PLP Network Meeting 2025
August 27, 2025 @ 09:30 – August 28, 2025 @ 13:00 CEST
Venue: Linné Conference room, Nova Park Gredelbyvägen 138, 741 71
Knivsta,
The SciLifeLab Pandemic Laboratory Preparedness (PLP) program, launched in 2021, acts to address society’s need for efficient resource utilization, training, and education by fostering skills, implementing technologies, and providing equipment to ensure better preparedness for future pandemics.
The PLP Network Meeting aims to strengthen the PLP network, identify areas requiring further development, and evaluate the program as a whole. It also offers valuable opportunities to exchange new ideas and foster collaborations among PLP network members.
Transport and Accommodation is provided for registered participants. Bus transport will be organized from/to Cityterminalen in Stockholm, Uppsala University and Arlanda Airport (see timetable below)
Invited participants only
Program
The program below will be updated continuously
| Time | August 27 2025, Venue: Linné Conference room |
|---|---|
| 9:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction Alice Sollazzo, UU |
| 10:10 | SciLifeLab PLP Strategic Area Ulf Ribacke, UU |
| 10:45 | Get-to-know-each-other activity |
| 11:40 | Lunch |
| 12:30 | Session 1 – National and international initiativets Chair: Staffan Svärd, UU |
| 12:30 | Short talks from Panelists |
| 12:50 | Panel discussion Jan Albert, KI; Jens Mattsson, FOI; Jessica Alm, KI, Sara Byfors, Public Health agency of Sweden |
| 13:30 | Short break |
| 13:40 | Title: Establishing a respiratory metagenomic laboratory network for clinical service and public health surveillance Jonathan Edgeworth, King´s College London, UK |
| 14:10 | Title: Human IG genetic variability, vaccination and pandemic preparedness Gunilla B. Karlsson Hedestam, KI |
| 14:40 | Quiz Ulf Ribacke, UU |
| 15:10 | Coffee break |
| 15:40 | Session 2 – Emerging threats topics#1 Chair: Åke Lundkvist, UU |
| 15:45 | Title: Preparing for Future Pandemics – The Aftermath of the COVID-19 Vaccine Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| 16:15 | Title: Could mosquito-borne viruses be a risk to health in Sweden Jenny Hesson, UU |
| 16:45 | Title: On “mu flu” and other emerging animal pathogens Karl Ståhl, SVA |
| 17:15 | Check-in and free time |
| 18:30 | Mingle and poster session Linné Conference room and lounge |
| 19:30 | Dinner |
| Time | August 28, 2025, Venue: Linné Conference room |
|---|---|
| 9:00 | Session 3 – Emerging threats#2 Chair: Sanna Koskiniemi, UU |
| 9:05 | Title: Antibiotic resistance pandemic(s): the importance of rapid diagnostics” Dan Andersson, UU |
| 9:35 | Title: Genetic Reassortment among Influenza A Viruses: Shaping Virus Fitness and Evolution Mahmoud Mohamed Naguib, Liverpool University/ UU |
| 10:05 | Coffee break and group discussions Ulf Ribacke, UU |
| 11:15 | Summary session Moderator: Ulf Ribacke, UU |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | End of the program and transport to Stockholm, Uppsala, Arlanda |
Organizing committee
- Ulf Ribacke, UU
- Staffan Svärd, UU
- Claudia Fredolini, KTH
- Paula Mölling, Region Örebro
- Antonio Rothfuchs, KI
- Tobias Allander, KI
- Sanna Koskiniemi, UU
- Åke Lundqvist, UU
- Alice Sollazzo, PLP-Coordinator, SciLifeLab
Transportation, busses
| To Nova Park – August 27 | |
| From | Departure |
| Uppsala (BMC), Husargatan 3, entrance C11 | 09:00 |
| Stockholm, Cityterminalen | 08:30 |
| Arlanda, T4 | 09:00 |
| From Nova Park – August 28 | |
| To | Departure |
| Uppsala (BMC), Husargatan 3, entrance C11 | 13:00 |
| Stockholm, Cityterminalen | 13:00 |
| SciLifelab, Tomtebodavägen 23A, Solna | 13:00 |
| Arlanda, T4 | 12:20 (lunch to-go) |
alice.sollazzo@scilifelab.uu.se
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