Lecture hall 3, Biomedicum 1
Chairs: Jake Lin & Mary Pat Reeve
| 9:00 | Morning coffee |
| 9:15 | Welcome words: Samuli Ripatti, CoECDG director Centre of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics (CoECDG) |
| 9:20 | Jorma Ilonen (University of Turku) HLA and disease association studies in Finland: Early beginning and HLA in type 1 diabetes |
| 9:50 | Maisa Lokki (University of Helsinki) MHC gene studies in cardiovascular disease |
| 10:20 | Vincenzo Cerullo (University of Helsinki) Dressing viruses in tumor’s clothing: cloning-free platforms to trigger tumor-specific immune response |
| 10:50 | Satu Koskela (Finnish Red Cross Blood Service) HLA variation in Finland |
| 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:50 | Päivi Saavalainen (University of Helsinki) Genetic risk factors and immunopathogenesis of gastrointestinal autoimmune diseases |
| 12:20 | Jarmo Ritari (Finnish Red Cross Blood Service) Imputing HLA variation and examples from FinnGen data |
| 12:50 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Jerome Kelleher (Big Data Institute, University of Oxford) Tree methods for quantifying population structure and genotype imputation |
| 14:40 | Rubina Tabassum (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Lipidomics based strategies towards prediction and prevention of cardiovascular diseases |
| 15:00 | Mart Kals (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Genetic Associations In Neurotrauma (GAIN) Consortium study of traumatic brain injury outcomes |
| 15:20 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 | Nella Junna (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Genetic architecture of severe hypercholesterolemia in Finland |
| 16:00 | Ola Hansson (Lund University & FIMM) Your father’s nose and mother's muscles? - genetics of strength and exercise |
| 16:30 | End of day 1 |
Lecture hall 2, Biomedicum 1
Chairs: Mart Kals and Vasudha Ahuja
| 9:00 | Morning coffee |
| 9:15 | George Davey Smith (University of Bristol) Mendelian randomization: past, present and future |
| 9:55 | Hanna Ollila (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Upstream stimulatory factors are pleiotropic transcription factors affecting sleep and circadian rhythms |
| 10:25 | Zuzanna Misiewicz (FIMM, University of Helsinki) SUPER study: Collection of 10,413 severe mental disorder cases in Finland. A component of the Stanley Global Neuropsychiatric Genetics Initiative |
| 10:40 | Aki Havulinna (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Current overview of the FinnGen endpoints |
| 10:55 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 | Kristi Krebs (University of Tartu) Pharmacogenomic studies using electronic health records |
| 11:35 | Taru Tukiainen (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Understanding sex differences through human genomics |
| 12:00 | Kaur Alasoo (University of Tartu) Genetic effects on gene expression across cell type, tissues and biological contexts |
| 12:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 | Jaakko Kaprio (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Past, present and future of population health |
| 13:30 | Rashmi Prasad (Lund University) Choose your parents |
| 14:00 | Coffee break |
| 14:30 | Caroline Relton (University of Bristol) Epigenetics in common complex disease: from prediction to cause |
| 15:10 | Priit Palta (FIMM, University of Helsinki) New association testing tools and workflows to analyse FinnGen data |
| 15:25 | Petri Pölönen (University of Eastern Finland) The immunogenomic landscape of hematological malignancies |
| 15:40 | Andrea Ganna (FIMM, University of Helsinki) Biases in genome wide association studies |
| 16:10 | End of day 2 |
16:10-17:00 Keynotes meet with students
Registration is now closed!
University of Helsinki Course Code: DOCPOP-138
ECTS Credits: 1 ECTS (for full attendance & learning diary)
Requirements for 1 ECTS: compulsory attendance in the seminar (both days), pre-reading materials prior to the course, learning diary submitted before the deadline.
For University of Helsinki doctoral candidates the credits will be registered directly to WebOodi based on attendance and learning diary. If a certificate of attendance is needed, please contact the coordinator (ulla.tuomainen@helsinki.fi).
Please write one page on the main messages of the two seminar days AND one page summarizing two articles of choice from the pre-reading materials (half page + half page; please see the pre-reading materials sent to everyone by email).
Learning diary submission deadline: January 27, 2020. Please return your learning diary to: mary.reeve@helsinki.fi
Please note that all learning diaries will be checked for plagiarism with Urkund.
What is a learning diary?
A learning diary is a tool of reflection. It helps the student to assess what she/he has learned in the seminar/ articles. The aim of a learning diary is to analyze and comment on the talks/ articles.
The key to writing a learning diary is to draw on the talks/ articles, but instead of just repeating what the speaker/ writer has said, the students should speak with their own voice. A diary is a subjective view, and a learning diary should reflect what the student has heard and learnt; it’s the student’s own analysis and insights that count. The speaker’s/ writer’s ideas may even be taken further and elaborated on.
The following questions may help you write your learning diary: