Training announcement

Finnish Biobanks Aiding Fundamental Biomedical & Clinical Researchhttp://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/Program%20of%20the%20BB-course%2019-20_11_2018%20version%2026_10_2018_0.pdf

Organizer: Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme, University of Oulu Biocenter Oulu and Borealis Biobank of Northern Finland (BB) & FinBB

Time: 19-20.11.2018, Oulu University Medical School, Aapistie 5 Lecture hall: F101 (19.11.) and F202 (20.11.) Credits: 0.5 study points Registration until Nov 13 here >>https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/B2C79579D44C49B4.par

Link to programme in PDF-format >>http://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/Program%20of%20the%20BB-course%2019-20_11_2018%20version%2026_10_2018_0.pdf

Monday 19.11.2018

09.00-09.10 Welcome and opening words by Seppo Vainio 09.10.09.20 University of Oulu greetings by Vice Rector Taina Pihlajaniemi

Session I. Value of the biobanks in medicine - Chair: Seppo Vainio 09.20-09.45 Marco Hautalahti: The Finnish biobank cluster FinBB and the European BBMRI 09.45-10.10 Anu Jalanko: National biobank effort - Finngen 10.10-10.40 Joakim Dillner: National and international collaboration via the biobanks 10.40-11.10 Sirpa Soini: The law and order in the biobank activities 10.10-11.30 Minna Mäkiniemi: Biobanks, the university hospitals and the ethical aspects

11.30-12.30 Lunch break & interactions:

Session II: Biobanks and Finnish neuro-, cancer and genome centers - Chair: Pia Nyberg 12.30-12.50 Ville Leinonen: Prospects in Neuroscience 12.50-13.10 Arto Mannermaa: The emerging Genome center 13.10-13.30 Jussi Koivunen: FICAN - the Finnish Cancer Center

13.30-13.50 Coffee, tea and interactions

Session III: Cohorts and biobanks - Chair: Heljä-Marja Surcel 13.50-14.00 Sylvain Sebert: Introduction to cohort studies * 14.00-14.45 Vincent Jaddoe: The European birth cohort network * 14.45-15.05 Tiina Wahlfors: Finnish Red Cross biobanks 15.05-15.30 Riitta Veijola: National cohorts to study diabetes 15.30-15.55 Minna Ruddock: Northern Finland Birth cohorts 15.55-16.15 Heljä-Marja Surcel: Finnish Maternity Cohort (FMC) and Finnish registries 16.15-16.40 Johanna Uusimaa: Clinical research resources at the MRC Oulu: patient cohorts, samples and infrastructure * (Joint programme with the course: Study design, Data processing and Epidemiologyhttp://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/HBS-DP%20Life-course%20Epidemiology%20_2.pdf)

Summary of the biobank day and closing Seppo Vainio

Dinner for the speakers 19-

Tuesday 20.11.2018

08.30-09.00 Coffee, tea and interactions

Session IV: Biobanks in practice - Chair: Tiina Pekkala 09.00-09.20 Juha Näpänkangas: Digital pathology and the biobanks 09.20-09.40 Pia Nyberg: Borealis in the arena of the Finnish biobanks 09.40-10.00 Eila Suvanto: Case studies with the biobanks samples 10.00-10.20 Lila Kallio: Auria Biobank - from discovery to feasibility studies 10.20-10.40 Johannes Kettunen: The genetics and the genome level BIG data in FinnGen 10.40-11.00 Antti Karlsson: Big (?) data analysis in healthcare

11.00-12.00 Lunch break and interactions

Session V: Biobanks and the health care digital era - Chair: Juha Röning 12.00-12.20 Marko Pylkkänen: The digital world of the Oulu University Hospital 12.20-12.50 Tarja Laitinen: The biobank related data hubs and the data lakes 12.50-13.20 Juha Röning: Can we be safe in the digital worlds - the ethics of the digits ? 13.20-13.45 Jussi Hiltunen: Visions for mass produced bioelectronics and biosensors 13.45-14.10 Tapio Seppänen: Digital medicine on site, in the body and in remote

Summary of the biobank days and closing Seppo Vainio

Best wishes, Mirja

------------------------------------------------------------ Mirja Peltola, PhD Coordinator Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programmehttp://www.oulu.fi/uniogs/dp/hbsdp

P.O.Box 5000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland (Aapistie 5A, Room 473B)

Tel: (+358) 0294 485447 Email: mirja.peltola @ oulu.fimailto:mirja.peltola@oulu.fi -----------------------------------------------------------