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 recommendations (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.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.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/biocenter