Doctoral Programme in Development and Regeneration (DevReg)

SWHR Webinar, 5 June 2023

The lack of female representation in medical research has led to gaps in knowledge and increased vulnerability for women. The NIH's Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) aimed to address this issue, but comprehensive incorporation of SABV in research and academic publishing is still lacking. The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) hosted a web event to discuss the importance of sex differences research and the approaches of academic journals towards reporting on sex and gender in studies.

Online webinar, 28 February 2023

An engaging webinar about Turner Syndrome

HERM Seminar, 27 February 2023

Seminar with Dr. Caroline Heckman from University of Helsinki.

An exciting lunch seminar was held last 12 December 2022 at Karolinska University Hospital with two leading experts from the USA as they shared their expertise on life-long consequences of developmental exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals.

The second IRL meeting of the Gonad Club was held at Solna campus. It was an interesting day for exhange of knowledge, where participants also had a wonderful opportunity to meet experts and other fellow researchers. The event was in held collaboration with DevReg, Tissue and Motion Research Network and H2020 project ERIN (Ethically Responsible INnovations in Reproductive Medicine)

Ethically Responsible INnovations in Reproductive Medicine (ERIN) conducted this very interesting interdiscipinary seminar, which brought together experts from medical sciences and humanities to discuss reproductive medicine from molecular biology to clinical practice, including ethical issues.

Eight internationally renowed stem cell and regenerative medicine experts presented their recent work at the 2nd KI conference on “Stem cells, regeneration biology, and regenerative medicine” organized by StratRegen

New research from eight of the world's leading experts in stem cells and regenerative medicine were presented in this Minisymposium in the series "Frontiers in Medicine" nr. 59.

The SFO Strategic Research Area on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (StratRegen) hosted this event.

Collaboration in Science 2022 was a two-day conference conducted at KI's Campus Flemingsberg on October 6 and 7. Participants learned about the extensive research being conducted at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital with the goal of stimulating collaboration between education and research. The said event was a great opportunity to share the latest information and scientific work, particularly of Ph.D. students and post-docs.

As part of the Master’s Program in Frontiers in Biomedicine, a series of interesting lectures from our Senior Professors was held at NEO where they shared their expertise and various ongoing research in their respective fields

This symposium tackled the concept of Planetary health to create an understanding of the interactions between human health and well-being and animal and environmental health. International and national pioneers, thought-leaders, and researchers in the field shared and introduced the concept Planetary health, including describing the current state of knowledge and the current research front.

Excellence starts with methods! Characterize your gonads with high reliability and precision.

This was the first IRL meeting with the Gonad Club, providing an opportunity to listen to interesting speakers. It was held in collaboration with KI DEVREG program and EU ERIN consortium.

How can we define genes that reflect organotypic heterogeneity within one cell type? And can we further characterize specific genes that allow for interorgan gene differentiation? These were just a few of the questions addressed during the seminar on single cell sequencing technologies, a part of the DevReg Doctoral Programme Course (2537).

What if we could engineer complete embryos from stem cells and develop these in an artificial uterus? Lectures by world-leading scientists were followed by discussions about scientific possibilities, absence of clear regulations on emerging technologies and ethical dilemmas. The symposium was supported by DevReg. 

The Winter School was organised together with DevReg.

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Part 2 | Facilitator: ANNA BIRGERSDOTTER, PhD

Health care is transforming. As we are facing new challenges, boosting your soft skills capabilities can help you to take an active leadership role in the coming transformation.
 

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Part 1 | Facilitator: ANNA BIRGERSDOTTER, PhD

A hands-on opportunity to creatively apply entrepreneurial tools and business methodologies on yourself.

Business & Entrepreneurship | 
Diagnostic Commercialization |
Pharmaceutical Commercialization 

Organisers: Vascular Surgery Group, CVR & DevReg Programs KI.

How does good cholesterol function in the body? We invited Uwe Tietge, Professor of Clinical Chemistry at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, KI to talk about the role of cholesterol in cardiovascular disease and possible sex differences.

This doctoral course, joining forces with ACT Matching Events Conference and GOING-FWD, was encouraging students to examine the gender dimension in the field of experimental and clinical cardiovascular research, related to their PhD/research projects.

Speaker Coach Andrew Hennigan from TEDx Stockholm returned to share essential influencing skills and some new ideas! Read the summary and learn fun and helpful ways to capture the attention of your audience.

Jonathan Cedernaes, MD, PhD, talked about how disrupted sleep & circadian rhythms may impair your metabolic health. We also discussed inspiring ways to engage in the scientific community. 

Christian G. Riedel, PhD, KI: “Discovering and targeting the mechanisms that regulate how fast we age.” | Professor Tamar Tchkonia, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic: “Senescent cell burden and senolytic drugs: focus on translational studies.” | Professor Staffan Strömblad,  KI: ”Control of the senescence barrier in breast cancer via PAK4 signalling.”

Brilliant speakers gathered to share their ideas that could propel us into a better tomorrow.

This study discusses the relationship between individual-level socioeconomic factors and adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes across Sweden, The Netherlands and Republic of Ireland. Discover insights from self-reported data on education, employment, income and more, providing new perspectives on maternal health.

Unveiling the traits and unprecedented functions of skin mesenchymal niches in safeguarding acute myeloid leukemia stem cells throughout chemotherapy

Discovery: Altered expression of CXCL14 chemokine in bone marrow microenvironment of chronic myeloid leukemia patients, xxhibiting in vitro and in vivo suppression of leukemic stem cells within a patient-derived xenograft mouse model.

A KTH master's thesis, by Anubhuti Gupta, captures how biases exist and affect both the actors’ (patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs) behaviours and actions throughout the pain management journey thus leading to a down-streaming effect on the treatment delivered. Based on the findings, new concepts were designed. The thesis was supervised by Karolina Kublickiene.