Data Driven in Precision Medicine and Diagnostics.
The Medical Faculty warmly invites you to attend a scientific symposium on March 30, 2026. Candidates for the DDLS Fellow position will present their previous research achievements and share one or two slides outlining their future research approach.
The symposium is aimed for all scientists and staff members at Umeå University who are interested in data driven precision medicine and diagnostics. The event is organized by the Faculty of Medicine.
Venue of the event: Carl Kempe Salen (Stora Hörsalen) KBC building, KBC - huset, Linnaeus väg 6, 90736 Umeå. Mazemap Link.
Programme of the symposium
13:00 Opening
13.05 Robin Rohlen (Umeå University, Department of Diagnostics and Intervention)
Title: "Decoding the neural code of human movement: From muscle signals to neural mechanisms”
13.35 Wenjing Kang (Karolinska Institutet, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology)
Title:"Beyond DNA: RNA scaffolds organizing the genome"
14.05 Einar Olafsson (University of Michigan, Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
Title: "Spatial phenotype CRISPR screen identifies EAF1 as a Toxoplasma modulator of ESCRT subversion.“
14.35 Breake
14.45 Christopher Blöcker ( Umeå University, Department of Computing Science)
Title: TBA
15.15 August Jernbom (Johns Hopkins Medicine, Department of Pathology)
Title:TBA
No registration is needed to attend.