Biomedicum Helsinki seminars

Cedric Blanpain, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

"Stem cell dynamic and plasticity during tissue homeostasis and regeneration"

Host: Sara Wickström
Student hosts: Kate Miroshnikova and Eman Elzeneini

Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

"Shared risk factors for cardiovascular disease and dementia – epidemiologic, genetic and causal aspects"

Host: Katariina Öörni
Student host: Maija Ruuth

Michele de Luca, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

"Regenerative medicine by somatic stem cells: the paradigm of epithelial stem cells"

Host: Sara Wickström
Student host: Leah Biggs and Karlo Skube

Young Investigator Talk:

Valentyn Oksenych, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim Area, Norway

"DNA double strand break response factors in early lymphocyte development"

Host: Denis Kainov
Student host: Andrii Bugai

No seminar

Roser Vento-Tormo, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK

"Mapping the female reproductive tissue one cell at a time"

Host: Sanna Vuoristo
Student host: Pauliina Paloviita

No seminar

Professor Tomasz Brzozowski, Jagiellonian University, Department of Physiology, Poland

"Local renin-angiotensin system in gastrointestinal health and disease"

Hosts: Heikki Vapaatalo and Riitta Korpela
Student hosts: Lauri Pasanen and Hanna Launonen

Scott Summers, University of Utah, USA

"Could ceramides be the new cholesterol?"

Host: Kati Öörni
Student host: Maija Ruuth

Yuanfang Guan, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, USA

"AI in drug discovery"

Host: Jing Tang
Student host: Bulat Zagidullin

Professor Gillian M. Griffiths FMedSci, FRS
Professor of Cell Biology and Immunology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK

"How to power your killer cells!"

Host: Thomas McWilliams
Student host:

Raul Andino, University of California, San Fransisco, USA

”RNA virus evolution and pathogenesis”

Host: Kalle Saksela
Student host:

No seminar

Sakari Vanharanta, University of Cambridge, MRC cancer unit, UK

"Transcriptional control of cancer progression"

Host: Satu Mustjoki
Student host: Khalid Saeed

Professor Owen J. Sansom FRSE FMedSci
Director, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK

Research field: Cancer biology, tumourigenesis, Wnt signalling

Host: Thomas McWilliams
Student host:

Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly MD FMedSci FRS
Director, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit & Head of Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Scientific Director, Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
Hon. Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge     

Research field: Genetics, Metabolism, Obesity, Endocrinology

Host: Thomas McWilliams
Student host:

Hanna Mikkola, Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Research Center, University of California, USA

"Stem cells self-renewal and multi-potency in embryogenic haematopoiesis"

Host: Kari Alitalo
Student host: Shentong Fang

Oscar Marin, King's College London, Great Britain

Research field: Neuroscience

Host: Eero Castrén
Student host:

Preliminary booked

Alex K. Shalek, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES),MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Research field: single-cell RNA sequencing to study  how cells collectively perform systems-level functions

Hosts: Kari Alitalo and Sanna Toppila-Salmi
Student host:

Young investigator talk:

Dr. Tomás Ryan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Research field: Neuroscience, Memory, Engrams, Genetics

Host: Thomas McWilliams
Student host:

Mathias Francois, University of Queensland, Australia

"Pharmacological modulation of SOX18 transcription factor activity in development and disease"

Host: Päivi Ojala
Student host: Silvia Gramolelli

No seminar

Matthias Fischer, University Children’s Hospital of Cologne, Köln, Germany

"Towards precision medicine in neuroblastoma"

Host: Andreas Scherer
Student host: Disha Malani

David Huntsman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

"Cell context, mutation, microenvironment and ovarian cancer control"

Host: Anniina Färkkilä
Student host: Julia Casado

Ritva Tikkanen, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany

"Novel therapies for Finnish Disease Heritage rare diseases"

Host: Iiris Hovatta
Student host: Mikaela Laine

Daniel Choquet, University of Bordeaux, France

"Trafficking of synaptic glutamate receptors as a basis for learning and memory"

Host: Eero Castrén
Student host: Merve Fred