Dear all, 

The BioCenter Oulu day (BCO Day) is going to take place on 10th April 2025.  The theme for this year BCO day is "Gene Therapy". 

Please find the programme details 

BIOCENTER OULU DAY 2025

            Mode the code – innovations in gene therapy

Time          Thursday April 10, 2025 at 8.30-16.00

Place          Leena Palotie Auditorium, Main Building of Kontinkangas Campus, Aapistie 5A, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Chairpersons    Ruwandi Abeysekara, Saurabh Singh Dhakar, Johanna Helenius

PROGRAMME

      8.30-8.40   Opening remarks

Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, Biocenter Oulu

      8.40-8.50   Welcome

Prof. Johannes Kettunen, Director of Biocenter Oulu

      8.50-9.30   “Gene therapy - from basic research to clinical applications”. KEYNOTE, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, UEF, Finland

      9.30-10.15  Coffee at the exhibition area 

Session 1: Gene editing

      10.15-10.20 Sponsor spot

      10.20-10.50 "Cancer-safe cell and gene therapy platform". Kirmo Wartiovaara, University of Helsinki, Finland

      10.50-11.20 “Balancing efficacy and safety in lentiviral vector-mediated hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy”. Eugenio Montini, SR-Tiget, Italy

      11.20-11.25 Sponsor spot 

      11.25-12.55 Lunch break and exhibition

Session 2: Delivery

      12.55-13.00 Sponsor spot

      13.00-13.30 “Application of Nanofibrillated cellulose for future chronic wound treatment”. Riina Harjumäki, University of Helsinki, Finland 

      13.30-14.00 “Folding of DNA and mRNA Origami for Controlled Translation and Viral Vector Packaging”.  Mauri Kostiainen, Aalto University, Finland

      14.00-14.40 Coffee at the exhibition area 

Session 3:  From bench to bedside

      14.40-14.45 Sponsor spot

      14.45-15.15 “Cancer gene therapy with oncolytic viruses: a learning cycle between the laboratory and patients”. Akseli Hemminki, University of Helsinki, Finland

      15.15-15.45 “Matritools: a collection of open access methods to study the matrisome in the omics era”. Valerio Izzi, University of Oulu, Finland

      15.45-16.00 General discussion and concluding remarks

On behalf of organizing committee

Ruwandi Abeysekara, Saurabh Singh Dhakar, Johanna Helenius

Chairpersons, BCO 2025