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 conference 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
Hannes Hagström
Affiliated to Research;Adjunct ProfessorSteering committee
Uwe Tietge
Professor/Clinical ChemistChristina Villard
Affiliated to ResearchAnnika Niehrs
Postdoctoral ResearcherStaffan Wahlin
Affiliated to ResearchMaarten van De Klundert
Postdoctoral ResearcherNoémi van Hul
Affiliated to ResearchDoctoral student representative
Vacant - applications now open.