FinE Course on Electrophysiology for In Vitro Models

DAY 1 – 08.06.2026 (MONDAY)

8.30 – 9.00 REGISTRATION and COFFEE

9.00 – 9.05 Welcome Talk (Adj. Prof. Susanna Narkilahti) and Prof. Jukka Peltola, Tampere Brain&Mind

SESSION I – FUNDAMENTALS (9.05 – 12.30)

9.05 – 10.00 Measuring electrophysiology from in vitro cultures (organoids, 2D cultures) (Adj. Prof. Fikret Emre Kapucu)

10.00 – 10.30 Microelectrode arrays and sensor technologies (Prof. Pasi Kallio)

10.30 -11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00 Sponsor Talk Session

  • Talk1
  • Talk2
  • Talk3

Prosessing and analyzing electrophysiologial data/signals (12.00 – 12.30)

12.00 – 12.15 Calcium signal analysis (To be announced)

12.15 – 12.30 MEA signal analysis (MSc. Oskari Kulta)

12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH BREAK (Covered for registered)

SESSION II – (13.30 -15.00)

13.30 – 14.00 Ion channel measurements (To be announced)

14.00 – 14.15 Coffee break

14.15 – 15.00 Invited talk Optogenetics (To be announced)

DEMO SESSION & LAB TOUR (15.00 – 17.30)

19.00 – 21.00 DINNER (Covered for registered)

DAY 2 – 09.06.2026 (TUESDAY)

8.30 – 9.00 Coffee served

SESSION III – Cellular applications (9.00 – 12.30)

9.00-9.40 Invited talk (To be announced)

-selected abstracts

9.40 -10.00 Talk1

10.00 – 10.20 Talk 2

10.20 – 10.50 Coffee break

10.50 – 11.10 Talk 3

11.10 – 11.30 Talk 4

11.30 – 11.50 Talk 5

11.50 – 12.10 Talk 6

12.10 – 13.10 LUNCH BREAK (Covered for registered)

SESSION IV – Organ-on-chip and Organoid applications (13.10 – 16.00)

13.10 – 14.00 Invited talk (To be announced)

-selected abstracts

14.00 – 14.20 Talk 7

14.20 – 14.40 Coffee Break

14.40 – 15.00 Talk 8

15.00 – 15.20 Talk 9

15.20 – 15.40 Talk 10

15.40 – 16.00 Talk 11

16:00 – 16.15 Farewell Speech