Nobel Conference: The enterohepatic circulation: Circle of life or ring of evil?

Main Objective

  • Review and critically discuss emerging information on regulation of enterohepatic circulation and its relevance for regulation of metabolism in humans
  • Explore relevance to disease pathogenesis and treatment/prevention strategies

Target Audience

  • Researchers at KI, Swedish and Scandinavian universities
  • The truly translational approach of the conference should make it of particular interest to scientists trying to cross-fertilize basal and clinical studies. We expect to be able to attract a top selection of international scientists, thereby promoting ongoing and future collaborations of the highest standard.

Structure Overview

3 Days, 4 Thematic Sessions

  • Session Structure: opens with an overview presentation, weaving together chemistry, physiology, pathophysiology, and speaker introductions for thematic coherence and context
  • Open Discussions: After each Session, a discussion is scheduled with defined (5 min presentations) and open topics.
  • Session Lengths: Talks are 20 min followed by 10 min Q&A, with sessions lasting 90–120 minutes

 Confirmed speakers

 Cathrine Williamson (UK)
 Fredrik Bäckhed (SWE) 
 Helen Hobbs (US)
 Steven Kliewer (US) 
 Veronika Voronova (RU) 
 Folkert Kuipers (NL)
 James Boyer (US)
 Jesus Banales (ES)
 Nicholas Davidson (US)
 Volker Lauschke (SWE)
 Paul Dawson (US)
 Piero Portincasa (IT)
 Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg (SWE)
 Hans Clevers (SWI)
 Natal van Riel (NL)
 Jan Borén (SWE)
 Ingmar Wester (FI)

Organization committee and Block Chairman

Bo Angelin
Jennifer Härdfeldt
Paolo Parini
Stefano Romeo
Hannes Hagström
Paul Petrus

Photo: Yanan Li