Dear all, unfortunately, the Kontinkangas seminar on March 27 by prof Elisabeth Tanner is cancelled.
Time and venue Speaker(s) Title March 27, 15.15-16 F202 Elizabeth Tanner School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Developing Bone Replacement Composites April 3, 15.15-16 F202 Ian Mills Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK Reflections on prostate cancer research April 10, Leena Palotie Hall, 101A 8.30-16 Biocenter Day Mode the Code - Innovations in Gene Therapy See separate programme below May 8, 15.15-16 F202 Juha Väyrynen Research Unit of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu Insights into colorectal cancer classification: morphology meets molecular biology
June 4-6, Linnanmaa 47th Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Conference (AIS2025) Shaping the Future in the Era of Polycrisis https://app.eventos.fi/ais-conference-2025/website/496, registration required, Separate programme
Note the Biocenter Day on April 10. Mode the code - innovations in gene therapy Time Thursday April 10, 2025, at 8.30-16.00 Place Leena Palotie Auditorium 101A in the Main Building of Kontinkangas Campus, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Chairpersons Ruwandi Abeysekara, Saurabh Singh Dhakar, Johanna Helenius PROGRAMME
8.30-8.40 Opening remarks Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, Biocenter Oulu
8.40-8.50 Welcome Prof. Johannes Kettunen, Director of Biocenter Oulu
8.50-9.30 KEYNOTE Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, UEF, Finland
9.30-10.15 Coffee at the exhibition area
Session 1: Gene editing
10.15-10.20 Sponsor spot
10.20-10.50 "Cancer-safe cell and gene therapy platform". Kirmo Wartiovaara, University of Helsinki, Finland
10.50-11.20 "Balancing efficacy and safety in lentiviral vector-mediated hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy". Eugenio Montini, SR-Tiget, Italy
11.20-11.25 Sponsor spot
11.25-12.55 Lunch break and exhibition
Session 2: Delivery
12.55-13.00 Sponsor spot
13.00-13.30 "Blood derived applications of Nanofibrillated cellulose for future chronic wound treatment". Marjo Yliperttula, University of Helsinki, Finland
13.30-14.00 "Folding of DNA and mRNA Origami for Controlled Translation and Viral Vector Packaging". Mauri Kostiainen, Aalto University, Finland
14.00-14.40 Coffee at the exhibition area
Session 3: From bench to bedside
14.40-14.45 Sponsor spot
14.45-15.15 "Cancer gene therapy with oncolytic viruses: a learning cycle between the laboratory and patients". Akseli Hemminki, University of Helsinki, Finland
15.15-15.45 "Matritools: a collection of open access methods to study the matrisome in the omics era". Valerio Izzi, University of Oulu, Finland
15.45-16.00 General discussion and concluding remarks
Pirkko Huhtala, PhD Coordinator Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu e-mail: pirkko.huhtala@oulu.fimailto:pirkko.huhtala@oulu.fi tel: +358-294 486101, + 358-40 1897467 Street address: Room 476B, Aapistie 5A, FIN-90220 Oulu Mailing address: PO Box 5000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland www.oulu.fi/biocenterhttp://www.oulu.fi/biocenter