NEW: FICAN Seminars
- Regional cancer centers jointly start new national seminar series, the FICAN seminars this spring.
- First speakers will be the current FICAN research professors and the FCI K. Albin Johansson Research Professor.
- Seminars are held remotely
FICAN seminars 2022 (pdf)
All Welcome!
February
Thu 10.2.2022 at 14-15, Zoom
Professor Alberto Sanz, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
“How does mitochondrial signalling impact lifespan?”
host: Howy Jacobs
March
Thu 10.3.2022 at 14-15, Zoom
Samuel Oliveira, PhD, Biological Design Center, Densmore Lab, Boston University, USA
”Microfluidics-based Devices for Studying Synthetic Microbial Communities”
Host: Andre S. Ribeiro
24.3. at 14-15, Zoom
Prof. Toni Seppälä (MET Cancer research)
Precision medicine in gastrointestinal cancer
Host: Annika Auranen
April
Cancelled for now, will be rescheduled!
Thu 7.4. at 14-15, Zoom
Professor Ian Holt, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain
“Mitochondria: why they reject ‘survival of the fittest’ and how we persuaded them to mend their ways”
host: Howy Jacobs
Fri 8.4.2022 at 13-14, F115 and live stream link
Senior Lecturer Dawn Walker, The University of Sheffield, UK
“Static and dynamic – computational modelling of the properties of epithelial tissues and cells”
host: Jari Hyttinen
May
Thu 5.5. at 14-15 Zoom
Judith Zaugg, PhD, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
Systems epigenetics view of cellular processes during ageing and infection
Host: Mikael Marttinen
Fri 13.5.2022 at 9.00-15.00 Zoom
Model organisms Minisymposium
as part of BBT.CT.411 Model Organisms course
LIVE in lecture room F217 + in zoom
Program
9:30 Welcome / Susanna Valanne
9:35-10:45 Poster presentations (Model Organisms course students), 1st session
10:45-11:30 Dr Silva Uusi-Heikkilä / zebrafish as a model, TBA
11:30-12:30 lunch break
12:30-13:25 Dr Minna Poukkula / Drosophila melanogaster as a model, TBA
13:25-14:20 Dr Susana DA Garcia / Caenorhabditis elegans as a model, TBA
14:20-15:00 Poster presentations (Model Organisms course students), 2nd session
Thu 19.5. at 15-16 Zoom
Associate Professor, Masanobu Komatsu, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, USA
Gateway to TLS: Blood vessels within tertiary lymphoid structure may hold the key to ending the war on cancer
Host: Tero Järvinen
Wed 9.6.2022 at 14-15 in Arvo F211 Zoom
Research Fellow Takeshi Yoshimatsu, University of Sussex, UK
Rod-pathways in the zebrafish retina