From: Pirkko Huhtala <pirkko.huhtala@oulu.fi>
Sent: 21. helmikuuta 2019 15:00
To: bco@lists.oulu.fi; LTK <ltk-staff@oulu.fi>; fbmm@lists.oulu.fi
Subject: How biobanks enable transforming clinical data into knowledge, seminar day in Tampere

 

Bucket full of data – How biobanks enable transforming clinical data into knowledge

Seminar day in Tampere.

 

Bucket full of data – How biobanks enable transforming clinical data into knowledge

When: 12.4.2019 at 9.00-16.30

Where: FinnMedi 5,Biokatu 12, Auditorio, 1st floor

Who: All researches, clinicians and students interested in research

Registration by 8th of April at https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/2A93E992B8647876

 

8.30-9.00 Registration

9.00-9.10 Welcome – Professor Per Ashorn, Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Technology

Session 1: Biobanks in Finland

9.10-9.40 Finnish biobanks –the big picture, Professor Olli Carpen, University of Helsinki

9.40-10.00 Biobanking in Tampere, Director Kimmo Savinainen, Finnish Clinical Biobank Tampere

10.00-10.30 Medical research and law, General Counsel Tom Southerington, FINBB

10.30-10.50 Coffee break

Session 2: Utilizing clinical data in research

10.50-11.20 Secondary use of patient data and biobank research, Research Director Tarja Laitinen, Tampere University Hospital

11.20-11.50 National access to biobank samples and data – fueled by Finnish Biobank Cooperative, Services Director Eeva Kronqvist, FINBB

11.50-12.50 Lunch

Session 3: What can we achieve together – Finngen as the first example!

12.50-13.15 FinnGen and Finnish Biobanks, Project Manager Anu Jalanko, FIMM

13.15-14.00 FinnGen: early findings and new insights from Finnish genomes, Professor Mark Daly, FIMM, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital

Session 4: Computational analysis and bioinformatics

14.00-14.30 Transforming data to knowledge for better healthcare, Research Director Laura Elo, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku

14.30-15.00 Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA in Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Professor Matti Nykter, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University

15.00-15.15 Coffee

Session 4: Examples of biobank-related studies

15.15-15.30 Need to Improve Quality Control? UK biobank uses Nightingale, Scientific Advisor Heli Salmela, Nightingale

15.30-15.45 Biobanks empowering research in obstetrics, Associate Professor Hannele Laivuori, Tampere University

15.45-16.00 Use of register-based data in research – case IBD, Senior Consultant Airi Jussila, Tampere University Hospital

16.00-16.20 Collaboration with Biobanks: Pharma company perspective, Medical Director Anssi Linnankivi, Roche

16.20-16.30 Closing of the seminar, Research Director Tarja Laitinen, Tampere University Hospital

 

 

Kind regards

Pirkko Huhtala, Ph.D.

Coordinator

Biocenter Oulu

University of Oulu

Mailing address: P.O.Box 5000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu Finland

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e-mail pirkko.huhtala@oulu.fi

www.oulu.fi/biocenter