Impact Breakfast

Impact Breakfast - Academia Meets Industry

Meet scientists and start-ups presenting their latest work.

Impact Breakfast is meeting series organised by the University of Oslo, SINTEF and Oslo Science Park, and is held in Oslo Science Park.

 

Previous breakfasts:

2021

Impact Breakfast - COVID-19 Special

Impact Breakfast - The Science of Energy

 

2020

Impact Breakfast - Future of Medicine

2019

Impact Breakfast - September

Impact Breakfast March

 

Impact Breakfast - Sensors in Future Healthcare

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Tid: 08:00 - 10:00

Sted: Flora Lounge


 

IMPACT BREAKFAST – sensors in future healthcare

Future healthcare requires that we manage ourselves in our homes to a larger extent than today. In this regard sensor technology that measures movement and physiological parameters is valuable technology both for the individual and society.

 

Meet start-ups and researchers from SINTEF, the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital who are developing new technology for the future. There will be a Q&A and the chance to meet with the scientists after the event.

 

Programme

 

08:00-08:30 | Registration and breakfast

 

08:30 | Welcome

 

Chair: Mala Wang-Naveen, communications director SINTEF Digital

 

08:35 | Introduction to the topic: Challenges and the need for solutions

 

Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen, Research Manager, Smart Sensors and Microsystems, SINTEF Digital

 

08:45 | A smart sock for the future care of diabetes patients – foot examination for neuropathy

Christian Tronstad, PhD, researcher at Oslo University Hospital

The project is run in collaboration with the University of Oslo.

 

08:55 | Microsensor revolutionizing insight into bladder function

Ingelin Clausen, PhD, CEO & Founder InVivo Bionics 

 

09:05 | Non-invasive diaphragm monitoring to improve clinical decision-making in the ICU

 

Trude Tingvoll, CEO Respinor

 

09:15 | Users meet technology – design and user involvement for successful implementation of new technology

Suhas Govind Joshi, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

 

09:25 | Q&A with the speakers

 

Organisers

The UiO Growth House on behalf of the University of Oslo

SINTEF Digital on behalf of SINTEF

Oslo Science Park

 

More information

Impact Breakfast - Covid-19 Special

See the program for the Impact Breakfast, September 18th 2019:

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Impact Breakfast - The Science of Energy


This Impact Breakfast presents several scientists in the field of renewable energy. The talks will borrow from a wide range of topics, from circular carbon economy to harnessing the power of the sun.

 

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Impact Breakfast - Future of Medicine

OCTOBER 7TH 2020: Future of Medicine

 

You will meet four scientists presenting their latest research. There will be Q&A and the chance to meet with the scientists after the event.


Due to Covid-19 the number of participants are limited. First come, first served. Please register today by email to Astrid

 

 

Program:

08:00-08:30: Registration and breakfast

 

08:30-08:35: Opening by Tobias Dahl, SINTEF /UiO

 

08:35-08:50: Frøydis Sved Skottvoll, UiO: Mini-organs: the future for developing new and more personalized medicine

08:50-09:05: Ørjan Grøttem Martinsen, UiO: Smart sensor for low blood sugar

 

09:20-09:35: Ole Christian Lingjærde, UiO and Mads H. Haugen, OUH:
A molecular biomarker predicting treatment response in breast cancer


10:00: Finish

 

 

MORE ABOUT THE SCIENTISTS AND THE TALKS

 

Frøydis Skottvoll, Universitetet i Oslo 

Frøydis Sved Skottvoll
Ph.D. fellow, research group for Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Oslo.

Mini-organs: the future for developing new and more personalized medicine
Cells and animal testing are poor to predict human responses to various medicine. We are growing mini-organs in the laboratory and use mass spectrometry to test how mini-organs respond to medicine compared to humans. As the mini-organs can be grown from patient stem cells, the mini-organs are predicted to become the perfect fit for developing personalized medicine and tailor patient treatment. Read about Skottvoll's research in TU.

 

 


Ørjan Grøttem Martinsen

Ørjan Grøttem Martinsen, Professor, UiO, Department of Physics:


Smart sensor for low blood sugar
Hypoglycemia during sleep is a problem and a source of worry in diabetes. Although continuous glucose monitoring is becoming quite common in most industrial countries, the equipment is still expensive and some patients may prefer a simple solution, which also is non-invasive. We are developing a sensor based on a combination of physiological sensors that can detect falling blood sugar levels during the night and give a warning signal if the levels are going outside the safe range. The sensor can be worn as a smart watch on the wrist combined with one or more small patches on other body parts.



 

Mads H. Haugen, OUH

Mads H. Haugen, Scientist & project leader, Dept. of Tumor Biology - Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital - together with:

Ole Christian Lingjærde, UiO

Ole Christian Lingjærde Professor, Centre for Bioinformatics, UiO; Dept of Cancer Genetics - Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital:

A molecular biomarker predicting treatment response in breast cancer
Numerous cancer drugs are not in use today, because we don't know how to determine beforehand which patients would benefit from the drug. There is a great push towards developing better biomarkers to solve this issue. Through use of machine learning on clinical and molecular data from a Norwegian clinical trial, we have developed a molecular predictor that determines with good precision which patients will respond to a specific combination of drugs. To accomplish translation of our results into real benefit for patients we are currently evaluating a platform suitable for assessment of molecular signatures in routine pathology.


Our approach can potentially be used to develop companion diagnostics for a variety of drugs, which is becoming increasingly important for high cost treatments.

 

 

The meetings are organized by University of Oslo and Oslo Science Park, and is held in Forskningsparken – Oslo Science Park. Please register here.

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