Events

April 03

Degrowing academia - towards fossil-free publishing and beyond

Degrowing academia - towards fossil-free publishing and beyond


You might not know it, but many of the ways we do business as academics support fossil-fuel-heavy industries. In publishing and beyond, we are brought up to think competitively within a framework of artificial scarcity that demands growth at all costs. But what if we as an academic community already have everything we need, and could free ourselves from fossil-fuel- and growth-driven actors in our work?

Full details here: https://flamma.helsinki.fi/sv/group/ajankohtaista/nyhet/-/uutinen/degrowing-academia-towards-fossil-free-publishing-and-beyond/40633342

Our speaker is Fernando Racimo, Associate Professor in ecology & evolution at the University of Copenhagen, and a prominent member of Scientist Rebellion Denmark.



Start time: 03/04/2025 14:30
End time: 03/04/2025 15:30
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Biocenter 2, Viikinkaari 5, room 1015
Type: Other
Organization: HELSUS
Contact person: hanna.granroth-wilding@helsinki.fi
April 04

Dissertation: Seppo Virtanen

Seppo Virtanen, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral Program in Clinical Research
Vaginal Microbiota : Sampling, Clinical Equivalence, and Combined Sequencing

Opponent: Assistant Professor Luisa Hugerth, Uppsala University

Start time: 04/04/2025 12:00
End time: 04/04/2025 14:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Naistenklinikka, Seth Wichmann -sali, Haartmaninkatu 2
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: seppo.virtanen@helsinki.fi
April 04

Dissertation: Suvi Marjasuo

Suvi Marjasuo, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral Program in Clinical Research
Magnetic resonance imaging in predicting outcomes of rectal cancer

Opponent: Docent Irina Rinta-Kiikka, University of Tampere



Start time: 04/04/2025 12:00
End time: 04/04/2025 14:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Haartman Institute, lecture hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: suvi.marjasuo@helsinki.fi
April 04

Dissertation: Kai Kauppinen

Kai Kauppinen,  University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral Program in Clinical Research
HIV Infection and Metabolic Comorbidities with Particular Focus on the Effect of Tenofovir Disoproxil vs. Tenofovir Alafenamide on Body Weight and Plasma Lipids

Opponent: Docent Hanna Viskari, University of Tampere



Start time: 04/04/2025 12:00
End time: 04/04/2025 14:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: kai.kauppinen@hus.fi
April 04

MitoLink minisymposium

Speakers:

 

Sofia Ahola (University of Birmingham): Decoding stress response coordination: The role of mitochondrial proteases

 

Sjoerd Wanrooij (Umeå University): mtDNA metabolism alterations promote inflammatory gene expression in senescent cells

 

Rubén Torregrosa-Muñumer (University of Helsinki): Mitochondrial metabolism as a regulator of human stem cell identity

 

 

Organizers

Henna Tyynismaa & Jukka Kallijärvi

Start time: 04/04/2025 13:00
End time: 04/04/2025 14:45
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Location: Biomedicum 1, seminar room 3
Type: Symposium
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: henna.tyynismaa@helsinki.fi