Welcome to the KTH Life Science Technologies Day 2018

Date and time: August 31, 2018, 08:30–15:30
Location: Ångdomen within the main KTH Library building, Osquars backe 31
Registration: fill in this form
Organizer: KTH Life Science Technology Platform
Deadline for registration is August 26.

Technology plays a crucial role in the fight against cancer and this edition of the Life Science Technology Day focuses on some of these technologies that may shape the future of cancer care.

As with previous editions, the program has presentations from internationally recognised scholars in the field. This year we have Chris Sander  who leads the cBio Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston and Ilya Shmulevich  from Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle. Prof. Sanders is known for his research on predictive models for cancer precision medicine that incorporate high throughput data, such as cancer genomics. Prof. Shmulevich is known for his research on using techniques from signal processing and information theory in systems biology models of cancer.

These invited presentations are intertwined with shorter presentations from faculty at KTH representing state-of-the-art research on various technologies relevant for cancer, such as sensor and imaging technologies, molecular tools, and modelling and data analysis.

Participation is free and includes a light lunch, but since the capacity of the venue is limited, participants need to register by the form in the registration link stated above.

PROGRAM

KTH Life Science Technologies Day 2018 program (pdf 38 kB)

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 - 09:05 Opening & welcome

09:05 - 10:00 Chris Sander , Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston
Pathway Landscape of the Cancer Genome Atlas and the Design of Combination Therapy

10.00 - 10:30 Amelie Eriksson Karlström , the School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Health (CBH), KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Radionuclide therapy using peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-mediated pretargeting of HER2-expressing tumors

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 11.30 Jerker Widengren , Experimental Biomolecular Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Fluorescence fluctuation and super-resolution techniques and their possible role in cellular and molecular cancer diagnostics

11:30 - 12:00 Mats Danielsson , Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
MedTechLabs

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:30 Wouter Metsola van Der Wijngaart  Department of Micro and Nanosystem, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Micro- and nano devices for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

13:30 - 14:00 Adil Mardinoglu , System Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
A pathology atlas of the human cancer transcriptome and its use in patient stratification

14:00 - 15:00 Ilya Shmulevich , Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle
The Immune Landscape of Cancer

15:00- 15.30 Summary and coffee

Moderator of the conference, Ann Fernholm, Science Journalist