BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:925@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261210T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261210T130000 DTSTAMP:20260922T143910Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-thomas-helled ay/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Thomas Helleday DESCRIPTION:10th December at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium \, BioCity\nAutumn 2026 poster\n\nProf. Thomas Helleday\, Karolinska Insti tutet\, Sweden\nTargeting cancer by oncogenic trapping: From bench to clin ical trials\n\nHost: Jukka Westermarck (jukka.westermarck@utu.fi)\n\nCoffe e and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have lunch and d iscuss with Prof. Helleday after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connections f or future. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunc h.\n\nIf you got interested in joining the lunch\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi\n\n \;\n\nThomas Helleday is a Professor o f Chemical Biology in Karolinska Institutet\, Sweden. In his research\, he is focusing on exploiting the weaknesses of cancer cells in DNA repair an d altered metabolism. His research group uses genetic tools and develops p robes to study identified target proteins more closely. By selectively inh ibiting DNA repair or proteins that are crucial for the growth of cancer c ells\, the researchers tailor new treatment methods against cancer.\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nSelected publications\n\nMortusewicz O\, Haslam J\, Gad H\, Helled ay T. Uracil-induced replication stress drives mutations\, genome instabil ity\, anti-cancer treatment efficacy\, and resistance. Mol Cell. 2025 May 15\;85(10):1897-1906\n\nGreen AC\, Marttila P\, Kiweler N\, …\, Sandberg L\, Frödin M\, Moussay E\, Slipicevic A\, Letellier E\, Paggetti J\, Sø rensen CS\, Helleday T\, Henriksson M\, Meiser J. Formate overflow drives toxic folate trapping in MTHFD1 inhibited cancer cells. Nat Metab. 2023 Ap r\;5(4):642-659.\n\nMarklund M\, Schultz N\, Friedrich S\, Berglund E\, Ta rish F\, Tanoglidi A\, Liu Y\, Bergenstråhle L\, Erickson A\, Helleday T\ , Lamb AD\, Sonnhammer E\, Lundeberg J. Spatio-temporal analysis of prosta te tumors in situ suggests pre-existence of treatment-resistant clones. Na t Commun. 2022 Sep 17\;13(1):5475\n\nMichel M\, Benítez-Buelga C\, Calvo PA\, …\, Vilotijevic I\, Kalderén C\, Osorio A\, Perona R\, Stolz A\, S tenmark P\, Berglund UW\, de Vega M\, Helleday T. Small-molecule activatio n of OGG1 increases oxidative DNA damage repair by gaining a new function. Science. 2022 Jun 24\;376(6600):1471-1476\n\n \;\n\nGeneral informati on\n\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in t he audience.\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate o f attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars (BKEM1020\; UTU)\, prin t out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/\n Please note t hat any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Autumn 2026 image credits to Samuel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluorescent staining of the mouse retina. Image acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk w ith 10x objective.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/helle day-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:908@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261210T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261211T170000 DTSTAMP:20260910T074032Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/fat-in-focus-finland-2026/ SUMMARY:Fat in Focus Finland 2026 DESCRIPTION:10th-11th Decemeber\nOnsite event\nin Haartman Lecture Hall (T- hospital\, TYKS)\n\nFat in Focus Finland 2026 (FFF2026)\nA Symposium on Bu ilding a National Platform for Adipose Tissue Research Methods\n\nFat in F ocus Finland 2026 is a scientific meeting focused on methodologies for stu dying adipose tissue biology\, metabolism and function. The meeting brings together Finnish researchers working on brown\, white and bone marrow adi pose tissue using diverse approaches\, including clinical studies\, human physiology\, in vivo imaging\, cell and spheroid models\, organ-on-chip sy stems\, preclinical models\, omics\, fluxomics and data science.\n\nThe re gistration to the event is now open!\nhttps://sites.utu.fi/fff2026/en/regi stration/\n\nFat in Focus Finland 2026 offers an opportunity to share meth odological expertise\, identify possibilities for collaboration\, and deve lop new ideas for national\, Nordic and European research initiatives. The meeting is intended for researchers\, clinicians\, PhD students\, postdoc s and research professionals interested in adipose tissue metabolism\, obe sity\, diabetes\, metabolic health\, imaging\, molecular biology\, physiol ogy and computational life sciences.\n\nPreliminary programme and registra tion in https://sites.utu.fi/fff2026/en/\nFor further information\, please contact the organising committee fff2026@utu.fi\n\nThe event is free of c harge\, welcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/fff20 26thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:948@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261202T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261202T150000 DTSTAMP:20260910T071357Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-kekalai nen/ SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar\, Kekalainen DESCRIPTION:2nd December at 14:15-15:00\nHybrid event\nin Lauren 1\, Medisi ina D\nAutumn 2026 program\n\nElisha Kekalainen\, Department of Bacteriolo gy and Immunology\, University of Helsinki\nHaploinsufficiency of IKZF2 (H elios) causes immunodeficiency with signs of immune dysregulation\n\nThe s eminars will be held in Zoom (https://utu.zoom.us/j/61507745698) and on si te at Medisiina D on Wednesdays at 13:15-14.00. Student credits can be col lected from this seminar. If you have any questions regarding attending or the seminar itself\, do not hesitate to contact Sujit Kumar (sujit.kumar@ utu.fi) or Janina Heiskanen (janina.e.heiskanen@utu.fi).\n\nYou are warmly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:955@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261126T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261126T200000 DTSTAMP:20260910T073040Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/tcrs-christmas-seminar-2/ SUMMARY:TCRS Christmas Seminar DESCRIPTION:26th November at 15:00-20:00\nOnsite event\nplace TBA\n\nThe Tu rku Cancer Research Society (TCRS) would like to invite all its members an d university cancer researchers to our traditional Christmas seminar. Scie ntific researchers\, students and physicians... all are welcome!\n\nWe wi ll soon open the call for nominations for the 2026 TCRS Best Doctoral Thes is Award.\n\nWe wish also that you will renew your membership or become a member of Turku Cancer Research Society by paying the 15€ (10€ for BSc \, MSc and medical students) annual membership fee on the Society’s bank account\, preferably by 30.11.2026.\nAccount: FI7612093000051335\nReceive r: Turun Syöpätutkijat ry\nReference: your name and email\n\nMore inform ation about the even from Gabriela Martínez (gabriela.chacon@utu.fi) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/turku -cancaer-research-society.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:872@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261126T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261126T130000 DTSTAMP:20260922T143855Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/fontiers-of-science-prof-maria-sibilia/ SUMMARY:Fontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia DESCRIPTION:26th November at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium \, BioCity\nAutumn 2026 poster\n\nProf. Maria Sibilia\, Medical University of Vienna\, Austria\nThe tumor microenvironment and different cell types in malignant progression\n\nHost: Johanna Ivaska (joivaska@utu.fi)\n\nCoff ee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSi x PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have lunch and discuss with Prof. Sibilia after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connections f or future. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunc h.\n\nIf you got interested in joining the lunch\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi\n\n \;\n\nMaria Sibilia is a molecular bio logist and has been head of the Institute of Cancer Research at the Medica l University of Vienna since 2010. Her research focuses on how the immune system interacts with and influences tumor cells. A better understanding o f the basic mechanisms involved in cancer development will enable more pre cise use of standard drug therapies. The aim of her research group is to d evelop cancer into a chronic disease in the long term.\n\n \;\n\nSelec ted publications\n\nKrauß D\, Moreno-Viedma V\, …\, Fotakis G\, Mohr T\ , Abramovich I\, Mor I\, Holcmann M\, Bergthaler A\, Haschemi A\, Trajanos ki Z\, Winkler J\, Gottlieb E\, Sibilia M. EGFR controls transcriptional a nd metabolic rewiring in KRASG12D colorectal cancer. EMBO Mol Med. 2025 Ju n\;17(6):1355-1392\n\nSanlorenzo M\, Novoszel P\, …\, Rappersberger K\, Csiszar A\, Sibilia M. Systemic IFN-I combined with topical TLR7/8 agonist s promotes distant tumor suppression by c-Jun-dependent IL-12 expression i n dendritic cells. Nat Cancer. 2025 Jan\;6(1):175-193\n\nDe Sá Fernandes C\, Novoszel P\, Gastaldi T\, Krauß D\, Lang M\, Rica R\, Kutschat AP\, H olcmann M\, Ellmeier W\, Seruggia D\, Strobl H\, Sibilia M. The histone de acetylase HDAC1 controls dendritic cell development and anti-tumor immunit y. Cell Rep. 2024 Jun 25\;43(6):114308\n\nNovoszel P\, Holcmann M\, Stulni g G\, De Sa Fernandes C\, Zyulina V\, Borek I\, Linder M\, Bogusch A\, Dro bits B\, Bauer T\, Tam-Amersdorfer C\, Brunner PM\, Stary G\, Bakiri L\, W agner EF\, Strobl H\, Sibilia M. Psoriatic skin inflammation is promoted b y c-Jun/AP-1-dependent CCL2 and IL-23 expression in dendritic cells. EMBO Mol Med. 2021 Apr 9\;13(4):e12409\n\n \;\n\nGeneral information\n\n R egistration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in the audien ce.\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attenda nce from the Frontier of Science seminars (BKEM1020\; UTU)\, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign i t https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/\n Please note that any a udio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Autumn 2 026 image credits to Samuel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluorescent staining of the mouse retina. Image acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk with 10x o bjective.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/sibil ia-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:871@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261119T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261119T130000 DTSTAMP:20260922T143841Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-gwendalyn-ran dolph/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph DESCRIPTION:19th November at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium \, BioCity\nAutumn 2026 poster\n\nProf. Gwendalyn Randolph\, WashU Medicin e\, USA\nThe 3 L’s converge: Lymphoid tissue\, lymphatics\, and lipoprot eins\n\nHost: Sirpa Jalkanen (sirjal@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have lunch and discuss with Prof. Ran dolph after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skil ls in a friendly environment and create connections for future. Everyone i s welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n\nIf you got inte rested in joining the lunch\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscie nce.fi\n\n \;\n\nGwendalyn J. Randolph is the Emil R. Unanue Distingui shed Professor in the Department of Immunology and Pathology at Washington University in St. Louis\, Missouri. Her  research focuses on the traffic king of immune cells and molecular cargo between tissues\, lymphatics\, an d distal organs\, and how these processes contribute to chronic inflammato ry disease. Her laboratory has defined how monocytes\, dendritic cells\, m acrophages\, and lipoproteins migrate through tissues and lymphatic vessel s in conditions such as atherosclerosis\, psoriasis\, Crohn’s disease\, and liver inflammation. By combining immunology\, imaging\, lineage tracin g\, and single-cell profiling approaches\, her lab has revealed mechanisms that regulate immune cell migration\, lymphatic transport\, and tissue-sp ecific macrophage specialization. More recently\, Gwendalyn Randolph’s r esearch has focused on the role of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) traffick ing in inflammation and tissue homeostasis. Her group demonstrated that ly mphatic and vascular transport pathways are critical for HDL movement betw een organs and identified a specialized form of intestine-derived HDL that protects the liver from inflammatory injury caused by microbial products. These findings provide new insight into the links between immunity\, meta bolism\, and inflammatory disease\, with potential translational applicati ons for cardiovascular\, intestinal\, and liver disorders. In parallel\, h er laboratory has trained numerous scientists who have gone on to establis h independent research laboratories worldwide.