Past Events
March 2018
07
Mar
MIKRO seminars: Switching dynamics of MRSA - from healthcare to community
Jaana Vuopio, University of Turku Host: to be announced
02
Mar
BioCity Guest Seminar: Coral reefs - why they are vanishing and the photosynthesis connection
Prof. Tony Larkum, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Host: Eva-Mari Aro (evaaro@utu.fi) Coffee/tea and sandwhich is served at 11:45 Early work of Prof. Larkum [...]
February 2018
28
Feb
MIKRO seminars: Bat rabies in Turku area
Tiina Nokireki, Finnish Food Safety Authority Host: Tytti Vuorinen
22
Feb
LIFESPAN and Receptor programme seminar: Ulrik Gether and Volker Eulenberg
BioCity research programme seminar, organized jointly by LIFESPAN and Receptor Programme and Turku Brain and Mind Center Prof. Ulrik Gether, University of Copenhagen The [...]
20
Feb
SmartBIO seminar: Chrystal structure of cyanobacterial, algal and plant PSI supercomplexes
Prof. Nathan Nelson, Tel Aviv University, Israel Host: Eva-Mari Aro Prof Nathan Nelson has five decades experience from research and teaching. Nelson's work has [...]
15
Feb
SmartBIO seminar: Shaping next generation aminoglycoside antibiotics for treatment of multidrug-resistant diseases
Prof. David Crich, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, US Host: Reko Leino (reko.leino@abo.fi) The aminoglycoside antibiotics (AGAs) are listed by the WHO as one [...]
07
Feb
MIKRO seminars: Genomics services available for biomedical research at FFGC
Minna Niemelä, Turku Centre for Biotechnology Host: Raine Toivonen
01
Feb
Lifespan seminar: Closed loop insulin therapy – current state of the art and future prospects
Carlo Acerini, University of Cambridge, UK Host: Jorma Toppari ( jorma.toppari@utu.fi )
January 2018
31
Jan
CANCELLED: MIKRO seminars: Single-cell transcriptomics and T cell fate decisions
This seminar is cancelled Tapio Lönnberg, Turku Centre for Biotechnology Host: Raine Toivonen
December 2017
21
Dec
FoS: Development of imaging and therapy of cancer by targeting integrin alpha-v beta-6
Prof. John Marshall, Barts Cancer Institute, London, UK
15
Dec
Special Seminar: Exploring the role of regulatory RNAs in skin cancer
Associate Prof. Andor Pivarcsi Center for Molecular Medicine, Unit of Dermatology, Karolinska Institutet Host: Veli-Matti Kähäri (velkah@utu.fi) Andor Pivarcsi is associate professor in experimental dermatology [...]
14
Dec
Turku Cancer Research Society’s Christmas Seminar
You are warmly welcome to the Turku Cancer Research Society's Christmas Seminar! Topic of the seminar will be colorectal cancer and we have speakers presenting [...]
13
Dec
MIKRO seminars: Hepatitis E virus in Finland in pigs and humans
MIKRO Seminars of Infection Biology and Infectious Diseases Tuija Kantala, University of Turku Host: Matti Waris
12
Dec
Special Seminar: Vitamin B3 as a promising treatment option for diseases characterized with mitochondrial dysfunction
Lifespan research program seminar: Adjunct Professor Eija Pirinen, Research Program for Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki Host: Eriika Savontaus Coffee/tea and cookies will be served [...]
01
Dec
Special Seminar: Prolyl oligopeptidase (PREP) - a novel regulator for PP2A
Adjunct Prof. Timo Myöhänen, Drug Research Program, University of Helsinki Host: Jukka Westermarck Timo Myöhänen got his PhD (Pharmacology) in 2008 at University of Kuopio, [...]
November 2017
30
Nov
FoS: Understanding gonadal development and function: what we can learn from transcription studies
Prof. Robert Viger, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
29
Nov
MIKRO: Gut microbes in the prevention and onset of metabolic disorders
Anniina Rintala, University of Turku Host: Jaana Vuopio
28
Nov
Special Seminar: Targeted disruption of NOS-I PDZ interactions using viral gene transfer: Implications for psychiatric disorders
Florian Freudenberg, Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Frankfurt University Hospital Host: Michael Courtney
23
Nov
FoS: Causes and consequences of chromosomal instability in cancer
Prof. Duane A. Compton, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, USA
16
Nov
FoS: Primary immunodeficiency: New understandings and new treatments
Prof. Andrew Cant, Institute of Cellular Medicine, University of Newcastle, UK