Date and time: Tuesday 16 June 2026, 09:00-17:00 CEST
Where: Pärlan, Albano Hus 1, Floor 6
Direction: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pwKYHKkmigENhMfw5
The workshop explores emerging bio-integrated sensing and bioelectronic systems for healthcare and human interfacing. Centered around a keynote seminar by Abhinav Bhushan on integrated microfluidic organ models and biosensors for intelligent disease modeling, the program will feature talks on wearable and implantable sensors, electrophysiology, conducting polymers, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), self-powered systems, and advanced biointerfaces. The event includes invited faculty presentations, early-career research pitches, panel discussions, and networking opportunities throughout the day.
Important information & Registration
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Keynote Seminar
Integrated microfluidic organ models and biosensors for intelligent disease modeling
Abhinav Bhushan – Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
Bio: Dr. Abhinav Bhushan is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and a visiting Digital Futures Scholar in Residence at Stockholm University. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He also holds an M.S. in Advanced Clinical Study from the UC Davis School of Medicine.
Dr. Bhushan’s laboratory engineers complex microphysiological systems, microfluidic platforms that model the gut and microbiome, as well as the liver and its role in systemic metabolism, and integrates them with real-time biosensors and machine-learning analysis. By coupling these living tissue models with continuous sensing and adaptive control, his work aims to move biomedical research from static observation toward closed-loop systems that better predict human systemic metabolism and disease. His visit to Stockholm extends this effort toward the materials and device innovations driving the next generation of integrated bioelectronic sensors.
Confirmed Speakers
- Abhinav Bhushan, Illinois Institute of Techology
- Saul Rodriguez, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Seraina Dual, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Anna Herland, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Thomas Winkler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Onur Parlak, Karolinska Institute
- Georgios Sotiriou, Stockholm University
Early career speakers
- Eleni Mitoudi-Vagourdi, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Atefeh Shafaat, Karolinska Institute
- Swati Panda, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Kateryna Solodka, Karolinska Institute
- Inês Fernandes Pinto, KTH Royal Institute of Technology/ SciLife lab
- Alessandro Enrico, University of Pavia
- Pablo Giménez-Gómez, Stockholm University
Program
Detailed schedule to be announced
09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Introduction
09:30 – 10:35 Short talk of faculty / Pitches early career researchers
10:35 – 10:55 Fika break
10:55 – 12:00 Short talk of faculty / Pitches early career researchers
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at Proviant
13:00 – 13:45 Keynote Seminar: Integrated microfluidic organ models and biosensors for intelligent disease modeling by Abhinav Bhushan – Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
13:45 – 15:00 Short talk of faculty / Pitches early career researchers
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00 Workshop discussion and research exchange
16:00 – 16:10 Closing remarks
16:10 – 17:00 Mingle
End of Day
Organizers
- Erica Zeglio, Assistant Professor, Stockholm University (erica.zeglio@su.se)
- Seraina Dual, Associate Professor, KTH (seraina.dual@kth.se)
- Swati Panda, Postdoc, KTH (swatip@kth.se)
Contact persons: Swati Panda (swatip@kth.se), Erica Zeglio (erica.zeglio@su.se)
The conference is co-sponsored by Digital Futures.
