Today on Thursday. Note additional seminar on May 12, and updated programme for Biocenter Day on April 10.
Subject: Kontinkangas Research Seminar April 3, 15.15 - in F202
Dear all, Next Thursday April3, 15.15-16 in F202 there will be a seminar by Professor Ian Mills, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. The title of the seminar is: "Reflections on prostate cancer research". More information about his research https://www.nds.ox.ac.uk/team/ian-mills
Welcome everybody! No registration required. Coffee is served during networking session 20 min before the presentation time. Field specific credits can be earned according to UniOGS recommendationshttps://www.oulu.fi/en/research/graduate-school/thesis-requirements-and-studies/study-requirements#accordion-control-recommendations-of-credits-for-different-activities- (attendance at scientific seminars for 10 hours: 0,5ECTS) If you would like to have separate discussions with the speaker, please contact Teija.luoto@oulu.fimailto:Teija.luoto@oulu.fi who will set up the meeting time. Organized by Biocenter Oulu, Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme and PROFI6 Fibrobesity. See updated Biocenter Day Programme below.
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 Separate programme, see 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
May 12, 15.15-16 F202 Bora Garipcan Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Mimicking nature to design biomaterials 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
BIOCENTER OULU DAY 2025 Mode the code - innovations in gene therapy Time: Thursday April 10, 2025 at 8.30-16.00 Place: Leena Palotie Auditorium, Main Building of Kontinkangas Campus, Aapistie 5A, 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 "Gene therapy - from basic research to clinical applications". KEYNOTE, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, UEF, Finland 9.30-10.20 Coffee at the exhibition area Session 1: Gene editing 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 11.20-13.00 Lunch break and exhibition Session 2: Delivery 13.00-13.30 "Application of Nanofibrillated cellulose for future chronic wound treatment". Riina Harjumäki, 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 14.00-14.45 Coffee at the exhibition area Session 3: From bench to bedside 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