Thursday 30.10.
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The event includes invited talks (Keynotes and MET Research Highlight Talks) as well as presentations selected based on submitted abstracts (R, PP, and posters). Here, presentations are listed in the order of delivery within each session. The poster session is presented separately, with posters organized by session day and presenter. A poster placement map will be provided later. The letters preceding a presentation title indicate the format (if not an invited talk):
For abstract-based presentations, presenters marked in bold have made their abstracts available. The link in the presenter’s name leads to the abstract (soon). |
Session 1 – Thursday 30.10. at 9.25-10.30
| Frank Bradke | Keynote 1: Mechanisms of axon growth and regeneration |
| Lotta Kulmala | R: Miniature engineered heart tissues from human iPSC-cardiomyocytes on a chip |
| Jaakko Leinonen | R: Two genomes, two pathways: distinct maternal and fetal contributions to preeclampsia |
Session 2 – Thursday 30.10. at 11.00-12.00
| Heli Skottman | MET Research Highlight Talk: Introduction to the EU Project KeratOPrinter |
| Oona Kähkönen | R: Impact of participation in longitudinal monitoring of at-risk individuals on type 1 diabetes presentation and treatment outcomes |
| Nanna Kangasmäki | PP: Maternal coxsackievirus B antibodies reduce the risk of early coxsackievirus B infections – implications for preventive vaccine |
| Abhinav Reddy Kethiri | R: In vivo evaluation of injected and bioprinted hyaluronic acid-based bioink in corneal stromal pocket |
| Roza Parveen | PP: Comparative assessment of advanced hiPSC-derived liver organoid protocols for metabolic disease modeling |
| Angelika Pölläniemi | R: Discovery of multitargeting inhibitors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pkn kinases |
| Janina Hansas | PP: Nationwide register-based analysis of pediatric antibiotic prescribing for acute otitis media in Finland, 2017–2022 |
| Sami Maja | PP: External pressure-induced stenosis for simulating hemodynamic changes resembling deep vein thrombosis |
Session 3 – Thursday 30.10. at 13.00-14.00
| Toni Seppälä | MET Research Highlight Talk: Introduction to the EU Project PREDI-LYNCH |
| Anna A. Peltola | R: Predicting stress-related disorders from laboratory biomarkers in Finnish electronic health records |
| Essi Pirskanen | PP: Acute type A aortic dissection and cysts |
| Johanna Kalmari | PP: Microbial extract as a nature exposure material reduces the need for atopic dermatitis medication |
| Charlotte Rinne | R: Synergistic drug combinations targeting nelarabine resistance in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| Katri Ala-Mononen | PP: Ascorbic acid 2-phosphate-releasing poly(trimethylene carbonate) biomaterials for pelvic organ prolapse tissue engineering |
| Saara Marttila | PP: Age-associated changes in non-CpG methylation in humans |
| Tuulia Taipale | R: 3D microrheology for microstructural analysis of extracellular matrix based 3D hydrogels |
| Tiina Jäntti | PP: Hyperglycaemia and antidiabetic medication use as prognostic factors in ovarian cancer |
Session 4 – Thursday 30.10. at 14.15-15.20 – Tampere Brain & Mind
| Aliisa Tiihonen | R: Hypoxia shapes tumor immune microenvironment through cell-type dependent responses in diffuse astrocytomas |
| Arttu Autio-Kimura | PP: Expressions of specific human endogenous retroviruses of the HERV-K (HML-2) family are associated with activation and suppression of HLA class I genes in the brain |
| Matthew K. Maasdorp | R: Developing a fruit fly model of a rare genetic multiorgan syndrome for insights into immunity and neurodegeneration |
| Austin Donnelly Evans | PP: Therapeutic reprogramming of glioblastoma phenotypic states using multifunctional heparin nanoparticles |
| Mirkka Forssell | R: Esports and aging: the impact of social play on loneliness and well-being |
| Laura Keto | PP: Bridging scales in astroglial calcium dynamics: from nanoprocesses to whole-cell modeling in the cerebellum |
| Oskari Kulta | R: Distinct functional properties of human iPSC-derived sympathetic neurons in vitro |
| Lotta Isosaari | PP: Exploring multicellular interactions between glioblastoma and the brain: a 3D open-top microfluidic chip model with integrated neurovascular networks |
| Tanja Hyvärinen | PP: Human-specific model to study foamy microglia in multiple sclerosis |
Poster numbers
Poster session 1 – Thursday 30.10. at 15.20-17.00
