Liver Academy at KI
The Liver Academy is composed of researchers from several departments at Karolinska Institutet (KI) with a common interest in the liver. Our vision is to connect all stakeholders interested in hepatology, leading to state of the art research, patient care and dissemination of knowledge. If you want to engage in the Liver Academy, let us know.
The Liver Academy Seminar series
The Liver Academy at KI is a network that aims to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds to enhance collaborations, enable networking and interaction, especially among junior scientists. Among other things, we are organizing a seminar series, intended to increase interaction between clinicians and basic scientists. If you like to give a talk at the seminar series, or at another occasion, get in touch!
Seminars, spring 2025
Time: 12:00-13:00
The Liver Academy seminars is held roughly every month on different weekdays.
Seminars are held in a hybrid format. Sandwiches and coffee are provided on a first-come basis to those attending in person.
21 January
Speaker 1: Mikael Altun, LABMED, Div. of Clin Physiol
Title: Does my drug reach its target?î -A novel approach to study the cellular drug-target engagement to downstream pharmacology
Venue: Lagerlöf, floor 4, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.
Hosts: Uwe Tietge
17 February
Speaker: Roland Nilsson, Senior Researcher, Med Solna
Title: Metabolic tracing and flux analysis in human liver tissue ex vivo.
Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.
Host: Maarten van De Klundert
26 March
Speaker 1: Stefano Romeo, Professor, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, KI.
Title: Identification of 2 types of MASLD
Speaker 2: Lars Muhl, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, KI.
Title: Molecular characterization of the cell types in the mouse liver using Smart-seq2 single-cell RNA-sequencing.
Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.
Host: Hannes Hagström
30 April
Speaker 1: Amir Ata Saei, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, KI.
Title: Elucidating the oncogenic functions of polyamines in liver cancer
Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg and online in Zoom. Join in Zoom.
Host: Volker Lauschke, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, KI.
26 May
Speaker 1: TBA
Title: TBA
Speaker 2: TBA
Title: TBA
Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.
Host: Christina Villard
13 June
Speaker 1: TBA
Title: TBA
Speaker 2: TBA
Title: TBA
Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.
Host: Ping Chen
The Liver Academy Conference
The KI Liver Academy will be organizing its annual conference on 4-5 December 2025.
We aim to bring together liver enthusiasts, share knowledge and promote collaborations between research groups, and between clinicians and basic scientists.
All researchers with an interest in the liver disease are welcome to attend. A preliminary program and invite for abstracts will be sent out soon.
Save the date and join us in December!
Register for our events
If you would like an invitation to our events, such as seminars and our yearly retreat, please email us at liveracademy@ki.se and we will add you to our email list.
Head of steering committee
Maarten van De Klundert
Postdoctoral ResearcherSteering committee
Uwe Tietge
Professor/Clinical ChemistChristina Villard
Affiliated to ResearchVolker Lauschke
ProfessorAnnika Niehrs
Postdoctoral ResearcherStaffan Wahlin
Affiliated to ResearchHannes Hagström
Affiliated to Research;Adjunct ProfessorPing Chen
Principal ResearcherHannes Jansson
Affiliated to ResearchDoctoral student representative
Vacant - applications now open.