Conferences and symposiums Inauguration of the Karolinska ATMP Center

25-08-2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Add to iCal
Other Södertörn University Auditorium, Flemingsberg
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Step into the future of medicine - Welcome to the inauguration of the Karolinska ATMP Center.

Explore breakthroughs in cell and gene therapies, novel strategies to target previously “undruggable” diseases, and the launch of a dedicated nucleic acids therapeutics hub. Discover cutting-edge cell therapies for neonatal lung injury and Parkinson’s disease, alongside pioneering clinical studies in CAR-T and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes.

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Karolinska ATMP Center - a strategic investment to accelerate translational research to clinical application

 

Morning session (in Swedish)

Moderator: Olof Akre, Professor and Director, FoUU, Karolinska University Hospital
 

Afternoon session (in English)

Moderator: Ewa Ellis, coordinator Karolinska AMTP Center

Program

09:00 – 09:15
K-ATMP centrum – en strategisk satsning från Karolinska Institutet och Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset

Talare:
Knut Steffensen, föreståndare Karolinska ATMP-Centrum 

Matti Sällberg, Karolinska Institutet

09:15 – 09:30
Officiell invigning

Talare:
Aida Hadzialic, finansregionråd region Stockholm

Christoph Pedroletti, sjukhusdirektör Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset 

Annika Östman Wernerson, rektor Karolinska Institutet

09:30 – 09:45
Att leva med sällsynta diagnoser: patientens syn på ATMP

Talare:
Oskar Ahlberg vice ordförande Riksförbundet Sällsynta Diagnoser

09:45-10:00
Gen- och cellterapi – ett historiskt perspektiv

Talare:
Edvard Smith, Karolinska Institutet

10:00 – 10:15
KCC/Vecura: En infrastruktur för utveckling och produktion av ATMP

Talare:
Pontus Blomberg, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset

10:15-10:30
Neuromuskulära sjukdomar

Talare:
Thomas Sejersen,  Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset 

10:30-10:45
Behandling av Botniadystrofi

Talare:
Anders Kvanta, Karolinska Institutet och S:t Eriks ögonsjukhus

10:45-11:00
CAR-T behandling i Sverige – en succéhistoria

Talare:
Stephan Mielke,  Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset och Karolinska Institutet

11:00-12:00
LUNCH
12:00-12:45
Developing Nucleic Acids into Therapeutics- Turning the Undruggable to Druggable

Speaker:
Shalini Andersson Vice President Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, AstraZeneca

12:45-13:05
The Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Hub; gene therapy and advanced gene delivery

Speakers:
Rula Zain, Karolinska University Hospital and Samir El Andaloussi, Karolinska Institutet

13:05-13:20
Cell-based therapies for neonatal lung injury – from the bench to the clinic and back again

Speaker:
Ewa Henckel, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet

13:20-13:45
Coffee break
13:45-14:15
Collaboration between Uppsala and Stockholm including CAR-T clinical studies

Speakers:
Gunilla Enblad, Akademiska Hospital

Magnus Essand, Uppsala University

14:15-14:30
Clinical trials with Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes at GMP-CCK

Speaker:
Rolf Kiesling Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet

14:30-14:45
Development of a therapeutically high-effective cell product for Parkinson’s disease

Speaker:
Johan Ericson Karolinska Institutet

14:45-15:00
What’s next for Karolinska ATMP Center?

Speaker:
Knut Steffensen, Director Karolinska ATMP Center

15:00-16:00
Mingle and light snacks

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