Programme - Autumn 2025

Thu 5.8.2025 at 14.00-15.00 Arvo F114

Dr. Juliana Hamzah
Beyond slowing down atherosclerotic plaque progression: can we reverse plaque blockage?

Host: Tero Järvinen


FicanMid tunnusThu 7.8.2025 at 15.00 – 16
Venue: Primary in the Arvo building, auditorium F114

Prof. Sir John Burn, Newcastle, UK
Aspirin in cancer prevention

Host: Toni Seppälä


Thu 25.9.2025 at 15.00 in Arvo F114

Professor Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Ghent University, Belgium
From light to life: Photo-crosslinkable polymers in biofabrication

Host: Heli Skottman


FicanMid tunnusThu 2.10.2025 at 14.00 in Arvo F115 or Teams

Assoc. Prof. Maureen Estévez Stabio, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
The Past, Present, and Future of the Visible Human Project

Host: Soile Nymark


8.10.2025 13.00-14.00 Jarmo Visakorpi hall
FIN OoC meeting – Keynote lecture

Professor Hazel Screen,
Addressing physical niche design in organ-chip development – A musculoskeletal case study

FIN OoC meeting


Thu 9.10.2025 at 14.00 in Arvo F114

Professor Petros Ligoxygakis, University of Oxford
Exploring the connection between inflammation and age-dependent neurodegeneration using Drosophila as a model

Host: Tiina Salminen


FicanMid tunnus 22.10.2025 at 15.00 Arvo F114 or Teams

Professor Michael Taylor, Texas Children’s Hospital, USA

Sex and Death in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

Host: Kirsi Rautajoki


Thu 23.10.2025 at 14.00 in Arvo F114

Dr. Juho Pokki-Riikonen, Aalto University

Developing Tools to Uncover How Microscopic Mechanical Cues Regulate Cancer Progression and Treatment Resistance

Host: prof. Tero Järvinen


Thu 20.11.2025 at 14.00-15.00, in Arvo F114

Professor Julie Fradette, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Tissue Engineering applications based on the self-assembly approach: Harnessing the potential of cell-derived extracellular matrix

Host: Professor Susanna Miettinen


Wed 26.11.2025 at 11.00-12.00, in Hervanta, Festia Pieni sali 1 (FA032)

Kahye Song, Senior research scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Soft yet Strong: How a Lightweight Soft Gripper Lifts 100 kg

Host: Veikko Sariola