Events
Special Seminar by dr Nils Lindström
Dr Nils Lindström, University of Southern California Stem Cell Institute
Nils was trained by Professor Jamie Davies at the University of Edinburgh and during his postdoc with Andy McMahon Nils utilized his knowledge of kidneys development in model organisms to decipher key steps of human organogenesis. Now his own lab is translating all this info into organoid research with an aim to generate 1000 mini-kidneys for therapeutic needs of kidney disease
Early Embryo Development Stravaganza: Heterochronies in Human, Mouse and Opossum
Dissertation: Miika Ilvesroiha
Opponent: Tamás Fekete, University og Semmelweis, Hungary
Dissertation: Susanna Tallqvist
Opponent: Professor Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, University of Gothenburg
50 years of Finnish Twin studies symposium
50 years of Finnish Twin studies
The oldest part of the Finnish Twin Cohort, twins born before 1958, was compiled in 1974, prior to the first questionnaire study in 1975. The subsequent cohorts, known as FinnTwin16 and FinnTwin12 started in 1991 and 1994 respectively. These longitudinal studies are still ongoing.
Over the years, multiple international collaborations have occurred, including the major GenomEUtwin study, which started over 20 years ago as a EU-funded collaboration of eight large twin studies in Europe and Australia.
To celebrate half a century of research and training, we are organizing a symposium on July 1, 2024 in Helsinki, on Biomedicum 1, lecture hall 1
The program will start at 10:30, lunch break at 1230 to 1330, and end by 15:30
Program:
10:00-10:45 Morning coffee
Session 1
10:30-10:45 Opening of the seminar, Sari Lindblom, Rector of the University of Helsinki
10:45-11:30 Prof. Jaakko Kaprio, FIMM, University of Helsinki : The Finnish Twin Cohort Studies
11:30-12:00 Prof. Kaare Christensen, Danish Twin Registry, University of Southern Denmark:
Aging in the Finnish and Danish Registries
12:00-12:30 Prof. Danielle Dick, Rutgers University, USA : From Twins to Treatment:
How longitudinal twin studies paved the way for precision medicine for substance use disorders.
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
Session 2
13:30-14:00 Prof. Nick Martin, Queensland Institute for Medical Research (QIMR),Brisbane, Australia: Update on the genetics of DZ twinning and its relation to infertility
14:00-14:30 Prof. Dorret Boomsma, Nethersland Twin Register, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherland: TwinOmics
14:30-15:00 Prof. Karri Silventoinen, University of Helsinki: Plasticity of human body size and morphology: evidence from twin studies
15:00-15:30 Assoc Prof. Antti Latvala, University of Helsinki: TwinRegistry data linkage as a resource for future studies
15:30 Closing words