Researcher Forum 2025

A day full of innovative research presentations and mingling with fellow experts at the scenic Kallvikinniemi

Registration

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Venue

Kallvikinniementie 35

00980 Helsinki 

Programme

08:30 Coffee

09:00 Opening words - HOH Director Tarja Sironen

09:10 Session 1 - Chair Janne Lundén

09:10 Wastewater Surveillance of Multiple Pathogens and Chemical Substances for Public Health Action

09:40 : Molecular Methods in Surface Water Hygienic Quality Evaluations

09:50 : Control of Bacterial Communities in Drinking Water Distribution Systems

10:00 : Effects of Environmental Toxins on Fertility

10:30 Break

10:45 Session 2 - Chair Annamari Heikinheimo

10:45 Epistemic Diversity, Societal Relevance and Multi-Disciplinarity in Global One Health Research

11:15 : Tradition to Defeat Modern Challenges: The Case of Uvaria Chamae

11:45 : Necessity of Antimicrobials after Surgical Treatment of Canine Pyometra

12:00 : The Aging Canine Brain - What Can We Learn from Man's Best Friend?

12:15 : Collagen Morphology of the Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon in Shetland Sheepdogs

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Session 3 - Chair Pernilla Syrjä

13:30 : Our Nocturnal Allies - Why Bats Matter for Our Everyday Lives

14:00 : Emerging Infectious Diseases in Changing Environments of East Africa​

14:10 : Next Generation Sequencing with MinION, the Pocket-size Device

14:20 : Inferring Phylodynamics of H5N1 Finnish Fur Farm Outbreak 2023

14:30 : Canine and Feline Respiratory Diseases - the Quest for Non-Invasive Diagnostic Biomarkers

15:00 : Fecal Extracellular Vesicles as Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Understanding Gut Health of Calves

15:15 : Ceramides as Predictive Biomarkers for Hypertension

15:30 Coffee and Tea

16:00 Session 4 - Chair Tarja Pääkkönen

16:00 : Canine Seizure Susceptibility – A Genetic Trade-Off for Sociability?

16:30 : Translational Eye Disease Genetics and Gene Therapy

16:40 : "Puppy Blues": Transitory Emotional Challenges in Puppy Owners

16:50 : Tracing Metabolic Signatures of Canine Mammary Carcinomas- from Tumor to Urine

17:00 / : Trace Element and Toxic Metal Status in Dogs

17:10 : Medical Alert Dogs in the Rehabilitation of Chronic Pain Patients

17:20 Dinner