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JUSS – CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium

CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium

Welcome to the first CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium in the 2025 term, February 27th! Lunch is included, just remember to register.

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Dear all

We are happy to welcome you all to the CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium, February 27, 2025. This seminar series offers a fantastic opportunity to connect and engage with fellow young scientists. We look forward to vibrant and insightful discussions, as always.

As the keynote speaker, CCBIO researcher Vandana Ardawatia will explore the benefit of introducing the ancient Indian traditional medicine, Ayurveda into modern cancer prevention and therapy in her talk, “Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Oncology: The Indian traditional medicine Ayurveda in Cancer Prevention and Therapy”. Oda Fløtre will share her experiences from establishing organoid models from high-risk cervical cancer patients. Reidun Æsøy will explore how ctDNA-based Liquid Biopsy can be applied for monitoring pediatric cancer. Get a perspective on healthcare budgets when Grace Wezi Mzumara presents her findings of the costs of care for children with severe anemia in Malawi, Kenya, and Uganda. Following this, Nivedita Sinha will explore complexities of “Tooth Root Resorption,” discussing treatment outcomes, diagnostic challenges, and the innovative role of artificial intelligence in this field. 

We hope to see you there for an enriching and inspiring experience!

When: February 27, 2025 at 09.00-13.15
Where: Meeting room, HBE, Glasblokkene, Blokk 8, U1etg, U364, Auditorium
Registration: please use this link.
Open to both junior and senior researchers as well as students.

Program

09.00-09.15: Introduction 
 
09.15-10.00: “Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Oncology: The Indian traditional medicine Ayurveda in Cancer Prevention and Therapy” Keynote lecture by Vandana Ardawatia
 
10.00-10.20: Coffee break 

10.20-10.45: “Establishing patient-derived organoid models for studying high-risk cervical cancer” by Oda Fløtre

10.45-11.10: “ctDNA-based Liquid Biopsy for Monitoring Pediatric Cancer Progression” by Reidun Æsøy

11.10-12:00 Lunch (free of charge, register within February 24th at 11.00) 
  
12:00-12:25: “Costs of Care for Children with Severe anaemia in Malawi, Kenya and Uganda” by Grace Wezi Mzumara

12:25-12:50: “Tooth Root Resorption – Prevalence, Treatment Outcome, Diagnostic challenges by Clinicians and Role of Artificial Intelligence” by Nivedita Sinha

12:50-13:00: Concluding remarks 

Mari Kyllesø Halle and Vladan Milosevic are coordinators of the junior seminars, and are planning and chairing these meetings. Any questions can be addressed to them.

NOTE: you also need to register in Studentweb before the term deadline if you need the ECTS. Deadline is February 1 for this term (this deadline applies to all courses providing study points/ECTS). The course code for this course is CCBIO901.