Dear all,
Today, 17.11., is the LAST DAY to register for the FibroHealth Symposium taking place on 19.11.2025!
The event will take place at Technopolis Peltola in Oulu AND online.
Once again, Oulu will host top-notch scientific presentations at the FibroHealth Symposium, featuring outstanding speakers, posters, and sponsors, culminating with a symposium dinner to close the event. Book your seat now!
When: 19.11.2025
Location: Technopolis Peltola, Yrttipellontie 1, 90230, Oulu, Finland,
and online
NOTE: Registration for the dinner has closed, but you can still register for the symposium until November 17.
Programme
08:30-08:55 Registration and coffee (Auditorium Yrttipellontie 1)
08:55-09:00 Welcome (organizers)
New Frontiers in Metabolic Research and Patient Perspectives
09:00-09:30 DNA methylation studies on human aging and cardiovascular health
by Associate Professor (Docent), Sara Hägg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
09:30-10:00 Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue Metabolism as Key Regulator of Osteoarthritis Bone Biology
by Dr. Jeroen Geurts, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
10:00-10:40 Coffee & posters, sponsors' stands
10:40-11:00 GLP-1 – An Incretin from Bench to Bedside: Transforming Obesity Treatment
by PhD. Ghulam Raza, University of Oulu
11:00-11:20 Distinct mitochondrial responses upon bariatric surgery and calorie limitation
by Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Birgitta van der Kolk, University of Helsinki
11:20-11:40 Emerging concepts on the role of brown fat in shaping systemic metabolism
by Docent, Mueez U-Din, University of Turku
11:40-12:00 Patient story by Jenny Hurtola
12:00-13:15 Lunch at own cost in Lunch Restaurant Myrsky & Annual autumn meetings of FASO, FCB, and FBS (meeting rooms)
Integration of Cell and Bone Biology in the Obesity Research and Drug Development
13:15-13:35 3D white adipocyte cell culture models
by PhD. Juulia Lautaoja-Kivipelto, University of Oulu
13:35-13:55 Extracellular vesicles from adipose tissue and their role in adipose-liver communication in MASLD
by PhD. Johanna Matilainen, University of Helsinki
13:55-14:15 Bone marrow fat and its effect on bone cells
by PhD, Adjunct professor (docent), Kaisa Ivaska, University of Turku
14:15-14:25 Sponsor speech by BioGenium Microsystems
14:25-15:15 Coffee & posters, sponsors' stands
Next-Gen Science: Young Researchers Shaping the Future
15:15-15:35 Remodeling the Adipose Vasculature: How Obesity Impairs Capillary Networks
by PhD., Docent, Sinem Karaman, University of Helsinki
15:35-15:50 Abstract talk 1: USP10 Regulates Adipocyte Differentiation: Implications for Obesity and Hypoxia-Related Pathways, by PhD
Kateryna Kubaichuk
15:50-16:05 Abstract talk 2: Uterine fibrillar collagen accumulation varies throughout the estrous cycle and provides a scaffold for label-free, 3D uterine gland visualization via the SHG-Casting method, by PhD
Audrey Savolainen
16:05-16:20 Abstract talk 3: Lower blood cell mitochondrial DNA amount associates with higher all-cause mortality and aging: a 30-year prospective epidemiological study, by MD
Attila Sebe
16:20-16:35 FASO doctoral thesis award presentation 2024
16:35-16:40 Final conclusions (organizers)
19:00- Conference dinner at restaurant Veranta and the Young Investigator Prize
Registration for the dinner has closed.
Organizers and Sponsors
The symposium is organized in collaboration by the University of Oulu Fibrobesity program, the Finnish Association for the Study of Obesity (FASO), the Finnish Society for Cell Biologists, and the Finnish Bone Society (FBS).
The symposium is sponsored by AH Diagnostic, Berner, BioGenium Microsystems, BioNordika, Nordic Biosite, Triolab, and Vinglab. Come and meet the sponsors during coffee breaks!
Welcome to participate!
On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Essi Erkkilä