{"id":566,"date":"2023-09-01T13:53:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/doctoral-program-courses-faculty-of-health-sciences\/?page_id=566"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:36:35","slug":"dpmm-doctoral-researcher-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/doctoral-program-courses-faculty-of-health-sciences\/dpmm-doctoral-researcher-seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"DPMM Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Doctoral Programme in Molecular Medicine (DPMM) Seminar Series is a collaborative initiative between doctoral researchers from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/unit\/ai-virtanen-institute-for-molecular-sciences\">A.I. Virtanen Institute<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/unit\/institute-of-biomedicine\">Institute of Biomedicine<\/a>, and aims to provide a platform for all DPMM researchers to present their research to a larger audience and also to collaborate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In each monthly seminar, there will be a presentation from one doctoral researcher from AIVI and one from Biomedicine. Following each seminar, a small social get-together is organized for participants to continue the discussion in a more informal setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminars are open to everyone interested. For more information, please contact Doctoral researcher Heikki Kyykallio (heikki.kyykallio(at)uef.fi). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Spring 2026 seminars<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.4.2026 14:00-15:00 <\/strong>(SN200, Snellmania), host Heikki Kyykallio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Taru Tukiainen<\/strong>: <em>The X Factor: From X\u2011Chromosome Regulation to Dosage Compensation in Human Genetics<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.5.2026 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN202, Snellmania), host TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Erika Aikio:<\/em><\/strong> TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Shekhar Singh:<\/strong> TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13.5.2026 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN300, Snellmania), host TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Speaker TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.6.2026 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host Sreejita Das<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Akshatha Kalavathi Shivakumar<\/strong>: TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Tiina Tuononen<\/strong>: TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Past seminars<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.9.2023, 14:00 &#8211; 15:00&nbsp;<\/strong>(SN300, Snellmania), host Johanna Matilainen (Biomed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Valtteri Nurminen<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Mapping the Cellular Composition of Vascular Tissues Affected by Cardiovascular Disease Using Spatial Transcriptomics&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/em><br><strong>Heli Jeskanen<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Mechanistic elucidation of Alzheimer\u2032s disease-associated genetic variants&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.10.2023, 14:00 \u2013 15:00 <\/strong>(3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host TBA (AIVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heidi Pulkkinen<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Gene Therapy for Coronary Artery Disease &#8211; BMP2 Gene Transfer in Ischemic Pig Myocardium\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kseniia Bureiko<\/strong>: \u201c<em>Machine learning based modeling of transcriptional responses to glucocorticoid<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 1.11.2023, 14:00 &#8211; 15:00 <\/strong>(SN210, Snellmania), host Konstantin Ivanov (Biomed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adriana Della Pietra<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>Pro-nociceptive role of Piezo 1 channels and the anti-nociceptive effects of endocannabinoids in the trigeminal system implicated in migraine pain&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrea Hanel<\/strong>: <em><em>&#8220;Impact of sex hormones on the developing immune system at single cell resolution&#8221;<\/em><\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 8.11.2023 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN300, Snellmania), host: Bernardo Moreira Soares<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI Seminar: <strong>Prof. Tarja Malm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday 5.12.2023, 14:00 &#8211; 15:00 <\/strong>(3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host: Mireia Gomez-Budia&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nadine Huber<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Molecular mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ana Hern\u00e1ndez de Sande: <\/strong><em>&#8220;Study of miRNA gene expression at single-cell resolution&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 13.12.2023, 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host: Sini Pitk\u00e4nen (AIVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI Seminar: <strong>Research Director Leena Latonen (Biomedicine)<\/strong> &#8211; <em>&#8220;Multimodal view to cancer in time and space \u2013 dissecting molecular and tissue mechanisms of prostate cancer&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 10.1.2024, 14:00-15:00 (SN210, Snellmania)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI Seminar: <strong>Baran Aydogan (AIV Institute)<\/strong> &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 17.1.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN300, Snellmania), host Heikki Kyykallio (Biomedicine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tomi Hietanen &#8211; <\/strong><em>&#8220;Assessing iPSC-microglia from FTD patients carrying the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tero Siev\u00e4nen &#8211;<\/strong> <em>&#8220;The associations of circulating microRNAs and lifestyle habits with colorectal cancer incidence among Finnish Lynch syndrome carriers&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 7.2.2024 14:00 &#8211; 15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host: Ahmed Mohamed (AIVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohammad Rezaie &#8211; <em>&#8220;A P300 based BCI speller system with error correction capability&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim Lesch &#8211; <em>&#8220;Balance assessment methods and application&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 14.2.