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From System Biology to Translational Medicine
---6th Sino-Finn Life Science Forum 17-18, August, 2015 Lecture Hall 2, Biomedicum Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, Helsinki, Finland Program 08:00 – 09:00 Registration (Entrance Hall, Biomedicum Helsinki) 09:00 – 09:45 Opening & Welcome 09:00 – 09:05 Opening remarks Gonghong Wei, University of Oulu, FI Overview of the meeting participants, speakers, organizers and sponsors 09:05 – 09:15 Welcome words Tomi Mäkelä, University of Helsinki, FI Vision of life science research in Helsinki, collaboration with China 09:15 – 09:25 Welcome words Olli A. Jänne, Biocenter Finland, FI Introduction of Biocenter Finland and collaboration with China 09:25 – 09:35 Opening remarks Deyin Guo, Wuhan University, CN Introduction of life sciences in China and collaboration with Finland 09:35 – 09:45 Greetings from the Embassy of China in Finland Session 1: Human health and organ morphogenesis 09:45 – 10:10 Sulin Cheng Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CN New paradigms and challenges in health - Can bio-informatics be the solution? 10:10 – 10:35 Eero Castren Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, FI Induction of neuronal plasticity in adult brain 10:35 – 11:00 Coffee & Tea break 11:00 – 11:25 Juhani Knuuti University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, FI PET imaging from mice to men 11:25 – 11:40 Li Ma Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, FI Brain immune network in autism and schizophrenia-related animal model 11:40 – 11:55 Ziqi Zhu Zhongguancun Office-Finland, CN 11:55 – 12:00 Transition to Lecture Hall 1 Biomedicum Helsinki Seminar 12:00 – 13:00 Ralf Adams Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Munich, GE Organ-specific specialization of blood vessel growth and function 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break Session 2: Computational systems biology for clinical research 14:00 – 14:25 Sampsa Hautaniemi Genome-scale Biology Program, University of Helsinki, FI Analysis and integration of large-scale medical data 14:25 – 14:50 Bairong Shen Center for Systems Biology, Soochow University, CN Network based analysis of the gene society 14:50 – 15:15 Teemu Kivioja Genome-scale Biology Program, University of Helsinki, FI Understanding transcription factor binding by combining in vitro models and evolutionary conservation 15:15 – 15:30 Jing Tang Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FI Network-based drug discovery for personalized medicine – data integration, model prediction and mechanistic understanding 15:30 – 15:45 Chengyu Liu Genome-scale Biology Program, University of Helsinki, FI Identification of survival associated network modules 15:45 – 17:45 Poster Session (with refreshments) Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Session 3: Individualized and translational cancer research 09:00 – 09:25 Olli Kallioniemi Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FI Individualized systems medicine in guiding treatment of cancer patients 09:25 – 09:50 Lijun Di Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, CN Functional studies of CtBP in Cancer 09:50 – 10:15 Marko Hyytiäinen, Translational Cancer Biology, University of Helsinki, FI The role of netrins in glioblastoma 10:15 – 10:40 Yulun Huang Soochow University, CN Autoantibodies against MGMT as a serological biomarker in the diagnosis and prognosis of glioma 10:40 – 11:00 Coffee & Tea break 11:00 – 11:25 Krister Wennerberg Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FI Axitinib effectively targets gatekeeper mutant chronic myeloid leukemia 11:25 – 11:50 Tapio Visakorpi Prostate Cancer Research Center, University of Tampere, FI Molecular mechanisms driving castration resistance and metastasis in prostate cancer 11:50 – 12:15 Gonghong Wei Biocenter Oulu/FBMM, University of Oulu, FI Translating prostate cancer GWAS discoveries to the clinic 12:15 – 12:30 Shuliang Chen School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, CN The tumor suppressor VHL is involved in innate antiviral responses 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break Session 4: Disease modeling and translational research 13:30 – 13:55 Deyin Guo School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, CN SARS and MERS coronaviruses: Novel molecular mechanisms and potential drug targets 13:55 – 14:20 Pekka Katajisto Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI Asymmetric organelle apportioning by dividing stem cells 14:20 – 14:45 Zhi Jane Chen Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku, FI Transcriptional regulation and signaling network of the development of helper T cell subsets 14:45 – 15:10 Li Tian Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, FI Mind-immune connection: understanding it from the systems biological perspective 15:10 – 15:30 Coffee & Tea break 15:30 – 15:55 Seppo Vainio Biocenter Oulu/InfoTech Oulu, University of Oulu, FI Towards Nanocommunication Emergence of Systems Biology - a Kidney Organogenesis Centric View Point 15:55 – 16:20 Qiushui He University of Turku, FI; Capital Medical University, CN Genetics of Toll-like Receptors and Disease Susceptibility 16:20 – 16:35 Mahmoud Elkhwanky Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, FI Coactivator PGC-1α regulates vitamin D metabolizing enzymes CYP2R1 and CYP24A1 through ERRα 16:35 – 16:50 Yan Yan Genome-scale Biology Program, University of Helsinki, FI SUMOylation of AMPKα1 by PIAS4 specifically regulates mTORC1 signaling 16:50 – 17:00 Discussion 17:00 – 17:10 Closing remarks Bairong Shen, Soochow University, CN |