SEMINARS

Starting from fall 2024, the Nordic societies for developmental biology organizes an online monthly seminar series aim to highlight the excellent research in Development, Stem Cell and Regeneration biology that is happening across the Nordics. See below for details of the program.

Program Spring 2025

April, 23th, 12.30 (CET)

  • Pierfrancesco Pagella, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University. Title: “Imitate to Understand, Understand to Imitate:  Biomimetic Approaches for Bioengineering Oral Tissues & Disease Models” 
  • Neil Lagali, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping Unversity. Title: “PAX6 and eye development: mechanisms, models and potential therapies”

Host: Claudio Cantù, Linköping University

March, 27th, 12.00 (CET)

  • Elisa Närvä, University of Turku, Institute of Biomedicine.  Title: “Quantitative Analysis of Stemness in Pluripotent and Clinical Cancer Samples” 
  • Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen, University of Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine.  Title: “3DMOUSEneST: a volumetric label-free imaging method evaluating embryo–uterine interaction and decidualization efficacy.”

Host: Sanna Vuoristo, University of Helsinki

January, 23rd, 12.00 (CET)

  • Jonas von Hofsten, Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University Title: “Myofibre diversity and innate resistance to muscular dystrophy” 
  • Johan Holmberg, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Title: “Control of cellular state in dopaminergic neurons and in neuroblastoma”

Host: Andreas Hörnblad, Umeå University

Program fall 2024

September, 17th, 12.00 (CET)

  • Marc Pilon, Gothenburg University Preliminary title: “Roles of PAQR-2 (C. elegans) and ADIPOR2 (mammals) in membrane homeostasis and development” 
  • Elif Eroglu, Karolinska Institute, Preliminary title: “Mechanisms of heart regeneration: from cell-cell junctions to tissue mechanics”

Host: Ruth Palmer, Gothenburg University

October 25th, 12.00 (CET)

  • Malin Parmar, Lund University, Preliminary title: “Single cell omics – bringing better cell therapies to patients”
  • Sofie Mohlin, Lund University, Preliminary title: “Factors triggering cancer development during embryogenesis”

Host: Nicholas Leigh, Lund University

November 14th, 12.00 (CET)

  • Emmi Helle, University of Helsinki Preliminary title: “From Stem Cells to Populations – Studying the Genetic and Environmental Etiology of Congenital Heart Defects”
  • Laura Kerosuo, NIH, Bethesda, USA Preliminary title: Multiplexed views on neural crest stemness formation and implications on DiGeorge Syndrome  

Host: Satu Kuure, Helsinki University

December 5th, 12.00 (CET)

Host: Kaska Koltowska, Uppsala University