| Aino Reunamo | X-ray microtomography enables the detection of early mucosal changes in potential celiac disease |
| Aleksi Aartola | Three-dimensional tapered polished stem has lower periprosthetic femoral fracture risk than taper slip stems: an analysis of 6800 total hip arthroplasties from a high-volume hospital |
| Alpo Värri | Quality standard for digital therapeutics products |
| Alvar Saarinen | Exploring the relevance of the mechanical TME in prostate cancer |
| Anastasiia Mykuliak | A novel blue light crosslinking fibrin-hyaluronan hydrogel for vascular tissue engineering |
| Anna Kivioja | Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy increase the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events during reproductive years |
| Anni Marjomaa | Generation of cardiac organoids for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) modeling |
| Antti Ahola | Deep learning-based estimation of iPSC-cardiomyocyte myofibrillar structure from light microscopy |
| Elias Kuusela | Patient-derived lamin A/C mutant cardiomyocytes demonstrate altered electrophysiological characteristics and responses to hypoxia induced stress |
| Ella Lampela | Engineered 3D skeletal muscle myobundles with functional vascular networks |
| Elsa Sundholm | Gluten-induced transcriptomic changes in celiac patient-derived iPSC small intestinal epithelial cells |
| Emma Raitoharju | BMI in early adulthood is associated with descendants’ epigenetic pace of aging in three generation especially in the maternal line |
| Erdogan Pekcan Erkan | Epithelial stromal interaction 1 (EPSTI1) is an epithelial modulator of chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer |
| Farnaz Javanpour | A keypoint framework for multimodal registration |
| Fizra Khan | Quantitative electroencephalography (EEG) measures for prediction of neurological outcome of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) |
| Hanna Pihlaja | Specialist palliative care reduces the need for acute health care services in patients with nonmalignant pulmonary diseases and lung cancer: a nationwide study |
| Hanna Pikkujämsä | Trends in cervical cancer screening participation and HPV genotype distribution among young women in Finland |
| Henna Lappi | Severe genetic arrhythmia (CPVT) studied with iPSC-cardiac model derived from pediatric patients |
| Iida Ahonen | General health and long-term outcomes in celiac disease patients identified through screening in a population-representative cohort: findings from a prospective study |
| Iida Salonen | Analysis of colorectal cancer microenvironment in the FinCRC cohort |
| Iiro Piippo | Lingonberry supplementation prevents high-fat diet-induced low-grade inflammation and gut microbiota dysbiosis: an experimental dose–response study |
| Iisa Tujula | Modeling neuroinflammation in human-derived neuronal tricultures |
| Iván Perez-Torres | Computational simulation of electrical temporal interference stimulation of a myelinated and unmyelinated neuron |
| Jaakko Tyrmi | Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies genetic drivers of bile acid metabolism in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy |
| Jo Ciantar | Grandpaternal BMI in youth associates with DNA methylation of paternal grandchildren |
| Johanna Laakkonen | Assessing vascularization capacity and barrier properties of BBB-specific endothelial cells and pericytes |
| Kaisla Walls | 3D imaging of engineered heart tissues using inverted selective plane illumination microscopy |
| Katariina Taipalus | Developing a border zone-on-chip |
| Kaumali Liyanaarachchilage | Protease-targeted strategies against enterovirus-induced myocarditis: discovery of a 2A/3C inhibitor through FRET-based screening and a P4 medicine perspective |
| Leevi Halonen | TRPA1 regulates cytokine storm signaling and chemokine expression in response to acute antiviral-type inflammation in vitro |
| Markus Hannula | Analysis of crypt geometry in small intestine biopsies using X-ray microtomography |
| Martta Häkli | Modeling hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with human heart organoids |
| Matilda Hurskainen | Electrocardiogram markers predicting ischemic stroke after acute coronary syndrome |
| Miguel M. Azevedo | How rifampicin changes the transcriptome of E. coli over time |
| Miina Hoikka | Presence and spatial organization of dendritic cells and T-cells in diffuse gliomas |