\n\n \;\n\nSelected publ ications\n\nShchukina I\, Rodriguez-Hernandez CJ\, …\, Kreisel D\, Rando lph GJ\, Artyomov MN. Inflammaging in aged tissues drives remodeling of th e CD8+ T cell compartment. Cell Rep. 2026 Apr 22\;45(5):117303\n\nKim A\, Alligood DM\, …\, Hegazy L\, Zinselmeyer BH\, Brestoff JR\, Martin CA\, Warner BW\, Elgendy B\, Randolph GJ. A Gut-Restricted Liver X Receptor Ago nist Ameliorates Liver Injury in Experimental Short Bowel Syndrome. Gastro enterology. 2026 May\;170(5):1017-1032\n\nErlich EC\, Alayo QA\, Kim A\, H an J\, Mintz RL\, Huckstep CG\, Ruiz HS\, Field RL\, Dunning TJ\, Saleh LS \, Hoofnagle MH\, Tumanov AV\, Guilak F\, Brestoff JR\, Czepielewski RS\, Randolph GJ. Distinct roles for B cell-derived LTα3 and LTα1β2 in TNF-m ediated ileitis. Nat Immunol. 2025 Oct\;26(10):1781-1793\n\nGallerand A\, Han J\, Ivanov S\, Randolph GJ. Mouse and human macrophages and their role s in cardiovascular health and disease. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2024 Dec\;3(12 ):1424-1437\n\nHan J\, Gallerand A\, Erlich EC\, …\, Finlay CM\, Allen J E\, Jakubzick CV\, Else KJ\, Onufer EJ\, Zhang N\, Randolph GJ. Human sero us cavity macrophages and dendritic cells possess counterparts in the mous e with a distinct distribution between species. Nat Immunol. 2024 Jan\;25( 1):155-165\n\n \;\n\nGeneral information\n\n Registration is not need ed\, participation list is circulated in the audience.\n If you are a stu dent and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier o f Science seminars (BKEM1020\; UTU)\, print out the seminar diary and afte r the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.f i/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Autumn 2026 image credits to Sa muel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluorescent staining of the mouse retina. I mage acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk with 10x objective.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/rando lph-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:832@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261112T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261112T130000 DTSTAMP:20260922T143827Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-miguel-soares / SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Miguel Soares DESCRIPTION:12th November at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium \, BioCity\nAutumn 2026 poster\n\nProf. Miguel Soares\, Gulbenkian Institu te for Molecular Medicine\, Portugal\nMetabolic adaptation as a defence st rategy against infection\n\nHost: Antonio Sousa (aggode@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix P hD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have lunch and dis cuss with Prof. Soares after the seminar. This is a great possibility to l earn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connections for f uture. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n \nIf you got interested in joining the lunch\, please send an email to bio cityturku@bioscience.fi\n\n \;\n\nProf. Soares’ lab studies how immu nity evolved in multicellular organisms as a means to limit the fitness co sts imposed by symbiotic interactions with different classes of microbes. Resistance is a cardinal feature of immunity\, whereby soluble and cellula r components of the immune system sense and target pathogenic microorganis ms for containment\, destruction\, or expulsion. In addition\, multicellul ar organisms deploy another defense strategy\, referred to as disease tole rance\, which does not target microbes directly. This evolutionarily conse rved strategy relies on stress responses that rewire host energy metabolis m. At the Inflammation Laboratory\, researchers aim to identify and charac terize how these stress responses engage inter-organ communication process es that rewire energy metabolism in order to limit the fitness costs assoc iated with infections caused by different classes of microbes. The objecti ve is to provide a transformative understanding of host–microbe interact ions and their translational impact on the treatment of global infectious diseases.\n\n \;\n\nSelected publications\n\nSoares MP\, Jentho E. Age ing rewires the body's tolerance to infection. Nature. 2026 Feb\;650(8102) :558-559\n\nMartins R\, Blankehaus B\, Braza F\, Mesquita M\, Ventura P\, Singh S\, Weis S\, Pires M\, Pagnotta S\, Wu Q\, Cardoso S\, Jentho E\, Fi gueiredo A\, Faísca P\, Nóvoa A\, Morais VA\, Wculek SK\, Sancho D\, Mal lo M\, Soares MP. Homeostatic control of energy metabolism by monocyte-der ived macrophages. EMBO J. 2026 Jan\;45(1):106-150\n\nFigueiredo A\, Rastog i ST\, …\, Portugal S\, Kurth F\, Elo LL\, Paul BD\, Martins R\, Soares MP. A metabolite-based resistance mechanism against malaria. Science. 2025 Jun 12\;388(6752):eadq6741.\n\nWu Q\, Sacomboio E\, Valente de Souza L\, Martins R\, Kitoko J\, Cardoso S\, Ademolue TW\, Paixão T\, Lehtimäki J\ , Figueiredo A\, Norden C\, Tharaux PL\, Weiss G\, Wang F\, Ramos S\, Soar es MP. Renal control of life-threatening malarial anemia. Cell Rep. 2023 F eb 28\;42(2):112057\n\nSingh S\, Bastos-Amador P\, Thompson JA\, Truglio M \, Yilmaz B\, Cardoso S\, Sobral D\, Soares MP. Glycan-based shaping of th e microbiota during primate evolution. Elife. 2021 May 19\;10:e67450.\n\n  \n\nGeneral information\n\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in the audience.\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars (BKEM1020\; UTU)\, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask t he BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a 9ad0a/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Autumn 2026 image credits to Samuel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluorescent staining of the mouse retina. Image acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk with 10x objective.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/soare s-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:870@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261105T130000 DTSTAMP:20260922T143814Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-2/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Angela Falciatore DESCRIPTION:Frontiers of Science\n\n5th November at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, BioCity\nAutumn 2026 poster\n\nProf. Angela Fal ciatore\, CNRS Sorbonne Université\, France\nExploring marine diatom biod iversity through photobiology\n\nHost: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.f i)\n\nCoffee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss with Prof. Falciatore after the seminar. This is a gre at possibility to learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and creat e connections for future. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n\nIf you got interested in joining the lunch\, please s end an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi\n\n \;\n\nFalciatore labora tory is dedicated to the study of light-driven processes (photosynthesis a nd photoperception) and chloroplast biology. They address key questions on the biology\, evolution and ecology of microalgae by focusing on differen t molecular model systems (e.g.\, the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Cyclotella cryptica) and on ecological relevant phytoplanktonic species\, investigated with approache s of eco-physiology\, biophysics\, biochemistry\, genomics and genetics. T wo key resource pillars\, the biophysics and genetic resources\, support t heir research\, as well as that of numerous collaborators. The lab continu es the scientific tradition of the “Service Photosynthèse” establishe d within the Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology since 1967.\n\n \;\ n\nSelected publications\n\nManzotti A\, Monteil R\, Cheminant Navarro S\, Croteau D\, Charreton L\, Hoguin A\, Strumpen NF\, Jallet D\, Daboussi F\ , Kroth PG\, Bouget FY\, Jaubert M\, Bailleul B\, Bouly JP\, Falciatore A. Circadian regulation of key physiological processes by the RITMO1 clock p rotein in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. New Phytol. 2025 Ma y\;246(4):1724-1739\n\nCroteau D\, Jaubert M\, Falciatore A\, Bailleul B. Pennate diatoms make non-photochemical quenching as simple as possible but not simpler. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 10\;16(1):2385\n\nDuchêne C\, Bouly JP \, Pierella Karlusich JJ\, Vernay E\, Sellés J\, Bailleul B\, Bowler C\, Ribera d'Alcalà M\, Falciatore A\, Jaubert M. Diatom phytochromes integra te the underwater light spectrum to sense depth. Nature. 2025 Jan\;637(804 6):691-697\n\n \n\nGeneral information\n\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in the audience.\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Sci ence seminars (BKEM1020\; UTU)\, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/4 4a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of t he seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Autumn 2026 image credits to Samuel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluorescent staining of the mouse retina. Image acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk with 10x objective.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/falci atore-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:947@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261104T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261104T150000 DTSTAMP:20260910T071139Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-turtola / SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar\, Turtola DESCRIPTION:4th November at 14:15-15:00\nHybrid event\nin Pipetti\, Medisii na D\nAutumn 2026 program\n\nMatti Turtola\, University of Turku\nGene exp ression regulation and new medicinal targets in Candida albicans\n\nThe se minars will be held in Zoom (https://utu.zoom.us/j/61507745698) and on sit e at Medisiina D on Wednesdays at 13:15-14.00. Student credits can be coll ected from this seminar. If you have any questions regarding attending or the seminar itself\, do not hesitate to contact Sujit Kumar (sujit.kumar@u tu.fi) or Janina Heiskanen (janina.e.heiskanen@utu.fi).\n\nYou are warmly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:957@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261102T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261102T160000 DTSTAMP:20260922T145029Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/ai-empowered-multiomics-for-precision-m edicine/ SUMMARY:AI-empowered multiomics for precision medicine DESCRIPTION:2nd November at 08:30-16:00\nOnsite event\nin Cal1 auditorium\, Calonia\n\n \;\n\nModern medicine is increasingly driven by large and diverse datasets. Genomics\, transcriptomics\, proteomics\, radiomics\, p athomics and other omics technologies provide unprecedented opportunities to understand disease at the individual level — but their true clinical value depends on our ability to integrate\, interpret and translate these data into meaningful decisions.\n\nThis is a one-day multidisciplinary lec ture course bringing together internationally recognized experts in AI\, g enomics\, transcriptomics\, metagenomics\, radiomics\, digital pathology a nd medical digital twins. We will explore how artificial intelligence can integrate complex multimodal biological and medical data to advance diseas e diagnosis\, treatment prediction\, personalized therapy and clinical dec ision-making.\n\nWe will offer you coffees and lunch during the day\, and the event is free of charge. Welcome everyone!