Dear all,

Happy New Year to everyone! The Kontinkangas Research Seminar series continues!

Below you will find the preliminary programme for the Spring 2026 Kontinkangas Research Seminars and other events. The programme will be updated, and more speakers will be announced later!

This year's first seminar is on January 29 at 15:15-16:00 in lecture hall FP117, given by Prof. Frank Tüttelmann, Director of the Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster, Germany. The title of his seminar is: "Male infertility genomics: how far are we at the beginning of 2026?" More information about his research and publications can be found here: https://www.medizin.uni-muenster.de/en/cmg/institute-of-reproductive-genetic... Hosted by Associate Professor Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen.

Welcome everybody! No registration required!

Coffee is served during networking session 20 min before the presentation time.

Field-specific credits can be earned according to UniOGS recommendations (attendance at scientific seminars for 10 hours = 0.5 ECTS). If you would like to arrange separate discussions with the speaker, please contact teija.luoto@oulu.fimailto:teija.luoto@oulu.fi, who will help schedule a meeting.

Organized by Biocenter Oulu and Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme.

Kontinkangas Research Seminars and other events Tentative programme Spring 2026 Time and venue Speaker(s) Title January 29 15:15 -16:00 P117 Frank Tüttelmann Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster

Male infertility genomics: how far are we beginning of 2026? February 12 15:15 -16:00 F202 Xiangchun Xuan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University

Topic TBA February 26 15:15 -16:00 H1091 Teemu Ihalainen Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University Topic TBA March 12 Biocenter Oulu Day

Separate Programme March 19 15:15 -16:00 F202 Mikko Myllymäki Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki

Topic TBA

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