BIOCENTER OULU 25TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM

Time August 25 & 26, 2011 Place Auditorium 101A of the Main Building at Medical Campus, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5A Oulu, Finland

Programme

Thursday 25th August, 2011

12.00-12.15 Lauri Lajunen, University of Oulu 12.15-12.30 Hans Söderlund, VTT 12.30-12.50 Minister of Education and Research 12.50-13.10 “The European, Nordic and Finnish Research Areas” Marja Makarow, European Science Foundation 13.10-13.30 “Current issues at the Academy of Finland” Riitta Mustonen, Academy of Finland 13.30-14.00 Coffee break 14.00-14.20 “Biocenter Finland - bridging national and European research infrastructures” Eero Vuorio, Biocenter Finland 14.20-14.40 “Research and education with societal impact: BCO 25 years” Erja Heikkinen, Ministry of Education and Culture 14.40-15.00 ”Views on commercialisation of research results” Reijo Vihko, Professor 15.00-15.30 “Why is the lipid composition of cell membranes so complex?” Kai Simons, Max Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany 15.30-16.00 “Structural investigations on small heat shock proteins and the ABC-transporter ArtMP by NMR and SAXS” Hartmut Oschkinat, FMP, Berlin, Germany 16.00-16.15 Closing remarks Johanna Myllyharju, University of Oulu 16.15-17.00 Tour of the facilities 19.00 Banquet at Lasaretti (pre-registration required)

Friday 26th August, 2011

8.30-9.00 Taina Pihlajaniemi, University of Oulu 9.00-9.30 “The renaissance of basement membrane proteins” Karl Tryggvason, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 9.30-10.00 “Applications of viral gene transfer technology” Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, University of Eastern Finland 10.00-10.30 Coffee break 10.30-11.00 “Growth factors and inhibitors of tumor angiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis” Kari Alitalo, University of Helsinki 11.00-11.30 “Structural basis of collagen receptor regulation” Jyrki Heino, University of Turku 11.30-12.00 “Novel Neurotrophic Factors for Neurodegenerative Diseases” Mart Saarma, University of Helsinki 12.00-12.45 Lunch break 12.45-13.15 “Cell communication and the development of ectodermal organs” Irma Thesleff, University of Helsinki 13.15-13.45 "Intermediate filaments in signaling and survival" John Eriksson, Åbo Akademi 13.45-14.15 Tomi Mäkelä, University of Helsinki 14.15-14.45 Coffee break 14.45-15.15 “Translating cancer biology research towards personalized medicine” Olli Kallioniemi, FIMM, Helsinki 15.15-15.45 “New Insights into Regulation of Cytokine Signalling” Olli Silvennoinen, University of Tampere 15.45-16.15 “Hereditary predisposition to cancer” Lauri Aaltonen, Biocentrum Helsinki 16.15-16.30 Closing remarks Johanna Myllyharju, University of Oulu

For more information, please contact by e-mail: teija.luoto@oulu.fi

******************************** Teija Luoto, Secretary Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu P.O. Box 5000 FI-90014 UNIVERSITY OF OULU, FINLAND Street address: Aapistie 5A, 90220 OULU, FINLAND Tel +358 8 537 6103, Fax +358 8 537 6115 e-mail: teija.luoto@oulu.fi BIOCENTER OULU URL: http://www.biocenter.oulu.fi (internal mail: 5BIOCENTER)