Events, seminars and symposia
Bringing life science professionals together and furthering skills in the scientific community are in SciLifeLab’s DNA. Our many events spanning a wide range of topics, present opportunities to develop your know-how and share your own experiences and network – sparking new ideas, as well as new collaborations. All events are free and open to everyone (unless otherwise stated), and we warmly welcome participants from industry, academia, healthcare, and beyond.
To support lifelong learning, the SciLifeLab Training Hub offers a vibrant community where instructors and learners come together to gain new skills and grow through shared knowledge. Explore all our courses, training, and educational offerings at training.scilifelab.se.
AI Agent in Drug Discovery – Current Advance and Application
Dinh Long Huynh NBIS and SciLifeLab Data Centre arrange an open SciLifeLab AI Seminar Series aimed at knowledge-sharing about Artificial Intelligence and applications in the Life Science community. The seminar series is open to everyone. The seminar is run over Zoom on the third Friday of the month during academic terms, typically between 10 and 11 am, with […]
Research Opportunities at the Intersection of Society, Life Sciences, and Technology
A Joint Conference between DDLS, WASP and WASP-HS Uniting Sweden's life science, machine learning and artificial intelligence communities, we welcome researchers from all disciplines to explore new research opportunities in a changing world. Participants will have the opportunity to network, be inspired by excellent international keynote speakers, and take part in the latest research in […]
DDLS seminars at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
9.00 Tobias Baril, Transposable Elements: Genome parasites, or genome architects? 9.30 Fernando Domingues Tria, From Gene Filtering to Gene Integration in Phylogenomics 10.00 Coffee break 10.30 Zhen Li, The evolutionary logic of gene loss 11.00 Bethany Allen, How has biodiversity changed over deep time?
One Health on Two Wheels: From Thessaloniki to Stockholm to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance and Build Microbiology Capacity in Mbujimayi, DRC
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat with major epidemiological consequences across human, animal, and environmental health. This lecture will first outline the current global burden and trends of AMR. It will then explore key drivers of rising resistance through a One Health lens, explaining how interconnected systems—medicine, veterinary practice, agriculture, and the […]
Hands-on Workshop: Developing AI Agents in Life Sciences (Gothenburg)
We are delighted to invite you to join our upcoming workshop on "Developing AI Agents in Life Sciences", organized by SciLifeLab Data Centre. AI agents are emerging as autonomous systems that orchestrate scientific workflows by interacting with digital tools and data sources. These have various implications for life science research. They can, for example, simplify […]
Striving for Open Science Compliance in Sweden: Achieved Goals and Remaining Challenges
Open Science is high on the Swedish research agenda, but are we actually delivering increased openness? Join this seminar to find out what the latest data reveals about where progress is being made, where it is stalling, and what the findings mean for your own work with open access, open data, and research visibility.
Presenter: Ineke Luijten, (PhD), Scientific Training Officer at SciLifeLab & Analyst of the annual SUHF OS implementation survey
4th BioSyst.EU Meeting 2026
The 4th BioSyst EU meeting is taking place in Uppsala Sweden, 17th - 19th August 2026, and will be organised by the Swedish Systematics Association. The 3-day conference celebrates European systematics and biodiversity research at its origin. An excursion directly after the conference rounds off the program with keynotes and symposia. The Conference is supported by the KAW initiative DDLS Evolution and Biodiversity research […]
From Messy Data to Clean Datasets: A Practical Introduction to OpenRefine
Elisavet Torstensson (SciLifeLab, NBIS)
Data Steward NBIS- FEGA Sweden Helpdesk Team- Elixir Sweden
Research Data Management in Life Science – Linköping
Discover how to effectively manage, share, and safeguard your research data through practical guidance from both local and national experts. Engage in discussions on best practices grounded in the FAIR principles and Open Science.
WASP-HS & DDLS: Interdisciplinary Workshop
WASP-HS & DDLS: Joint Workshop at Sigtunastiftelsen, 12–14 October This interdisciplinary workshop brings together a carefully selected group of 25 researchers from diverse fields to exchange perspectives on the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of data-intensive research in the life sciences. The conversation is not limited to lawyers and ethicists, but also includes researchers whose […]
Last updated: 2026-10-14
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