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Welcome to the Northern Highlights of Biotech and Health seminar!

Time: Thursday 3rd October 2013, at 9-12 Place: Lecture hall A101, Medical campus of University of Oulu, Aapistie 7A No registration.

The seminar is organized by the Working Life and Business Skills for PhDshttp://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/skillsforphds project, Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programmehttp://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/doctoral-programme and Biocenter Ouluhttp://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/.

Northern Highlights of Biotech and Health seminar gives you a great opportunity to hear the latest news in life science and clinical laboratory medicine in the Oulu region. Topics: biotechnology and its applications in clinical medicine, drug development, printed intelligence and food safety, and university-industry collaboration. Come and meet people from business development organizations, biotech companies, clinical laboratories, and research and educational organizations!

The event is part of the European Biotech Weekhttp://www.biotechweek.org/ which celebrates biotechnology, an innovative and vibrant sector [cid:image005.jpg@01CEBDE9.B834F0F0]launched by the discovery of the DNA molecule 60 years ago.

PROGRAM

9.00 Welcome 9.05-9.20 Oulu Life Science Mari Leppilampi, BusinessOulu 9.20-9.45 Laboratory medicine at the interface between modern bioscience and the clinic Leila Risteli, NordLab 9.45-10.10 NordLab - Laboratory medicine opportunities in Northern Finland Tommi Vaskivuo, NordLab 10.10-10.30 Coffee break 10.30-10.50 Printed intelligence and applications in bioanalytics Marja Nissinen, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, BioPrint project 10.50-11.10 Food safety - Safe food requires know-how Riitta Laitinen, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Food Safety Cluster 11.10-11.30 High-quality tailor-made services for preclinical ADME-tox Minna Komu, Admescope Ltd 11.30-11.50 Academic-Industry collaboration: Example of University of Oulu and FibroGen Inc. Johanna Myllyharju, Biocenter Oulu 11.50-12.00 Closing remarks Ritva Saastamoinen, Biocenter Oulu

For further information, please contact: Katja Riipinen, Working Life and Business Skills for PhDs, katja.riipinen(at)oulu.fimailto:katja.riipinen@oulu.fi

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Katja Riipinen, PhD Project Manager Working Life and Business Skills for PhDs -ESF-project (2011-2014)

Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu Mailing address: P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland Street address: Aapistie 5A, 90220 Oulu [Omena]Tel. Int. 486058, Ext. 0294 486058 Tel. +358 294 486058 katja.riipinen(at)oulu.fimailto:katja.riipinen@oulu.fi www.oulu.fi/biocenter/skillsforphdshttp://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/skillsforphds