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Welcome to a Nordic conference on liquid biopsies and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) with a clinical focus.

We are pleased to announce that this year’s conference is organized in collaboration with the European Liquid Biopsy Society (ELBS). The meeting will span two days:

  • 10 November – Joint conference day co-hosted with ELBS
  • 11 November – Full-day GMS Nordic Liquid Biopsy Conference

The conference is organized by the GMS Liquid Biopsy Working Group for Solid Tumours.

Nordic Liquid Biopsy Conference 10-11 November 2026

Organizing Committee

Therese Fagerqvist, Ph.D., co-chair innovation and industry collaboration, GMS and Uppsala University

Josefine Sandström, Senior Research Coordinator, SciLifeLab

Helena Nord, Molecular Biologist, SciLifeLab Clinical Genomics Uppsala, Uppsala University

Tina Catela Ivkovic, Head of Unit Clinical Genomics Lund/Center for Translational Research, Lund University

Alvida Qvick, Molecular Biologist, Örebro University Hospital, coordinator for GMS liquid biopsy for solid tumors  

Lao Saal, Head, Translational Oncogenomics, and Co-Director, CIRCE Women’s Cancer Research Center, Lund University

Emma Tham, Associate Professor Karolinska Institutet and Senior Consultant Karolinska University Hospital

Scientific Committee

Lao Saal, Lund University, Sweden

Alvida Qvick, Örebro University, Sweden

Tina Catela Ivkovic, Lund University, Sweden

Lars Dyrskjøt, Aarhus University, Denmark

Sampsa Hautaniemi, University of Helsinki, Finland

Emma Tham, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Oddmund Nordgård, Stavanger University, Norway

Related links

ELBS – European Liquid Biopsy Society

Talare på Nordic Liquid Biopsy Conference

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