\n\n \n\nRegister to the ev ent at latest on Monday 26 October 2026:\nhttps://link.webropolsurveys.com /S/FFDC939EAD87C951\n\n \n\nProgram\n\n8:30–9:00 | Morning coffee\n\n9: 00–9:10 | Welcome and opening words\n\n9:10–10:10 | Lecture 1\n   Co nnecting the dots: From radiomics and multiomics to patient digital twins\ n   Prof. Philippe Lambin\, Maastricht University\, The Netherlands\n\n1 0:10–10:55 | Lecture 2\n   Metagenomics for diagnosis of infection\n   Dr. Julianne Brown\, MD\, PhD\, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Childr en\, UK\n\n10:55–11:10 | Stretch break\n\n11:10–11:55 | Lecture 3\n    Genomics and transcriptomics for treatment prediction\n   Prof. Tero Aittokallio\, University of Oslo\, Norway\, and University of Helsinki\, F inland\n\n11:55–13:10 | Lunch provided for participants in restaurant Ma cciavelli\n\n13:10–13:55 | Lecture 4\n   AI-enabled computational path ology\n   Prof. Pekka Ruusuvuori\, University of Turku\, Finland\n\n13:5 5–14:40 | Lecture 5\n   Digital twin models to dissect metabolic flux in the cancer microenvironment\n   Prof. Deepak Nagrath\, University of Michigan\, USA\n\n14:40–14:55 | Coffee break\n\n14:55–15:55 | Panel di scussion:\nMultiomics and AI in precision medicine: From data to clinical impact\n   Moderator: Prof. Saara Wittfooth\nPanelists: Philippe Lambin\ , Julianne Brown\, Tero Aittokallio\, Pekka Ruusuvuori\, Deepak Nagrath\, Sammeli Liikkanen\n\n15:55–16:00 | Closing words\n\n \;\n\nRead more about the speakers and the program from the event web pages:\nhttps://www .utu.fi/en/news/events/ai-empowered-multiomics-for-precision-medicine\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nMore information about the event from Xiang-Guo Li (xiali@utu.fi ) and Maija Lespinasse (miholm@utu.fi)\n\n \;\n\nThe event is arranged by Health\, Diagnostics and Drug Development multidisciplinary theme. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Event -AI-mULTIOMICS-thumb-copy@300ppi.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:909@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261029T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261030T160000 DTSTAMP:20260324T071851Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/turku-biomaterials-days-2026/ SUMMARY:Turku Biomaterials Days 2026 DESCRIPTION:29th-30th October\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, Bi oCity\n\nAnnual Biomaterials Days is arranged again in the last week of Oc tober.\n\nBook the date from your agendas and stay tuned for more updates! \n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/BioMe d-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:869@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261022T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261022T130000 DTSTAMP:20260922T143752Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/fronteirs-of-science-prof-william-staff ord-noble/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. William Stafford Noble DESCRIPTION:Frontiers of Science\n\n22nd October at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, BioCity\nAutumn 2026 poster\n\nProf. William Sta fford Noble\, University of Washington\, USA\nMaking sense of genomic and proteomic data with machine learning\n\nHost: Balazs Balint (balazs.balint @utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\ n\n \;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss with Prof. Noble after the seminar. This is a gr eat possibility to learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and crea te connections for future. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku wil l offer the lunch.\n\nIf you got interested in joining the lunch\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi\n\n \;\n\nNoble research g roup develops and applies computational techniques for modeling and unders tanding biological processes at the molecular level. Their research emphas izes the application of statistical and machine learning techniques\, such as hidden Markov models and support vector machines. The team applies the se techniques to various types of biological data\, including protein and DNA sequences\, data from high-throughput genomic assays such as ChIP-seq and Hi-C\, and tandem mass spectrometry. Prof. Noble’s research group is currently developing methods for analyzing shotgun proteomics data\, for characterizing protein function\, structure and interactions\, and for und erstanding the structure and regulatory influence of chromatin.\n\nWilliam Stafford Noble is a Professor in the Department of Genome Sciences and in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Unive rsity of Washington. He received the Ph.D. in computer science and cogniti ve science from University of California\, San Diego in 1998. Dr. Noble's research applies statistical and machine learning methods to the analysis of complex biological data sets. He is the author of more than 350 peer re viewed publications and has advised 39 postdoctoral fellows and 31 PhD stu dents. William is the recipient of the International Society for Computati onal Biology Innovator award\, the US Human Proteome Organization Gilbert S. Omenn Computational Proteomics Award\, and is a Fellow and former membe r of the Board of Directors of the ISCB.\n\n \;\n\nSelected publicatio ns\n\nJha A\, Hristov B\, Wang X\, Wang S\, Greenleaf WJ\, Kundaje A\, Aid en EL\, Bertero A\, Noble WS. Prediction and functional interpretation of inter-chromosomal genome architecture from DNA sequence with TwinC. Nat Co mmun. 2026 Apr 20. in press\n\nSanders J\, Wen B\, Rudnick PA\, Johnson RS \, Wu CC\, Riffle M\, Oh S\, MacCoss MJ\, Noble WS. A transformer model fo r de novo sequencing of data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry dat a. Nat Methods. 2025 Jul\;22(7):1447-1453.\n\nSanders J\, Wen B\, Rudnick PA\, Johnson RS\, Wu CC\, Riffle M\, Oh S\, MacCoss MJ\, Noble WS. A trans former model for de novo sequencing of data-independent acquisition mass s pectrometry data. Nat Methods. 2025 Jul\;22(7):1447-1453.\n\nBittremieux W \, Noble WS. Self-supervised learning from small-molecule mass spectrometr y data. Nat Biotechnol. 2026 Apr\;44(4):538-539.\n\n \;\n\nGeneral inf ormation\n\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulate d in the audience.\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certifi cate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars (BKEM1020\; UTU)\ , print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordi nator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidd en.\n Autumn 2026 image credits to Samuel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluor escent staining of the mouse retina. Image acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk with 10x objective.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/noble -thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:964@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261021T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261021T193000 DTSTAMP:20260922T144647Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/tiedeviestintaa-kaytannossa/ SUMMARY:Tiedeviestintää käytännössä DESCRIPTION:21st October at 16:00-18:00 and 18:00-19:30\nOnsite event\nin T auno Nurmela auditorium\, UTU main building\n\nThis event is in Finnish\n\ nTiedeviestintää käytännössä -tapahtuma kokoaa yhteen Turun yliopist on tutkijoita sekä muita tiedeviestinnästä kiinnostuneita ja tarjoaa he ille mahdollisuuksia kuulla sekä jakaa kokemuksia tiedeviestinnästä. Ta pahtumassa esitellään tiedeviestinnän erilaisia mahdollisuuksia sekä t arjotaan konkreettisia esimerkkejä\, miten tiedeviestintää voi käytän nössä toteuttaa.\nLue lisää: https://www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/tapah tumat/tiedeviestintaa-kaytannossa\n\nTapahtuma koostuu kahdesta ohjelmaosi osta: tutkijoiden ja asiantuntijoiden kokemuksia esittelevästä Minun tar inani tiedeviestinnästä -keskustelutilaisuudesta sekä koko perheelle su unnatusta Lounais-Suomen LUMA-keskuksen tiedeillasta. Voit osallistua joko toiseen ohjelmaosioon tai molempiin.\n\nIlmoittaudu keskustelutilaisuutee n 16.10.2026 mennessä: >\;>\; ILMOITTAUTUMINEN \n\nTiedeviestintä-t apahtuman jälkeen Lounais-Suomen LUMA-keskus järjestää koko perheen ti edeillan  \n(klo 18.00–19.30\, Natura\, luentosali XI\, SH21 ja 2. kerr oksen aula)\, jossa eri tieteenalojen tutkijat esittelevät tutkimustaan t oiminnallisten tehtävien avulla. Tiedeilta on suunnattu erityisesti perhe ille\, lapsille ja nuorille. Lisätietoa ohjelmasta ja ilmoittautumisesta löytyy LUMA-keskuksen verkkosivuilta. Tiedeiltaan voi osallistua myös il man ennakkoilmoittautumista\, mutta ilmoittautumalla varmistat paikkasi ta pahtumassa. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/UTU-t humbnail-vihrea.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:954@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261009T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261009T164500 DTSTAMP:20260910T072948Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/core-facilities-supporting-bioscience-r esearch/ SUMMARY:Core facilities supporting bioscience research DESCRIPTION:9th October at 09:00-16:40\nOnsite event\nin Alhopuro auditoriu m\, Medisiina D\n\nThe diversity of core facilities on the Turku campus su pporting bioscience research has expanded in recent years. This event show cases the breadth of available services\, and the role of European researc h infrastructures in the broader research support landscape available to i ndividual researchers.\n\nThe event is open to everyone\, please register for free at https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/CF692F2C98F48173\n\nTake a look at the program from the event web pages: https://bioscience.fi/event s/core-facility-services-supporting-bioscience-research/\n\nMore informati on about the event from Michael Courtney (miccou@utu.fi) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/02-co res-2026thumbnail@150x-1.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:868@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261008T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261008T130000 DTSTAMP:20260922T143731Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-markus-linder / SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Markus Linder DESCRIPTION:Frontiers of Science\n\n8th October at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, BioCity\nAutumn 2026 poster\n\nProf. Markus Linde r\, Aalto University\, Finland\nThe biological future of materials science \n\nHost: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich se rved at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss with Pro f. Linder after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connections for future. Everyo ne is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n\nIf you got interested in joining the lunch\, please send an email to biocityturku@bio science.fi\n\n \;\n\nProf. Linder’s research focuses on biosynthetic materials. Biological materials can possess unique properties\, such as t he toughness of silk proteins\, the adhesion of barnacle cement\, and the versatility of the extracellular matrix. His lab uses genetic engineering of proteins found in these materials to achieve similar properties in engi neered systems. The engineered proteins are produced in microbes and subse quently assembled into materials. By engineering the proteins at the molec ular level\, the lab can influence how the assembly occurs and determine t he final properties of the materials.\n\nIn the future\, Prof. Linder and his lab envision that such materials could replace petrochemically produce d materials\, thereby contributing to a more sustainable society. Biosynth etic materials could also broaden the way materials are understood and uti lized. For example\, microbes themselves could be used as living materials \, programmed to grow while simultaneously forming functional structures. These materials could take on different shapes\, adapt to their surroundin gs\, and even possess self-repairing properties.\n\n \;\n\nSelected pu blications\n\nExploration of Chemical Diversity in Intercellular Quorum Se nsing Signalling Systems in Prokaryotes. Jonkergouw C\, Savola P\, Osmekhi na E\, van Strien J\, Batys P\, Linder MB.Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Jan 8\;63(2):e202314469\n\nRepurposing host-guest chemistry to sequester viru lence and eradicate biofilms in multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. Jonkergouw C\, Beyeh NK\, Osmekhina E\, Lesk inen K\, Taimoory SM\, Fedorov D\, Anaya-Plaza E\, Kostiainen MA\, Trant J F\, Ras RHA\, Saavalainen P\, Linder MB. Nat Commun. 2023 Apr 14\;14(1):21 41\n\nTriblock Proteins with Weakly Dimerizing Terminal Blocks and an Intr insically Disordered Region for Rational Design of Condensate Properties. Fedorov D\, Roas-Escalona N\, Tolmachev D\, Harmat AL\, Scacchi A\, Sammal korpi M\, Aranko AS\, Linder MB.Small. 2024 Mar\;20(13):e2306817.\n\n  \;\n\nGeneral information\n\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in the audience.\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars (BKEM1020\; UTU)\, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask t he BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a 9ad0a/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Autumn 2026 image credits to Samuel Svärd: Whole mount immunofluorescent staining of the mouse retina. Image acquired on 3i CSU-W1 Spinning disk with 10x objective.