Mitonet -Mitochondrial Research by young scientists in Scandinavia and the Baltics

Wednesday the 19th of November, 2014

organizers:       Reetta Hinttala, Department of Pediatrics and Alexander Kastaniotis, FBMM, University of Oulu

location:            F202, Aapistie 5A

9:00 Alexander Kastaniotis, University of Oulu: opening words

9:05 Heikki Rasilainen, Nordic Biosite: “What kind of Products can NBS offer to Mitochondria Research and how can you find them”

9:10 Joachim Gerholt, University of Tartu, Estonia/Helen Cooper, Åbo Akademi, Finland: "The Role of the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane in Nucleoid Maintenance"

9:35 Sjoerd Wanrooij, University of Umeå, Sweden: "The mitochondrial DNA replication fork on oxidative damaged DNA"

10:00 Jaakko Pohjoismäki, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu: "The causes and consequences of mtDNA replication stalling"

10:25 exhibition together with coffee and pulla by Nordic Biosite 

10:50 Reetta Hinttala, University of Oulu, Finland: “Functional studies on genetic causes of severe neurological disorders of childhood”

11:15 Henna Tyynismaa, University of Helsinki, Finland: “Next-generation sequencing in axon degeneration diseases”

11:40 Eric Dufour, University of Tampere, Finland :"New insights on the regulation of mitophagy"

12:05 Closing remarks