drug targets. Join us at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet, for a packed program featuring high-impact international presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities.

Junior researchers are encouraged to participate with poster presentations – with the opportunity to be selected to give a short talk.

Program

08:45	Registration
09:30	Welcome words Introduction of the day
09:40	SciLifeLab – a fertile ground for innovation Mia Phillipson, SciLifeLab
09:50	Any target, every time: how proximity-based drugs are redefining pharmacotherapy Ray Deshaies, Amgen / Caltech
10:40	Coffee break & poster session I See Poster List & Abstracts here
11:25	Applying lessons learned from Duchenne exon skipping dystrophy to developing exon skipping for patients with nanorare diseases Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Leiden University Medical Center
12:00	Oligonucleotide therapy – from bench to beside Anders Gabrielsen, Ribocure Pharmaceuticals
12:10	Empowering immunotherapy with cellular reprogramming Filipe Pereira, Lund university
12:20	Conclusions
12:30	Lunch & Poster Session
13:40	AI and machine learning for next-generation drug discovery Eva Nittinger, AstraZeneca
14:10	Electrophoretic Implants for in situ Precision Medicine Theresia Arbring Sjöström, Linköping University
14:15	Integrated Hit Discovery Pipeline Targeting Protein–Protein Interactions Florian David, Chalmers University of Technology
14:20	Employing CETSA in primary screening for P53 binders Merve Kacal, Pelago Bioscience AB
14:25	Capturing Conformational Change : A Strategy for Drugging Dynamic Transporters, Receptors and Ion Channels Darko Mitrovic, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
14:30	Conclusions
14:40	Coffee break & poster session II See poster list and abstract here
15:30	Encoded combinatorial libraries and the dream of Paul Ehrlich Dario Neri, Philogen / ETHZ
16:00	The 2025 Drug Discovery and Development Pipeline Jessica Martinsson, SwedenBio
16:20	Panel discussion
16:40	Wrap-up, best poster award
17:00	Mingle

Research Infrastructures and Research Posters

Company Exhibition

15 companies will present their technologies in the exhibition area.

BICO, Epistat, Sino Biological Europe GmbH, Chempartner, Ramcon, Twist Bioscience, Shimadzu, Teknolab Sorbent AB, BioNordika Sweden AB, Berner Lab, Kem-En-Tec Nordic , Eppendorf Nordic, LabLife Nordic 

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