Background
23 Oct

Uppsala

Guest professors’ event (VH)

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Invitation to an event with guest professor presentations at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science. They will all give short popular science presentations within their research areas.

Presentations will be given by

- Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, University of Edinburgh, guest professor in quantitative genetic epidemiology at HGEN, KSLA’s international guest professor Wallenberg Professor
- Øystein Evensen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, guest professor in fish health at BVF, KSLA’s international guest professor –Wallenberg Professor
- Sara Mangsbo, Uppsala University, guest professor in cancer immunology at KV funded by Skriftställare Birgitta Carlsson’s fund

All presentations will be given in English. The presentations will be recorded and made available on SLU’s webpage. 

Facts

Time: 2023-10-23 11:00 - 13:00
City: Uppsala
Last signup date: 19 October 2023
Additional info:

If you want to attend this event and get a lunch sandwich, please register by sending an e-mail to Ann-Sofi.Bergqvist@slu.se deadline 19th of October. Note if you are vegan/vegetarian or have any food allergies. 

On-site participation takes place in Studion Ultima, the teaching building ground floor


Programme

11:00 – 11:05   Welcome – moderator Deputy Dean VH-faculty Dirk-Jan de Koning

11.05 – 11.10   Introduction of Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, KSLA–Wallenberg guest professor 

11.10 – 11.25   "Livestock 2.0 – farmed animals for sustainable agriculture & One Health", Andrea Doeschl-Wilson

11.25 – 11.35  Introduction of Øystein Evensen, KSLA–Wallenberg guest professor 

11.35 – 11.50 ”Vaccines make fish big”, Øystein Evensen

11.50 – 12.00   Questions. Introduction of Sara Mangsbo, guest professor of Skriftställare Birgitta Carlssons’ fund 

12.00 – 12.15   “Helping the helpers, how we harness our immune system to target cancer” – Sara Mangsbo

12.15 – 12.25   Questions and closing remarks - moderator

12.25 –             Lunch & mingle

Contact

Joanna Hagströms, Communications officer
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU
joanna.hagstroms@slu.se, +46 18 67 30 66