Welcome to the series of COVID-19 related research seminars at the University of Helsinki!
COVID-19 seminars will be organized once in a month. The seminars will feature keynote talks. The events are in English.
The seminars will be supported by the Faculty of Medicine and hosted by Professor
Zoom-link for seminars:
Meeting ID: 658 8201 3425
Passcode: 123456
Upcoming seminars:
24.5. at 12
Research on SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viruses at the Zoonosis Science Center (ZSC), Uppsala University, Sweden
Åke Lundkvist, Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Past seminars:
19.4.
SARS-CoV-2: from genotype to phenotype
Dr. Bart Haagmans, Principal Investigator, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
22.3.2022
Using sequences and phylodynamic models to understand SARS-CoV-2 introductions and spread
Dr Samantha Lycett, Infection & Immunity Division, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
15.2.2022
COVID-19 - the pathologists perspective
Jonas Kantonen, PhD Researcher, University of Helsinki, Pathologist, HUS
Spatiotemporal clustering patterns and sociodemographic determinants of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in Helsinki, Finland
Mika Siljander, University Researcher, University of Helsinki
25.1.2022
Intranasal clinical candidate drug combination for SARS-CoV-2: Inhibiting cells to stop the virus
Giuseppe Balistreri, Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
An intranasally administered cross-neutralizing SH3 domain-derived antibody-mimetic efficiently blocks infection by SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants of concern
Anna Mäkelä, Senior Scientist, University of Helsinki
7.12.2021
SARS-CoV-2 - a Global One Health Challenge
Tarja Sironen, Associate Professor, University of Helsinki
T cells in the severe COVID-19 - the heros or the villains?
Eliisa Kekäläinen, Docent, University of Helsinki
9.11.2021
Covid-19 vaccinations in children and adolescents
Mika Rämet, Professor, Director of Vaccine Research Center, Tampere University
Introduction, evolution, and circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in Finland
Teemu Smura, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Helsinki
5.10.2021
SARS-CoV-2 immune responses and transmission
Jonas Klingström, Professor, Karolinska Institutet
A mouse model of lethal respiratory dysfunction for SARS-CoV-2 infection
Esther Gan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
7.9.2021
Development of SARS-CoV-2 clinical laboratory diagnostics
Satu Kurkela, Chief Physician, HUS Diagnostic Center
SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccine-induced immunity
Laura Kakkola, Docent, University of Turku
26.5.2021
Of mice and men? Sure, but don't forget the hamster...
A pathologist's view of some animal models for COVID-19
Anja Kipar, Professor, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
COVID modelling: examples of tasks in THL
Simopekka Vänskä, Docent, University of Helsinki, Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
13.4.2021
What do we know about the impact of covid-19 vaccines?
Hanna Nohynek, Chief Physician, Unit: Infectious Diseases Control and Vaccines, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
COVID-19 and convalescent plasma: what have we learnt so far?
Heli J. Harvala, Medical Virology Consultant, NHS Blood and Transplant, Adjunct Professor in Molecular Virology, University of Turku
23.3.2021
Engineered antibodies to combat COVID-19
Substrate-selective protein secretion inhibition as a disease-agnostic strategy also against Covid-19
16.2.2021
The COVID-19 host genetics initiative: a global effort to identify genetic factors of COVID-19 susceptibility, severity, and outcomes across > 200 studies worldwide
Coagulation and inflammation - implications in COVID-19
19.1.2021
COVID-19 immunity
Wastewater-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2
8.12.2020
Adenovectored COVID-19 vaccine
Hijacking the host cell molecular highways
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10.11.2020
Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 - are they there and for how long?
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Airborne transmission of viruses: aerosol dispersion in public places by fast assessment
6.10.2020
The dogs’ nose knows SARS-CoV-2
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Low-density neutrophils in COVID-19
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7.9.2020
Open Sesame: how SARS-CoV-2 enters and spreads in human cells
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Genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2
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