Karolinska Institutet Discovers
Junior Faculty welcomes you to the Karolinska Institutet (KI) Discovers series for the Spring of 2025. The KI Discovers series aims to give insight into the latest scientific achievements across various disciplines at Karolinska Institutet by highlighting recently published outstanding papers. The first KI Discovers of the season will be hosted on the 26th of March and presented by Dr. Daniel Ferreira Padilla.
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 and 13:00, in a hybrid form both on-site at either campus Solna or campus Huddinge and in Zoom. No registration is needed.
Sandwiches, coffee, and tea are served on-site at the beginning of the seminars. First come, first served, including limited options for people with dietary restrictions.
Seminars Spring 2025
Wednesday 26 March
Dr. Daniel Ferreira Padilla, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Sex differences in brain atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies. Alzheimer’s Dementia, March 2024.
Moderator: Prof. Maria Ankarcrona
Room: B0313, Biomedicum
Wednesday 23 April
Dr. Rasmus Berglund, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. The aging mouse CNS is protected by an autophagy-dependent microglia population promoted by IL-34. Nature Communications, January 2024.
Moderator: Dr. Ahmed Osman.
Room: B0313, Biomedicum
Wednesday 7 May
Dr. Ana Teixeira, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Multivalent insulin receptor activation using insulin-DNA origami nanostructures. Nature Nanotechnology, February 2024.
Moderator: TBA.
Room: B0313, Biomedicum
Wednesday 4 June
Dr. Konstantinos Ampatzis, Department of Neurosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Decoding the molecular, cellular, and functional heterogeneity of zebrafish intracardiac nervous system. Nature Communications, December 2024.
Moderator: Dr. Juan Pablo Lopez.
Room: B0313, Biomedicum
Wednesday 18 June
Dr. Karin Leander, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Role of Polyunsaturated Fat in Modifying Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Family History of Cardiovascular Disease: Pooled De Novo Results From 15 Observational Studies. Circulation, January 2024.
Moderator: Dr. Federica Laguzzi.
Room: B0313, Biomedicum