SYS-LIFE Seminar Day: History and perspectives of cardiometabolic and brain research in Turku
23rd January at 09:00
Onsite event
in Osmo Järvi lecture hall, Medisiina B_C
SYS-LIFE postdoctoral programme organises a half-day seminar about the magnificent history and novel perspectives of cardiometabolic and brain research in Turku in January. The seminar is open for all interested.
Programme
8.30 Morning coffee in the lobby
8.55 Opening words – Markus Juonala, SYS-LIFE Director
9.00 Background of Young Finns Study (YFS) and Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP) – Jorma Viikari, Professor Emeritus
9.45 Clinical research projects in Heart Centre – Juhani Airaksinen, Professor Emeritus
10.30 Advanced Imaging in Cardiovascular Diseases – Juhani Knuuti, Professor, Director
11.15 Neuroscience research in Turku – yesterday, today and tomorrow – Hasse Karlsson, Professor Emeritus
12.00 Discussion
The event is open for all interested students and staff members.
> Register for the seminary by 16 January
SYS-LIFE, Systemic Approaches to Improve Cardiometabolic and Brain Health during Lifespan is Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral programme cofunded by University of Turku and European union (project 101126611) in 2023–2028. SYS-LIFE supports excellent international early and mid-career stage researchers by providing 22 three-year bottom-up project grants in cardiometabolic and brain research, complemented with training and possibility for secondments outside academia. SYS-LIFE partners include Turku University Hospital, Business Turku, Siemens Healthineers and Ghent University.