Dear All,

We will be having our 31^st 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