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, autumn 2024

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.  

12 September

Speaker 1: Dag Henrik Reikvam, University of Oslo (online)

Title: Stopping nucleoside analogue therapy in chronic hepatitis B infection: A viable treatment alternative and window of opportunity for pathogenetic studies.

Speaker 2: Annika Niehrs, Postdoc at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH)

Title: Identifying predictors and mechanisms for a functional cure for chronic HBV.

Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg and online via Zoom. Join the Zoom meeting.

Hosts: Annika Niehrs & Maarten Van De Klundert.

14 October

Speaker 1: Bo Göran Ericzon, Professor, Docent

Title: Liver transplant recipients are weaned off imunosuppression after tolerance induction

Speaker 2: Lenka Belicova, Postdoc in Andersson lab 

Title: More than one kind of antenna – uncovering the diversity of cholangiocyte primary cilia

Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.

Host: Staffan Wahlin & Noémi Van Hul.

8 November

Speaker 1: Dr Andrea Lindfors, PhD-student

Title: Screening for advanced liver fibrosis due to MASLD with VCTE alongside retina scanning in patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study of 1,005 patients

Speaker 2: Peter Saliba Gustafsson, Affiliated to Research

Title: A functional genomic framework to elucidate novel causal metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease genes

Venue: Lagerlöf, floor 4, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.

Host: Hannes Hagström & Volker Lauschke.

5-6 December

Liver Academy retreat at Djurönäset.

16 December

Speaker 1: Emil Bluhme, Phd Student

Title: Strategies for Expanding Organ Availability and Improving Transplant Outcomes

Speaker 2: Paul Petrus, Assistant Professor

Title: The liver clock

Venue: Von Behring, floor 9, ANA Futura, Flemingsberg.

Hosts: Christina Villard & Uwe Tietge

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

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Hannes Hagström

Affiliated to Research;Adjunct Professor

Steering committee

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Uwe Tietge

Professor/Clinical Chemist
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Christina Villard

Affiliated to Research
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Annika Niehrs

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Noémi van Hul

Affiliated to Research

Doctoral student representative

Vacant - applications now open.

Administrator

BB
Content reviewer:
28-10-2024