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Successful businessman and former chairman of AstraZeneca, Leif Johansson, has accumulated vast experience and knowledge about international competition, leadership, business development, and entrepreneurship, not least when it comes to science-driven industries like the life science industry.

Thomas Karikari’s career has taken him across three continents: from Ghana to the UK and Sweden, and then to the US. Now an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and one of Nature Index’s “rising stars in ageing research”, he is helping move Alzheimer’s blood biomarkers beyond individual markers and towards a more complete picture of disease biology.

Lionel Leck's research focuses on pediatric cancer, particularly neuroblastoma – one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood cancers with a poor prognosis.

Anna Carbery's research looks at how we can implement AI-driven peptide design to make new cancer therapeutics. 

Hong Yang is a postdoctoral researcher at SciLifeLab and KTH Royal Institute of Technology under the mentorship of Professor Dr. Adil Mardinoglu.

María Bueno Álvez is a final-year PhD student at SciLifeLab and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. She works in the Human Protein Atlas under the supervision of Professor Mathias Uhlén.