| Mikko Pulkkanen | Effect of liner geometry on jumping distance when it comes to total hip arthroplasty: as relevant as femoral head size |
| Minh D Nguyen | “Metricize” the performance of cell-to-cell communication channels with Deep Learning approach |
| Narayan Puthanmadam Subramaniyam | Longitudinal scalp-EEG spectral analysis of ANT-DBS in epilepsy |
| Nicole Anderton | Towards the integration of in-silico cardiovascular system, vessel and electro-chemo-mechanical smooth muscle cell models |
| Nicole Anderton | First steps toward the integration of an in-silico electro-chemo-mechanical smooth muscle cell and a cardiovascular system model |
| Ossi Noita | POMtool: open source tool for creating population of models |
| Paavo Virtanen | Rest, activate, repeat: ionic dynamics in stimulated and quiescent cardiomyocytes in silico |
| Rafeul Hasan | Genetic and epidemiological architecture of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor users |
| Rittik Bhati | Following long-term calcium signaling dynamics with smart photonic DR1 approach |
| Saara Kyllönen | Implementation of a self-sampling into the cervical cancer screening program in Pirkanmaa region in 2024 |
| Sanna Halonen | Bioimpedance of human liver and tumor measured in vivo from tip of biopsy needle |
| Sanni Erämies | Quantitative monitoring of phototoxicity in live-cell microscopy via machine learning–based synthetic nuclear labelling |
| Sanni Laurikkala | Heparan sulphate loss and ECM remodelling in persistent CVB-1 infection: linking proteomics to tissue vulnerability |
| Santiago Laguna Castro | Structure preserved, noise reduced: micro-CT in prostate cancer histopathology |
| Siiri Sihvonen | Suppressing neuronal seizure-like activity in vitro |
| Siiri Suominen | Physioxia-driven maturation of iPSC-derived hepatic cells |
| Sini Eerola | Decoding prostate tumor immune dynamics through spatial transcriptome profiling |
| Sini Saarimaa | Comparison of platforms for 3D cocultures of neurons and adipocytes |
| Tasneem Un Nissa | Polysaccharide gum enhanced porous biomaterials for bone tissue regeneration |
| Tero Halmesmäki | Microscopic degeneration in ascending aortic aneurysms: comparative analysis by anatomical location |
| Thomas Cecchetto | Cytokine induced plasticity in a prostate cancer cell line model |
| Tomi Ryynänen | Biomicrofabrication services provided by a staff scientist |
| Valtteri Vuolanto | Software for multifaceted analysis of microelectrode array data |
| Venla Harju | Modelling ischemic stroke in vitro with human induced pluripotent stem cell derived neurons |
| Vivian Kettunen | JAK kinases in the pathogenesis and treatment of type 1 diabetes |
| Arttu Autio-Kimura | PP: Expressions of specific human endogenous retroviruses of the HERV-K (HML-2) family are associated with activation and suppression of HLA class I genes in the brain |
| Austin Donnelly Evans | PP: Therapeutic reprogramming of glioblastoma phenotypic states using multifunctional heparin nanoparticles |
| Essi Pirskanen | PP: Acute type A aortic dissection and cysts |
| Janina Hansas | PP: Nationwide register-based analysis of pediatric antibiotic prescribing for acute otitis media in Finland, 2017–2022 |
| Johanna Kalmari | PP: Microbial extract as a nature exposure material reduces the need for atopic dermatitis medication |
| Katri Ala-Mononen | PP: Ascorbic acid 2-phosphate-releasing poly(trimethylene carbonate) biomaterials for pelvic organ prolapse tissue engineering |
| Laura Keto | PP: Bridging scales in astroglial calcium dynamics: from nanoprocesses to whole-cell modeling in the cerebellum |
| Lotta Isosaari | PP: Exploring multicellular interactions between glioblastoma and the brain: a 3D open-top microfluidic chip model with integrated neurovascular networks |
| Nanna Kangasmäki | PP: Maternal coxsackievirus B antibodies reduce the risk of early coxsackievirus B infections – implications for preventive vaccine |
| Roza Parveen | PP: Comparative assessment of advanced hiPSC-derived liver organoid protocols for metabolic disease modeling |
| Saara Marttila | PP: Age-associated changes in non-CpG methylation in humans |
| Sami Maja | PP: External pressure-induced stenosis for simulating hemodynamic changes resembling deep vein thrombosis |
| Tanja Hyvärinen | PP: Human-specific model to study foamy microglia in multiple sclerosis |
| Tiina Jäntti | PP: Hyperglycaemia and antidiabetic medication use as prognostic factors in ovarian cancer |
Friday 29.11.
