Dear all,

On Thursday December 12 there will be two consecutive seminars at 14.15-16 in 101A Leena Palotie Hall.

The first by Valeria Orlova, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. The presentation title: “Next-Generation Vascular Disease Models Using Patient-Derived Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs)”.

The second presentation by Sami Franssila, Dept. of Chemistry and Materials Science and Micronova Nanofabrication Center, Aalto University, Helsinki. The presentation title: “Cells on surfaces: surface topography and surface chemistry for tailoring cell behaviour on surfaces”.

 

 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)

 

More information about the speakers and their research

Valeria Orlova

https://www.orlovalab.com/

Blood vessels are essential for proper functioning of tissues and organs in our body, and vascular dysfunction is associated with many cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Insight into the interactions between vascular cells and the local microenvironment are therefore key to understanding many different diseases. We utilize hiPSCs derived from healthy donors and patients with genetic vascular disorders. Over recent years, we have developed efficient protocols to differentiate different endothelial cell (EC) subtypes, pericytes, vascular smooth muscle cells, as well as myeloid cells, such as monocytes and macrophages. Specifically, we investigate the generation of tissue-specific vascular cells with focus on the heart and brain vasculature.

--------------

Sami Franssila

https://research.aalto.fi/en/persons/sami-franssila; https://www.aalto.fi/fi/ihmiset/sami-franssila;

 

Still to come:

DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR, December 17

Remember the poster session, The deadline for submitting a poster is December 10. It is open for everybody. For the catering purposes (coffee and snacks with refreshments), please, registration by December 10 https://link.webropol.com/s/2024Discovery

 

Updated DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR 2024 Programme

 

December 17, Leena Palotie Hall 101A, Aapistie 5A, Kontinkangas Campus

 

12.30 Opening of the Award Ceremony

12.40 Oral presentations

13.40-14.30 Poster session, coffee and networking. Remember to vote for the best poster!

14.30 Oral presentations continue

Discovery of the Year 2024 Award

The Best Poster Award

15.30 Closing

Networking and snacks with refreshments

 

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