Conferences and symposiums Symposium in Honour of Professor Emerita Nancy Pedersen
Welcome to a symposium in honour of Professor emerita Nancy Pedersen! We want to celebrate Nancy for her long career in science and her outstanding contributions to MEB and Karolinska Institutet.
Nancy Pedersen is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of behavioral genetics and epidemiology, with a particular focus on diseases associated with ageing. Her research has aimed to increase our understanding of genetics and environmental factors, especially in relation to dementia.
Amongst other things Nancy Pedersen was responsible for the Swedish Twin Registry, which under her leadership developed into an internationally recognized research resource and she initiated the large-scale study LifeGene, two unique large scientific infrastructures at Karolinska Institutet.
Registration
The venue is now fully booked, but it is fine to sign up for zoom.
If you want to attend online, please register here by May 18: https://forms.gle/DY1pTkJELeJuStYo9
Program
King’s College London
Title: 100 years of behavioural genetic research
University of Southern California
Title: Dementia in the Swedish Twin Registry: Deciphering the roles of Genes and Environments
University of Southern Denmark
Title: The Swedish Twin Registry: Views from Denmark
University of Colorado Boulder
Title: Variance over time: genetic and environmental dynamics
University of Southern California & Jönköping University
Title: Everything and More: The IGEMS Consortium
University of Gothenburg
Title: What matters for longevity after age 80? Findings and reflections based on the OCTO Twin Study
ARC, Karolinska Institutet
Title: Epidemiology of Aging according to Nancy Pedersen - Bridging genes and people
MEB & University of North Carolina
Title: Minnesota Nice, California Cool, and Swedish Spirit
Paul Lichtenstein, MEB, Karolinska Institutet
Ida Karlsson, MEB, Karolinska Institutet