Dear all, Everyone is warmly welcome to the
13TH SCIENCE DAY OF THE CAMPUS OF KONTINKANGAS The theme of the Guest Speakers is: “Regulation of the Immune system - from bench to bedside”
Tuesday, February 23, 2016, Main building of the Medical Campus
Please find the final programme below. You can also download a printable version from the event web page http://www.oulu.fi/english/sciencedaykontinkangas/program
08.00
Abstract book pick-up and coffee, sponsored by the Faculties (Lobby)
08.15
Welcoming words (Leena Palotie Auditorium) Chair of the Organizing Committee, Professor Mika Rämet
Plenary lectures Professor Mika Rämet, Presentation of the speakers
08.20
Academy Professor Riitta Lahesmaa, University of Turku “Regulation of human T cell response”
09.00
Professor Olli Silvennoinen, University of Tampere “Signalling in hematological diseases: Targeting the "undruggable"
09.40
Break and poster viewing
10.10
Professor Markku Mäki, University of Tampere “Diagnostic pitfalls and novel treatments for celiac disease”
10.50
Professor Timo Vesikari, University of Tampere “Development of non-live rotavirus and norovirus vaccines”
11.30
Lunch break
12.30
Oral presentations
Basic research/biochemistry Chair: Dr. Teemu Haikarainen
12.30 O7 Muthiah Bose: Heterozygous germline mutation in abraxas causes cell cycle checkpoint and damage response defects 12.40 O17 Antti Haapalainen: Proteomic analysis of human placental proteins identifies CPPED1 as a factor involved in spontaneous term birth 12.50 O22 Reetta Hinttala: Mutations in PDE10A result in a hyperkinetic movement disorder in man 13.00 O24 Heli Härönen: Both transmembrane and shed collagen XIII are indispensable for maintenance and plasticity of the neuromuscular junction 13.10 O95 Eeva Sliz: TUFT1 – A novel susceptibility gene for metatarsophalangeal arthritis 13.20 O101 Harikanth Venkannagari: Chemical probe rescues cells from ARTD10 induced apoptosis and sensitizes cancer cells to DNA damage
13.30
Coffee break, poster viewing, sponsored by the Faculties (Lobby)
14.10
Oral presentations Chair: Dr. Liisa Laatio
14.10 O19 Juuso Heikkinen: Augmented compared with non-augmented surgical repair after total Achilles rupture: results of a prospective randomized trial with 13 ≥ years follow-up 14.20 O30 Abdul Wahed Kajabi: Assessment of meniscus with adiabatic T1p and T2p in asymptomatic subjects and patients with early osteoarthritis: Oulu knee osteoarthritis study 14.30 O54 Antti Mustonen: Adolescent cannabis use as a risk factor for psychosis 14.40 O89 Eveliina Ronkainen: Hospitalizations after prematurity
14.50
Biobank Borealis of Northern Finland - What’s new? Dr. Pia Nyberg, Oulu University Hospital
15.00
O49 Tuomo Mantere: Targeted next-generation sequencing identifies a recurrent mutation in mcph1 associating with hereditary breast cancer susceptibility.
15.10
Awards The Best Doctoral Thesis 2015 Award Professor Mika Rämet and Chief of Postgraduate Education Hanna Pesonen
Best Oral Presentation Awards Chairs of the Oral Session: Dr. Teemu Haikarainen and Dr. Liisa Laatio
Best Poster Presentation Awards Chair of the Poster jury: Dr. Jarkko Koivunen
15.35
Closing words Chair of the Organizing Committee, Professor Mika Rämet
************************************************ Ritva Saastamoinen, PhD, Docent Coordinator, Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme (BCO-DP) Adjunct associate professor
Biocenter Oulu P.O.Box 5000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland (Visiting address: Aapistie 5A, Room 473B)
Tel: (+358) 0294 48 6102 ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/doctoral-programme ************************************************