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January 19

Blood service research fund and biobank at your service

​How to get research funding from the Blood Service Research Fund, and data and samples from
the large repertoire of the Blood Service Biobank?
Welcome to a mini symposium “Blood Service Research Fund and Biobank at Your Service”, on
the 19th of January 2023 at 1:30–3:30 pm in the lecture hall 2, Biomedicum 1. Participate F2F or
online.

Register to Symposium here

Program

Opening
1:30 pm Jukka Partanen: Blood Service and research Biobank
1:45 pm Satu Koskela: Blood Service Biobank Examples of projects utilising biobank material:
 2:00 pm Vincenzo Cerullo: HLA typed cells for personalized oncolytic immunotherapy
 2:10 pm Rodos Rodosthenous: Genotype-based collection of samples for FinnGen
 2:20 pm Elina Palokangas: Questions and discussion Blood Service Research Fund
2:30 pm Jukka Partanen: How to get funding?

 Examples of projects funded:
 2:40 pm llkka Helanterä: Kidney transplantation
 2:50 pm Zehua Liu: Nanotechnology in cell therapy (Teams)
 3:00 pm Lee Moon Hee: Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes
 3:10 pm Elina Palokangas: Questions and discussion

Closing
3:20 pm Jukka Partanen: Wrap up
Start time: 19/01/2023 13:30
End time: 19/01/2023 15:30
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 2, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Symposium
Organization: Finnish Red Cross Blood service
Contact person: satu.koskela@veripalvelu.fi
Further information: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/ResearchFund_Biobank
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January 20

Complex Disease Genetics Day 2023

​The Center of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics (CoECDG) warmly welcomes
you to the 2023 edition of Complex Disease Genetics Day, the annual seminar of the
CoECDG. Join us for an exciting and collegial day to catch up on the latest research in
human genomics at the CoECDG and beyond.  
The meeting will be on-site only and held at Folkhälsan, only a short walk from
Biomedicum. Coffee and lunch will be served.  
Please register using the link above by December 31, 2022. NB: Attendance is limited
to 150 participants

See program in attachemnt.



Start time: 20/01/2023 08:00
End time: 20/01/2023 15:00
Duration: 6 hours
Location: Ossiansali, Topeliuksenkatu 20
Type: Seminar
Organization: Center of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics (CoECDG)
Contact person: julius.anckar@helsinki.fi
Further information: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/121113/lomake.html
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January 20

Special seminar: Nadine van Montfoort

“Oncolytic viruses as a generic approach to empower immunotherapy for solid tumors”​

Assistant Professor Nadine van Montfoort, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Host: Akseli Hemminki

Start time: 20/01/2023 10:00
End time: 20/01/2023 11:00
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Biomedicum 1, meeting room 8-9
Type: Seminar
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: minna.k.oksanen@helsinki.fi
Further information:
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January 20

Dissertation: Camilla Heiniö

​Camilla Heiniö, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine,  Doctoral Program in Clinical Research
Mechanistic insights into ocolytic adenovirus therapy

Opponent: Adjunct Professor Nadine van Montfoort, Oncode institute, Leiden Medical Center



Start time: 20/01/2023 12:00
End time: 20/01/2023 14:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Haartman Institute, lecture hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: camilla.heinio@helsinki.fi
Further information: https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/352350
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January 20

Dissertation: Nazma Nazu

​Nazma Nazu, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral Program in Population Health
Treatment outcomes of type 2 diabetes : do the achievements differ by age, sex, or comorbidity?

Opponent: Professor Hannu Järveläinen, University of Turku


Start time: 20/01/2023 13:00
End time: 20/01/2023 15:00
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Biomedicum1, lecture hall 3, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki
Type: Dissertation
Organization: UH, Faculty of Medicine
Contact person: nazma.a.nazu@helsinki.fi
Further information: https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/352094
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