Karolinska Institutet Discovers
Junior Faculty welcomes you to the KI Discovers series for the Autumn of 2022. The purpose of the KI Discovers series is to give insight into the latest scientific achievements across a variety of disciplines at Karolinska Institutet by highlighting new outstanding publications published during 2021-2022. The first KI Discovers of the Autumn will be hosted on October 19th and presented by Dr Michael Ratz.
The seminar series is funded by the Board of Research and hosted by Junior Faculty, with administrative support of the Communications and Public Relations Office at KI.
The seminars are held on Wednesdays between 12.00-13.00. No registration is needed.
Under the autumn term, the seminars will be given at Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Campus Solna (apart from 2 seminars at Biomedicum: on Nov 23 & Dec 7)
Coffee and sandwiches will be served outside the lecture halls.
Seminars autumn 2022
Wednesday, October 19
Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Michael Ratz, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Clonal relations in the mouse brain revealed by single-cell and spatial transcriptomics. Nature Neuroscience, March 2022
Moderator: Dr Sebastian Lewandowski
Venue: Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Campus Solna
Please observe, this seminar is cancelled due to sickness
Wednesday, October 26
Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Yizhou Hu, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Neural network learning defines glioblastoma features to be of neural crest perivascular or radial glia lineages. Science Advances, June 2022
Moderator: Dr Sebastian Lewandowski
Venue: Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Campus Solna
Wednesday, November 9
Principal Researcher/Research group leader, Dr Niklas Mejhert, Department of Medicine, Huddinge
Spatial mapping reveals human adipocyte subpopulations with distinct sensitivities to insulin, Cell Metabolism, September 2021
Moderator: Dr Rongrong Fan
Venue: Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Campus Solna
Wednesday, November 16
Principal Researcher/Team Leader, Dr Magdalena Paolino, Department of Medicine, Solna
RANK links thymic regulatory T cells to fetal loss and gestational diabetes in pregnancy. Nature, January 2021
Moderator: Dr Marcus Buggert
Venue: Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Campus Solna
Wednesday, November 23
Principal Researcher/Research Group Leader, Dr Simon Elsässer, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Genome-wide mapping of G-quadruplex structures with CUT&Tag. Nucleic Acids Research, February 2022
Moderator: Dr Ninib Baryawno
OBS! Venue: Biomedicum, Solnavägen 9, Eva & Georg Klein lecture hall
Wednesday, November 30
Senior lecturer/senior physician, Dr Theodoros Foukakis, Department of Oncology-Pathology
Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab, Pertuzumab, and Docetaxel vs Trastuzumab Emtansine in Patients with ERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology, September 2021
Moderator: Dr Linda Lindström
Venue: Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Campus Solna
Wednesday, December 7
OBS! New time for the seminar: 12:30 – 13:30
Assistant senior lecturer, Dr Nicolas Pillon, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Distinctive exercise-induced inflammatory response and exerkine induction in skeletal muscle of people with type 2 diabetes. Science Advances, September 2022
Moderator: Dr Paulo Jannig
OBS! Venue: Biomedicum, Solnavägen 9, Peter Reichard lecture hall
Wednesday, December 14
Professor Sten Linnarsson, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Molecular architecture of the developing mouse brain. Nature, August 2021
Moderator: TBA
Venue: Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Campus Solna
Mission statement
Since 2012, the KI Discovers seminars have presented excellent research conducted at this university. The seminar series was founded by Professor Mats Wahlgren, at the time KI’s Pro-Dean of Research.
Contact
Programme committee members of KI Discovers from KI Junior Faculty: Dr Ninib Baryawno, Dr Ping Chen, Dr Sophia Miliara, Dr Anna Sidorchuk, Dr Yizhou Hu, Dr Francesca Del Gaudio.
Questions? Email to: ki-discovers@ki.se
Related links
Junior Faculty mission statement for KI Discovers