Welcome to the Northern Highlights of Biotech and Health seminar!

Time: Thursday 3rd October 2013, at 9-12 am Place: Lecture hall A101, Medical campus of University of Oulu, Aapistie 7A

The seminar is organized by the Working Life and Business Skills for PhDshttp://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/skillsforphds -ESF-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. The seminar will cover topics from 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@01CEB5ED.7CC73630]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, City of Oulu 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 10.30-10.50 TBA (Printed intelligence) Project representative 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

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