BCO Day 2015: Personalized Medicine: Hype or Hope?

SESSION 1

Chaired by Minna Kihlström

9.00-9.05

Opening remarks Minna Kihlström, Chair of the BCO Day Organizing Committee, Biocenter Oulu

9.05-9.15

Welcome words Prof. Johanna Myllyharju, Scientific Director of Biocenter Oulu

9.15-9.20

Welcome words Prof. Seppo Vainio, Director of Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme

9.20-9.25

Sponsor time

Marja-Leena Hellman and Eveliina Ihanus/AH Diagnostics

9.25-10.05

“The foundations of Nano medicine” Prof. Kenneth A. Dawson Centre for BioNano Interactions, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

10.05-10.45

“Personalized medicine and virtualized drug development” Prof. Dr. Hans Lehrach Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany

10.45-10.50

Sponsor time

Marko Sankala/Sigma-Aldrich

10.50-11.30

Coffee at the exhibition area (40 min)

SESSION 2

Chaired by Karim Ullah

11.30-11.35

Sponsor time

Mirja Heinonen/BioNordika

11.35-12.15

“Defining the Genetic Architecture of Dyslipidemia that Contribute to Premature Coronary Heart Disease” Prof. Carol C. Shoulders Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

12.15-12.55

“Cysts, lectins and endothelia – novel approaches to polycystic kidney diseases” Dr. Paul Winyard Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK

12.55-13.00

Sponsor time

Terry Sunderlund/BD Biosciences

13.00-14.30

Lunch break and exhibition (1 h 30 min)

SESSION 3

Chaired by Zarin Zainul

14.30-14.35

Sponsor time

Risto Ranta/Biotop

14.35-15.15

“Research potential offered by clinical biobanks – the Finnish approach” Prof. Tarja Laitinen Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

15.15-15.55

“Towards individually optimized cancer therapies” Prof. Olli Kallioniemi Institute of Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki, Finland

15.55-16.45

Panel discussion: “Personalized Medicine: Hype or Hope?” Moderator: Minna Kihlström

16.45-17.00

General discussion and concluding remarks