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host TBA (AIVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI seminar: Einari Niskanen &#8211; <em>TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 6.3.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN210, Snellmania), host: Kaisa M\u00e4ki-Mantila (Biomed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lenka Dvorakova &#8211; <em>&#8220;Whole brain responses to visual and auditory stimuli in anesthetized and awake mice enabled by a novel quiet fMRI&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arindam Ghosh &#8211; <em>&#8220;Network-driven assessment of efficacy and safety for identification of cancer drug combinations&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 13.3.2024 14:00-15:00 <\/strong>(SN210, Snellmania), host: Bernardo Moreira Soares (Biomed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI seminar: Anna-Liisa Levonen &#8211; <em>TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday 4.4.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host TBA (AIVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omar Narvaez Delgado <em>&#8211; &#8220;Multidimensional diffusion-relaxation MRI: beyond the voxel resolution&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonja Koivukoski &#8211; <em>&#8220;Unstained tissue imaging and virtual HE-staining of whole slide images&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 10.4.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host TBA (AIVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI seminar: Sanna Pasonen-Sepp\u00e4nen <em>&#8211; &#8220;Dynamic interplay between stroma and cancer cells in tumor microenvironment<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday 2.5.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN201, Snellmania), host: Johanna Matilainen (Biomed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sara K\u00e4lv\u00e4l\u00e4 &#8211; <em>&#8220;Characterization of a novel midbrain organoid slice culture model for studying molecular mechanisms in synucleinopathies&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roosa-Maria Willman &#8211; <em>&#8220;TMEM106B in neurodegeneration and microglial function&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 8.5.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN210, Biomed), host: Bernardo Moreira Soares (Biomed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI seminar: Juzoh Umemori <em>&#8211; &#8220;Optical induction of neural plasticity for neuropsychiatry and neurodegenerative disorders&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 5.6.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), Sini Pitk\u00e4nen (AIVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sohvi Ohtonen &#8211; <em>&#8220;Traffic-related diesel-exhaust particles impairs the lysosomal functions of human iPSC-derived microglia&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirsi Kainulainen &#8211; <em>TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday 12.6.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia1) host Konstantin Ivanov (Biomed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI seminar: Ville Paakinaho &#8211; <em>Transcription factor crosstalk defines the role of glucocorticoid receptor in prostate cancer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday <strong>10.10.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia1), host Heikki Kyykallio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Miika Kiema<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Cell composition of the aorta in ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm &#8211; Spatial transcriptomics approach&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Stef Bosch<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Towards enhanced targetability and efficiency of therapeutic nanoparticles&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>6.11.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN201, Snellmania), host Johanna Matilainen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Jonna Niskanen<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Uptake of alpha-synuclein preformed fibrils is suppressed by inflammation and induces an aberrant phenotype in human microglia&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*Juho Mononen<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Genetic variation is a key determinant of chromatin accessibility and transcription factor binding in a mouse model for polygenic obesity&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>13.11.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN200, Snellmania), host Enkhzaya Batnasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>PI seminar Lu Cheng:<\/strong><em> &#8220;Nanopore-based RNA modification estimation and kmer visualization algorithm (motif discovery)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday <strong>5.12.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host Kaisa M\u00e4ki-Mantila<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Tomi Tuomainen: <\/strong><em>&#8220;Cardiac function and metabolomics of cardiomyocyte-specific PGC-1\u03b1 knockout mouse&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>Teemu Rintala: <\/strong><em>\u201cArtificial Intelligence for Omics-driven Patient Stratification and Precision Medicine\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday <strong>9.1.2025 14:00-15:00 <\/strong>(SN210, Snellmania), host Jenni K\u00fcblbeck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Julia Swan (School of Pharmacy): <\/strong>&#8220;Mastering mouse habituation and its effects on biomedical research outcomes&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>!!<strong> DPMM Best thesis 2023 award !!