We cordially invite you to join us for the Celebration of the 15th anniversary of KBC on 8 November and to attend the KBC DAYS 2022 conference with the main theme "Big data" on 8-9 November!
Registration is closed!
When: Tuesday, 8 November - Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Where: Carl Kempe salen (KB.E3.03) (MAP) and other locations at KBC
We invite you to participate in the KBC DAYS, an annual interdisciplinary conference, which will be back to a physical format this year after two years of digital events! Our aim is to foster collaborations between different departments and research centres affiliated with the Chemical Biological Centre, KBC, including departments from two faculties from Umeå University as well as from the Faculty of Forest Sciences from SLU.
A scientific focus this year will be on "Big Data". We welcome you to listen to the plenary lectures and other presentations discussing different aspects, advantages and challenges of analysing, interpreting and handling big data.
Update yourself about the research infrastructures available in Umeå, get to know more about their services and join the guided tours to their facilities!
Come and listen to exciting scientific talks from new faculty members of the KBC environment, awardees and researchers that received major grants in the last year, presentations by PhD students and selected talks by young researchers from the Umeå Postdoc Society (UPS)!
This year, two special events will be dedicated to celebrating the 15th anniversary of KBC! Join the panel discussion with those who contributed to the establishment and development of KBC to reminisce about how it all started, highlight what has been achieved, and discuss future visions for research and collaboration at KBC! The celebration gala dinner will be held on the evening of 8 November.
In the frame of the celebration activities, we open a photo contest, “KBC is…” and invite you to express in 1-3 photos and share your vision of what KBC is for you.
Check your photo archives or shoot new ones and submit your photo(s) no later than Tuesday, 8 November (23:59h) following this link: https://pollunit.com/polls/kbc_photo_contest_2022. You will also find detailed rules of the contest on this webpage.
The voting will take place on Day 2 of the KBC DAYS, and the winner will be announced at the end of the conference.
The contest is open to the participants of the KBC DAYS and everyone else related to the KBC environment!
10 October - registration deadline for the Science Communication: Elevator Pitch and Visual Abstract (2 ECTS) course (The registration is closed).
20 October - abstract submission deadline for the PostDoc Talks (closed).
25 October - registration deadline for the KBC DAYS 2022 and Celebration of the 15th Anniversary of KBC (closed).
Photo submission and voting for the KBC Photo contest (closed).
Times in the programme are:
Central European Time (CET): e.g. Stockholm, Umeå
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Oliver Billker, Research Area lead for Data-driven Epidemiology and biology of infections, DDLS (SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science), and Director of Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
David Krakauer, President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, Editor in Chief SFI Press, Santa Fe Institute, USA
8.30 Registration and poster mounting
(Chairperson: Stefan Björklund)
9.00 Welcome
Stefan Björklund
Scientific Coordinator of KBC
9.10 Opening of the KBC DAYS 2022
Pernilla Christensen
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Forest Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
9.20 “Elevator talks” presentations by PhD students (part I) (2 minutes each)
9.30 Keynote lecture I: Data Driven Life Science
Part I: An update on the new Wallenberg program
Part II: Understanding molecular mechanisms of malaria transmission at genome scale
Oliver Billker
Member of DDLS Steering Group and Director of Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
10.15 “Elevator talks” presentations by PhD students (part II) (2 minutes each)
10.30 Coffee break
(Chairperson: Stéphanie Robert)
10.45 dNTPs and maintenance of genome stability
Andrei Chabes
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University
11.00 How plants coordinate their development, healing, and immune responses
Peter Marhavý
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
11.15 Understanding signals of mitochondrial DNA instability
Paulina Wanrooij
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University
11.30 Unwinding the function of four-stranded DNA structures
Nasim Sabouri
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University
11.45 Catching up with climate: Natural and Assisted migration
María Rosario García-Gil
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
12.00 Lunch break
13.00 Panel discussion "History and future perspectives of research collaboration at KBC"
Moderators: Stefan Björklund, Scientific Coordinator of KBC, and Selma Dahmane, Umeå Postdoc Society
Panel members:
Bernt Eric Uhlin, professor at the Department of Molecular Biology
Carl Kempe, Kempestiftelserna
Eva-Maria Diehl, communications officer for KBC 2009-2018
Göran Samuelsson, professor emeritus at the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre
Hans Wolf-Watz, professor emeritus at the Department of Molecular Biology
Marianne Sommarin, professor at the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre
Per Gardeström, professor emeritus at the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, scientific coordinator for KBC 2008-2018
14.00 Visual abstracts presented by PhD students
and
Infrastructure Corner: Discussions with infrastructures representatives
and
Drop-in discussion with Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Scientific lead for the SciLifeLab Planetary Biology capability
Coffee and cake
(Chairperson: Eric Libby)
15.20 Data – a legal point of view
Johan Nordlund
IP- and innovation lawyer, the Innovation Office, Umeå University
15.35 Life science data management at the SciLifeLab Data Centre
Johan Rung
Head of SciLifeLab Data Centre
15.55 "Rapid Cycling Breeding", a new SSF project
Ove Nilsson
Director of Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
16.10 PREDICT- modernising a cohort in the era of precision health
Beatrice Melin
Head project leader PREDICT case cohort, Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University
16.30 Keynote lecture II: Consilience through Complexity: Moving Beyond the Interdisciplinary Cookbook
David Krakauer
President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, Editor in Chief SFI Press, Santa Fe Institute, USA
17.15 Visual abstracts viewing and mingling before the dinner starts
18.00 Gala Dinner
(Chairperson: Teresa Frisan)
8.30 UmU Data Science Node
Johan Trygg
Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
8.50 Planetary Biology capability at SciLifeLab
Olga Vinnere Pettersson
Scientific lead for the SciLifeLab Planetary Biology capability
9.10 Arctic Ocean Big Data: A Polar bear view
Johan Wikner
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences and Umeå Marine Sciences Center, Umeå University
CANCELLED 9.30 Mining microbiomes for novel secondary metabolites
Laura Carroll
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University
9.50 Coffee break
(Chairperson: Maximiliano Estravis Barcala)
10.00 Career Paths: Presentations and open discussion with the former KBC Postdocs
Moderator: Maximiliano Estravis Barcala, Umeå Postdoc Society
- Shi Tang, Research fellow, Department of Physics, Umeå University
- Andrea Vincent, Professor, Biology School, University of Costa Rica
Research highlights: short talks from current postdocs:
11.00 Chloroplast signals modulate chromatin dynamics during plant greening
Marti Quevedo
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
11.15 Ultrafast Mid-Infrared Photothermal Imaging
Eduardo Maia Paiva
Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University
11.30 Turning up the notch on discovery of fitness factors in an enteropathogen
Atin Sharma
Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
11.45 Predicting endocrine disruption with confidence - a prioritisation strategy to identify suspect compounds of emerging concern
Maria Sapounidou
Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
12.00 Lunch break
(Chairperson: Linda Sandblad)
13.00 Introduction
Linda Sandblad
Director of Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM)
13.05 CASP – data analysis support for life scientists
Kate Bennett
CASP platform manager, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
13.15 Microscopy Facility at UPSC
Anna Gustavsson
Umea Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
and Marta Derba-Maceluch
Umea Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
13.25 Gas Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Facility
Dmitry Shevela
IRMS lab manager, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
13.35 Panel discussion
Moderator: Linda Sandblad, Director of Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM), Umeå University
Panel members:
Supapit Wongkuna, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
Karim Rafie, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University
Kathryn Robinson, Umea Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
Niklas Söderholm, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
14.05 Coffee break
(Chairperson: Christiane Funk)
14.15 Deep sequencing air to monitor entire ecosystems
Per Stenberg
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University
14.30 How plants deal with heat and cold: Molecular mechanisms of auxin transport in response to temperature stress
Petra Marhava
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
14.45 GoodFib: Towards the establishment of trees with high-yield and high-quality wood fibers for more sustainable improved feedstock (Novo Nordisk Emerging investigator grant)
Stéphane Verger
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
15.00 ”Trees that grow better” - A new SSF project
Stefan Janson
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
15.15 Using AI for early identification of hazardous chemicals – PARC, a new EU funded research project
Patrik Andersson
Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
15.30 Concluding remarks
Announcement of the PhD student presentation prize winner (sponsored by Agrisera)
Announcement of the Photo contest prize winner
15.35 Guided tours to infrastructures' facilities
Scientific Organisers
Stefan Björklund, Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Scientific coordinator of KBC, Umeå University
Linda Sandblad, Researcher, Department of Chemistry, and Director of Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy, Umeå University
Ludvig Lizana, Associate professor, Department of Physics, Umeå University
Micael Jonsson, Associate professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University
Maximiliano Estravis Barcala, Postdoc, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU, and Umeå PostDoc Society (UPS)
Stephane Verger, Researcher, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
Conference Organisers
Stefan Björklund, Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Scientific coordinator of KBC, Umeå University
Anna Shevtsova, Communications officer, KBC, Umeå University
Ingrid Söderbergh, Research coordinator, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University
Hussein Haggag, Senior research engineer, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
Daniela Goretti, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University
Anna Shevtsova, PhD, Communications officer, KBC
E-mail: info.kbc@umu.se, anna.shevtsova@umu.se
Tel. +46 (0)70 547 2672
Rebecca Forsberg, PhD, science communicator for SciLifeLab Site Umeå and the Chemical Biological Centre (KBC)
E-mail: info.kbc@umu.se, rebecca.forsberg@umu.se
Visiting Address: KBC-building, KB.J3(C3.25.25), Linnaeus väg 6, 90736 Umeå
The best elevator pitch presentation prize is sponsored by Agrisera.
Watch Agrisera's video presentation here: Agrisera - Your local antibody and reagent supplier
Our sponsoring companies have the opportunity to present themselves and their products at a table in the mingling area during the two days of the conference.
