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Sahlgrenska Academy Junior Researcher Symposium

Welcome to the fifth Sahlgrenska Academy Junior Researcher Symposium (SAJRS), a vibrant two-day event bringing together junior researchers from across Sahlgrenska Academy to share ideas, showcase research, and build new collaborations. The symposium will take place at the Wallenberg Conference Centre on 1–2 February 2027 and is organized by Future Faculty.

SAJRS provides a unique opportunity to discover the breadth of research taking place across the Academy, exchange ideas with colleagues from different disciplines, and gain inspiration from fellow researchers. The programme will include selected oral presentations and two poster sessions spread across the two days. Presenters will primarily be junior researchers, broadly defined as PhD students and postdoctoral researchers through to junior faculty, but all researchers are warmly welcome to attend and participate.

Whether you are looking for feedback on your work, new collaborators, fresh perspectives, or simply an opportunity to connect with colleagues, SAJRS offers an engaging and supportive environment for scientific exchange.

We are excited to announce that the symposium will feature inspiring keynote lectures by Dr Aishe Sarshad and Professor Mats Brännström, who will share insights from a successful scientific career and discuss emerging opportunities and challenges in research. 

Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your research, expand your network, and become part of the vibrant Sahlgrenska Academy research community. Attendance is free and open to all researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy. A limited number of places are also available for researchers from other faculties at the University of Gothenburg and from Chalmers University of Technology.

A new meeting place

In addition to meeting fellow researchers from Sahlgrenska Academy, you will have the opportunity to connect with representatives from biotechnology and medical technology companies, as well as colleagues from supporting structures at Sahlgrenska Academy and University of Gothenburg.

Whether your interests lie in academia, industry, innovation, or interdisciplinary collaboration, the symposium offers an excellent platform to broaden your horizons and engage with the wider research community.

Outstanding oral and poster presentations will be recognized with awards, and there will be plenty of opportunities for networking throughout the poster sessions and at the social event in the afternoon of 1st February. We look forward to welcoming you to two exciting days of science, collaboration, inspiration, and discovery at Sahlgrenska Academy!

Registration

Registration details will be announced in September.

Monday, February 1

11:00 Welcome note
11:15 Keynote lecture: Aishe Sarshad, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biologi, Biomedicine. Title: Integrating academic and industrial research - from basic Argonaute biology to siRNA therapeutics
12:00 Lunch and coffee, networkning, and sponsor exhibitions

13:30
Session 1

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15:00 Poster session 1
16:00 – 17:00 Social networking event, and sponsor exhibitions

Tuesday, February 2

09:00
Session 2

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10:00 Panel discussion
10:30 Coffee, networking, and sponsor exhibitions 

11:00
Session 3

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12:00 Lunch and coffee, networking, and sponsor exhibitions 
12:45 Keynote lecture: Mats Brännström, Professor at the Department of obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Sciences.
Title: From the Familiar to the Unknown: A Scientific Journey from Ovarian Physiology to Uterus Transplantation 
13:30 Poster Session 2, coffee, networking, and sponsor exhibitions 

14:45
Session 4

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15:45 - 16:00 Prize ceremony and closing remarks 

About Future Faculty

Future Faculty promotes the interests of early-career researchers with a PhD, such as associate professors and post-docs.

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