Do you want to hear how recent improvements in Biocenter Oulu research infrastructure can benefit your research?

Are you interested in what local Biotech companies are doing?

Do you want to know about different ways of university-company collaboration?

 

Welcome to the seminar entitled:

 

Biocenter Oulu research infrastructure –

Possibility for university-company collaboration

 

Time: January 15th 2014, at 9.00-12.15

Place: Lecture hall A101 (Department of Anatomy, Aapistie 7A)

Program: attached and below

Information and registration (for coffee): Anu Mursula, Project manager, anu.mursula(at)oulu.fi, latest January 10th

 

The seminar gives you also the opportunity to network with other bioscience professionals .  The seminar is organized by the Research and Development Infrastructure for Biocatalysis – Strucbiocat –project. The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund via the Council of Oulu Region. For more information about the project, please visit the website: www.oulu.fi/biocenter/strucbiocat.

 

Program

8.45-9.00           Coffee

9.00-9.10           Opening

                             Taina Pihlajaniemi, Professor, Vice Rector of University of Oulu

9.10-9.30           Strucbiocat Project

                             Anu Mursula, Project manager, Biocenter Oulu

9.30-9.50           Company presentation

                             Vesa Ruotsalainen, Research Scientist, Orion Diagnostica Oy

9.50-10.10        Enzymatic Chemistry at Pharmatory

                             Heikki Hassila, R&D manager, Pharmatory Ltd.

10.10-10.45      Coffee and networking

10.45-11.05      Company presentation

                             Ari Tolonen, CEO & CSO, Admescope Ltd

11.05-11.25      Food Safety and Microbial Detection

                             Anna-Liisa Välimaa, Research Scientist, MTT Agrifood Research Finland

11.25-11.45      Collaboration possibilities between University and companies

Maarit Jokela, Innovation manager, University of Oulu

11.45-12.00      Future perspectives of the Strucbiocat initiative

Rik Wierenga, Professor, University of Oulu

12.00-12.15      Discussion and closing remarks

 

 

Anu Mursula, PhD

Project manager

Research and development infrastructure for structural biocatalysis - Strucbiocat

Biocenter Oulu and Department of Biochemistry

P.O.Box 3000

90014 University of Oulu

Finland

 

anu.mursula@oulu.fi

+358505748150