________________________________ Lähettäjä: bilsa-bounces@lists.oulu.fi bilsa-bounces@lists.oulu.fi käyttäjän puolestaRitva Saastamoinen ritva.saastamoinen@oulu.fi Lähetetty: 11. maaliskuuta 2015 8:08:15 Vastaanottaja: bco@lists.oulu.fi; 'fbmm@lists.oulu.fi'; ltkhkunta@lists.oulu.fi; ltkopettajat@oulu.fi; 'mrcoulujatkot@lists.oulu.fi'; denttarit@lists.oulu.fi; Biology PhD students; Biology Lists (bilsa@lists.oulu.fi); uniogs@oulu.fi Aihe: [Bilsa] Biocenter Oulu Day 2015: Personalized Medicine: Hype or Hope? - March 19

BCO Day 2015: Personalized Medicine: Hype or Hope? Time: Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 9.00 until 17.00 Place: Auditorium 101A in the Main Building of the Medical Campus, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Chairpersons: Minna Kihlström, Karim Ullah and Zarin Zainul

The full programme of the day is also available at http://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/BCODay2015_programme.pdf. Everyone is welcome to hear the talks by distinguished invited speakers and a panel discussion on a timely topic!

Programme

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

*************************************** Ritva Saastamoinen, PhD, Docent Biocenter Oulu Doctoral Programme Coordinator Adjunct associate professor

Biocenter Oulu PL 5000 (Aapistie 5a) FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland

Tel: (+358) 0294 48 6102 ritva.saastamoinen(at)oulu.fi http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter/doctoral-programme ***************************************