Speakers

Prof. Vijay Tiwari is Professor and Head of Research at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU, Denmark as well as a Senior Consultant at the Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital and Chair at the Danish Institute of Advanced Studies (DIAS). His team employs a highly multidisciplinary approach combining cutting-edge genomics, epigenetics and molecular biology tools together with computational biology tools in defined model to understand cancer progression and disorders of the brain and develop avenues for precision medicine. In pursuit of the best academic opportunities, his education, training and independent research have spanned seven countries in the last three decades (Denmark, UK, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Sweden and India). As an internationally recognized scientist, his research excellence is reflected by his research achievements, internationally impactful publications, several recognized awards, acquisition of third-party funds and an invitation to various internationally reputed meetings as a speaker. His research has been published in high-impact journals including publications in leading journals like Nature, Nature Genetics, Nature Cell Biology, Cell Stem Cell, Cancer Cell, Science Discovery, Genes & Development, Genome Research, EMBO Journal, Nature Communications, PNAS etc. His work has also been recognized by a large number of national and international awards and recognitions including the DNRF Chair Award (2023), Faculty Member of the Year Award (2022), Executive Board Membership to Wellcome-Turing program in Health Data Science (2020), induction as a BBSRC pool of expert (2019), Innovative Ideas Award (2018), Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung Award for outstanding contributions in biomedical research (2015), Faculty Member of the Year Award (2014), Bruno Speck Award for outstanding work in the field of stem cell research (2013) and EU Young Investigator's RISE1 Award (Research Integrating Systems Biology, Epigenetics) (2012).