Tag: Karolinska Institutet
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The Academic Minute for 2025.11.24-2025.11.28
Monday Kun-Hsing Yu – Harvard Medical School AI Distinguishes Glioblastoma from Look-Like Cancers Kun-Hsing “Kun” Yu, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School. He pioneered the first fully automated artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm capable of extracting thousands of features from whole-slide pathology images. His research has…
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Putu Agus Khorisantono, Karolinska Institutet – Tasting Odours
The importance of odors to your taste buds might be greater than you think. Putu Agus Khorisantono, postdoctoral researcher at the Karolinska Institutet, delves into this. I am a cognitive and behavioural neuroscientist based in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (Psychology Division) of Karolinska Institutet, with a background in statistics, functional neuroimaging and neuroeconomics. My…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.11.24)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2025.11.24 Monday Kun-Hsing Yu, associate professor in the department of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School, says AI can detect glioblastoma from look-alike cancers. Tuesday Nabil Alshurafa, associate professor of preventive medicine and computer science at Northwestern University, determines what wearable sensors can achieve in the fight…
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The Academic Minute for 2015.12.14-12.18
Academic Minute from 12.14 – 12.18 Monday, December 14 Amy Nuttall – Michigan State University Children as Caregivers Guided by a developmental psychopathology perspective, Nuttall’s program of research broadly focuses on processes of resilience and risk in the context of family stress with the broader goal of translating research into effective interventions. Nuttall is particularly interested in…
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Pia Steensland, Karolinska Institutet – Alcohol Dependence Treatment
Alcohol releases dopamine in our brains, which makes it hard to know when to stop. Pia Steensland, associate professor of psychology at Karolinksa Institutet, examines her research into finding a new way to treat alcohol dependency. Pia Steensland, BPharm, PhD, Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet, is a leading expert on behavioral psychopharmacology. The overall goal…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.12.14)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2015.12.14 Monday, December 14 Amy Nuttall of Michigan State University discusses how the dangers of overburdening children with caregiving responsibilities.. Tuesday, December 15 Andrew Stokes of Boston University will examine the obesity paradox. Wednesday, December 16 Pia Steensland of the Karolinska Institutet delves into a possible new treatment for alcohol dependence. Thursday, December 17 Tom Stace of…