Events

September 15

Dissertation: Hanna-Kaisa Nordenswan

​Hanna-Kaisa Nordenswan, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral Program in Clinical Research
Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Giant Cell Myocarditis - Sibling diseases that predispose to arrhythmias and heart failure

Opponent: docent Tuomas Kiviniemi, University of Turku



Start time: 15/09/2023 12:00
End time: 15/09/2023 14:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 2, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: hanna-kaisa.nordenswan@helsinki.fi
September 15

Dissertation: Dipabarna Bhattacharya

Dipabarna Bhattacharya,  University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral Program in Clinical Research
Clonally expanded T cells in T cell large granular lymphocytic leukaemia and immune-mediated arthritis

Opponent: Professor Matthew Collin, Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Newcastle University



Start time: 15/09/2023 13:00
End time: 15/09/2023 15:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: dipabarna.bhattacharya@helsinki.fi
September 19

Special Seminar by Dr. Bin Zhou

Origins and Developmental Mechanisms of Coronary Vessels


Prof. Zhou is a world-class leading researcher in cardiovascular development. He received his Ph.D. in cardiovascular pathology from University of Toronto, Canada, and trained as a post-doctoral Fellow at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Currently, he is Professor of Genetics, Pediatrics (Pediatric Genetics), and Medicine (Cardiology) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY.  

 

His studies focus on mechanisms that control heart development and aim to dissect the pathogenesis of congenital heart disease. Prof. Zhou’s lab has thorough expertise in advanced single cell technologies and CRISPR gene editing. 

 

https://www.einsteinmed.edu/faculty/11217/bin-zhou/ 

 

Selected publications: 

 

Lu P, Wang Y, Wu B, Russell M., Bernard, DJ, Zheng D, Zhou, B. Prerequisite endocardial-mesenchymal transition for cardiac trabecular angiogenesis. Dev Cell 2023 May 8. PMID: 37023750. 

 

Lu P, Wu B, Feng X, Cheng W, Kitsis RN, Zhou B. Cardiac Myosin Heavy Chain Reporter Mice to Study Heart Development and Disease. Circ Res 2022 Aug 5. PMID: 35862119. 

 

Lu P, Wang Y, Wu B, Liu Y, Wang Y, Liu Y, Cheng W, Feng X, Yuan X, Atteya MM, Ferro H, Sugi Y, Rydquist G, Esmaily M, Butcher JT, Chang CP, Lenz J, Zheng D, Zhou B. A SOX17-PDGFB signaling axis regulates aortic root development. Nat Commun 13 Jul 2022. PMID: 35831318. 

 

Lu P, Wang Y, Liu Y, Wang Y, Wu B, Zheng D, Harvey RP, Zhou B. Perinatal angiogenesis from preexisting coronary vessels via DLL4/NOTCH1 signaling. Nat Cell Biol. Sep 23, 2021. PMID: 34497373 

 

Wang Y, Lu P, Jiang L, Wu B, Zhou B. Control of sinus venous valve and sinoatrial node development by endocardial NOTCH1. Cardiovasc Res. 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 31591643. 

 

 

Please contact Ibrahim Sultan (Ibrahim.sultan@helsinki.fi) or Prof. Kari Alitalo (kari.alitalo@helsinki.fi) if you wish to discuss with Prof. Zhou after his talk. 

 

Feel free to share this invitation with those who may be interested. 

 

Welcome! 


Start time: 19/09/2023 13:00
End time: 19/09/2023 14:00
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 3, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Seminar
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person:
September 19

FinGMice Tour-seminar

​Welcome to the seminar afternoon of “Infrastructures promoting high-quality research with rodent models” focusing on use of animal models in biomedical research! Make sure to participate in this educational networking event, which is part of the mandatory, yearly continuing education for people conducting experiments on animals.

Speakers and topics:

Reetta Hinttala (University of Oulu)

Biocenter Finland FinGMice network

Stefano Gaburro (Tecniplast,Scientific director)

Novel home cage monitoring technologies

Satu Kuure, University of Helsinki

FinnDisMice project: CRISPRing the Finnish Disease Heritage

Eero Castrén (University of Helsinki)        

Mouse models in biomedical research

Sabine Hölter-Koch (Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich) 

Recommendations for robust and reproducible preclinical research



Start time: 19/09/2023 13:00
End time: 19/09/2023 16:00
Duration: 3 hours
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 2, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Seminar
Organization:
Contact person: saru,kuure@helsinki.fi
September 19

Dissertation: Mari Laakso

Mari Laakso, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine , Doctoral Programme in Cognition, Learning, Instruction and Communication
Flourishing students and families : Enhancing well-being of adolescents and families through positive psychology interventions

Opponent: professor Riikka Korja, University of Turku



Start time: 19/09/2023 13:00
End time: 19/09/2023 15:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: mari.laakso@helsinki.fi