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BME@LiU2026

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Date and time: Monday25 May, 8:30-17:00
Location: Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit, 9th floor, North Entrance, Link枚ping University Hospital

Coffee breaks and lunch will be served in Ljusg氓rden, just outside the halls, where the poster exhibition and the Research & Innovation Arena will also be located. It will be possible to attend the conference digitally.

Programme

Session 1 - Welcome and introduction

08:30-09:00 鈥 Welcome and introduction (Hugo Theorell)

  • 08:30-08:35 Welcome from IMT
    Elin Nyman, Head of Department, IMT
  • 08:35-09:00 Overview of programme and co-arrangment
    Overview of program and of the M4-HEALTH: a new model for health using digital twins and AI - Gunnar Cedersund,听IMT, chair of programme committee.

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09:00-09:30 Keynote 1 (Hugo Theorell)

  • 9.00-9.30 鈥淪trategic initiatives on the university and R脰 levels鈥 鈥 Matts Karlsson (IMI, LIU) and Reidar K盲llstr枚m (Region 脰sterg枚tland)

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Session 2 - Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena

09:30-10:00 Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

Coffee will be served in Ljusg氓rden, situated just outside the lecture rooms Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit. Here, you will also find posters featuring scientific presentations and the Research & Innovation Arena with presentations from companies and organisations.

Session 3 - Morning parallel sessions

10:00-12:00 Novel instruments, Biosensors and Biomaterials (Antracit)

Session organizers: Rolf Saager IMT, Daniel Aili IFM, and Daniel Simon ITN

10.00-10.40 鈥淰erification of inflammatory erythema from noxious heating for study of hyperalgesia鈥听Johannes Johansson (IMT, LiU) and Sara Lindstr枚m (BKV, LiU)

10.40-11.00听 鈥淓ngineering cell diversity for preclinical models and regenerative oral medicine鈥濃Pierfrancesco Pagella (IFM, LiU)

11.00-11.20 鈥淎utomated laser modified EndoGraft (ALMEG)鈥听Wajdi Alrawi (Region 脰sterg枚tland),听

11.20-11.40 鈥淒evelopment of in vitro precision photodynamic therapeutics model against bacterial biofilm chronic infections鈥听Rolf Saager (IMT. LiU) and Yasuhiko Irie (IFM, LiU)

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10:00-12:00 Data Analysis, Modelling and AI (Hugo Theorell)

Session organisers: Gunnar Cedersund (IMT)

10.00-10.30 鈥淜nowledge-driven drug development using physiologically based pharmacokinetics modelling of antibodies鈥听Elin Boger (AstraZeneca) and Nicolas Sundqvist (IMT, LiU)

10.30-10.50 鈥淢echanistic modelling of blood pressure regulation鈥澨Finbar Argus (Auckland University)听

10.50-11.15鈥淣euroradiology, neurocognitition, immunology and phenomenology in post-covid19 fatigue: an interdisciplinary investigation鈥听听Ida Blystad (Region 脰sterg枚tland, WCMM) and Anders Eklund (IMT, LiU),听

11.15-11.40听 鈥淯ntangling leukemia using trajectory analysis of single-cell multi-omics data: where do things go wrong?鈥听Johanna Tingvall-Gustafsson (Lund university) and Hendrik de Weerd (IMT, LiU),

11.40-12.00听 鈥淏ioinformatics and network analysis: theory and examples鈥澨Erik Sonnhammer (Stockholm university)

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10:00-12:00 eHealth and clinical implementation (Dolomit)

Session organizers: Tiny Jaarsma

10.00-10.30 鈥淎n eHealth-based health program at Norlandia: digital twins for employees and eldercare鈥听Johan Holms盲ter (Lev Sk枚nare AB) and Anna Ejve (Norlandia AB),听

10.30-10.50 鈥淢ovie realistic digital twins for health, eHealth, and healthcare鈥听听Jimmy Johansson (Variant AB)听

10.50-11.20 鈥淒igital twins for eHealth 鈥 from architecture and housing to longevity and diabetes鈥听Nicolas Waern (Life Atlas AB)听

11.20-11.40 鈥淢icro-habits for lifestyle changes 鈥 from Itrim to clinical studies in company health鈥澨Birgitta Th枚rn (Holistal AB) and Modjtaba Zandian (Karolinska Institutet),听

11.40-12.00鈥 鈥淰isualizing learner skills in minimally invasive neurosurgical simulations鈥听Alessandro Iop (ITN, LiU), Mario Romero (ITN, LiU)

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Session 4 - Lunch and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

12:00-13:30 Lunch, Posters and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

Lunch will be served in Ljusg氓rden, situated just outside the lecture rooms Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit. Here, you will also find posters featuring scientific presentations and the Research & Innovation Arena with presentations from companies and organisations.

Session 5 - Afternoon parallel sessions

13:30-15:00 Putting the pieces together: from cells to clinic to eHealth (Dolomit)

13.30-14.00听 鈥淎n M4-HEALTH sub-cluster for cardiology: from blood pressure modelling and cardiac imaging to eHealth interventions鈥听Kajsa Tunedal or Tino Ebbers, (IMT and HMV, LiU),

14.00-14.30 听鈥淎 cross-disciplinary liver network integrating cell biology, clinical studies, health economy, and eHealth鈥 Mattias Ekstedt, (R脰 and HMV, LiU),

14.30-14.50听鈥淧leasant Touch Dynamics with Endocannabinoid Levels: A Multidimensional Analysis of Pleasant Touch, Endocannabinoids, Social-Affective Traits, Pain, and Subjective Touch Perception in Healthy Adults鈥澨Faiz Mohammed Kassim (BKV, LiU)

14.50-15.05 Medtech4Health Accelerating Swedish Medtech 鈥 Insights from 10 years of innovation support
Lena Str枚mberg (MedTech4Health)

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13:30-15:00 Data harmonization, medical informatics and federated learning (Hugo Theorell)

13.30-13.55听鈥淓xploiting clinical data for healthcare and precision health: from AIDA to CIP鈥听Claes Lundstr枚m, (CMIV and Sectra),听

13.55-14.15听鈥淔ederated learning for radiation therapy鈥澨Anders Eklund (IMT, LiU),听

14.15-14.35
听听鈥淔ederated learning and data harmonization in the STRATIF-AI project鈥澨Catalina Martines (University of Murcia) and Serge Timsit, (Brest University Hospital),

14.35-14.55 鈥淗igh-quality longitudinal and multi-modal data in neurointensive care 鈥 basis for digital twin modelling鈥
听Lovisa Tobieson, (Region 脰sterg枚tland),听

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Session 6 - Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena

15:00-15:30 Coffee, posters and Research & Innovation Arena (Ljusgården)

Coffee will be served in Ljusgården, situated just outside the lecture rooms Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit. Here, you will also find posters featuring scientific presentations and the Research & Innovation Arena with presentations from companies and organisations.

Session 7 - Afternoon keynote and Concluding Remarks (Hugo Thorell)

15:30-16:00 Keynote 2 Henrik Green

  • 鈥淎 cross-disciplinary approach to forensics: from mass spectrometry to digital twins and AI鈥
    Henrik Green, BKV, Link枚ping University

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16.00-16.30 Final discussions and conclusion of conference (Hugo Theorell)

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