Honorary doctorate lectures at the Faculty of Medicine
- Date: 25 January 2024, 13:00–15:00
- Location: Uppsala Biomedical Centre, E10:1309, SciLifeLab Navet, entrance C11.
- Type: Academic ceremony, Lecture
- Lecturer: Edith Heard, Peter Visscher and Hugo Katus.
- Organiser: Faculty of Medicine
- Contact person: Agneta Mattsson
Welcome to the open lectures of the 2024 Honorary Doctors of Medicine!
No prior registration is required, but the number of seats is limited, so please arrive on time.
Edith Heard
“Epigenetics and sex chromosomes”
Professor Edith Heard is Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) since 2019. She is also a professor at the Collège de France, where she is the chair of Épigénétique et mémoire cellulaire (Epigenetics and Cellular Memory), as well as group leader at EMBL Heidelberg.
Peter Visscher
“The polygenic revolution in human complex trait genetics: from gene discovery to phenotype prediction”
Peter Visscher is Professor of Quantitative Genetics at the University of Queensland and the University of Oxford. He leads a programme in complex trait genomics.
Hugo Katus
“The biomarker troponin (T): From bench to a paradigm change in cardiovascular medicine”
Hugo Katus is Senior Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, co-chairing the interdisciplinary research programme “Informatics for Life”, co-founder of the gene therapy start-up AaviGen and serves the European Society of Cardiology Board by leading the ESC Think Tank on Innovation.
Agenda
13:00–13:15
Welcome addresses
Mats Larhed, Professor and Vice-Rector Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, and Karin Forsberg-Nilsson, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
13:15–13:45
“Epigenetics and sex chromosomes”
Edith Heard, Professor of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory, Director General, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, and Collège de France, Paris, France.
13:45–14:15
“The polygenic revolution in human complex trait genetics: from gene discovery to phenotype prediction”
Peter M. Visscher, Professor of Quantitative Genetics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK.
14:15–14:45
“The biomarker troponin (T): From bench to a paradigm change in cardiovascular medicine”
Hugo A. Katus, Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
14:45–14:50
Concluding remarks
Karin Forsberg-Nilsson, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.