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/linde r-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:953@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261008T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261008T160000 DTSTAMP:20260910T072411Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/biocenter-finland-ddcb-symposium-2026/ SUMMARY:Biocenter Finland DDCB Symposium 2026 DESCRIPTION:8th October at 12:00-16:00\nOnsite event\nin Alhopuro auditoriu m\, Medisiina D\n\nThe Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Platform coordi nates infrastructure and expertise in the areas of drug discovery and chem ical biology and makes it available to the scientific community. The DDCB platform provides services in assay development and chemical screening fro m medium to high throughput with a broad range of technologies including t he DDCB-developed drug sensitivity and resistance testing platform.\n\nThe DDCB Symposium 2026 presents a unique opportunity to meet DDCB staff from all Biocenters and discuss your research needs in a single afternoon. The event also features presentations from facility users and the Finnish Dru g Discovery Centre.\n\nRegistration to the event is now open: https://lin k.webropolsurveys.com/EP/F2BA2A1F60653D53\n\nTake a look at the program fr om the event web pages\n\nMore information about the event from Michael Co urtney (miccou@utu.fi)\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/02_DD CB_2026_square@150x.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:946@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261007T141500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261007T150000 DTSTAMP:20260910T070845Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-gallego / SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar\, Gallego DESCRIPTION:7th October at 14:15-15:00\nHybrid event\nin Lauren 1\, Medisii na D\nAutumn 2026 program\n\nCarlos Gomez Gallego\, Institute of Public He alth and Clinical Nutrition\, University of Eastern Finland\nStrategies to modulate microbiome-host interactions using functional foods and advance\ nmicrobiome therapeutics\n\nThe seminars will be held in Zoom (https://utu .zoom.us/j/61507745698) and on site at Medisiina D on Wednesdays at 13:15- 14.00. Student credits can be collected from this seminar. If you have any questions regarding attending or the seminar itself\, do not hesitate to contact Sujit Kumar (sujit.kumar@utu.fi) or Janina Heiskanen (janina.e.hei skanen@utu.fi).\n\nYou are warmly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:963@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261006T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261006T150000 DTSTAMP:20260922T144523Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/immunology-seminar-airas/ SUMMARY:Immunology Seminar\, Airas DESCRIPTION:6th October at 14:00-15:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\nFlyer\n\nLau ra Airas\, Turku PET Centre\, Clinical Neurosciences and InFLAMES Research Flagship\, University of Turku\; Neurocenter\, Turku University Hospital: \nMicroglia: pathology and imaging\n\nHost: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.f i)\n\nLink to seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/65192337552\n\nRegister for t he Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar invitation to the online seminar: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\n\nImm unology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Imm unology\, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä  (ankahy@utu.fi) or Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu .fi)\, University of Turku.\n\n \;\n\nProfessor Laura Airas obtained h er medical degree at the University of Turku\, Finland. She then completed a PhD in immunology and cell biology and specialized in neurology and pre sently conducts research at Turku PET Centre with the aim to elucidate fea tures of CNS inflammation contributing to MS disease progression. Her rese arch group uses a combination of advanced imaging\, clinical phenotyping a nd soluble biomarker analysis to better understand the pathology leading t o MS disability\, with an overall aim to develop new efficient treatments for this undertreated condition. Funding for her group comes from the Rese arch Council of Finland\, the US National MS Society\, the US Department o f Defence\, Jane and Erkko foundation and industry. Additionally\, she is currently leading two Progressive MS Alliance-funded clinical trials targe ting smouldering inflammation. In 2015 Laura Airas received an internation al Grant for Multiple Sclerosis Innovation (GMSI) award\, and in 2016-2017 she spent the academic year as a visiting professor at Yale University.\n \n \;\n\nSelected publications\n\nHartiala O\, Tuomaala J\, Airas L. P ET imaging of microglial pathology in multiple sclerosis. Curr Opin Neurol . 2026 Jun 1\;39(3):240-246. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000001490. Epub 2026 Apr 17.\n\nNylund M\, Lehto J\, Matilainen M\, Rajander J\, Wahlroos S\,  Sucksdorff M\, Kuhlmann T\, Airas L. Longitudinal accumulation of glial a ctivation measured by TSPO-PET predicts later brain atrophy in multiple sc lerosis. J Neuroinflammation. 2025 Aug 7\;22(1):200. doi: 10.1186/s12974- 025-03519-y.\n\nKlotz L\, Smolders J\, Lehto J\, Matilainen M\, Lütje L\, Buchholz L\, Albrecht S\, Walter C\, Varghese J\, Wiendl H\, Nylund M\, T homas C\, Gardberg M\, van den Bosch AMR\, Airas L\, Huitinga I\, Kuhlmann T. Broad rim lesions are a new pathological and imaging biomarker for rap id disease progression in multiple sclerosis. Nat Med. 2025 Jun\;31(6):201 6-2026. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03625-7. Epub 2025 Apr 29. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Laura Airas-ISS-Thumbnail.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:952@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261002T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261002T140000 DTSTAMP:20260910T072159Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/tremendo-seminar-mayr/ SUMMARY:TREMENDO Seminar\, Mayr DESCRIPTION:2nd October at 13:00-14:00\nHybrid event\nin Säätiö lecture hall\, Medisiina D / Zoom\n\nProfessor Andreas Mayr\, Philipps University Marburg\, Germany\nBoosting polygenic risk scores and gene-environment int eractions in large-scale cohort studies\n\nCoffee/tea and pulla available for the first 40 attendees! Or join to listen to the lecture via Zoom: htt ps://utu.zoom.us/j/61366447409\n\n \;\n\nAndreas Mayr is Head of the I nstitute for Medical Biometry and Statistics (IMBS) at Philipps University Marburg\, Germany. His methodological research focuses on statistical mod elling and prediction\, with particular emphasis on distributional regress ion and modern regression techniques. He is the author of both methodologi cal and clinical publications\, as well as a book on distributional regres sion. Before joining Marburg\, he held positions at the University of Bonn (Epidemiology) and LMU Munich (Applied Stochastics). He completed his PhD and habilitation at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School and studied sta tistics at LMU Munich and the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)\, Argentina . He is an editor of the Statistical Modelling Journal and a member of the Clinical Ethics Committee in Marburg.\n\nLarge-scale cohort studies are a key resource for understanding how genetic predisposition interacts with environmental and lifestyle factors to influence disease risk over time. A t the same time\, incorporating high-dimensional genomic data into such st udies remains challenging\, particularly when aiming to move beyond standa rd polygenic risk score (PRS) approaches based on GWAS summary statistics. In his talk\, Prof. Mayr will present boosting-based methods (Mayr et al. 2014) for deriving and extending PRS using individual-level data from lar ge-scale cohorts. Building on the snpboost framework (Klinkhammer et al.\, 2023\, 2024)\, he illustrates how statistical boosting enables scalable e stimation of polygenic models while accounting for the complex structure o f genetic data.  A particular focus will be on recent work on boosting di stributional regression for detecting gene–environment interactions (Wu et al.\, 2026). By modeling not only the mean but also the variability of clinical outcomes\, this approach allows the identification of genetic var iants that may modify the effect of environmental exposures\, thereby supp orting more targeted prevention strategies. The talk will highlight how th ese methods can be applied in prospective cohort settings to improve risk prediction\, better understand heterogeneity in disease development\, and ultimately contribute to better prevention strategies.\n\n \;\n\nSelec ted publications\n\nMayr\, A.\, Binder\, H.\, Gefeller\, O.\, &\; Schmi d\, M. (2014). The evolution of boosting algorithms – from machine learn ing to statistical modelling. Methods of Information in Medicine\, 53(06)\ , 419-427.\n\nKlinkhammer\, H.\, Staerk\, C.\, Maj\, C.\, Krawitz\, P. M.\ , &\; Mayr\, A. (2024). Genetic prediction modeling in large cohort stu dies via boosting targeted loss functions. Statistics in Medicine\, 43(28) \, 5412-5430.\n\nKlinkhammer\, H.\, Staerk\, C.\, Maj\, C.\, Krawitz\, P. M.\, &\; Mayr\, A. (2023). A statistical boosting framework for polygen ic risk scores based on large-scale genotype data. Frontiers in Genetics\, 13\, 1076440.\n\n Wu\, H. Klinkhammer\, K. Kunwar\, C. Staerk\, C. Maj\, &\; A. Mayr (2026). Detecting gene–environment interactions to guide personalized intervention: Boosting distributional regression for polygen ic scores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\, 123(14)\, e25 29164123.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/TREME NDO-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:958@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261001T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261001T160000 DTSTAMP:20260921T111101Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/health-campus-turku-ten-year-anniversar y/ SUMMARY:Health Campus Turku ten-year anniversary DESCRIPTION:1st October at 10:00-16:00\nOnsite event\nin Astra\, Bonfire\nI nvitation\nProgram\n\nThe event is arranged in Finnish\n\nTerveyskampus Tu rku 10-vuotisjuhlatapahtuma\nYHDESSÄ OLEMME ENEMMÄN\n\nKymmenen vuotta t utkimusta\, koulutusta\, innovaatioita ja vaikuttavaa yhteistyötä. Terve tuloa juhlistamaan Terveyskampus Turun 10-vuotista taivalta yhdessä kampu ksen organisaatioiden\, yhteistyökumppaneiden\, asiantuntijoiden ja sidos ryhmien kanssa. Päivä tarjoaa inspiroivia kohtaamisia\, uusia näkökulm ia ja katsauksen kampuksen vaikuttavaan yhteistyöhön sekä tulevaisuuden mahdollisuuksiin.\n\nEnnen juhlan alkua osallistujilla on mahdollisuus tu tustua Yrkeshögskolan Novian uuteen KompetensLabiin klo 10.00.\n\nIlmoitt audu tapahtumaan ja halutessasi KompetensLab tutustumiseen tästä: Invita tion\nSitovat ilmoittautumiset viimeistään 24.9.2026.\n\nLisätiteoja ta pahtumasta antaa Saara Laine\, Terveyskampus Turku koordinaattori (healthc ampus@healthcampusturku.fi) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Healt h-Campus-Turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:951@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261001T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261002T160000 DTSTAMP:20260910T072033Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/17th-finnish-cancer-institute-symposium / SUMMARY:17th Finnish Cancer Institute Symposium DESCRIPTION:1st-2nd October\nOnsite event\nin Tampere\, Solo Sokos Hotel To rmi\nFlyer\n\n17th FCI Symposium – Precision Oncology: From Molecular In sights to Clinical Impact is arranged in Tampere.\n\nRegistration deadline is September 10.\n\nMore information and registration in https://events.t uni.fi/fcisymposium2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/FCISt himbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:962@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260929T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260929T170000 DTSTAMP:20260922T144343Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/future-female-funders-in-turku/ SUMMARY:Future Female Funders in Turku DESCRIPTION:29th September at 15:00-17:00\nOnsite event\nin Bonfire\, Astra \n\nInnovestor\, Tesi\, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University we lcome female scientists and students to Future Female Founders event to de bunk myths about entrepreneurship and an academic career\, and to help con nect females with like-minded entrepreneurs and investors. The event is fr ee of charge\n\nSpeakers\nDr. Preethy Paul\, CEO &\; Co-founder\, ATB A ntivirals Oy\nHow a Research Project Became Our Company: The story of how it actually happened.\n\nDr. Zahra ‘Elmira’ Jahanshah Rad\, CTO and Co -Founder\, SisuSemi Ltd\nIs it challenging to be a female founder/leader i n a deep-tech startup?