Dear all,

I want to advertise this very interesting event on October 3rd: Northern Highlights of Biotech and Health.

It has a great program which gives a great possibility for instance to hear representatives of Nordlab (Pohjois-Suomen laboratoriokeskuksen liikelaitoskuntayhtymä). Nordlab is responsible of the laboratory medicine in the whole northern Finland, including Oulu University Hospital, Rovaniemi, Kokkola etc., and both MDs and life science specialists work in Nordlab. We will also get an update on local activities in drug development, use of printed intelligence in development of bioanalytics, how to monitor food safety, and about university-industry collaboration. This is also a great occasion to meet people working on various areas of the life science and medicine. Don´t miss this! Find the program attached, and below.

Kind regards

Pirkko Huhtala

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PROGRAM

Time:

October 3, 2013, at 9.00–12.00

Place:

Lecture hall A101 (Anatomy, Medical campus of University of Oulu, Aapistie 7A)

9.00

Welcome

Katja Riipinen, Working life and business skills for PhDs -project

9.05-9.20

Oulu Life Science

Mari Leppilampi, Program Director, BusinessOulu

9.20–9.45

Laboratory medicine at the interface between modern bioscience and the clinic

Leila Risteli, Chief medical officer, Northern Finland Laboratory Centre (NordLab)

9.45-10.10

NordLab – Laboratory medicine opportunities in Northern Finland

Tommi Vaskivuo, Administrative Chief physician, NordLab

10.10-10.30

Coffee break

10.30-10.50

Printed intelligence and applications in bioanalytics

Marja Nissinen, Senior researcher, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, BioPrint -project

10.50–11.10

Food safety – Safe food requires know-how

Riitta Laitinen, Research scientist, Project Manager, MTT Agrifood Research Finland,

Food safety cluster

11.10–11.30

High-quality tailor-made services for preclinical ADME-tox

Minna Komu, Business Development Manager, Admescope Ltd

11.30–11.50

Academic-Industry collaboration: Example of University of Oulu and FibroGen Inc.

Johanna Myllyharju, Scientific Director, Biocenter Oulu

11.50–12.00

Closing remarks

Ritva Saastamoinen, Coordinator, Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme

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Pirkko Huhtala, Ph.D.

Coordinator

Biocenter Oulu

University of Oulu

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

Street address: Aapistie 5A, FIN-90220 Oulu

Tel. sis/int. 486101, ulk./Ext. 0294 486101

Tel. +358-294 486101

e-mail pirkko.huhtala@oulu.fi

www.oulu.fi/biocenter