Rasa Elmentaite, PhD
Staff Scientist, Sanger Institutes
Rasa Elmentaite, PhD
Staff Scientist, Wellcome Sanger Institute
During her doctoral research at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Rasa focused on building a human gut cell atlas using state-of-the-art computational single-cell analysis approaches. In her latest work, first author publication in Nature, Rasa dissect the cellular mechanisms dictating gastrointestinal immune tissue development, highlighting their adaptation as a key event in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease. Rasa is interested in applying single-cell sequencing technologies and in silico methods for drug target prioritisation and validation. Currently, she is spearheading the translation of her and Human Cell Atlas research into a startup company on cell-focused drug target discovery.
Joakim Lundeberg, PhD
Professor, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Joakim Lundeberg, PhD
Professor, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Joakim Lundeberg is a pioneer in spatial genomics whose research focuses on developing and exploring spatially resolved gene expression tools and their applications. His lab builds large-scale interdisciplinary molecular atlases, including human development, which integrate spatial transcriptomics data with other technological platforms. Dr. Lundeberg holds a PhD Biotechnology from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. After a postdoctoral period at the Radiumhospital in Oslo, Norway, he returned to KTH as group leader and received a professorship in Molecular Biotechnology. He currently leads a research group at the KTH Department of Gene Technology, School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, as well as a research group at the Science for Life Laboratory.