Precision health around the corner – deciphering complex diseases
The second conference for Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) – Complex Diseases. The conference aims at bringing together researchers, clinicians and companies working with precision medicine in complex diseases and is open to everyone with a professional interest in the field.
Date: January 26th, 2024
Time: 9 am – 7 pm
Where: Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm
Conference Program
MORNING SESSION
9.00-9:50 Mingle and coffee
9:50-10:00 Welcome and conference opening
Bo Jacobsson, Åsa Johansson, Craig Wheelock, Harald Hedman
Genomic Medicine Sweden – Complex diseases
10:00-10:40 Severe asthma in the era of precision medicine – from phenotype to endotype
Celeste Porsbjerg, Professor, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Department of Respiratory Medicine
10:40-11:00 Blood-based biomarkers for stroke – Towards improved diagnostics and outcome prediction
Christina Jern, Professor, Chief Physician, University of Gothenburg, Department of Laboratory Medicine
11:00-11:20 Pharmacogenomics in the clinic
Mia Wadelius, Professor, Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
11:20-11:40 Metabolomics – the Stethoscope for the Twenty-First Century
Craig Wheelock, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine
11.40-11.50 Short talk: Ultra-sensitive molecular MRD on flow cytometer using superRCA mutation assay
Linus Bosaeus, Rarity Bioscience
11.50-12.00 Short talk: The impact of changes in bipolar disorder diagnostic criteria over time in genetic studies
Lina Jonsson, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Inst of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of psychiatry and neurochemistry
12:00-13:00 Lunch and mingle
AFTERNOON SESSION
13:00-13:25 Keynote, Genomic Medicine Sweden – future directions
Richard Rosenquist Brandell, Director Genomic Medicine Sweden, Professor of Clinical Genetics/ Senior Physician, Karolinska Institutet
13:25-13:40 SciLifeLab’s roadmap for precision medicine
Åsa Johansson, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology
13.40-13.50 Short talk: Affinity Proteomics in Precision Medicine
Claudia Fredolini, Affinity Proteomics Unit, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology
13.50-14.00 Short talk: Identifying causal biomarkers using pQTL mapping and Mendelian randomization
Anders Mälarstig, Karolinska Institutet
14.00-14.10 Short talk: Opportunities with Spatial Proteomics – from discovery projects to clinical utility
Charlotte Stadler, Department of Protein Sciences, School of engineering sciences in chemistry, biotechnology and health, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology
14:10-14:30 Adequate randomized clinical trial designs to scope the potential for precision medicine in chronic diseases
Johan Sundström, Professor, Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.15 Short talk: Molecular phenotypes of the circulating proteome
Jochen Schwenk, KTH and SciLifeLab
15.15-15.30 Short talk: Parity modifies the effect of genetic variants associated with gestational duration
Karin Ytterberg, University of Gothenburg
15.30-15.45 Short talk: The use of Systems Biology in Precision Medicine Applications
Adil Mardinoglu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
16:00-16.15 Predictive Genomic: Harnessing the Genome to Prevent Disease
Anne Helness, Sr. Technical Sales Specialist – Human Predictive Genomics, Nordics and Baltics Thermo Fischer Scientific
16.15-16.25 Multiple Sclerosis – importance of central nervous system resilience for disease severity and immune response to virus for disease risk
Ingrid Skelton Kockum, Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience
16:30-17:00 Panel discussion and closing of meeting
POSTER SESSION AND MINGLE
17:00-19:00
Drinks, light food, mingle and poster presentations
Warm welcome!
Bo Jacobsson, Åsa Johansson, Craig Wheelock, and Harald Hedman
The aim for the GMS Complex diseases network is to increase knowledge of complex diseases and to develop strategies for implementation in clinical genomic medicine in Sweden. More information here. If you want to become a member of the network send an email to harald.hedman@umu.se
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