Conferences and symposiums KI-SDU joint symposia on Translational medicine, Neuroscience and Material Science.

08:30    Welcome remarks Prof Petter Höglund, Dean of Research KI

08:35   Opening address Prof Chunhong Ma, Executive Vice Dean, SDU Cheeloo College of Medicine

08:40    Keynote lecture: Natural Killer cell “education”: from discovery to mechanistic insights Prof Petter Höglund, Dean of Research KI

09:10   Keynote lecture: Rejuvenating NK Cells to Unlock Better Anti-Tumor Immunity Prof Chunhong Ma, Executive Vice Dean, SDU Cheeloo College of Medicine

09:40 - 10:00 Coffee/tea break

Session Chairs: Prof Nagihan Bostanci (KI) and Prof Shaohua Ge (SDU)

10:00 Bond between oral microbiome and pregnancy outcomes Prof Nagihan Bostanci, KI

10:30 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Halitosis Prof Shaohua Ge, SDU

11:00 Postnatal maturation of the human ovary and its disruption following childhood chemotherapy Prof Pauliina Damdimopoulou, KI

11:30 From Genetic Defects to Targeted Therapies: A Stratified Precision Approach to Premature Ovarian Insufficiency Prof Xue Jiao, SDU

Session Chairs: Prof Andrea Varrone (KI) and Prof Yuchun Tan (SDU)

13:00 Molecular Imaging Biomarker for movement disorders Prof Andrea Varrone, KI

13:30 Advances in Multimodal Imaging and Genetics Research in Alzheimer's Disease: From Genes to Brain Networks to AI-Assisted Diagnosis Prof Dawei Wang, SDU

14:00 Synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease: from early vulnerability to resistance Associate Prof Joana Pereira KI

14:30 – 15:00   Coffee/Tea break

15:00 The Locus Coeruleus - Entorhinal cortex - Hippocampal Noradrenergic Circuit serves as a   Promising Therapeutic Target for Spatial Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease Prof Yuchun Tang, SDU

15:30 Rapamycin in early Alzheimer's disease: multimodal imaging and CSF biomarker findings from the ERAP trial Research specialist Jonas Svensson, KI

16:00 Deep Learning Assisted Double Inversion Recovery improves Focal Lesion Detection in optic neuropathy Associate Prof Anning Li, SDU

Session Chairs: Prof  Fredrik Lanner (KI) and Prof Hong Liu (SDU)

8:30 Developing stem cell-based therapies for Age-related macular degeneration and Diabetes Prof Fredrik Lanner, KI

9:00 Nanomaterials-Assisted Engineering of Stem Cells for Brain Injury Repair Prof Jichuan Qiu, SDU

9:30 Mapping and targeting protein nanodomains Associate Prof Ana Teixeira, KI

10:00 – 10:20   Coffee/tea break

10:20 Nanoparticle Engineering for Improved Drug Delivery Prof Jiwei Cui, SDU

10:50 Organotypic and microphysiological systems for drug discovery and biomarker identification Prof Volker Lauschke, KI

11:20 Developing biomaterials for the treatment of oral bacterial infection diseases Prof Jianhua Li, SDU School of Stomatolgy

11:50 Closing remarks 

Prof Petter Höglund, Dean of Research KI

11:55 Closing address

Prof Chunhong Ma, Executive Vice Dean, SDU