\n\nDr. Sara Kangaspeska\, Investment Director\, Inn ovestor Life Science\n“I don’t need to explain things to a beginner li ke you”. From a researcher to a commercialization expert to an investor. \n\nMore information and registration in the event web page: https://innov estorgroup.com/key-events/future-female-founders/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 11/general-molecules-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:961@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260929T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260929T140000 DTSTAMP:20260922T144248Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/cellcom-seminar-2/ SUMMARY:CellCom Seminar DESCRIPTION:29th September at 13:00-14:00\nOnsite event\nin auditorium Biol ogi\, BioCity\, A stairs\, 2nd floor\n\nCoffee/Tea will be served at 12:45 \n\nPhD Melissa R. Junttila\, Vice President and Head of Biology Research\ , ORIC Pharmaceuticals Inc.\nHarnessing Translational Research to Overcome Resistance in Cancer\n\nHost: Jukka Westermarck (jukwes@utu.fi)\n\nThose who would like to discuss with Dr. Junttila from 3 pm onwards\, please con tact the host.\n\n \;\n\nMelissa R. Junttila\, PhD\, has more than 20 years of oncology research experience spanning academia and industry and i s dedicated to translating innovative science into therapies for patients. She is currently Vice President\, Head of Biology Research at ORIC Pharma ceuticals\, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improv ing patients' lives by overcoming resistance in cancer. Prior to joining O RIC\, Dr. Junttila was a discovery group Leader at Genentech\, where she a lso led the genetic models core lab. By combining her preclinical modeling expertise with deep knowledge of small molecule and antibody-based therap eutic approaches in cancer immunology and oncology signal transduction\, s he has contributed to more than 25 target projects\, eight of which have a dvanced to clinical development. Earlier in her career\, she was a Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation at UCSF. She received her B Sc from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign\, and her PhD in Med ical Biochemistry from the University of Turku\, Finland.\n\n \;\n\nSe lected publications\n\n Enozertinib Is a Selective\, Brain-Penetrant EGFR Inhibitor for Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers with EGFR Exon 20 and Atypical Mutations. Cancer Res. 2026 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/411 96054/Phase I Study of ORIC-101\, a\n Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonist\ , in Combination with Enzalutamide in Patients with Metastatic Castration- resistant Prostate Cancer Progressing on Enzalutamide Clin Cancer Res. 202 4 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38226958/\n Harnessing the predictive power of preclinical models for oncology drug development.Nat Rev Drug Dis cov. 2022 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34702990/\n EHMT2 methyltransf erase governs cell identity in the lung and is required for KRAS G12Dtumo r development and propagation. 2022 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35983 994/\n Therapeutic resistance and susceptibility is shaped by cooperative multi-compartment tumor adaptation. Cell Death Differ. 2019 https://pubme d.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30824837/\n Influence of tumour micro-environment hete rogeneity on therapeutic response. 2013 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24 048067/\n Full Publication List\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/CellC om-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:950@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260928T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260928T150000 DTSTAMP:20260910T071844Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/bioinformatics-webinar-jacquemet/ SUMMARY:Bioinformatics Webinar\, Jacquemet DESCRIPTION:28th September at 14:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\n\nProf. Guillau me Jacquemet\, Åbo Akademi University\nBuilding accessible tools for bioi mage analysis\n\nThe Biocenter Finland Bioinformatics platform invites you for a webinar series to introduce the various types of bioinformatics ser vices offered by the platform. The webinar series aims to provide insight into the technology employed and a deeper understanding of the purpose of a given technology and how it is used in research.\n\nGuillaume Jacquemet is a Professor in Bioimaging at Åbo Akademi University and a researcher a t the Turku Bioscience Center. His research sits at the interface of cell biology\, advanced microscopy\, and computational image analysis. His grou p studies cancer cell migration and develops open-source tools that make a dvanced microscopy\, bioimage analysis\, and computational workflows more accessible to researchers.\n\nJoin the webinar in Zoom: https://utu.zoom.u s/j/65067541739\nMeeting ID: 650 6754 1739\n\nMore information about the e vent from Hannu Mäkinen (hasama@utu.fi) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Bioce nter-Finland-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:960@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260925T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260925T103000 DTSTAMP:20260922T144134Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/guest-seminar/ SUMMARY:Guest Seminar DESCRIPTION:Guest Seminar\n\n25th September at 09:00-10:30\nOnsite event\ni n Den2\, Dentalia 2nd floor\n\nAssoc. Prof. Frank J. Hernandez\, Linköpin g University\, Sweden\nProgramming biology with nucleic acids: From molecu lar diagnostics to targeted therapeutics\n\nProf. Vicente Pelechano Garcia \, Karolinska Institutet\, Sweden\nGenomic dissection of mRNA decay: from mechanism to clinical applications\n\n \n\nDr. Frank J. Hernandez is a Se nior Associate Professor at Linköping University and at the University of Navarra. His research focuses on the development of nucleic-acid-based te chnologies at the interface of molecular diagnostics\, precision therapeut ics\, and drug delivery. His group has developed programmable oligonucleot ide systems for sensing disease-associated enzymatic activity and for the targeted activation and delivery of therapeutics. His current research exp lores how engineered nucleic-acid substrates can be combined to create pr ogrammable therapeutic systems for infectious diseases and cancer.\n\nSele cted publications\n\n Hernandez FJ\, Huang L\, Olson ME\, et al. Noninva sive imaging of Staphylococcus aureusinfections with a nuclease-activated probe.  Med. 2014\;20:301–306. DOI:10.1038/nm.3460.\n Borsa BA\, Hern andez LI\, Jiménez T\, et al. Therapeutic-oligonucleotides activated by nucleases (TOUCAN): A nanocarrier system for the specific delivery of clin ical nucleoside analogues.  Control. Release. 2023\;361:260–269. DOI:10 .1016/j.jconrel.2023.07.057.\n Hernandez FJ. Nucleases: From Primitive I mmune Defenders to Modern Biotechnology Tools. Immunology. 2025\;174:279 –286. DOI:10.1111/imm.13884.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Vicent Pelechano is a Pro fessor of RNA Biology at Karolinska Institutet. His is an expert in the fi eld of genome-wide approaches\, particularly in eukaryotic transcription a nd transcriptome complexity. From the beginning of his scientific career\, he has successfully combined experimental and computational work aiming t o develop and apply novel genome-wide techniques to address fundamental bi ological questions with medical implications. His group is currently conce ntration on understanding molecular bases of non-genetic cellular heteroge neity\, crosstalk between ribosome dynamics and mRNA degradation\, and dev elopment of novel tools for molecular diagnosis.\n\nSelected publications\ n\n Zhang Y\, Nersisyan L\, Fürst E\, et al. Ribosomes modulate transcri ptome abundance via generalized frameshift and out-of-frame mRNA decay. Mo l Cell. 2025\;85:2017–2031.e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2025.04.022.\n Tay yab M\, Barrett D\, van Riel G\, et al. Digital assay for rapid electronic quantification of clinical pathogens using DNA nanoballs. Adv. 2023\;9:e adi4997. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi4997.\n Huch S\, Nersisyan L\, Ropat M\, et al. Atlas of mRNA translation and decay for bacteria. Microbiol. 2023\ ;8:1123–1136. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01393-z.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/UTU-t humbnail-vihrea.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:959@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260924T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260924T110000 DTSTAMP:20260922T144031Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-seminar-12/ SUMMARY:InFLAMES Seminar DESCRIPTION:24th September at 10:00-11:00 and 14:00-15:00\nOnsite event\nin Lauren 1\, Medisiina\n\nPablo Sáez\, Universitäts Klinikum Eppendorf (U KE)\, Germany\nat 10:00: Decision-making during cell migration: cytoskelet on and organelles\nat 14:00: Danger signal control of leukocyte migration\ n\nHost: Guillaume Jacquemet (guillaume.jacquemet@abo.fi) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:940@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260916T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260917T160000 DTSTAMP:20260616T114647Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/single-cell-rna-seq-data-analysis-cours e/ SUMMARY:Single-cell RNA-seq Data Analysis Course DESCRIPTION:16th–17th September\nOnsite event\nin Teutori and Dentalia\, Turku\nFlyer\n\nThis course is a hands-on\, beginner-friendly course cover ing the core single-cell RNA-seq analysis workflow\, designed for research ers who are new to scRNA-seq data analysis. Participants watch pre-recorde d lectures before attending\, so that classroom time is used for exercises \, discussion\, and guided analysis. In addition to the core workflow\, th e course includes manual cell type annotation and an introduction to avail able bioinformatics computing resources. No prior knowledge of Unix\, R\, or Python is required. Hands-on exercises use a graphical\, user-friendly analysis platform and the analysis platform remains available for your own data after the course. Study points are awarded upon completion.\n\nCours e topics\nQuality control and filtering\nNormalisation and variable gene s election\nDimensionality reduction (PCA)\nClustering and UMAP visualizatio n\nMarker gene identification\nAutomated cell type annotation (SingleR)\nM anual cell type annotation\nTwo-sample integration and comparison\nDiffere ntial expression analysis\nELIXIR and CSC computing resources\n\nSeats are limited to 30 participants.\nRegistration in http://bit.ly/scRNAdata\n\nM ore information from Iivari Kleino (Iivari.kleino@utu.fi) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Thumb nail-Single-cell_RNA-seq_Data_Analysis.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:939@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260915T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T114326Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/euro-bioimaging-all-hands-nodes-meeting / SUMMARY:Euro-BioImaging All Hands Nodes Meeting DESCRIPTION:15th–18th September\nOnsite event\nin Turku\n\nThis year’s theme\, “Connecting the Communities”\, celebrates the power of bringin g together researchers\, technology developers\, facility experts\, and im aging communities from across Europe to share ideas\, build collaborations \, and create new opportunities.\n\nBeyond the many opportunities the AHM meetings provide for Node exchange\, networking\, and mutual learning\, th e program will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming imaging and scientific discovery\, how AI-driven tools can make technologies\, ex pertise\, and services across our Nodes more visible and easier to find\, and how new approaches to data\, publications\, and collaboration are shap ing the future of research infrastructures.\n\nWe will also showcase our e xceptional portfolio of newly funded European projects and the many opport unities they create for our community through new services\, access progra ms\, training activities\, collaborations\, technology development\, and s trategic initiatives. Above all\, the meeting will be an opportunity to co nnect\, learn\, exchange ideas\, and help shape the next chapter of Euro-B ioImaging together.\n\nWe have great news for everyone who would like to s hare their work with the Euro-BioImaging community: due to popular demand\ , the abstract submission deadline has been extended to 30 June 2026. The same deadline applies for EVOLVE travel reimbursement applications\, while registration remains open until 31 July 2026.\n\nPlease register and subm it your abstract through our official form: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/1FAIpQLSdaVtdIjCyCKOVIj8ji5pOO01E7fRx8uS2GpOESf5_eX3JbQA/viewform\nPle ase be aware that capacity is limited to 200 participants\, and we will ac commodate your submissions on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\nYou ca n find more information about the Meeting on our website (https://www.euro bioimaging.eu/events/euro-bioimaging-all-hands-nodes-meeting-2026/). EVOLV E Travel Reimbursements are available to support your travel expenses and can be requested as part of the registration form. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/eubi_ thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:949@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260911T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260911T140000 DTSTAMP:20260910T071531Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/pif-friday-cafe-nurmela-and-niemi/ SUMMARY:PiF Friday Cafe\, Nurmela and Niemi DESCRIPTION:11th September at 13:00-14:00\nOnsite event\nin MediCity Semina r Room 4009\, office-side\, MediCity\, BioCity 4th floor\n\nOuti Nurmela a nd Laura Niemi\, UTU Research Services\nHow to enhance research impact? Ca se: Impact podcast\n\nCoffee/tea\, pulla\, and smoothies are served (first come\, first serve)!\n\n \;\n\nLaura Niemi and Outi Nurmela\, the awa rd-winning hosts of the podcast Vau\, mikä vaikutus! (“Wow\, what an im pact!”)\, will guide you into the world of research impact. Their podcas t\, which has already produced 75 episodes\, offers a broad perspective on how research influences society and highlights practical ways to strength en impact. They both are development specialists at the University of Turk u.  Laura holds a D.Sc. (Econ. &\; Bus. Adm.) and Outi an M.Sc. (Econ. &\; Bus. Adm.). They received the Stakeholder Collaboration Action Awa rd in 2024.\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to learn\, connect\, and enjo y a delicious pulla! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:945@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260909T021500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260909T030000 DTSTAMP:20260910T070617Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-andrabi / SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar\, Andrabi DESCRIPTION:9th September at 14:15-15:00\nHybrid event\nin Meioosi\, Medisi ina D\nAutumn 2026 program\n\nSyed Andrabi\, Senior Researcher\, Turku Bio science Center\, University of Turku\nRegulators of human regulatory T cel l differentiation\n\nThe seminars will be held in Zoom (https://utu.zoom.u s/j/61507745698) and on site at Medisiina D on Wednesdays at 13:15-14.00. Student credits can be collected from this seminar. If you have any questi ons regarding attending or the seminar itself\, do not hesitate to contact Sujit Kumar (sujit.kumar@utu.fi) or Janina Heiskanen (janina.e.heiskanen@ utu.fi).\n\nYou are warmly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:944@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260902T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260902T160000 DTSTAMP:20260827T110048Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-minisymposium/ SUMMARY:InFLAMES Minisymposium DESCRIPTION:2nd September at 09:00-16:00\nOnsite event\nin Lauren 1\, Medis iina D\n\nLocal and International Immunological Research Today\n\nInvited speakers\, InFLAMES SIAB members:\nEugene Butcher\, Stanford University\, USA\nYvette van Kooyk\, Amsterdam UMC\, the Netherlands\nJeffrey Bluestone \, Vie Ventures\, USA\; former professor at UCSF\n\nThe program starts at 9:00 with morning coffee and ends by 16:00 at the latest. Everyone is welc ome to participate\, there is no registration to the event. Catering will be ordered for approx. 50 participants and will be available on a first-co me\, first-served basis.\n\nIf you would like to reserve one-to-one meetin gs with the SIAB members during their visit\, please contact Kaisa Hakkila (kaisa.hakkila@utu.fi) for possible times.\n\nFind more information and d etailed program from the event webpage ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Immun ologicsl-res-minisympos-square@150x.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:943@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260901T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260901T150000 DTSTAMP:20260827T105918Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/immunology-seminar-11/ SUMMARY:Immunology Seminar DESCRIPTION:1st September at 14:00-15:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\n\nHeidi Ha ikala\, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) &\; HiLIFE\, Tr anslational Immunology Research Program (TRIMM)\, University of Helsinki a nd Tampere University\nIt’s about TIME: Mechanisms and biomarkers for lu ng cancer immunotherapy resistance\n\nLink to join the seminar: https://ut u.zoom.us/j/65205438709\n\nHost: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)\n\nImmun ology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immun ology\, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information co ntact Anne Lahdenperä  (ankahy@utu.fi) or Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.f i)\, University of Turku.\n\nRegister for the Immunology Seminar Series em ail list to get calendar invitation to the online seminar: https://link.we bropolsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\n\n \;\n\nDr. Heidi Haikala (PhD\ , MBA) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Helsinki and a trans lational cancer biologist specializing in immuno-oncology\, with a focus o n tumor–immune interactions\, therapy resistance mechanisms\, and the de velopment of human-relevant experimental systems to guide precision cancer treatment. She is also Vice Director of the Centre for Cancer Eradication Research at Tampere University. Her research integrates advanced ex vivo modeling\, single-cell and spatial omics\, and functional immunology to mo del therapeutic responses directly in patient-derived samples and identify actionable therapeutic vulnerabilities.\n\nShe completed her postdoctoral training at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School\, whe re she studied targeted therapy resistance in lung cancer. Her work contri buted to the initiation of a clinical trial (NCT04676477) based on mechani stic studies of HER3-targeted therapy in EGFR-mutated lung cancer. She cur rently leads the HaikalaLab Immuno-Oncology Group at the University of Hel sinki and Tampere University and is also affiliated with Helsinki Universi ty Hospital.\n\nA central component of her research is the development of clinically actionable immuno-oncology modeling platforms using fully human patient-derived systems. This work has generated patent protection and le d to the founding of Solid IO\, a biotechnology spinout originating from h er academic laboratory that develops human-relevant immuno-oncology models for drug development and precision oncology.\n\n \;\n\nSelected publi cations\n\nAlsaed B\, Lin L\, Son J\,.. Haikala HM. Intratumor heterogenei ty of EGFR expression mediates targeted therapy resistance and formation o f drug tolerant microenvironment. Nature Communications. 2025\;16(1):28.\n \nAlsaed B\, Smolander J\, Laitinen H\,.. Haikala HM. Ex vivo modeling of precision immuno-oncology responses in lung cancer.Science Advances. 2024\ ;10(44).\n\nKremneva E\, Smolander J\, Peltokangas M\,\,.. Haikala HM. Pre cision tumor-on-chip for personalized assessment of drug efficacy and immu ne cell delivery. Cell Reports Methods. 2026\;101475. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/haika la.jpg CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:942@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260831T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260831T120000 DTSTAMP:20260831T055219Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/field-of-view-guest-seminar/ SUMMARY:Field of View Guest Seminar DESCRIPTION:31st August at 11:00-12:00\nOnsite event\nin Auditorium Biologi \, BioCity 2nd floor\n\nProf. Subhojit Roy\, University of California\, US A\nNeuronal trafficking in physiology and disease\n\nHost: Guillaume Jacqu emet\n\nPulla and coffee at 10:50\, no registration needed. Welcome everyo ne!\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 11/FoV-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:794@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260827T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260828T163000 DTSTAMP:20260428T052323Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/35th-biocity-symposium-vision-expanded/ SUMMARY:35th BioCity Symposium: VISION\, EXPANDED DESCRIPTION:27th-28th August 2026\nOnsite event\nin Mauno Koivisto Centre\, BioCity\, Turku\nPoster\n\nTurku is the beating heart of European imaging ! The 35th BioCity Symposium “Vision\, Expanded” brings together lead ing minds from academia and industry to explore imaging’s central role i n life science discovery. The Symposium will spotlight cutting-edge advanc es in light microscopy\, PET imaging\, and AI-powered image analysis\, whi le fostering dialogue on data integration\, emerging scientific applicatio ns\, and translational potential. Expect high-level talks and vibrant disc ussion that push the boundaries of imaging science.\n\nRegistration to the event is now open\, click!\n\nSubmit your abstract at latest Friday 5 Jun e 2026\, there is quota of 125. First come first serve!\nRegister to the e vent at latest Friday 14 August 2026\n\nInvited Speakers\nSally Eldeghaidy \, University of Nottingham\, UK\nRicardo Henriques\, ITQB NOVA\, Portugal \nHarry Hu\, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville\, Florida\, USA\nTeemu Ihalainen\, T ampere University\, Finland\nSinem Karaman\, University of Helsinki\, Finl and\nKarolina Punovuori\, MultivisionDx Oy\; University of Helsinki\, Finl and\nJörg Renkawitz\, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München\, Germany\ nSubhojit Roy\, UC San Diego\, USA\nVera Schrauwen\, German Diabetes Cente r\, Germany\nSamantha Stehbens\, The University of Queensland\, Australia\ nEsben Søndergaard\, Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus\, Aarhus University Hos pital\, Denmark\nAssaf Zaritsky\, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\, Isr ael\n\nAll updates and latest information is in the event webpage: https:/ /biocityturku.fi/biocity-symposium/\n\n \;\n\nWelcome everyone!\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/banne rs_square_smallest.png CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:919@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260826T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260826T170000 DTSTAMP:20260518T101833Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/2nd-biocity-pre-symposium/ SUMMARY:2nd BioCity Pre-Symposium DESCRIPTION:26th August at 13:00-17:00\nOnsite event\nin Ministeri lecture hall and lobby\, BioCity\n\nAhead of the 35th BioCity Symposium\, a group of doctoral researchers at BioCity Turku is organising the 2nd BioCity Pr e-Symposium on the afternoon of 26 August 2026.\n\nThe pre-symposium is i ntended as an informal platform for early-career researchers: PhD students \, postdoctoral researchers and master’s students to connect\, exchange ideas and get to know each other ahead of the main event. The aim is to cr eate a relaxed and an interactive setting that encourages discussion and n etworking across different research areas.\n\nThe programme is planned to include two poster sessions\, a few short talks and time for informal inte ractions over drinks\, coffee and snacks. More details will be shared soon ! Please follow updates on the event website.\n\nMeanwhile\, if you have a ny queries\, feel free to reach out to any of the event organizers\nTrinh Pham (trinh.n.pham@utu.fi)\nShruti Bhardiya (shrutinitin.bhardiya@utu.fi)\ nOmkar Joshi (omkar.joshi@utu.fi)\n\n \;\n\nRegister to the event at l atest 26 June 2026 in https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/401C2E6CF9E45FCE\ n\n \;\n\nWelcome everyone!\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/pre-e vent-thumbnail-Joanna_500px.png CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:938@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260820T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260820T013000 DTSTAMP:20260616T120831Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/biocity-turku-guest-seminar-sasaki-and- senda/ SUMMARY:BioCity Turku Guest Seminar: Sasaki and Senda DESCRIPTION:20th August at 12:00-13:30\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti audito rium\, BioCity\n\nCoffee and sandwich at 11:45\n\nProf. Atsuo T. Sasaki\, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine\, USA\nDecoding GTP energy me tabolism: insights into molecular oncogenesis and immunotherapy\n\nand\n\n Prof. Toshiya Senda\, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)\ , Structural Biology Research Center\, Japan\nCrossroads of Cell Biology a nd Structural Biology: How Structural Biology Contributes to GTP Metabolis m Studies\n\nHost: Kari Kopra (kari.kopra@utu.fi)\n\n \;\n\nAtsuo T. S asaki is Professor of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Project Professor at Keio University’s Institute for Advanc ed Biosciences. His research focuses on GTP energy metabolism at the inter face of signaling\, growth control\, cancer biology\, and therapeutic deve lopment. His laboratory discovered the mammalian GTP sensor PI5P4Kβ and g lioma GTP metabolic rewiring that supports ribosome biogenesis and prolife ration. His group now develops GTP-GEEKS approaches to understand and targ et GTP-dependent biological programs. He is a 2022 Human Frontier Science Program Program Grant awardee.