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The event includes invited talks (Keynotes and MET Research Highlight Talks) as well as presentations selected based on submitted abstracts (R, PP, and posters). Here, presentations are listed in the order of delivery within each session. The poster session is presented separately, with posters organized by session day and presenter. A poster placement map will be provided later. The letters preceding a presentation title indicate the format (if not an invited talk):
For abstract-based presentations, presenters marked in bold have made their abstracts available. The link in the presenter’s name leads to the abstract (soon). |
Session 5 – Friday 31.10. at 9.05-10.30
| Erik Groot Jebbink | Keynote 2: Technical medicine, the key to personalized medicine |
| Anni Saralahti | PP: Development of an mRNA vaccine for tuberculosis |
| Lauri Lavonen | R: The association of birthweight, preterm birth, and foetal growth restriction on epigenetic aging across the lifespan |
| Antti Kallonen | PP: Supercomputer-assisted literature mining for predictive modeling in COVID-19 care |
| Kalle E. Hokkanen | PP: More begets more: patient heterogeneity and prior cancer burden as an independent risk factor in Lynch syndrome |
| Shammi Quraishi | R: Optimizing xeno-free medium for vascularized skeletal muscle models |
| Yuliya Basikhina | PP: Pathogen type and host genotype shape mitochondrial responses to infection |
| Olivia Lilja | PP: Characterizing genetic and structural variants in opsin genes associated with color vision deficiency using ultra-long nanopore sequencing |
Session 6 – Friday 31.10. at 11.00-12.05
| Riku Klén | Keynote 3: Automatic cancer detection from medical tomography images using artificial intelligence |
| Veera Räkköläinen | R: Effectiveness of JAK inhibitors in modulating IFN regulated pathways in celiac disease |
| Jarno M. A. Tanskanen | PP: Non-contact impedance measurement to assess kidney degradation in real-time |
| Jenni Rapakko | PP: SRSF3 shapes the structure and processing of miR-17-92 cluster in colorectal cancer |
Session 7 – Friday 31.10. at 14.00-15.05
| Mark van Gils | MET Research Highlight Talk: Introduction to the EU Project SMASH-HCM |
| Erika Antola | PP: Multi-omics integration to identify biomarkers related to T1D risk in children |
| Emilia Siukola | PP: Unraveling transcriptomic landscapes in overt and potential celiac disease using spatial transcriptomics |
| Venla Koivunen | R: Bridging in vivo heart rate variability analysis with in vitro and in silico approaches |
| Nelli Vahvelainen | PP: Fluorescence imaging as a tool to study the 3D structure of in vitro and ex vivo mycobacterial biofilms |
| Eevi Sipponen | PP: Wastewater surveillance of the human virome in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021) |
| Zahra Hosseinpur Yektaei | R: Apoptosis-inducing small-molecule inhibitors of EGFR signaling in glioblastoma |
| Ilona Mäkinen | PP: Computational modelling of brain energy metabolism in schizophrenia |
| Nina Keitaanpää | PP: Impact of gestational hypertension duration on long-term cardiovascular disease risk |
Poster numbers
Poster session 2 – Friday 31.10. at 15.05-16.30
| Ali Raza | Laser induced graphene (LIG) based stretchable antenna |
| Anja Hartewig | DNA methylation-based regulation and neuro-developmental trajectories of central nervous system tumors |
| Anni Honkanen | Field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry measurements of human induced pluripotent stem cells for celiac HLA-haplotype detection |
| Antti Happonen | Trustworthy impact assessment of a federated machine learning system in healthcare product development |
| Eedit Koivukangas | A setup dedicated to measuring acoustic attenuation through artificial bone matching layers |
| Emilia Lintilä | Exploring the genetic basis of biofilm-driven antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium marinum |
| Emma Pesu | Human cardiac innervation-on-a-chip platform for disease modeling |
