BioNet Turku Seminar Calendar

   Frontiers of Science seminar

   BioCity Turku Guest seminar

   Research Program seminar

   Other event

Friday, February 5 at 12.00-14.00, Turku Bionet Seminar "The Future of Graduate Schools"
Mauno Koivisto Centre lecture hall
PROGRAM
Registration by February 3

Wednesday, February 10 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
J. Sandholm and P. Terho: "Imaging possibilities  at Turku Cell Imaging Core"

Thursday, February 11 at 9.00, Department Seminar
Pharmacology, PharmaCity, 3rd floor, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4B
Ulla C. Kopp, University of Iowa and Karolinska Institutet: "Sympathetic nerve activity modulates afferent renal sensory nerve activity: role of alpha-adrenoceptors"

Thursday, February 11 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Prof. Gerald F. DiBona, University of Iowa, USA: "Neural control of the kidney: translational research applications"
Host: Mika Scheinin (mika.scheinin (at) utu.fi)

Friday, February 12 at 13.00, A Special Symposium to Celebrate and Acknowledge the Scientific Career of Matti K. Viljanen, Professor of Bacteriology "Multiple facets of microbial detection and defense: evolution towards a lifelong commitment"
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Registration by February 3
PROGRAM

Wednesday, February 17 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Anna Haukioja , Turku: "Oral effects of probiotic lactobacilli and bifidobacteria"

Wednesday, February 17 at 15.15, TCDM seminar
Arje Scheinin lecture hall, Dentalia
Dr. Riku Kiviranta, Institute of Biomedicine, Dept. of
Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku: "Zfp521 Ebf1
interplay regulates bone homeostasis"

Thursday, February 18 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Dr. Georgiy Belogurov, University of Turku: "Multisubunit RNA polymerase: understanding the mechanistic essentials of transcription"
Host: Jyrki Heino (jyrki.heino (at) utu.fi)

Wednesday, March 3 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Antti Paasio, Turku: "Innovation platform for biomedical discoveries"

Wednesday, March 3 at 10.15, DDGS and ISB Seminar
PharmaCity Auditorium (Pha1)
Magali Mathieu, Head of crystallography CRVA, Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France: “Structural biology in drug design at Sanofi-Aventis”

Wednesday, March 10 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Stina Syrjänen, Turku: "Human papillomavirus serology: new insights from the Finnish family HPV study"

Wednesday, March 10 at 12.00, Research Funding, Networking & Innovations seminar organized by TIAS and TCSM
cal1, CALONIA
Registartion by March 7
Program and link for registration

Thursday, March 11 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Peter Nelson, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, USA : “Exploiting the Clinic as a Laboratory: Targeting Molecular Mechanisms of Therapy-Resistance in Prostate Cancer”
Host: Garry Corthals (garry.corthals (at) btk.fi)

Wednesday, March 17 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Heli Tuovinen, Helsinki: "T cell development and immunologic tolerance"

Friday, March 19 at 10.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute Please note the location and the time!
Dr. Nancy Hynes, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland: "Targeting signaling pathways in breast cancer"
Host: Klaus Elenius (klaus.elenius (at) utu.fi)

Friday, March 19 at 14.00-16.00, Turku Bionet Afternoon for new graduate students
PharmaCity Auditorium

Wednesday, March 24 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Anita Kondrashova, Tampere: "Immune-mediated diseases and socioeconomic environment"

Thursday, March 25 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Dr. Olivier Voinnet, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Université de Strasbourg, France: "Silencing small RNAs in development and defense"
Host: Johanna Ivaska (johanna.ivaska (at) vtt.fi)

Wednesday, April 7 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Juha Laurila, Turku: "Gene and Stem Cell Therapy in Tissue Recovery"

Wednesday, April 7 at 15.15, TCDM seminar
Mikro Auditorium
Dr. Kristina Thayer, The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NTP-CERHR,USA: "Possible impact of chemical contaminants on obesity and diabetes"

Thursday, April 8 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Prof. Leif Groop, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Sweden: "Genetics of type 2 diabetes - can it be solved?"
Host: Pirkko Härkönen (pirkko.harkonen (at) utu.fi)

Tuesday, April 13 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Please note the time!
Dr. Jonathan Widom, Northwestern University, Evaston, USA: "The Genomic code for nucleosome positioning"
Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (riitta.lahesmaa (at) btk.fi)

Wednesday, April 14 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Pekka Kohonen, Turku: "High-throughput miRNA target investigations using array based screening and data integration"

Wednesday, April 21 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Michaela Nygårdas, Turku: "Herpes simplex virus vectors in gene therapy of CNS autoimmune disease"

Wednesday, February April 21 at 15.15, TCDM seminar
Arje Scheinin lecture hall, Dentalia
Dr. Juha Klefström, Institute of Biomedicine and Research Program in GenomeScale Biology, University of Helsinki: "Silencing tumor suppressor genes in the mouse mammary gland"

Thursday, April 22 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Dr. Ken Korach, Laboratory of Reproductive & Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS/NIH, USA: "Estrogen Receptor Insensitivity: Consequences in Hormone and Endocrine Physiology"
Host: Sari Mäkelä (sari.makela (at) utu.fi)

Wednesday, April 28 at 11.15, Turku Immunology Centre Seminar
Auditorium of Microbiological Institute
Lucy Walker, Birmingham UK: "T cell regulation in autoimmune diabetes: insights from an animal model"

Thursday, April 29 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Dr. Lucy Walker, Division of immunity and infection, University of Birmingham, UK: "The CD4 T cell in autoimmune diseases: friend or foe? "
Host: Arno Hänninen (arno.hanninen (at) utu.fi)

Wednesday, May 5 at 15.15, TCDM seminar
Osmo Järvi Auditorium, Medisiina
Dr. Anna Wedell, Karolinska Institutet/Karolinska University Hospital, Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Sweden: "AGC1 deficiency discovery of a novel neurometabolic disease"

Thursday, May 6 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Pharmacity auditorium, Please note the location!
Dr. Colin Semple, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, UK "miRNA regulatory networks in mouse development"
Host: Attila Gyenesei (attila.gyenesei (at) btk.fi)

Tuesday, May 18 at 12.00, BTK club
Turku Center fo Biotechnology seminar room, BioCity B stairs, 5th floor
Anton Sandqvist, BTK: TBA
Host: Lea Sistonen

Thursday, May 20 at 12.00, Frontiers of Science seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium, BioCity
Dr.  Peter Hinterdorfer, Institute for Biophysics, University of Linz, Austria: "Single Molecular Recognition Force Spectroscopy and Recognition Imaging"
Host: Pekka Hänninen (pekka.hanninen (at) utu.fi)

Tuesday, June 1 at 12.00, BTK club
Turku Center fo Biotechnology seminar room, BioCity B stairs, 5th floor
Jonna Nevo, VTT: "Mammary-derived growth inhibitor (MDGI) modulates integrin activity"
Host: Johanna Ivaska

Wednesday, June 2 at 15.15, TCDM seminar
Lecture hall Externum, Medisiina
Dr. Heikki Minn, Department of Oncology and
Radiotherapy, Turku PET Centre: "Warburg's hypothesis revisited"

Thursday, June 10 at 12.00, BioCity Guest seminar
Mauno Koivisto Centre Auditorium
Dr. Andrea Pichler, Department of Epigenetics, MPI of Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany: "Regulation of SUMO and ubiquitin conjugation at the level of E2 enzymes"
Host: Lea Sistonen (lea.sistonen(at)btk.fi)