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What?

Everyone is welcome to the next Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme minisymposium on Synthetic Biology, Oct 22! The theme is in a new emerging exiting field that everyone should become familiar with. Come to learn what synthetic biology is and where we are heading!

Synthetic biology is an evolving area of multidisciplinary research that combines biosciences, medical sciences, physical and chemical sciences, engineering and disciplines of social and ethical sciences. The Academy of Finland via its FinSynBio research programme 2013–2017 gathers together projects covering topics like ethics of the synthetic biology, its social dimensions, cell free synthesis of proteins, formation of hybrid organisms and fabrication of biofilms.

The Academy of Finland’s research programme Synthetic Biology (FinSynBio) is a programme designed to create a new, more broad-based platform for the closer integration of different fields of research. One of the goals of this integration is to use novel biological components and devices to build new kinds of technologies that are less damaging to the environment and enable more efficient industrial processes. Another goal concerns the introduction of new environmental, nutritional and health-related applications and applications for energy production, for instance. The Academy’s funding for this four-year research programme totals EUR 9 million.

Shortcut to registration:

https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/41784251CB762960.par

Minisymposium: Synthetic Biology in Finland

Time                      October 22, 2015

Place                     University of Oulu, Kontinkangas campus: Lecture Hall A101 (Anatomy, Aapistie 7A)

Credits                  0.7 ECTS for the whole programme, 0.3 ECTS for lectures only

Requirements      To obtain the credits for the whole programme, participation in the lectures, post-lecture discussions

and suggested readings are required.

Organizer            Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme (BCO-DP)

Registration        By October 15, 2015 at 16:00 at https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/41784251CB762960.par

Information        BCO-DP coordinator Ritva Saastamoinen, ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi, tel. 0294 48 6102, and Professor Lloyd Ruddock, tel. 0294 48 1683, e-mail: firstname.lastname(at)oulu.fi http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/

Please note that there is no limitation in the number of participants to the lectures, but the discussion groups are limited to pre-registered participants. In case of overbooking, doctoral students will be given preference. There will be two parallel discussion groups, one with “Ethics and social aspects” and one with “Science” focus. The participants will be informed about their assigned discussion group after the registration is closed. The readings will be distributed to the participants a few days before the symposium.

PROGRAMME

09:15                  Coffee

09:45                  Welcoming words: Lloyd Ruddock

09:50                  Synthetic Biology in Finland, Academy of Finland view: Kalervo Hiltunen      

Session I

10:00-10:25      Towards functionalization and fabrication of bacterial biofilms

Adyary Fallarero, University of Helsinki

10:25-10:50      Epistemological and social aspects of synthetic biology

Tero Ijäs, University of Helsinki

10:50-11:15      In vitro protein synthesis and metabolic pathways

Harry Boer, VTT, Espoo

11:15-11:40      Synthetic biology approaches in the design of versatile cyanobacterial production platforms

Pauli Kallio, University of Turku

11:40-12:40      Lunch break

Session II

12:40-13:05      RNA bacteriophage as a tool for synthetic biology

Minna Poranen, University of Helsinki

13:05-13:30      Ethical and philosophical remarks on the development of new technologies leading to synthetic biology

Matti Häyry, University of Helsinki

13:30-13:55      Optimization of the performance of synthetic antibody libraries

Urpo Lamminmäki, University of Turku

13:55-14:20      Novel genetic tools for engineering of industrially relevant eukaryotic microbes

Jussi Jäntti, VTT, Espoo

14:20-14:50      Coffee break

Session III

14:50-15.15       Biomolecular materials design via synthetic biology

Markus Linder, Aalto University

15:15-15:40      Network controllability: theory and applications

Ion Petre, Åbo University

15:40-16:05      Mechanisms and applications of disulfide bond formation in the cytoplasm

Lloyd Ruddock, University of Oulu

16:05                  Closing words

16.20-17.30       Post-lecture discussion groups with the speakers, for pre-registered students only, place TBA

Programme pdf version can be downloaded here.

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Ritva Saastamoinen, PhD, Docent

Coordinator, Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme (BCO-DP)

Adjunct associate professor

Biocenter Oulu

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

(Visiting address: Aapistie 5A, Room 473B)

Tel: (+358) 0294 48 6102

ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi 

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

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