10.00 Registration in KI BioMedicum | Solnavägen 9, Stockholm

Microbiology section

10.15-10.30
Welcome speech

10.30-11.00
Mapping the human microbiome in individuals, cohorts and populations (Prof. Lars Engstrand, Director of CTMR, Chair of MMHP project)

11.00-11.30
Gut microbiome signature of a neurodegenerative disease in disease-free individuals (Prof. Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich, University College London, Co-chair of MMHP Project)

11.30-12.00
The human gut microbiota in health and disease (Prof. Karsten Kristiansen, Copenhagen University, MMHP consortium member)

12.00-12.30
HELMI birth cohort study on early life microbiome (Anne Salonen, University of Helsinki, MMHP consortium member)

12.30-13.00
From Methods to Microbes: Navigating the Metagenomics investigation of Phage Populations in the infant Gut (Alise Ponsero, Quadram Institute, UK & University of Helsinki)

13.00-14.00 Lunch break

Multi-omics section

14.00-14.30 
Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology (Prof. Torben Hansen, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Copenhagen University)

14.30-15.00
Decipher Clinical Signatures of Gastrointestinal Tumors through Multi-Omics Big Data (Prof. Tobias Sjöblom, Uppsala University)

15.00-15.30
Single-cell transcriptomics of the placenta: bridging the understanding of maternal conditions and offspring health (Dr. Paulo Jannig, Karolinska Institutet)

15.30-15.50 Coffee break

15.50-16.20
Genetic and molecular basis of nervous system disorders (Dr. Jan Mulder, Karolinska Institutet)

16.20-16.50
Exposing causal biomarkers for complex diseases using state-of-the-art proteogenomics (Prof. Xia Shen, Karolinska Institutet)

16.50-17.20
Past and Future Analyses in Forensic Human Identification (Prof. Marie Allen, Uppsala University)

17.20-17.30
Walk to Karolinska Cancer Centre (Change venue location to Cancer Center Karolinska building)

17.30-18:00
Unlocking new RNA insights with next-generation single-cell RNA-seq (Dr. Christoph Ziegenhain, CEO of Xpress Genomics)

18:00-18:30
GenePlus NGS Total Solution Throughout the Whole Journey of Cancer Patients (Leo Li, Int’l Technical Support Manager of Gene+)

18:30-19:00
High-throughput genomic sequencing in Microbiome research and application (Dr. Maike Seifert, CEO of AmbioGen)

19:00-21.00 Buffer Dinner with lab tour