Neuroscience Day 2020

Program

8.55 – 9.00          
Inlogg on zoom 

9.00 – 9.15          
Welcome and information, Finn Hallböök, Head of Department 

9.15 – 9.35        
“Genetic impact on patient outcome following traumatic brain injury: Towards novel treatment using patient specific induced pluripotent stem cells“
Elham Rostami, M.D., Ph.D., Wallenberg clinical fellow, Neurosurgery

9.40 – 10.00      
“From microtechnology to neurological disorders”
Anna Rostedt Punga, Professor in Clinical Neurophysiology

10.00 – 10.30       
Coffee break

10.30 – 11.20     
“Bibliometric analysis of scholarly productivity: is there a way forward?”
Guest: Ulf Sandström, Docent, researcher at Royal Inst Technology, Stockholm

11.25 – 12.10       
Ph D Student presentations:
Karl Sjölin, Neurology
Markus de Ruijter, Clinical Neurophysiology
Samuel Lenell, Neurosurgery

12.10 – 13.00       
Lunch break

13.00 – 13.25       
“The synapse as the gearbox of the brain”
Mia Lindskog, Senior Lecturer in Medical Neurobiology

13.30 – 14.25       
“How twins can help us understand aging and aging related diseases such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons”
Guest: Nancy Pedersen, Professor in Genetic Epidemiology at KI

14.30 – 15.00       
Coffee break

15.00 – 15.50       
“Implicit bias and Discrimination”
 Guest: Katharina Berndt Rasmussen, PhD and researcher at                                              the Institute for Future Studies

15.55 – 16.15       
“Enhancing participation in everyday life for children                                                         and individuals with disabilities – eye-gaze technology and school-based intervention”
Maria Borgestig, Senior Lecturer in Occupational therapy

16.20 – 16.40       
“Normal pressure hydrocephalus, epidemiology, neuroimaging and diagnostics”
Katarina Laurell, Senior lecturer in Neurology

16.40 – 16.50        
Lena Zetterberg, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy
The Undergraduate Studies Committee
Neuroscience award for better teaching 2020

16.50 –                  
Conclusions, Head of Department Finn Hallböök

Welcome drinks and dinner at Sven Duva Restaurant are this year unfortunately cancelled according to Covid-19 recommendations.

WELCOME!