Schedule
Day 1 — 12 March 2026
| Time | Activity | Speakers/chairs |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:45 | Registration with coffee and fika | |
| 09:45–10:15 | Opening remarks | |
| 10:15–11:30 | Session 1: Metagenomics & Microbiome | Tânia Carneiro Peniche, Biel Garcias Puigserver |
| Keynote 10:15-10:40 | “The microbiota-gut-brain axis in epilepsy” | Stefanie Prast-Nielsen (Karolinska Institute) |
| Keynote Gothenburg 10:40-11:05 | “The making of a pathogen” | Astrid von Mentzer (University of Gothenburg) |
| 11:05-11:17 | T01 “Regulation of a tripartite Toxin Antitoxin system in the honeybee intestinal bacteria Apilactobacillus kunkeei” | Héléna Vassilieff (Uppsala University) |
| 11:18-11:30 | T02 “STRIKE-T2D: Strain-level Interpretation of Key Effectors in Type 2 Diabetes” | Chuqing Sun (University of Gothenburg) |
| 11:30–12:00 | Break | |
| 12:00–13:15 | Session 2: Translational Research | Linnéa Ögren, Markus Lindberg |
| Keynote 12:00–12:25 | “Accelerating rare disease diagnostics through multidisciplinary collaboration” | Ann Nordgren (Karolinska Institute and University of Gothenburg) |
| Keynote Gothenburg 12:25–12:50 | “Genomic insights into small intestine neuroendocrine tumours” | Erik Larsson Lekholm (University of Gothenburg) |
| 12:50-13:02 | T03 “Plasma Protein Biomarkers of Treatment-Induced Brain Injury in Children with Primary Brain Tumors” | Dea Gogishvili (Uppsala University) |
| 13:03-13:15 | T04 “Deciphering Heterogeneity in Acute Myeloid Leukemia to Understand the Mechanisms of Disease Progression and Immune Interactions Using Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing” | Sadiksha Adhikari (University of Helsinki) |
| 13:15-14:15 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:15–15:30 | Session 3: Single-cell Technologies | Hana Komic, Alice Schiller |
| Keynote 14:15-14:40 | “The dawn of clinical spatial technologies” | Joakim Lundeberg (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) |
| Keynote Gothenburg 14:40-15:05 | “Integrative single-cell approaches in diabetes” | Joan Camunas (University of Gothenburg) |
| 15:05-15:17 | T05 “NOX2-driven macrophage reprogramming enhances breast cancer metastasis” | Mustafa Kaya (University of Gothenburg) |
| 15:18-15:30 | DDLS - Approaching the Halfway Mark | Margit Mahlapuu (DDLS Cell & Molecular Biology Research Area Lead, University of Gothenburg) |
| 15:30–16:00 | Group photo and break with fika | |
| 16:00–17:30 | Poster session | |
| 17:30–22:00 | Mingle dinner and social event |
Day 2 — 13 March 2026
| Time | Activity | Speakers/chairs |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30–09:00 | Welcome coffee | |
| 09:00–11:15 | Parallel workshops | |
| Academic writing (Antarktis room) |
Richard La Bontee (University of Gothenburg) | |
| Visualising science (Europa room) |
Emilia Ståhlbom (Sectra) | |
| Data management (Wallenbergsalen) |
Maria Thorson (University of Gothenburg) | |
| Bacterial Genomics (Sydamerika room) |
Kaisa Thorell (University of Gothenburg) | |
| 11:15–11:45 | Break with fika | |
| 11:45–13:00 | Session 4: Multi-omics data integration | Adam Dziulko, Klara Esbo |
| Keynote 11:45–12:10 | “Advancing multi-omics data integration through tool development” | Ana Conesa (CSIC) |
| Keynote Gothenburg 12:10–12:35 | “Integrative Multi-Omics Frameworks for Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of Cardiometabolic Disease Progression” | Muhammad Arif (University of Gothenburg) |
| 12:35-12:47 | T06 “A bimodal framework for reliable and accessible acute leukemia machine learning classification using gene expression and DNA methylation data” | Mariya Lysenkova Wiklander (Uppsala University) |
| 12:48-13:00 | T07 “Sex chromosomes from raw data, and the tools to get you there” | Nikos Tsardakas Renhuldt (Lund University) |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00–15:15 | Session 5: Cancer Genomics | Tobias Österlund, Danel Olaverri Mendizabal |
| Keynote 14:00-14:25 | “A multi-omics approach for dissecting pathogenic and drug resistance mechanisms in hematological malignancies” | Caroline Heckman (University of Helsinki) |
| Keynote Gothenburg 14:25-14:50 | “Clonal hematopoiesis - a precursor for hematological malignancies” | Abhishek Niroula (University of Gothenburg) |
| 14:50-15:02 | T08 “TrackTx: Statistical Mapping of Functional Genomic Landscapes Through Divergent Transcription Analysis” | Serhat Aktay (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) |
| 15:03-15:15 | T09 ”Read-Level Methylation Analysis of cfDNA Using Targeted EM-seq for CNS Tumor Classification” | Ryan SY Kwan (University of Gothenburg) |
| 15:15–15:45 | Break with fika | |
| 15:45–17:00 | Session 6: Machine Learning and AI | Alan Bäckerholm, Kerryn Elliott |
| Keynote 15:45–16:10 | “AI and machine learning for aging and neurodegenerative disease” | Jacob Vogel (Lund University) |
| Keynote Gothenburg 16:10–16:35 | “When Models Spill Secrets: Auditing Data Leakage” | Fazeleh Hoseini (AI Sweden) |
| 16:35-16:47 | T10 “Leveraging mass spectrometry data for predicting chemical persistence and mobility” | Yingxiao Yan (Stockholm University) |
| 16:48-17:00 | T11 “Bringing Self-Explaining Neural Networks to Genomics: A Study on RNA Secondary Structure Type Prediction” | Andrea Salinetti (KTH) |
| 17:00–17:15 | Poster prizes and closing remarks |