\n\nToshiya Senda is a Professor\, Head of S ynchrotron Radiation Science Division II\, and Director of the Structural Biology Research Center at the Institute of Materials Structure Science\, KEK. He employs multidisciplinary approaches to study histone chaperones\, pathogenic signaling by Helicobacter pylori\, and the catalytic mechanism s of redox enzymes. Over the past decade\, as a member of the "GTP Geeks\, " he has focused on the structural biology aspects of GTP metabolism.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nSelected publications\n\nMatsugaki N\, Senda T. Advances in macr omolecular crystallography at the Photon Factory: automation from crystall ization to structural determination. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2025\, 32\, 567 -576. doi:10.1107/S1600577525001407\n\nOgawa-Iio\, Takeuchi K\, Shigemi K\ , …\, Hashizume R\, Osuka S\, Goyama S\, Yasuda T\, Senda T\, Sasaki AT IMPDH and GTP metabolism in cancer: Mechanisms\, regulation\, and translat ional scope. Cancer Sci. 2025\, 116\, 3250-3265. doi:10.1111/cas.70200\n\n Takeuchi K\, Senda M\, Ikeda Y\, Okuwaki K\, Fukuzawa K\, Nakagawa S\, Sas aki M\, Sasaki AT\, Senda T. Functional molecular evolution of a GTP sensi ng kinase: PI5P4Kβ. FEBS J. 2023\, 290\, 4419-4428. doi:10.1111/febs.1676 3\n\nTakeuchi K\, Ikeda Y\, Senda M\, …\, Fujii Y\, Sasaki AT\, Senda T. The GTP responsiveness of PI5P4Kβ evolved from a compromised trade-off b etween activity and specificity. Structure. 2022\, 30\, 886-899. doi:10.10 16/j.str.2022.04.004\n\nKofuji S\, Hirayama A\, …\, Wakimoto H\, Holland EC\, Yong WH\, Horbinski C\, Nakano I\, DeBerardinis RJ\, Bachoo RM\, Mis chel PS\, Yasui W\, Suematsu M\, Saya H\, Soga T\, Grummt I\, Bierhoff H\, Sasaki AT. IMP dehydrogenase-2 drives aberrant nucleolar activity and pro motes tumorigenesis in glioblastoma. Nat Cell Biol. 2019 Aug\;21(8):1003-1 014. doi: 10.1038/s41556-019-0363-9. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/sasak isenda.jpg CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:941@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260814T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260814T120000 DTSTAMP:20260810T073905Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/mist-guest-seminar-carsten-daub/ SUMMARY:MIST Guest Seminar: Carsten Daub DESCRIPTION:MIST Guest Seminar\n\n14th August\, 2026 at 11:00\nin Alhopuro auditorium\, Medisiina D\n\nAssociate Professor Carsten Daub\, Karolinska Institute\, Sweden\nHow to formulate Best Practices for using LLMs in our research\n\nHost: Lea Mikkola (lea.mikkola@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and bun serve d at 10:30\n\nEight researchers at any stage are welcome to have lunch and discuss with Associate Prof. Daub after the seminar. If you wish to share a lunch with the speaker\, please contact Lea Mikkola (lea.mikkola@utu.fi ).\n\nEveryone is welcome to listen to the seminar!\n\n***\n\nCarsten Daub (he/him) is an Associate Professor (Docent) and Group Leader of the Clini cal Transcriptomics group at Karolinska Institutet’s Department of Medic ine Huddinge. Holding an M.Sc. in Chemistry (TU Berlin) and a Ph.D. in Bio informatics (Max Planck Institute\, Golm)\, he completed postdoctoral work at Karolinska Institutet before serving as a Team Leader and Bioinformati cs Core Facility Director at RIKEN in Yokohama. In 2012\, he returned to K arolinska Institutet to establish his current research group across the Fl emingsberg and SciLifeLab (Solna) campuses. Working closely with Karolinsk a Hospital clinicians\, his group leverages clinical samples\, high-throug hput sequencing\, and bioinformatics to decipher the gene regulatory mecha nisms\, enhancers\, non-coding RNAs\, and transcription factors driving hu man disease.\n\nSelected publications:\n\n Impact of single-cell RNA refe rence selection for the deconvolution of breast cancer spatial transcripto mics datasets\n\nhttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.09.69856 6v1.full\n\n Identification and transfer of spatial transcriptomics signa tures for cancer diagnosis\nBreast Cancer Res. 2020 Jan 13\;22(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13058-019-1242-9\n\nhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31931856/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/MIST- Guest-seminar-thumbnail14082026.png CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:937@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260810T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260810T170000 DTSTAMP:20260602T095419Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/planetary-health-symposium/ SUMMARY:Planetary Health Symposium DESCRIPTION:10th August at 08:00-17:00\nOnsite event\nin Arje Scheinin lect ure hall\, Dentalia\n\nJoin us at the Planetary Health Symposium to hear f ascinating presentations on planetary health: what it is\, why it matters\ , and what the key drivers of planetary change are. In addition\, examples of current and future challenges will be presented\, along with efforts t o address them.\n\nThe event is open to anyone interested – please regis ter in advance in https://eve.utu.fi/event/255/\n\nTake a look at the prog ram and the event details: https://www.utu.fi/en/news/events/planetary-hea lth-symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/UTU-t humbnail-vihrea.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:936@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260629T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260629T160000 DTSTAMP:20260602T095342Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/microglia-minisymposium/ SUMMARY:Microglia Minisymposium DESCRIPTION:29th June at 08:30-16:00\nOnsite event\nin Säätiö lecture ha ll\, Medisiina D\n\nMicroglia: Gatekeepers of CNS Health and Disease\nEven t host: Professor Alexander Mildner\, Institute of Biomedicine/MediCity R esearch Laboratory\n\nConfirmed Speakers\nProfessor Marco Prinz\, Instit ute of Neuropathology\, Medical Center – University of Freiburg\, Germa ny\nProfessor Christine Stadelmann\, Institute of Neuropathology\, Univer sity of Göttingen\, Germany\nDr Susanne Wolf\, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine\, Berlin\, Germany\nProfessor Steffen Jung\, Weizmann Institute of Science\, Israel\nDr Caroline Bergner\, University Hospital Leipzig\, Germany\nProfessor Laura Airas\, Turku PET Centre\, University of Turku\n\nPlease register by June 22 for catering arrangements: https: //eve.utu.fi/event/280/\n\nFollow the event updates in https://inflames.ut u.fi/events/microglia-gatekeepers-of-cns-health-and-disease-2/\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/micro glia-thumbail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:935@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260626T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260626T110000 DTSTAMP:20260602T095114Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/cellcom-special-seminar/ SUMMARY:CellCom Special Seminar DESCRIPTION:26th June at 10:00-11:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, precise pl ace TBA\n\nDr. Jos Jonkers\, The Netherlands Cancer Institute\nDissection of breast cancer in murine models\n\nHost: Lea Sistonen (lea.sistonen@bios cience.fi)\n\nMore information about the seminar will follow. Until then\, save the date! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/CellC om-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:934@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260615T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260615T160000 DTSTAMP:20260602T094956Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/litegrav-demonstration/ SUMMARY:Litegrav Demonstration DESCRIPTION:15th June at 15:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity 7th floor seminar room SWAN 7078\nFlyer\n\nWelcome to a platform demonstration and discussio n on how simulated microgravity can enhance your research. Discover opport unities for collaboration with the European Space Agency and emerging priv ate space industry partners.\n\nSimulated microgravity (sMG) has become a powerful Earth-based approach to studying the effects of microgravity (wei ghtlessnes) on living systems - bypassing the constraints of spaceflight w hile unlocking new scientific and translational possibilities.\n\nFrom ste m cells to cancer models\, sMG research is reshaping our understanding of cell morphology\, migration\, proliferation\, and differentiation. In addi tion\, precisely controlling mechanobiological stresses in microogranisms also shown the tool's usefulness to activate silent metabolic pathways and potentially upregulate efficiency of biomanufacturing systems.\n\n​What began as a tool for space health research is rapidly evolving into a plat form for biotechnology optimization and discovery.\n\n​The PIROUETTE 3D simulated microgravity platform will be showcased\, along example case stu dies from Boston University and the University of Pavia. The session will be led by Patrik Hollos\, CEO and Founder of Litegrav (https://www.litegra v.ai/).\n\nRegister here: https://luma.com/nc4h2nro  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/liteg rav-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:889@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260612T160000 DTSTAMP:20260302T074122Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/the-annual-conference-of-the-finnish-at herosclerosis-society/ SUMMARY:The annual conference of The Finnish Atherosclerosis Society DESCRIPTION:11th–12th June\nOnsite event\nin in Alhopuro Hall\, Medisiina D\nFlyer\n\nThe Finnish Atherosclerosis Society (SATY ry) promotes scient ific research and educational activities related to atherosclerosis in Fin land. It organizes an annual scientific meeting\, provides travel grants f or trainees to attend scientific conferences\, and supports knowledge shar ing in the field. SATY ry also acts as Finland's representative within the European Atherosclerosis Society. More information\, including applicatio n for membership\, is available on the SATY website.\n\nThe annual confere nce of the SATY 2026 will be organized at the Alhopuro Hall\, Medisiina D\ , University of Turku. The meeting will start at noon on Thursday June 11t h and end on Friday June 12th at 16:15.\n\nThe theme of the conference is ’From cellular mechanisms to early prevention and detection of atheroscl erosis throughout the life-course’.\n\nThe SATY annual conference repres ents a broad spectrum of basic\, translational\, and clinical research ran ging from cellular metabolism to life-course prevention and detection of a therosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. You can shape the final program by submitting an abstract. Oral and poster presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts\, providing opportunities for researchers at all career stages\, including early-career researchers.\n\nPlenary lectures:\ nProf. Terence Dwyer (Murdoch Children's Research Institute\, Australia)\n Prof. Johan Björkegren (Karolinska Institutet\, Sweden)\nAssociate Prof. Jeffrey Kroon (Amsterdam UMC\, Netherlands)\nProf. Borja Ibánãz (online lecture\, CNIC\, Spain)\n\nConference registration and lunch on Friday are free of charge for all researchers affiliated with a university or an aca demic research institute. An extra registration fee of 25€ for the confe rence dinner applies.\n\nFaculty of Medicine Postgraduate Education Unit h as granted a PGE course status for the conference. Graduate and post-gradu ate students may receive ECTS as follows: 1 ECTS for attending the entire meeting\, 1 ECTS for oral presentation.\n\nWe would like to encourage all participants to submit abstracts. The deadline for abstract submission is March 29th\, 2026\, and the deadline for registration is April 26th\, 2026 .\n\nRegistration link: https://link.webropol.com/s/saty2026-registration\ nAbstract submission link: https://link.webropol.com/s/saty2026-abstract-s ubmission.\n\nOrganising team for the conference: Juha Mykkänen\, Suvi Ro vio\, Marja Heiskanen\, Mia Ståhle\, Joonas Lehto\, Teemu Maaniitty\, Juh ani Knuuti\, Antti Saraste\, Tuomas Kiviniemi and Olli Raitakari.