Lectures and seminars KI Network for Movement & Physical Function Workshop

07-10-2025 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Add to iCal
Campus Flemingsberg Lagerlöf, KI library, floor 4
235 / 5,000 Two side-by-side photographs, one of which shows a section of muscle stained with immunohistochemistry, showing which muscles are fast and slow. The second image shows a test subject doing a work test on a test cycle.
Left image: a section of muscle stained with immunohistochemistry, showing which muscles are fast and slow. Right image: A test subject performs a work test on a test cycle. Photo: Håkan Rundqvist resp Elisa Heyrman

Join an exciting workshop with expertise in the field of movement and function from Department of Laboratory Medicine. Come by, get inspired, and explore collaboration opportunities!

Registration (by Oct 2)

Free participation – coffee and lunch included - Limited spots (45 participants).

What to expect

  • Presentations from researchers at the Department of Laboratory Medicine of clinical, physiological, and molecular approaches to study movement and function
     
  • Networking with fellow researchers in movement and function
     
  • Hands-On Activities in our human testing lab

Program

12.00-12.20
Lunch

Report allergies when registering.

12.20-14.00
Presentations
  • Put pressure on it – insights from animal studies on bone formation (Sara Windahl)
  • Use It or Lose It: Muscle Decline During Prolonged Bedrest and Spaceflight (Mirko Mandic)
  • Transitions – how gender-affirming care affect the performance (Anna Wiik)
  • Beyond the peak - longitudinal insights into the decline in physical fitness after age 35 (Gustav Jörnåker)
  • Move to improve – Exercise as a Tool in Breast Cancer Care (Elisa Heyrman, Helene Rundqvist)
14.00-14.30
Quiz and fika
14.30-16.00
Hands on activities in the lab
  • Try the force plate for jumping height
  • Learn about taking muscle biopsies and the use of them
  • Try the astronaut exercise machine
  • Measure muscle mass with ultrasound

About KI Network for Movement & Physical Function

With the aim of stimulating interdisciplinary collaboration and promoting ground-breaking research and teaching, the KI Network for Movement & Physical Function brings together expertise from eight different departments at Karolinska Institutet in the field of movement and function.