Lund Stem Cell Center's Annual Retreat

07:45  Depart BMC in Lund

09:15  Arrival at Hotel Skånsen, Båstad, registration and coffee

09:35  Welcome address: SCC Director and Deputy Director Johan Jakobsson & Johan Flygare

09:45  SCC Diversity, Equity & inclusivity (DEI) Committee – Sofie Mohlin & Nick Leigh

09:55  SCC Sustainability Committee – Claire McKay & Darcy Wagner

10:05  Core Facilities at Lund Stem Cell Center

10:30  Invited Speaker: Kim Jensen, Professor and Deputy Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, University of Copenhagen  | "Intestine stem cells in homeostasis and repair”

11:00  Young Researcher Oral Presentations:

• Maria Jassinskaja (Larsson Group): “Intra- and extracellular proteome dynamics during normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cell expansion”
• Ramprasad Ramakrishnan (Järås Group): “Targeting SLC3A2 sensitizes AML cells to NK cell-mediated killing”
• Ervin Ascic (Pereira Group): “In vivo dendritic cell reprogramming for cancer immunotherapy”

11:50  Afternoon Practicalities with Claire McKay and the organising committee members

11:55  Group Photo by the Hotel Reception (if weather allows)

12:00  Lunch

13:15  Young Researcher Data Blitz

• Tyra Bremborg (Larsson Group): “Nanotechnology based delivery of RNA molecules for expansion and enhanced engraftment capacity of human hematopoietic stem cells”
• Kerstin Laurin (Parmar Group): “Exploring 3d Culturing Methods For Direct Neuronal Reprogramming Of Adult Human Fibroblasts”
• Antton Lamarca (Nilsson Group): “Genetic variants influencing blood cell formation in newborns”
• Hanna Eriksson (Larsson Group): “CRISPR screening in primary human CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells identifies the RNA helicase DDX6 as a novel HSC regulator”
• Juliane Tampé (Kokaia Group): “The Ips Cell-Generated Microglia As A Model To Study Gaucher Disease”
• Fereshteh Dorazehi (Douse Group): “Interplay between DNA methylation and MORC2 in controlling repetitive genetic elements in early human brain development”
• Julia Sjöberg (Larsson & Sigurdsson Group): “Inflammation after chemotherapy regulates hematopoietic stem cell lineage fate”

13:45   Poster Session & Team Building Information

14:00   Team Building (indoors & outdoors)

15:15   Check-in to rooms, coffee break

15:30   Poster Session 1

17:00   Free time, optional activities

18:30   Dinner

07:30   Breakfast and check-out

08:45   Workshops*

• Workshop 1: SCC DEI workshop - Check your privileges - Discrimination and privileges in academia. Workshop leader: Eva Nilsson, Coordinator of Preventive work against discrimination, Faculty of Medicine, LU.
• Workshop 2: SCC Sustainability workshop - Sustainability in the lab and beyond: Discover how can we contribute to a more sustainable future. Workshop leaders: Iran Augusto Silva PhD., & Daniel Twohig, PhD., My Green Lab Ambassadors, SCC Sustainability Committee.
• Workshop 3: Why you? Tailoring your scientific narrative. Workshop leaders: Marie Jönsson, PhD., SCC Grant Manager & Alexis Luis, MPH., SCC Communications Officer.
• Workshop 4: Work-life balance: Shifting towards work-life sustainability. Workshop leader: Christine Karlsson, PhD., Professional and organizational development, ICF-certified coach, Lund Stem Cell Center.
• Workshop 5: Answering new research questions using ESS & MaxIV - CANCELLED
• Workshop 6: Explore how your research can be used to benefit society through innovation. Workshop leader: Cecilia Jädert, PhD, Innovation Developer, LU Innovation and Per Mercke, PhD, Patent Advisor, LU Innovation.
• Worskhop 7: Captivate and Conquer - make your audience understand, remember and act! Workshop leader: Kajsa Lamm, PhD., Medicine Licentiat, MedCUL, Lund University.

*Pre-assigned to 2 of the following workshops

09:40   Fika

10:00   Workshops (see above)

11:00    Poster session 2

12:00    Lunch, networking, final poster viewing

12:45    Remove Posters from Galleriet

13:00    SCC PI Talks:

• Charlotta Böiers | “From development to malignancy: Modelling the origin of childhood leukemia”
• Emma Hammarlund | “Origins of multicellularity – and the traces it leaves behind”
• Johan Jakobsson | “Transposable elements and the human brain”
• Martin L. Olsson | “Investigating how blood group molecules regulate erythropoiesis”

14:00    Lund Stem Cell Center 'Article of the Year Award' Presentations:

• Elina Fredlund (Mohlin Group): "MOXD1 is a lineage-specific gene and a tumor suppressor in neuroblastoma", Science Advances, 2024.
• Olga Zimmermannova (Pereira Group): "Restoring tumor immunogenicity with dendritic cell reprogramming", Science Immunology, 2023.
• Raquel Garza (Jakobsson Group): "LINE-1 retrotransposons drive human neuronal transcriptome complexity and functional diversification", Science Advances, 2023.

14:45    'Article of the Year Award' Award ceremony

14:50    Prize Giving: Best Poster & Team Building

14:55    Retreat Closing Remarks

15:10    Prepare to leave

15:30    Bus Departure & SCC Retreat Evaluation Survey

17:00    Back in Lund