Dear All,
We are celebrating 20 years of existence of Biocenter
Oulu by organising a one day symposium on Monday, August 21st, 2006
in the auditorium of the main building on the Medical Campus of University
Oulu, Aapistie 5A. The symposium is open to all and a more detailed programme
will be published in due time. In the meantime you may read some information
about our distinguished speakers from the following links:
Professor Fotis Kafatos,
http://openwetware.org/wiki/Kafatos:Fotis_C._Kafatos
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/reporter/issues156to166/issue159_8december2005/kafatostochairerc
Professor Karl Tryggvason, Karolinska Institutet, SWE
http://www.mbb.ki.se/matrix/kthome.htm
Director Kai Simons, Max Planck Institut, GER
http://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/groups/simons/simons.html
Professor Dr Hatmut Oschkinat, FMP, GER
Professor of
http://www.ktl.fi/portal/suomi/ajankohtaista/?id=437
http://www.helsinki.fi/haartman/lgo/english/index.htm
The programme
11.00 – 11.15 Greetings from the
Lauri
Lajunen, Rector
11.15 – 11.40 Sakari Karjalainen, Ministry of
Education
11.40 – 12.05 Raimo Väyrynen,
12.05 – 12.30 Fotis Kafatos,
12.30 – 12.55 Taina Pihlajaniemi,
Biocenter Oulu
12.55 – 14.00 Lunch
break
14.00 – 14.30 Karl Tryggvason,
KI,
14.30 – 15.00 Kai Simons, MPI,
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee
15.30 – 16.00 Hartmut
Oschkinat, FMP,
16.00 – 16.30 Leena
Peltonen,
16.30 – 16.35 Closing remarks
Taina
Pihlajaniemi
16.35 – 17.30 Tour in Biocenter
Oulu facilities
19.30 - Symposium
banquet (pre-registration required)
The symposium banquet will take place at Maikkulan
Kartano and the banquet fee is 60 € per person.
The fee will be invoiced after the registration.
To register for the evening banquet, please e-mail to
teija.luoto@oulu.fi by Friday, August
11th, 2006.
We hope to have a large audience for this special
day. Please, encourage your group members to participate.
Welcome to join us on our day of celebration !
Taina Pihlajaniemi
Scientific Director