Worth Knowing: From computer games to VR simulations for the surgery of the future

Welcome to a popular science lunch lecture where Professor Odd Höglund talks about how knowledge and expertise from both SLU and the computer games industry are used to create new methods for teaching surgery to veterinarians. The library offers a light lunch before the lecture.

Date: 11 December 2025

Time: 12:15 - 13:00

Organiser: The SLU University Library and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Venue: The Studio, floor 1 of the Teaching Building

Location: Online, Uppsala

  • Lunch is served from 11:45
  • Seating is limited and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis
  • Language: Swedish

Simulators are used in several industries to train and validate knowledge and skills. Aviation is a well-known example. In human surgery, simulators are a well-established work and training tool, but this has not been the case for animal surgery – until now. One of the world's most successful companies in surgical simulators is Swedish, and in collaboration with SLU, a virtual environment for dog surgery has been created.

Odd Höglund talks about the collaboration between a high-tech industrial sector and an ongoing SLU project during this semester’s last Worth knowing.

This Worth knowing lecture is a collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science and part of the celebration of Swedish veterinary medicine’s 250 year anniversary. This anniversary marks a milestone not only for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science but for the whole of SLU, as the veterinary school is the oldest education at the university.

As part of the celebration, several of this year’s Worth knowing lectures will focus on veterinary medicine. Read more about the celebrations here:

E-mail svm250@slu.se if you have questions about the anniversary.

Take part online, live or afterwards

If you are unable to attend in the studio, you can watch live on SLU Play and on the SLU University Library’s Facebook page. The lecture will also be available to watch afterwards on SLU Play, but it will take a couple of weeks before it is published there.

Please note that the number of seats in the Studio is limited. The seats are distributed on a first come, first serve basis.

Worth knowing

Worth knowing is the SLU University Library’s popular science lunchtime lecture series. Here, exciting and recent research results from SLU are presented. We offer a light lunch, and after the lecture, listeners have the opportunity to ask questions.

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