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>15.1.2025 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (SN210, Snellmania), host Sini Pitk\u00e4nen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Tommi Patinen (AIVI): <\/strong>&#8220;Modulation of transcription factor Nrf2 activation in lung cancer&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Sanni Moisio (Biomed)<\/em><\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Genomic determinants of treatment response in acute lymphoblastic leukemia&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>5.2.2025 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host Heikki Kyykallio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Maria Barbiera (AIVI): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;ADAMTS18 regulation of fibronectin assembly&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Bharadwaja Velidendla (Biomed):<\/em><\/strong> <em>&#8220;GR and NFkB crosstalk &#8211; understanding molecular mechanisms of anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid signaling&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday <strong>13.2.2024 14:00-15:00<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1), host Enkhzaya Batnasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Henna Martiskainen (Biomed): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;Monoallelic TYROBP deletion is a novel risk factor for Alzheimer&#8217;s disease&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>5.3.2025 <strong>14:00-15:00<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>(SN210, Snellmania), <\/strong>host Johanna Matilainen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Aino-Kaisa Piironen (AIVI):<\/em><\/strong> &#8220;<em>Omics-based plasma biomarkers &#8211; the window to youth mental health<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Henri Pyykk\u00f6nen (Biomed):<\/em><\/strong> <em>&#8220;Exercise prescription: A vital component of self-care for univentricular heart patients&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>12.3.2025 1<strong>4:00-15:00<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>(SN210, Snellmania), <\/strong>host Bernardo Soares<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Elena Puris (AIVI):<\/em> <\/strong><em>&#8220;Roles of the blood-brain barrier transporters in Alzheimer&#8217;s disease: does sex matter?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>2.4.2025 14:00-15:0<strong>0<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1),<\/strong> host Konstantin Ivanov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>*Sini Pitk\u00e4nen (AIVI): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;Environmental chemicals as risk factors for metabolic diseases &#8211; A case study DINP&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>*Johannes Hiltunen (Biomed): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;p63 mediates tumor suppressive effects of glucocorticoid receptor in prostate&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>9.4.2025 14:00-15:0<strong>0<\/strong> (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1)<\/strong>, host Kaisa M\u00e4ki-Mantila<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Ali Abdollahzadeh<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>(AIVI): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;Scattering approach to diffusion quantifies axonal damage in brain injury&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>7.5.2025 14:00-15:00 (SN210, Snellmania), <\/strong>host Sini Pitk\u00e4nen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Veronika G\u00f3r\u00f3va (AIVI): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;Nasal microbiome alterations in Alzheimer\u2019s disease&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Laura Helminen (Biomed):<\/em><\/strong> <em>&#8220;Transcription factor crosstalk in antiandrogen-resistant prostate cancer&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>14.5.2025 14:00-15:00<\/strong> <strong>(SN210, Snellmania), <\/strong>host Bernardo Soares<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>*Henriikka Hakom\u00e4ki (AIVI): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;Zebrafish as an experimental model &#8211; introduction to the UEF zebrafish unit&#8221;<\/em><br>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>4.6.2025 14:00-15:00 (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1)<\/strong>, host Jenni K\u00fcblbeck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Sreejita Das (AIVI): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;How environmental contaminants derail mitochondrial metabolism&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Noora Lepp\u00e4nen (Biomed): <\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;Repurposing of an antiviral drug for the treatment of AR-independent prostate cancer&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>11.6.2025 14:00-15:00 (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1)<\/strong>, host Enkhzaya Batnasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Vittorio Fortino (Biomed): <\/strong>TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>3.9.2025 14:00-15:00 (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1)<\/strong>, host Heikki Kyykallio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Faezeh Heidari: <\/strong><\/em>MRI-Based Morphological Asymmetries in Focal Drug-Resistant Epilepsies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Minttu K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen: <\/strong><\/em>Drug induced stress responses of nuclear organelles in prostate cancer cells<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>10.9.2025 14:00-15:00 (SN300)<\/strong>, host Enkhzaya Batnasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em><strong>Akash Mali: <\/strong><\/em>Development of 3D organoid model of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday <strong>30.9.2025 14:00-15:00 (SN203)<\/strong>, host Erika Aikio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Gaurang Sharma:<\/em><\/strong> TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Juho Mikkonen: <\/em><\/strong>Hierarchical modeling of tumor subtype in cell lines using large-scale genomics datasets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>8.10.2025 14:00-15:00 (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1<\/strong>), host Sini Pitk\u00e4nen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Ashik Jawahar Deen: <\/em><\/strong>High content screening of ferroptosis inhibitors in retinal cells<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>5.11.2025 14:00-15:00 (3208 seminar room, Bioteknia 1)<\/strong>, host Minttu K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Claire Fayad: <\/em><\/strong><em>Temporal&nbsp;Dynamics&nbsp;of&nbsp;Ultrafine&nbsp;Particle&nbsp;Toxicity&nbsp;and&nbsp;Age-Related Susceptibilities&nbsp;in&nbsp;Human&nbsp;Olfactory&nbsp;Mucosal&nbsp;Cells<\/em><br>&nbsp;*<strong><em>Siiri Ker\u00e4nen: <\/em><\/strong><em>Early Osteoarthritis: Alterations in Calcified Cartilage and Subchondral Bone<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday <strong>12.11.2025 14:00-15:00 (SN210)<\/strong>, host Enkhzaya Batnasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Suvi Jauhiainen: <\/em><\/strong><em>Decoding Venous malformations &#8211; 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