GUT seminar series
The GUT seminar series is arranged by the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
The seminars cover a wide range of topics related to liver and gut diseases, immunometabolism, nutrition, epidemiology, epigenetics and gene regulation, presented by both clinical and preclinical researchers.
The seminars are held once a month and we welcome everyone with an interest in the topics of the seminars to attend on site or online in Teams.
Seminars autumn 2026
25 August
Title: Hepatic Dysfunction and Liver Carcinogenesis in Porphyria
Speaker: Staffan Wahlin, GUT, MedH, KI.
Host: Adjunct Professor Per Stål, GUT, MedH, KI.
Location: Yellow room, Karolinska University Hospital / Online
24 September
Title: What are we really eating? Lessons from gastrointestinal and child feeding research
Speakers:
Dr Kerith Duncanson, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Senior Researcher at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Dr Richard Ball, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Health promotion unit, Mid North Coast Local Health District, NSW, Australia
Hosts: Professor Marie Löf and Assistant Professor Maria Henström Engblom, GUT, MedH, KI.
Location: Erna Möller in Neo / Online
26 October
Title: Editor talk: editorial process in Nature Metabolism
Speaker: Jean Nakhle, Nature Metabolism editor.
Hosts: Rongrong Fan, Docent, GUT, MedH, KI.
Location: Erna Möller in Neo / Online
26 November
Speaker: Anne Salonen, Docent & Principal Investigator, affiliation Human Microbiome Research Program and Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Host: Professor Juha Kere, GUT, MedH, KI.
Location: DNA in Neo / Online (The speaker will be on Teams but the seminar will be streamed in DNA)
- 17 December - Yellow room, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge / Online