\n\nIf yo u have any questions\, please contact Juha Mykkänen\, juha.mykkanen@utu.f i ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/SATY- thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:932@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260610T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260610T120000 DTSTAMP:20260602T093845Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-seminar-11/ SUMMARY:InFLAMES Seminar DESCRIPTION:10th June at 11:00-12:00\nOnsite event\nin Arhe Scheinin audito rium\, Dentalia\n\nAndy Chan\nEvolving drug modalities from antibodies to in vivo cell programming to treat autoimmune diseases\n\nHost: Timo Veroma a (timo.veromaa@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwiches will be served before the seminar.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Andrew Chan is a former Senior Vice President of Research-Biology at Genentech\, Inc where he oversaw biological researc h across all therapeutic areas including oncology\, immunology\, neuroscie nce\, infectious diseases and regenerative medicine. He is a leader in bio therapeutics discovery and development and integrates lessons learned abou t disease pathogenesis and mechanisms of therapy. Chan’s research focuse s on how our immune systems protect us against foreign pathogens and yet c ause autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Chan is also co-inventor of ocr elizumab (Ocrevus™)\, the first B-cell directed therapy approved by the FDA for treatment of both relapsing and progressive forms of multiple scle rosis.\n\nAndy is also arranging Careers in science workshops\nFor doctora l researchers: Tuesday\, June 9\, at 14:00–15:30\nFor postdocs: Wednesda y\, June 10\, at 13:00–14:30\nBoth workshops have limited room\, so plea se register in advance. Coffee/tea and pulla will be included! Registratio n: https://link.webropol.com/s/chan-workshop.\n\nAnd as usual\, Andy is al so available for 1-to-1 meetings. Reserve a time here: https://inflames.ut u.fi/contact/reservation-calendars/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:933@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260610T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260611T170000 DTSTAMP:20260602T094541Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/finnish-neuromorphic-systems-workshop/ SUMMARY:Finnish Neuromorphic Systems Workshop DESCRIPTION:10th–11th June\nOnsite event\nin University of Turku\n\nWe wa rmly invite all researchers interested in neuromorphic research to partici pate in FINNESS 2026 (Finnish Neuromorphic Systems 2026). This interdiscip linary event will take place at the University of Turku on 10 and 11 June. \n\nThe FINNESS workshop will connect Finnish and European expertise in ne uromorphic materials\, emerging devices\, brain-inspired computing technol ogies\, and innovation pathways. The workshop brings together company repr esentatives\, industry innovators\, funding ecosystem experts\, and resear chers working across materials chemistry\, physics\, electronics\, device engineering\, AI\, and related application domains.\n\nThe event aims to s trengthen the FINNESS network as a platform for academic collaboration\, i ndustry engagement\, and future research initiatives in emerging neuromorp hic systems.\n\n 10 June: Industry collaboration\n 11 June: Academic res earch workshop\n\nThe event is free of charge and includes coffee with sna cks.\n\nRead more and register for the event as soon as possible: https:// www.utu.fi/en/news/events/FINNESS-2026\n\nThe workshop is organised by the University of Turku\, Åbo Akademi University\, and the FINNESS - Finnish Neuromorphic Systems network.\n\nFor more information\, please contact Qu entin Huchet (quentin.huchet@utu.fi)\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/UTU-t humbnail-vihrea.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:877@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260609T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260609T150000 DTSTAMP:20260305T062416Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/immunology-seminar-zitvogel/ SUMMARY:Immunology Seminar: Zitvogel DESCRIPTION:9th June at 14:00-15:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\n\nLaurence Zitv ogel\, Paris-Saclay University\, France\nTitle TBA\n\nHost: Riitta Lahesma a (rilahes@utu.fi)\n\nLink to join the seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/6488 3693162\n\n \;\n\nRegister for the Immunology Seminar Series email lis t to get calendar invitations to the online seminars: https://link.webropo lsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\n\nImmunology seminar series is jointly or ganised by the Finnish Society for Immunology\, InFLAMES Flagship and Turk u Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä  (ankahy@u tu.fi) or Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)\, University of Turku.\n\n  \;\n\nMore information closer to the event from https://bioscience.fi/even ts/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/TBC-t humbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:906@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260609T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260612T170000 DTSTAMP:20260323T095025Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/sigrid-juselius-symposium-2026/ SUMMARY:Sigrid Juselius Symposium 2026 DESCRIPTION:9th–12th June\nOnsite event\nin Hanaholmen\, Espoo\n\nWe have the pleasure to cordially invite you to\nSigrid Jusélius Symposium 2026: AI Transforming Life Sciences and Medicine\n\nThe symposium brings togeth er leading researchers across AI\, life sciences\, medicine\, and research infrastructures to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming bi omedical research and healthcare.\n\nThe organizing committee includes sev eral members of the bioscience community in Turku\, as well as colleagues from the ELLIS Institute and many other familiar national and internati onal partners. We strongly encourage all colleagues who can attend to re gister early\, as interest is already very high and the meeting will likel y fill up quickly. You are also warmly welcome to submit a poster abstrac t\, which would be a great opportunity to showcase work from the Turku com munity and receive feedback from a top-level international audience.\n\nTh e symposium is free of charge\, but participants should arrange their own accommodation.\n\nTake a look at the practicalities and register at the ev ent website: https://www.sigridjuselius.fi/symposium/\n\nShould you have a ny questions\, Nancy (nancy.aguirre@eurobioimaging.eu) and Anting (antili@ utu.fi) are happy to assist you.\n\nWe hope to see many of you at Hanahol men in June! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/jusel ius-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:931@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260608T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260608T130000 DTSTAMP:20260602T093727Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-seminar-10/ SUMMARY:InFLAMES Seminar DESCRIPTION:8th June at 12:00-13:00\nOnsite event\nin Lauren 1\, Medisiina\ n\nAndy Chan\nIdentifying disease endotypes to optimize therapies and to u nderstand disease pathogenesis.\n\nHost: Timo Veromaa (timo.veromaa@utu.fi )\n\nCoffee and sandwiches will be served before the seminar. After the pr esentation professor Chan will be available for lunch with early career re searchers (13:00-14:30). Register for the lunch here: https://link.webrop ol.com/s/chan-lunch-2026.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Andrew Chan is a former Senior Vice President of Research-Biology at Genentech\, Inc where he oversaw bi ological research across all therapeutic areas including oncology\, immuno logy\, neuroscience\, infectious diseases and regenerative medicine. He is a leader in biotherapeutics discovery and development and integrates less ons learned about disease pathogenesis and mechanisms of therapy. Chan’s research focuses on how our immune systems protect us against foreign pat hogens and yet cause autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Chan is also co -inventor of ocrelizumab (Ocrevus™)\, the first B-cell directed therapy approved by the FDA for treatment of both relapsing and progressive forms of multiple sclerosis.\n\nAndy is also arranging Careers in science worksh ops\nFor doctoral researchers: Tuesday\, June 9\, at 14:00–15:30\nFor po stdocs: Wednesday\, June 10\, at 13:00–14:30\nBoth workshops have limite d room\, so please register in advance. Coffee/tea and pulla will be inclu ded! Registration: https://link.webropol.com/s/chan-workshop.\n\nAnd as us ual\, Andy is also available for 1-to-1 meetings. Reserve a time here: htt ps://inflames.utu.fi/contact/reservation-calendars/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:924@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260603T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260603T160000 DTSTAMP:20260504T082709Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/health-campus-turku-hankeparaati/ SUMMARY:Health Campus Turku Hankeparaati DESCRIPTION:3rd June at 12:30-16:00\nOnsite event\nYrjö Alanen lecture hal l\, Kompassi hospital\n\nThe main language of the event is Finnish\, but p resentation slides are in English\n\nTerveyskampuksen Hankeparaati kokoaa jälleen yhteen kampuksen hankkeet\, palvelut ja asiantuntijat. Päivän a ikana kuullaan ajankohtaisia puheenvuoroja\, esitellään uusia avauksia j a tutustutaan kampuksen palveluihin sekä testialustoihin. Messutorilla on mahdollisuus verkostoitua ja löytää uusia yhteistyömahdollisuuksia re nnossa ilmapiirissä.\n\nTapahtuma on suunnattu kaikille Terveyskampuksen organisaatioissa työskenteleville asiantuntijoille\, tutkimusryhmille\, h anketoimijoille ja kumppaneille. Tilaisuudessa on tarjolla myös pientä t arjoiltavaa.\n\nMore information and registration: https://healthcampustur ku.fi/hankeparaati-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/hanke paraati-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:923@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260602T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260602T173000 DTSTAMP:20260504T082619Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/making-and-breaking-biological-barriers -symposium/ SUMMARY:Making and Breaking Biological Barriers Symposium DESCRIPTION:2nd June 08:15-17:30\nOnsite event\nin Biomedicum\, Haartmanink atu 8\, Helsinki\n\nThis one-day meeting will bring together international speakers studying barriers across biological scales—from molecular mech anisms of cell adhesion and junction assembly to tissue mechanics\, immune cell migration\, and cancer invasion. Through talks spanning cell biology \, biophysics\, and modelling\, the symposium will highlight how physical and biochemical processes regulate the formation\, maintenance\, and disru ption of biological barriers.\n\nThe event is free of charge and open to e veryone but requires registration - please register below. Abstracts are b eing considered for poster presentation and flash talks.\n\nMore info and links: Programme and registration\n\nWelcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/barri er-force-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:918@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260601T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260601T163000 DTSTAMP:20260421T070242Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/finnish-drug-discovery-center-roadshow/ SUMMARY:Finnish Drug Discovery Center Roadshow DESCRIPTION:1st June at 09:30-16:30\nOnsite event\nin Putous auditorium\, J oki innovation centre 2nd floor\n\nFinland produces world-class biomedical research — much of it with real potential to become new treatments. Fin nish Drug Discovery Center is here to help researchers take that next step . Finnish Drug Discovery Center (FDDC) offers scientific and financial su pport to help translate academic research into viable drug development pro jects. No strings attached\, just a conversation.\n\nFDDC is visiting Univ ersity of Turku and Åbo Akademi University to meet researchers and resear ch groups with drug discovery potential. Whether you have a promising drug target\, an early or later stage idea\, or simply want to explore what dr ug development could look like. We would love to hear from you.\n\nDuring the roadshow\, join our morning seminar How We Support Drug Discovery\, c o-hosted with the university's TTO / Innovation services and book a one-on -one with experts in the early afternoon. No pitch deck needed for one to one\, just bring your science.\n\nProgram\n9:30–10:00   Registration a nd Coffee\n10:00–11:30 Morning seminar: How We Support Drug Discovery\ n11:30–12:30 Break\n12:30–16:30 One-to-one meetings with our experts (ca. 30 min each)\n\nRegister via Webropol by Friday 8.5.2026 in https:/ /link.webropolsurveys.com/S/B465EDA67F460F7A\n\nWelcome everyone!\n\nMore information about the event from Marjo Pihlavisto (marjo.pihlavisto@utu.fi ) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/lkk-t humbnail-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T040000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR