Interesting lecture for Global profil students

Back to Nature 

Lectures and discussion of Biomimicry
Karolinska Institute, Flemingsberg

A TED-inspired salon event, free admission for students & others organized by the Doctoral Programme for Development and Regeneration (DEVREG).

At this TED-inspired two-hours event, we gain a better understanding of how studying and mimicking nature as part of medical research could lead to important breakthroughs and innovations. The theme will be explored by listening to talks on the subject followed by an open-minded campfire session with the speakers and where you are welcome to share your thoughts and questions.

Snacks & refreshments will be served. To get one of the complimentary tickets and join this event, please register here before September 26:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/back-to-nature-ki-devreg-salon-event-tickets-37906046004?aff=es2

A TED-inspired salon event, free admission for student & others

The core idea of biomimicry is that nature has already solved many of the problems we are grappling with. At this salon event you will learn what biomimicry is about and get some examples of how it is used in research and innovations.

At this TED-inspired two-hour event, we gain a better understanding of how studying and mimicking nature as part of medical research could lead to important breakthroughs and innovations. The theme will be explored by listening to talks on the subject followed by an open-minded campfire session with the speakers and where you are welcome to share your thoughts and questions.

Speakers

Johanna Painer, PhD, DVM, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Johanna is a researcher and wildlife veterinarian with special interest in Ultrasonography and Reproduction in Wildlife, Wildlife Anaesthesia and Wildlife Crime. She is also a consultant veterinarian for the Orsa Predator Park in Sweden. She is part of a team investigating how mammals rely upon scent for intraspecific communication. She will present parts of her research and share her thoughts about what and how we could learn from nature and wildlife.

Janne Johansson, Professor, Karolinska Institutet

Janne is head of a research group working on mechanisms of protein aggregation in disease, development of protein drugs, and protein assembly in spider silk formation. This broad approach has so far generated for example synthetic proteins for treatment of lung disease. Janne will talk about how they succeed in finding a method to make artificial spider silk and how it could be used in biomedical applications.

Monday 2 October 16:00-18:00
Hörsalen, Novum, plan 4, Blickagången 6, Karolinska Institute Campus Huddinge, Flemingsberg

15:10  Hagabergs folkhögskola Buss 753 mot Östertälje station

15:23  Östertälje Pendeltåg 36 mot Märsta

15:40  Flemingsberg Gå 339 meter 15:48  Blickagången 6, Huddinge

Climate change lecture & Google Cloud Summit

Join me for 2 mind expanding events in the coming weeks...

1) Climate change lecture

As I write, there are just 14 places left for what promises to be a very interesting lecture and scientific discussion about climate change and how to reduce carbon emissions in the future.

It's on Thursday 21st September in Stockholm University and starts at 13:30. That means setting off from Hagaberg at 12:10. The event goes on till 17:00 but obviously you don't have to stay that long.

If you're interested, read the full program and register a.s.a.p. here:

Gordon Goodman memorial lecture: Climate change and creating a low carbon future

See Kevin Anderson, the keynote speaker here:

2) Google Cloud Summit

This is a whole day event in central Stockholm which Marcus Nyberg and I are attending on Tuesday 3rd October.

It's going to be pretty technical, but could be of interest to any of you who are considering a future career in IT. Things are changing fast and taking part in the Google Cloud Summit will put you at the frontier of digital developments. Check out the program and register here: Google Cloud Summit - Stockholm 2017

Obviously for both events, you need to get approval from your teachers so as not to be reported absent from lessons. SL cards are available and we can talk about compensation for long hours...