PROGRAM
For each session biological, medical and technology-related approaches are chosen.
| TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 | |
| OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM Chair: Erkki Raulo |
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| 9.00-10.00 | REGISTRATON AND COFFEE |
| 10.00-10.15 |
Erkki Raulo (Director, FinBioNet): Opening words |
| 10.15-10.30 | Chancellor Ilkka Niiniluoto (University of Helsinki): Welcome words |
| SMELL »» Chair: Ying Yang SESSION SPONSORED BY VALIO |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Alan Hirsch (Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, USA): Smell: The neglected sense »» |
| 11.00-11.30 | COFFEE |
| Keynote speaker |
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| 11.30-12.00 | Academy Professor Risto Näätänen: Dysfunction of the central auditory system as an index of cognitive decline in different neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders and in aging »» |
| SMELL SESSION CONTINUES »» Chair: Ying Yang |
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| 12.00-12.30 | Jing Wang (University of California, USA): Sensors of feast and famine in the olfactory circuit »» |
| 12.30-13.00 | Josefin Backman (Lumene Oy): The cosmetic aspects of smell & touch »» |
| 13.00-14.00 | LUNCH |
| TASTE »» Chair: Wei Wang |
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| 14.00-14.30 | Wolfgang Meyerhof (German Institute of Human Nutrition, Germany): Bitter taste: from molecules to behavior »» |
| 14.30-15.00 | Hans Välimäki (Chez Dominique): TBA |
| 15.00-15.30 | Pekka Lehtonen (Alcohol Control Laboratory, Alko Inc. Finland): Changes in colour and flavour during wine ageing »» |
| 15.30-16.00 | COFFEE |
| CAREER DEVELOPMENT SESSION by BiotechClub@GPBM Chair: Vytas Raulinaitis |
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| 16.00-17.00 | A panel of invited speakers will be addressed with questions related to their career choices by the audience. |
| PARALLEL WORKSHOPS | |
| 17.00-19.00 | Participating students will present their projects in small groups based on their field of study. The format of the workshops will depend on the final number of participants. |
| 19.00-00.00 | Symposium dinner and HeLiSci Xmas Party in Virgin Oil |
| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 | |
| TOUCH »» Chair: Shentong Fang |
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| 9.30-10.00 | Karin Rosenkranz (University of Heidelberg, Germany): Using proprioception to change the organisation in the human sensorimotor cortex »» |
| 10.00-10.30 | Gary Lewin (Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany): The molecules of touch »» |
| 10.30-11.00 | Johan Lundin (University of Helsinki, Finland): The multitouch microscope »» |
| 11.00-11.30 | COFFEE |
| SIGHT »» Chair: Minttu Kansikas |
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| 11.30-12.00 | Timo Tervo (University of Helsinki, Finland): Image formation: the eye and its optical system »» |
| 12.00-12.30 | Henri Huttunen (Hermo Pharma Ltd, Finland): Modulation of visual cortex plasticity to treat amblyopia in adults »» |
| 12.30-13.00 | Dan Oz (N.V.S. New Vision Systems Ltd, Israel): Endoscopy - past, present & future. The fascinating world of peering into the body »» |
| 13.00-14.00 | LUNCH |
| HEARING »» Chair: Vera Shirokova |
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| 14.00-14.30 | Jaakko Kaprio (University of Helsinki, Finland): The contribution of genetic epidemiology to understanding the etiology of individual differences in senses and sense disorders »» |
| 14.30-15.00 | Stefan Heller (Stanford School of Medicine, USA): Mouse and human hair- and supporting cell-like cells from stem cells »» |
| 15.00-15.30 | Jyri Huopaniemi (Nokia Research Center, Finland): Audio and acoustics research based on the properties of human hearing »» |
| CONCLUDING REMARKS – END OF THE SYMPOSIUM Chair: Prasanna Sakha |
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