Biomedicum Helsinki Seminar

On Mondays, at 12.00
Biomedicum Helsinki, Lecture Hall 1

Fall 2018

Scientific assessment team:
Juha Klefström and Päivi Saavalainen
Coordinating team:
Service Coordinator Johanna Timmerbacka, tel +358 2941 25585 / +358 50 375 5633, e-mail: johanna.timmerbacka (at) helsinki.fi
Service Coordinator Tiina Järvilehto, tel +358 50 540 9529, e-mail: tiina. jarvilehto (at) helsinki.fi

The e-mail of Biomedicum Helsinki Seminars:
bmh-seminar (at) helsinki.fi

Please send your suggestions using the electronic form available here:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/91831/lomake.html

Only suggestion made by the electronic form will be considered.

The seminar schedule is also available here
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-institute-of-life-science/biomedicum-helsinki-seminars

Instructionss for hosts:
https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY362652

29.10.2018
Karin de Visser
Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
The Genetic Makeup of Primary Breast Tumors Dictates Pro-Metastatic Systemic Inflammation
Host:
Jeroen Pouwels
jeroen.pouwels@helsinki.fi
Student host:
Rita Turpin
rita.turpin@helsinki.fi

5.11.2018
Peter Horvath
Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academia of Science, Hungary, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland:
Research field: computational cell biology, bioimage informatics
Host:
Johan Lundin
johan.lundin@helsinki.fi
Student host:

12.11.2018
Biomedicum Helsinki Day

19.11.2018
Bente Frölund
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark:
The quest for the elusive gamma -hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) receptor; An integrated medicinal chemical - molecular pharmacological approach
Host:
Esa Korpi
esa.korpi@helsinki.fi
Student host:
Lauri Elsilä
lauri.elsila@helsinki.fi

26.11.2018
Jörg Renkawitz
IST Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria:
Research field: Cell migration, mechano sensing, adaptive immunity, cell cytoskeleton, novel functions for nucleus
Host:
Kari Vaahtomeri
kari.vaahtomeri@helsinki.fi
Student host:

3.12.2018
Kivanc Birsoy
The Rockefeller University, New York, US :
Exploiting cancer nutrient dependencies for cancer therapy
Host:
Henna Tyynismaa
henna.tyynismaa@helsinki.fi
Student host:
Pooja Manjunath
pooja.manjunath@helsinki.fi

10.12.2018
Clive Svendsen
Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, USA:
Neurology, Medicine, Biomedical sciences
Host:
Merja Voutilainen
merja.voutilainen@Helsinki.fi
Student host:

17.12.2018
Kim Jensen
Biotech Research & Innovation Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark:
Stem cell biology
Hosts:
Kari Alitalo
kari.alitalo@helsinki.fi
Pekka Katajisto
pekka.katajisto@helsinki.fi
Studen host:
Jenny Högström
jenny.hogstrom@helsinki.fi