Conferences and symposiums Nobel Mini-Symposium: Metabolism and Cell Fate

14-11-2025 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Add to iCal
Campus Solna Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Karolinska Institutet, Solna
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Nobel mini-symposium. Illustration: Mattias Karlén

Welcome to the Nobel Mini-Symposium on Metabolism and Cell Fate in the series 'Frontiers in Medicine', supported by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.

The 1-day symposium will bring together scientists with different research focus around the central theme: the important role of metabolism in regulating cell fate. The symposium will have four sessions on the following topics: Metabolic disease, Cancer Metabolism, Immunometabolism and Stem Cell Metabolism. 

While the symposium is free to attend, we kindly ask you to register promptly due to limited seating. The event will be held in Nobel Forum, Campus Solna on Friday 14 November 2025. 

Speakers

  • Lydia Finley, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
  • Susanne Mandrup, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
  • Anu Suomalainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Matthew Vander Heiden, Koch Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
  • Anna Wredenberg, Karolinska Institutet
  • Maria Rodriguez Colman, UMC, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Marcia Haigis, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
  • Mikael Rydén, Karolinska Institutet
  • Ping-Chih Ho, Ludwig Instiute of Cancer Research, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Marlen Knobloch, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Pekka Katajisto, Karolinska Institutet

Program

9:00-9:10
Welcome words

Pekka Katajisto

9:10-10:40
Session 1, Metabolic Disease
  • Anu Suomalainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Susanne Mandrup, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  • Anna Wredenberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 
10:40-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Session 2, Cancer Metabolism
  • Matthew Vander Heiden, Koch Institute - MIT, USA
  • Maria Rodriguez Colman, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Invited speaker 6: TBA   
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Session 3, Immunometabolism
  • Marcia Haigis, Harvard Medical School, USA
  • Ping-Chich Ho, Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research, Switzerland
  • Mikael Rydén, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-17:15
Session 4, Stem Cell Metabolism
  • 15:30-16:15, Lydia Finley, Memorial Sloan Kettering, USA
  • 16:15-16:45, Marlen Knobloch, University of Laussane, Switzerland
  • 16:45-17:15, Pekka Katajisto, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Organizers

Pekka Katajisto, Agustín Sola-Carvajal from Karolinska Institutet and Emilia Kuuluvainen from University of Helsinki.