Ilona Rissanen, University of Helsinki Molecular architecture of hantaviruses: keys to infection and virus neutralization Host: Sisko Tauriainen.

Henri Xhaard, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki 10-year retrospective of the Computational Drug Discovery group at the Faculty [...]

Prof. Janine Erler, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Host: Johanna Ivaska (johanna.ivaska@utu.fi)

Annukka Pietikäinen, University of Turku Pathogenesis and diagnostics of Lyme borreliosis Host: Jukka Hytönen.

Coffee/tea and snack available before the talks The two speakers: Guido Serini (University of Torino Medical School) Title of talk: "Mechanisms of β1 integrin activation [...]

Tomas Strandin, University of Helsinki The role of endothelial cells in hantavirus pathogenesis. Host: Pekka Kolehmainen

Prof. Erav Elinav, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Host: Eveliina Munukka (laevmu@utu.fi)

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Jari Nuutila, Päivi Jalava-Karvinen, University of Turku and University Hospital Turku Flow cytometry in infection diagnostics. Host: Sisko Tauriainen.

Csilla Sipeky: Aggressive prostate cancer: from genetic basis to clinical translation Pauliina Hartiala: Lymfactin trial - Combined adenoviral VEGF-C and lymph node transfer treatment for [...]

Saila Koivusalo Heterogenous gestational diabetes and other findings from recent studies Host: Kirsi Laitinen (kirsi.laitinen@utu.fi) Coffee and cookies served at 12.00 *** Saila Koivusalo is [...]

Dr. Yu Shrike Zhang, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA Host: Hongbo Zhang (hongbo.zhang@abo.fi)

Dr Astrid Gall, Ensembl Outreach Officer, European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) Organiser: EMBL-EBI, CompLifeSci research programme and Biocity Turku CompLifeSci course [...]

Preliminary program can be found here 8.30 Coffee 8.45 Welcome and opening Rector Kalervo Väänänen Rector Igor Narkevich Vice Rector Niklas Sandler Session 1: Biological drugs [...]

Prof. Beat Imhof, University of Geneva, Switzerland Host: Sirpa Jalkanen (sirpa.jalkanen@utu.fi)

In Arje Scheinin Auditorium, Dentalia 2nd floor Prof. Arben Merkoçi, Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, Barcelona, Spain Host: Johan Bobacka (jbobacka@abo.fi) Arben Merkoçi is [...]

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Lifespan Research Program Seminar Prof. Ole N. Jensen, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK Studies of post-translational modifications by mass [...]

Claire Edwards The role of the bone microenvironment in cancer-induced bone disease Host: Johanna Tuomela ( jomitu@utu.fi ) Coffee sponsored by Aurexel Life Sciences at [...]

Welcome words by the Dean, coffee, cake and sparkling wine. Music by Aura Brass Band in Medisiina D lobby Opening programme (in Finnish) on Monday, [...]