WCMM Fusion
National Team Member Meeting 2026
Following the success of last year’s WCMM National Team Meeting, we are pleased to welcome the community back to the same venue, with the same strong sense of connection, yet with a new program and fresh opportunities for exchange. Welcome to the second national meeting for WCMM group members!
Program
The program can be continuously updated.
Day 1
11:00 - 12:00 Registration | Drop-in registration and possibility to
arrange your poster
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch | Restaurant
13:00 - 13:30 Official Welcome & Opening of the Meeting | Blomsterkiosken
13:30 - 15:30 Translational Perspectives | Blomsterkiosken
- Jan Nilsson, President of the University Board, Karolinska Institutet
- Gunilla Westergren Thorsson, Director WCMM Lund
- Johan Zelano, Director WCMTM Gothenburg
Panel Discussion on Translational Science
15:30 - 17:00 Poster & Coffee Session | Blomsterkiosken
Including hotel check-in
17:00 - 18:00 Pause
18:00 - 18:45 Social Activities | Blomsterkiosken
18:45 - Dinner & Party | Blomsterkiosken
Day 2
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast & Check-Out | Restaurant
08:30 - 10:15 Parallell sessions | St Markus, Villa Edstrand, St Petri
Session 1: Funding & Grants | St Markus
- Writing Clear & Effective Grant Proposals, Rosie Perkins
- Finding your path after a PhD: navigating real-world
research grants, Kristina Johansson
Session 2: Career Paths | Villa Edstrand
- The Power of Timing: Recognizing and Acting on the
Right Career Moments, Bright Nwaru
- International Careers in Research & Industry:
Lessons & Inspiration, Lisa Buvall
Session 3: Science Outreach | St Petri
- Science Communication – a Prerequisite for Trust,
Lotta Waesterberg Tomasson
- Pitch Presenation Workshop, Organizing Committee
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break | Blomsterkiosken
10:30 - 11:30 The Healthy Mind Platter: A Framework for Work-Life Balance
| Blomsterkiosken
Ella Nyberg, social anthropologist & Malin Gutestam, post-graduate
degree in Neuroscience leadership, Fryshuset
11:45 - 12:30 How to win the Nobel Prize | Blomsterkiosken
Göran Hansson, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences & KAW Representative
12:30 - 12:45 Closing words & Award Cermony | Blomsterkiosken
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch & Departure | Restaurant
What is WCMM National Team Meeting?
The WCMM National Team Meeting is an initiative by the four Wallenberg Centres for Molecular Medicine, designed to bring together early career researchers across all centres. It provides a unique platform for PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and staff scientists to connect, exchange ideas and build lasting collaborations.
This interactive meeting offers opportunities to learn about ongoing research within the WCMM network, engage in scientific discussions and expand your professional network in a collaborative and dynamic environment.
Participation is fully supported by the WCMM centres, with travel and conference costs covered for all attendees.
Read about last years meeting
Event details
Date: September 21-22, 2026
Place: Blique by Nobis, Stockholm
Organizing committee
Oscar van der Have, Selin Ercan, Jente Zijlstra, Saliha Özuygur Ermis, Ana-Maria Matota, Oskar N Hansson, Lisa Karlsson, Charbel Sader
Please don't hesitate to contact your local WCMM coordinator for more information.
Gothenburg
- charbel [dot] sader [at] gu [dot] se (charbel[dot]sader[at]gu[dot]se)
- camilla [dot] skanberg [at] gu [dot] se (camilla[dot]skanberg[at]gu[dot]se)
Lund
- oskar_n [dot] hansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (oskar_n[dot]hansson[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
- lisa [dot] karlsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (lisa[dot]karlsson[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
Linköping
- lisa [dot] dobrosch [at] liu [dot] se (lisa[dot]dobrosch[at]liu[dot]se)
Umeå
- mikael [dot] stiernstedt [at] umu [dot] se (mikael[dot]stiernstedt[at]umu[dot]se)