| Fikret Emre Kapucu | Longitudinal analysis of network activity in PD-related LRRK2-mutant neurons |
| Francesco De Pretis | Smart hospitals as data hubs for next-generation pharmacovigilance |
| Frans Ek | Spyforce – a molecular force sensor series for tissue tension imaging |
| Göktuğ Karabiyik | Chemical targeting of epigenetic vulnerabilities in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors |
| Haniyeh Danest Doost | Uncovering the shared lipidomic-wide markers of carotid artery plaque and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in non-overlapping individuals: the Young Finns study |
| Harini Karunarathna | Monitoring early-stage osteoarthritis in a tissue-engineered in vitro model using near-infrared spectroscopy |
| Heidi Vänskä | Thiol–ene click chemistry enables low-temperature gelation of norbornene-functionalized gelatin and PEG-thiol hydrogel |
| Helka Kaunisto | Unveiling heterogeneous clinical phenotypes from bulk transcriptomics data in dermatitis herpetiformis |
| Hilma Tillqvist | Clinical Frailty Scale as a tool to predict outcomes after lower extremity amputation among patients with diabetes |
| Iftehaz Newaz | Data-driven decision support for unruptured intracranial aneurysms |
| Iiris Leino | Functional characterization of ACSL4 in ETV6::RUNX1-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| Jonne Nieminen | Phosphorylated LCK as a response biomarker for Dasatinib sensitivity in T-ALL |
| Karishma Sajnani | CD4+ T-cells promote the survival of prostate cancer cells in culture |
| Kati Rinnekari | Investigating the role of S53P4 bioactive glass in osteogenic differentiation of 3D bioprinted human bone marrow stem/stromal cells with animal-free bioinks |
| Kirsikka Musta | Optimizing bacterial protein extraction from coronary artery samples for in-depth proteome analysis |
| Lackson Kashobwe | Advancing research with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS): establishing a state-of-the-art facility at Tampere University supported by the Research Council of Finland (FIRI 2024–2026) |
| Laura Huhtala | Single nucleus level investigation of epigenetic regulation and neurodevelopmental processes in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors |
| Lauri Humaloja | Prospective association of circulating inflammatory biomarkers with epigenetic ageing in the Young Finns Study |
| Leon L. Csonka | Relation of changes in PEF and FEV1 during bronchodilation in adults |
| Liang Zhang | CircoNET: an interactive platform for multi-modal data visualization in complex networks |
| Long Dang | Prognostic risk assessment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the context of sarcomere gene variation: insights from multimodal phenotypic characterization using unsupervised clustering approaches |
| Maiju Junno | The inflammasome adaptor pycard is essential for immunity against Mycobacterium marinum infection in adult zebrafish |
| Mandana Mombeinipour | Modulating matrix remodeling via engineered fibronectin fragments |
| María Taboada Pérez | Simulation of astrocyte calcium dynamics in a biologically detailed neuron-astrocyte-vascular model and implementation in NEURON simulator |
| Marja-Leena Linne | How neuronal and glial cells interact: modeling brain networks for information processing and memory |
| Markus Ojanen | Studying the evolutionary conservation of fish avidins and the role of zebavidin in development and microbial resistance of zebrafish |
| Milla Kosonen | Personalizing alarms for patient monitoring in hospital settings with artificial intelligence |
| Miriana Carla Torquati | Development of an explainable-AI enabled decision support system for improved risk assessment of atrial fibrillation in cardiac patients during hospital stay |
| Mirkka Forssell | Designing accessible leadership and management education: learning enablers and barriers among specializing doctors and dentists |
| Muhammad Usama Javed | Robustness of self-healing passive UHF RFID tags to mechanical damage: toward skin-like electronics |
