Annika Meinander, Åbo Akademi University Ubiquitin signalling in intestinal inflammation - using Drosophila as a model to study chronic inflammation and host-microbe interactions

Turku Cancer Research Society & Western Cancer Centre FICAN West celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Turku Cancer Research Society Minisymposium in the afternoon & dinner [...]

Prof. Merja Penttilä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland Synthetic biology - powering bioeconomy Host: Paula Mulo (pmulo@utu.fi) Merja Penttilä has been a [...]

Prof. Mark Sansom, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK Membrane protein interactions and function viewed by molecular simulations Host: Parthiban Marimuthu (Parthiban.Marimuthu@abo.fi) Mark Sansom [...]

Anni Saralahti, University of Tampere Using the zebrafish model to study host-pathogen interactions in pneumococcal infection

Prof. Johannes Eble, University of Münster, Germany Neuropilin-1 is a novel target for snake venoms with distinct functions on different types of vasculature. Host: Jyrki [...]

Kari Kurppa Treatment-induced dormancy in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer Maria Haanpää Breast cancer susceptibility  

Dr. Anne-Claude Gavin, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Lipid metabolism: connecting the dots Host: Karolina Pavic (karolina.pavic@utu.fi) Anne-Claude Gavin studied biology/biochemistry at the University of Geneva, achieving [...]

Erkko Ylösmäki, University of Helsinki TBA

Turku Biomaterials Days and JSPS ACF Activity Seminar 2019 Biomaterials in cellular and tissue microenvironments Further information here Registration by October 15th https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/turku_biomaterials_days_2019

Johanna Lempainen, University of Turku Neonatal screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency

Prof. Yvan Saeys, Inflammation Research Center, VIB-UGent, Belgium Machine learning challenges for single-cell omics data Host: Tomi Suomi (tomi.suomi@utu.fi) Yvan Saeys is associate professor of [...]

Dr. Andrew South, Jefferson College of Life Sciences, Philadelphia, USA Signatures of Mutation in Squamous Cell Carcinoma Host: Veli-Matti Kähäri (velkah@utu.fi ) Andrew South is [...]

Marie Nyman, University of Turku Expression and role of decorin in human epithelial cancers - with special reference to bladder, colon and vulva carcinomas.

Emilia Peuhu Mechanotransduction in the mammary gland Juha Ranti Immune reconstitution and evolution of donor chimerism after allo-HSCT, effect on post-transplant outcomes  

Dr. Jing Tang, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki Network pharmacology approaches for functional precision medicine Dr. Vilja Siitonen, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science [...]

Jussi Sane, National Institute for Health and Welfare Epidemiology of vector-borne infections in Finland-yesterday, today and tomorrow

Prof. Jukka Corander, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway How do bacterial populations evolve in reality? Some answers and their applications to vaccine optimization Host: Jaana [...]

Kamlesh Gidwani A generic concept towards truly diagnostic cancer biomarkers Malin Åkerfelt Organotypic cancer models for target validation and drug discovery  

Lifespan of the immune system – from basic education to curing the cancer Immune response is essential for host defense to microbes, environmental triggers, ourselves [...]