Dear All,
We will be having our 31st Biocenter Oulu Day on Wednesday 27.4.2022 at Leena Palotie Auditorium 101A. Theme of the day is "Miraculous matter: Recent advances in neuroscience". Please see the attached program and poster of the event.
BIOCENTER DAY 2022 PROGRAMME
Session 1: Glial cells in brain homeostasis
08.30-08.40 Opening remarks Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, Biocenter Oulu
08.40-08.50 Welcome Prof. Johannes Kettunen, Director of Focus Institute Biocenter Oulu
08.50-09.25 Šárka Lehtonen, UEF, FIN "Role of glial cells in Parkinson's Disease"
09.25-10.00 Julia Edgar, University of Glasgow, UK "Oligodendrocytes in axonal health'"
10.00-10.05 10x Genomics, Jouni Rantanen
10.05-10.45 Coffee at the exhibition area Session 2: Novel Approaches in Neurodegeneration
10.45-10.50 Promega, Rasmus Sörensen "Maxwell - your tool for perfect nucleic acid purification"
10.50-11.25 Vesa Kiviniemi, UO, FIN "Novel Imaging Techniques in Alzheimer's disease Research"
11.25-12.45 Lunch break and exhibition Session 3: Brain Clearance Pathways
12.45-12.55 Mikael von und zu Fraunberg, Neurocenter Finland
12.55-13.30 Roxana Carare, University of Southampton, UK "Role of extracellular-matrix in brain clearance"
13.30-14.00 Coffee at the exhibition area
14.00-14.35 Iben Lundgaard, Lund University, SWE "Brain wide clearance system-Glymphatic System" Session 4: Neurodegenerative Disorders and Therapeutic Interventions
14.35-15.15 Heikki Tanila, UEF, FIN "Recent advances in Alzheimer's Disease Research"
15.15-15.55 Mart Saarma, University of Helsinki, FIN "Neurotrophic Factors and their therapeutic applications"
15.55-16.10 General discussion and concluding remarks
Best Regards, Abhishek Singh
