Prof. Olli Kallioniemi, M.D., Ph.D. as EBW2019 keynote speaker!

In preparation for EBW2019 taking place in Lübeck October 7^th- 11^th, 2019, ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC are honoured and proud to have Prof. Olli Kallioniemi, M.D., Ph.D. as EBW2019 keynote speaker! Prof. Kallioniemi is Director of Science for Life Laboratory (www.SciLifeLab.se), a national infrastructure for life sciences in Sweden and professor in Molecular Precision Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet.  He was previously the founding director of FIMM – the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland at the University of Helsinki, as part of the Nordic EMBL partnership in Molecular Medicine (with ongoing adjunct affiliation). Prof. Kallioniemi has a broad experience in launching and leading research organizations, promoting careers of young scientists, working with research infrastructures and attractive research environments. He has collaborated broadly within the Nordics, in the EU and globally. Prof. Kallioniemi received his M.D. in 1984, Ph.D. in 1988 and specialty training in laboratory medicine at the University of Tampere in Finland. He undertook a postdoc at UC San Francisco 1990-1992 and was nominated as faculty at the National Human

Genome Research Institute (1995-2001). Prof. Kallioniemi’s research group is currently active in individualized systems medicine of cancer, with a focus on improving the diagnostics and therapy of leukemia, prostate and ovarian cancer. Prof. Kallioniemi has facilitated launch of grand challenge initiatives in personalized medicine in Finland and Sweden, involving close collaborations with hospitals, health care organizations and industry. We are looking forward to Prof. Kallioniemi’s keynote lecture with highest interest!