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Welcome to the Northern Highlights of Biotech and Health seminar!

Time:                 Thursday 3^rd October 2013, at 9-12

Place:                 Lecture hall A101, Medical campus of University of Oulu, Aapistie 7A

No registration.

The seminar is organized by the Working Life and Business Skills for PhDs project, Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme and Biocenter Oulu.

Northern Highlights of Biotech and Health seminar gives you a great opportunity to hear the latest news in life science and clinical laboratory medicine in the Oulu region.

Topics: biotechnology and its applications in clinical medicine, drug development, printed intelligence and food safety, and university-industry collaboration.

Come and meet people from business development organizations, biotech companies, clinical laboratories, and research and educational organizations!

The event is part of the European Biotech Week which celebrates biotechnology, an innovative and vibrant sector

launched by the discovery of the DNA molecule 60 years ago.

PROGRAM

9.00                     Welcome

9.05-9.20           Oulu Life Science

Mari Leppilampi, BusinessOulu

9.20-9.45           Laboratory medicine at the interface between modern bioscience and the clinic

Leila Risteli, NordLab

9.45-10.10        NordLab – Laboratory medicine opportunities in Northern Finland

Tommi Vaskivuo, NordLab

10.10-10.30      Coffee break

10.30-10.50      Printed intelligence and applications in bioanalytics

Marja Nissinen, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, BioPrint project

10.50-11.10      Food safety – Safe food requires know-how 

Riitta Laitinen, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Food Safety Cluster

11.10-11.30      High-quality tailor-made services for preclinical ADME-tox

Minna Komu, Admescope Ltd

11.30-11.50      Academic-Industry collaboration: Example of University of Oulu and FibroGen Inc.

Johanna Myllyharju, Biocenter Oulu

11.50-12.00      Closing remarks

Ritva Saastamoinen, Biocenter Oulu

For further information, please contact:

Katja Riipinen, Working Life and Business Skills for PhDs, katja.riipinen(at)oulu.fi

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Katja Riipinen, PhD

Project Manager

Working Life and Business Skills for PhDs -ESF-project (2011-2014)

Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu

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

Street address: Aapistie 5A, 90220 Oulu

Tel. Int. 486058, Ext. 0294 486058

Tel. +358 294 486058

katja.riipinen(at)oulu.fi

www.oulu.fi/biocenter/skillsforphds