Biomedicum HElsinki day
Biomedicum Helsinki Day
The Biomeidcum Helsinki Foundation celebrates the grantees yearly at the Biomedicum Helsinki Day event in autumn. Selected grant recipients are invited to present their work, and the Biomedicum Helsinki Prize is awarded. An esteemed researcher in the Biomedicum Helsinki community is invited to give the Biomedicum Helsinki lecture.
Grants
Selected granteees present their work.
Biomedicum Helsinki Prize
for the best scientific papaer of the previous year
Biomedicum Helsinki lecture
by an esteemed researcher in the community
Biomedicum Helsinki lectures 2010-2025
| YEAR | SPEAKER | TITLE OF TALK |
| 2025 | Olli Kallioniemi | Data and AI Shaping the Future of Precision Medicine in Finland |
| 2024 | Tomi Mäkelä | The role of Biomedicum Helsinki in deciphering why LKB1 is inactivated in intestinal tumors and lung cancer and other important matters |
| 2023 | Sirpa Leppä | From biomarker discoveries towards personalized therapies in B-cell lymphomas |
| 2022 | Marc Daly | Human Genetics in Finland: past, present and future |
| 2021 | No lecture due to COVID pandemic | |
| 2020 | No lecture due to COVID pandemic | |
| 2019 | Elina Ikonen | New strategies to study protein functions: application to the mechanisms of cellular lipid storage |
| 2018 | Satu Mustjoki | Immunogenicity of hematological malignancies and immunological effects of cancer therapy: links between bench and bedside |
| 2017 | Mart Saarma | ERC – Supporting Excellence in Frontier Research” |
| 2015 | Marja Jäättelä | Lysosomes as targets for cancer therapy |
| 2014 | Erkki Ruoslahti | Targeting tumors with smart, tumor-penetrating nanoparticles |
| 2013 | Johan Auwerx | Mitochondrial function as a determinant of health- and lifespan |
| 2012 | Anu Wartiovaara | Expanding roles of mitochondria in biology and medicine |
| 2011 | Lauri Aaltonen | Genetics of hereditary and sporadic tumors; new tools, new approaches |
| 2010 | Kari Alitalo | (Lymph)angiogenesis targets proceed to clinical trials |
Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation Prize
Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation Prize
The Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation Prize is rewarded yearly at the Biomedicum Helsinki Day event for an exceptional publication in health sciences from the local community during the previous year. Previous awardees below.
2025
Inga-Maria Launonen Chemotherapy induces myeloid-driven spatially confined T cell exhaustion in ovarian cancer (Cancer Cell Volume 42, Issue 12 December 09, 2024)
2024
Yilin Kang: Ancestral allele of DNA polymerase gamma modifies antiviral tolerance Nature. 2024; 628(8009): 844–853
2023
Rafael Moliner: Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB .Nature Neuroscience volume 26, pages1032–1041 (2023)
2022
Väinö Lithovius Functional, metabolic and transcriptional maturation of human pancreatic islets derived from stem cells Nat Biotechnol. 2022 Jul;40(7):1042-1055. doi: 10.1038/s41587-022-01219-z. Epub 2022 Mar 3.
2021
Jonas Kantonen Neuropathologic features of four autopsied COVID-19 patients Brain Pathol 2020 Nov;30(6):1012-1016. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12889. Epub 2020 Aug 28.
2020
Michele Nava Heterochromatin-Driven Nuclear Softening Protects the Genome against Mechanical Stress-Induced Damage Cell. 2020 May 14;181(4):800-817.e22.
2019
Laura Koskenvuo Mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation versus no bowel preparation for elective colectomy (MOBILE): a multicentre, randomised, parallel, single-blinded trial Lancet 2019; 394: 840–48