| Nabid Faiem | Integrated decision support system for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy stratification and disease management |
| Niina Väljä | Integrating biomarkers into polygenic risk models for autism |
| Nikta Pournoori | Self-healing UHF RFID tag antennas: the concept and first results with a slot-type antenna |
| Olga Albó | Evaluating calprotectin as novel biomarker in dermatitis herpetiformis |
| Praveen Dedigamage | Multiclass motor imagery EEG classification pipeline using a spiking neural network |
| Ramin Heydarzadeh Azar | Development of equivalent circuit model for UHF RFID IC and its validation with self-healing elastomer RFID tags |
| Rok Virant | Towards multiscale brain simulations for personalized medicine: extending neuron–astroglia–vasculature in the Virtual Brain |
| Roselia Davidsson | Metabolism at the core of inflammation-driven differentiation defect in celiac disease |
| Saana Seppälä | Snapshot of reaction-diffusion simulations tools in neuroscience research |
| Sana Kari | Combinatorial study of vorapaxar and phenyl derivative targeting GPR17 receptor in glioblastoma multiforme cells |
| Shambhavee Annurakshita | Photocrosslinkable graphene-enhanced biomaterial inks for improved printability and structural fidelity |
| Susanna Valanne | The ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Effete regulates hemocyte differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster |
| Thiago Ohno Bezerra | How does metabolism influence neural activity? A comparative analysis of brain neuron models integrating metabolism |
| Tiia Nikupaavola | Tumor microenvironment and molecular signatures underlying staging transitions in colorectal cancer |
| Tomi Viitanen | Machine learning based classification of meningiomas to clinically relevant molecular subtypes using methylation profiling |
| Tuulikki Suomela | PCaKG – a prostate cancer knowledge graph |
| Uzma Hasan | Investigating subtype-specific migration of patient-derived glioma cells in 3D matrix models |
| Viivi-Maaria Ulenius | Asymmetric coalescence of microbubbles subjected to ultrasound |
| Vilhelmiina Hännikäinen | Graphene field-effect transistors as measurement devices for in vitro neuronal activity |
| Waseeq Ahmad Minhas | Enformer prediction performance evaluation leveraging deep learning to interpret genetic variation in prostate cancer |
| Xin Lai | HallmarkGraph: a cancer hallmark informed graph neural network for classifying hierarchical tumor subtypes |
| Zhesi Zhang | miREA – a network-based tool for cancer-specific miRNA-oriented enrichment analysis |
| Anni Saralahti | PP: Development of an mRNA vaccine for tuberculosis |
| Antti Kallonen | PP: Supercomputer-assisted literature mining for predictive modeling in COVID-19 care |
| Eevi Sipponen | PP: Wastewater surveillance of the human virome in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021) |
| Emilia Siukola | PP: Unraveling transcriptomic landscapes in overt and potential celiac disease using spatial transcriptomics |
| Erika Antola | PP: Multi-omics integration to identify biomarkers related to T1D risk in children |
| Ilona Mäkinen | PP: Computational modelling of brain energy metabolism in schizophrenia |
| Jarno M. A. Tanskanen | PP: Non-contact impedance measurement to assess kidney degradation in real-time |
| Jenni Rapakko | PP: SRSF3 shapes the structure and processing of miR-17-92 cluster in colorectal cancer |
| Kalle E. Hokkanen | PP: More begets more: patient heterogeneity and prior cancer burden as an independent risk factor in Lynch syndrome |
| Nelli Vahvelainen | PP: Fluorescence imaging as a tool to study the 3D structure of in vitro and ex vivo mycobacterial biofilms |
| Nina Keitaanpää | PP: Impact of gestational hypertension duration on long-term cardiovascular disease risk |
| Olivia Lilja | PP: Characterizing genetic and structural variants in opsin genes associated with color vision deficiency using ultra-long nanopore sequencing |
| Yuliya Basikhina | PP: Pathogen type and host genotype shape mitochondrial responses to infection |