Where research meets data science

Welcome to The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine yearly event! This year the theme is "Where research meets data science".

WCMTM yearly event program

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch and poster session

Welcome and introduction to the Wallenberg Centre and Data Driven Life Science
moderators: Aishe Sarshad & Martin Dalin

13:00 – 13:10 Introduction to the WCMTM – Christina Jern and Margit Mahlapuu

13:10 – 13:30 Views on life science from UGOT, Carina Mallard, deputy vice chancellor,
and “The life science efforts within Region Västra Götaland”, Anders Carlberg, Head of Research and Innovation, Regional development, VGR

13:30 – 13:50 “Data-driven Life Science” Siv Andersson, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation

Bioinformatics – from data to insights
moderators: Aishe Sarshad & Martin Dalin

13:50 – 14:10 “Shining light on the cancer genome” Erik Larsson Lekholm, UGOT

14:10 – 14:25 “Glycans in Health: The Role of Machine Learning”– Daniel Bojar, WCMTM PI

14:25 – 14:40 Bioinformatics and translational medicine – Joan Camunas (over link), WCMTM PI

14:40 – 15:30 Coffee break and poster session

Life science in Gothenburg – the new efforts
moderators: Alesia Tietze & Daniel Bojar

15.30 – 15:50 ”Therapeutic oligonucleotide development at the national OligoNova Hub infrastructure” – Pär Matsson, director OligoNova and Shalini Andersson, AstraZeneca

15:50 – 16:05 “Unraveling the mechanism of nuclear RNA interference” – Aishe Sarshad, WCMTM PI

16:05 – 16:20 “The research infrastructures supporting the DDLS initiative”, Thomas Svensson, Chalmers

16:20 – 16:35 Quantum Computing in Göteborg and in Life Science, Göran Johansson, Chalmers

16:35 – 16:50 Genomic Medicine Sweden, Per Sikora, GMS Väst

16.50 – 17.00 Closing words

The program might be subject to change.