From: ltkhkunta-bounces@lists.oulu.fi [mailto:ltkhkunta-bounces@lists.oulu.fi] On Behalf Of Ritva Saastamoinen
Sent: 9. syyskuuta 2013 12:47
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Subject: [Ltkhkunta] Reminder: EvoDevPopGen Workshop this week, Sept 12-13

Hi everyone,

We have a very interesting workshop in the end of this week, with an excellent selection of speakers – it is possible to come to listen to the lectures also without registration.

Best wishes,

Ritva

Workshop on Evolutionary, Developmental and Population Genetics, September 12-13, 2013

Program (updated 28.8.2013)

Thursday 12 September

Room IT113

09.00-09.30 Get together coffee

09.15-09.30 TED Virtual Lecture - Orientation to the subject

09.30-09.45 Opening and orientation by Seppo Vainio & Tanja Pyhäjärvi
09.45-10.30 Brandon Gaut (USA): "Methylation and the evolution of plant genes and genomes"
10.30-11.15 Jukka Jernvall (Finland):“Comparative enhancer landscapes of tooth genes"

11.15-11.45. Coffee/Tea break and social activity

11.45-12.30 Ram Reshef (Israel): "Hox genes and the establishment of the kidney morphogenetic field"
12.30-13.15 Rachel Giles (Holland): "Evolution of the kidney"

13.15-14.00 Lunch break

Note: change of venue to IT115

14.00-14.45. Hadi Valadi (Sweden): “Exosomes shuttle RNA between cells, a potential vector for delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids to cells"

14.45-15.45. Student - speaker discussions on the topics (Please register to the teams)

1. Evolutionary biology (Room SÃ110)

2. Nanovesicles/exosomes (Room SÃ124)

3. Developmental Biology (Room TF105)

15:45-16:30. Benedetta Bussolati (Italy): “Nanovesicles in control of progenitor cells and kidney function"
16:30-17:00 Maija Puhka (Finland): "Microvesicle research in Helsinki Urological Biobank - from technical challenges to biomarkers"

Friday 13 September

Note: change of venue to Room PR101

09.00-09.30. Get together coffee - TED lecture in lecture hall

09.30-10.00. Summaries and reviews of the discussions from the 1-3 miniteams given by the students

10.00-10.45. Mark Hankins (UK): “The evolution of non-visual photoreceptors in the vertebrates"

10:45-11:15 Coffee/Tea break and social activity

11.15-12.00 Moises Mallo (Spain): "Variations in rib numbers among vertebrates: a story of small differences with a big impact".
12.00-12.45 Brandon Gaut (USA). "The molecular and functional diversity of adaptive convergence."

Closing of the workshop by Seppo Vainio and Tanja Pyhäjärvi

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Ritva Saastamoinen, PhD, Docent

Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme Coordinator

Adjunct associate professor

Biocenter Oulu

PL 5000 (Aapistie 5a)

FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland

Tel: (+358) 0294 48 6102

ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi 

http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/doctoral-programme

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