Karolinska Institutet Discovers
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 publications and recent international recruitments. 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.
NEW. Given the current Covid-19 pandemic, the seminars will be online as Zoom webinars.
Seminars autumn 2020
Wednesday October 7
Senior researcher Myriam Aouadi, Department of Medicine, Huddinge
Liver macrophages regulate systemic metabolism through non-inflammatory factors, Nature Metabolism, March 2019
Moderator: Sebastian Lewandowski
Wednesday October 14
Postdoctoral researcher Martin Cornillet-Jeannin, Department of Medicine, Huddinge
Imbalance of genes encoding natural killer immunoglobulin-like receptors and human leukocyte antigen in patients with biliary cancer, Gastroenterology, October 2019
Moderator: Xiao-Wei Zheng
Wednesday November 4
Senior researcher Kirsty Spalding, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Adipose lipid turnover and long-term changes in body weight, Nature Medicine, September 2019
Moderator: Rosa Suades
Wednesday November 11
Associate Professor Anna Lindstrand, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery
Discovery of novel sequences in 1000 Swedish genomes, Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2020
Moderator: Kristiina Tammimies
Wednesday November 18
Professor Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Prenatal androgen exposure and transgenerational susceptibility to polycystic ovary syndrome, Nature Medicine, December 2019
Moderator: Rosa Suades
Wednesday November 25
Assistant Professor Heidi Taipale, Department of Clinical Neuroscience
20-year follow-up study of physical morbidity and mortality in relationship to antipsychotic treatment in a nationwide cohort of 62,250 patients with schizophrenia (FIN20), World Psychiatry, February 2020
Moderator: Anna Sidorchuk
Wednesday December 2
Senior Researcher Pekka Katajisto, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition
Notum produced by Paneth cells attenuates regeneration of aged intestinal epithelium, Nature, July 2019
Moderator: Qiaolin Deng
Wednesday December 9
Professor Martin Rottenberg, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology
Spatial and temporal localization of immune transcripts defines hallmarks and diversity in the tuberculosis granuloma, Nature Communications, April 2019
Moderator: Carmen Gerlach
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.
View Junior Faculty's misstion statement for KI Discovers
Contact
Programme committee of KI Discovers is headed by Dr Rosa Suades Soler/KI Junior Faculty
Questions? Email to: ki-discovers@ki.se