Programme - Autumn 2024

Tue 13.8.2024 at 14-15, Arvo F114

Dr. Markus Ramste, Stanford University School of Medicine

Leveraging Genetics to Unravel Novel Mechanisms of Coronary Artery Disease

host: Seppo Parkkila


Thu 15.8.2024 at 14-15, Arvo F114

Adjunct Professor Iris Jonkers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Studying the role of genetics in celiac disease in a post-GWAS era: From genomics to model systems

Host: Keijo Viiri


Thu 22.8.2024 at 14-15 in Arvo F115 Zoom link

Dr. Zoe Piran, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Decoding cellular identities from single-cell data

Host: Mikael Marttinen


Thu 29.8.2024 at 14.00-15.00, Arvo F114

Professor Young-Tae Chang, POSTECH, Korea

Discriminating live cells using chemical probes

Host: Howy Jacobs


FicanMid tunnusThu 5.9.2024 at 14-15, Arvo F114

Assoc. Prof. (tenure) Daniela Ungureanu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu & Visiting Researcher, FIMM, University of Helsinki

Pharmacotranscriptomic pipeline to uncover drug-resistance mechanisms in ovarian and prostate cancer, using primary tumor-derived samples

host: Minna Hankaniemi


FicanMid tunnusThu 10.10.2024 at 14.00, Arvo F115 Teams link

Research Director, Sandrine Bourdoulous, CNRS France

Novel approaches to prevent endothelial dysfunction during bacterial sepsis

Host: Tero Järvinen


Thu 17.10.2024 at 14.00, Arvo F114

Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London

Revolution by natural selection: a radical history of life from inside our cells

Host: Howy Jacobs


Thu 24.10.2024 at 13.30, Arvo F114 & F115 (This seminar is part of Finnish Organ-on-Chip meeting 2024)

Professor Jeremy Sugarman,, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Ethical Considerations for Organ-on-Chip Research

Host: Pasi Kallio & Hanna Vuorenpää


Fri 1.11.2024 at 10.00 in Arvo F211

Assistant Professor Mireia Crispin-Ortuzar, University of Cambridge

To see the World in a Grain of Sand: imaging early cancer with AI

Host: Pekka Ruusuvuori


Thu 7.11.2024 at 14.00, Arvo F025 Yellow Hall

Prof. Carter Cornwall, Boston University School of Medicine, USA

Mechanisms of adaptation to bright lights exposure in vertebrate rods and cones

Host: Soile Nymark


Tue 19.11.2024 at 12.00 in Arvo F217

Sofia Botti, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Università della Svizzera Italiana

Chamber-Specific Ionic Models in Regenerative Cardiology: Bridging Single-Cell Precision to Tissue-Level Heterogeneity

Host: Jari Hyttinen