Welcome to the event “Future Directions of Medicine and Health Technology”  in Oulu on November 26^th from 9.30 - 16.00 in Technopolis Peltola,  meeting room Silfvan, Yrttipellontie 1 Oulu.

The joint event between the  GeneCellNano Flagship, the 6G Flagship and the 6G-enabled sustainable society (6GESS) programme will be a great opportunity to network and collaborate in addition to the exciting presentations, lab visits and panel discussions. 

Registration is now open!

Reserve your place here by 11th of November.

Programme

09:30-10:25 Session 1 Biomedical Research

Chair: Valerio Izzi, University of Oulu, GeneCellNano

• Opening - Prof. Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Director of GeneCellNano Flagship and Prof. Ari Pouttu, Director of 6G Flagship
• Prof. Seppo Vainio, Vice Director of GeneCellNano, University of Oulu: How Could We Envision Putative Synergies Between the Flagships GeneCellNano and 6G Medical Vertical
• Saara Laitinen, Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, GeneCellNano: Extracellular vesicles - what we know today and emerging insights
• Nihay Laham Karam, University of Eastern Finland, GeneCellNano: Novel viral vectors for gene therapy

10:25-10:55 Coffee and networking

10:55 -12:00 Session 2 Enabling Technology

Chair: Mariella Särestöniemi, 6GESS, University of Oulu

• Caglar Elbuken, University of Oulu, GeneCellNano: Next generation biosensors.
• Erkki Harjula, University of Oulu, 6G/6GESS: Future Hospital Networks
• Teemu Myllylä, University of Oulu, 6G/6GESS: Towards 6G wearable brain function diagnostics
• Johannes Kettunen, Biocenter Oulu and Lauri Eklund, Biocenter Oulu, GeneCellNano: Local and National Supporting Infrastructure

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.00 Panel discussion: Science politics and the future of Flagships

Panelists:

• Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Director of GeneCellNano Flagship, University of Eastern Finland
• Ari Pouttu, Director of 6G Flagship, University of Oulu
• Peppi Karppinen, Dean of Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, GeneCellNano
• TBA

Moderator: Simo Saarakkala, Director of 6GESS, University of Oulu

14.00-14.20  Lab tour Information and transfer to Kontinkangas campus

14.20-16.00  Lab tour in groups (OYS TestLab, Mittlab test laboratory)

On behalf of the organizing committee

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Susanna Kaisto, PhD

Research Manager, GeneCellNano Flagship Oulu Coordinator

University of Oulu | Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine  

Disease Networks Research Unit | Developmental Biology Laboratory
Aapistie 5A | P.O. Box 5000 |  90014 Oulu University | Finland
+358 50 3442882 | susanna.kaisto(at)oulu.fi  | susanna.kaisto(at)uef.fi

www.oulu.fi | www.uef.fi/aivi | https://www.genecellnano.fi/

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