Biobio-seuran symposium

Toukokuun 11.päivä 2021 Biobio-seura järjestää virtuaalisen symposiumin aiheella What threatens us: Future pandemics & lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seminaari on maksuton, mutta vaatii rekisteröitymisen toukokuun 5.päivään mennessä: https://elomake.helsinki.fi. 

Ohjelma järjestetään englanniksi. Tervetuloa osallistumaan! 

PROGRAM
9.30-9.35 Welcome – Dr. Hannu Koistinen, Chair of the Biobio society 
 
Session 1 (session chair Dr. Jenni Hultman, Biobio society/University of Helsinki)  
 
9.35-10.15 On the origin of pandemics – how do they start? 
  •  Prof. Olli Vapalahti (Professor of zoonotic virology, University of Helsinki) 
10.15-10.35 SARS-CoV-2, why is it so different? 
  • Prof. Tarja Sironen (Associate Professor of emerging infectious diseases, Univ. of Helsinki) 
10.35-10.55 Bacterial pandemics 
  •  To be confirmed 
10.55-11.15 Antibiotic resistance – a real threat to the world! 
  • Prof. Marko Virta (Professor of microbiology, University of Helsinki) 
11.15-11.35 Modelling airborne virus transmission – the danger in public places 
  • Dr. Nina Atanasova (Senior scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute) 
11.35-12.20 Break 
 
Session 2 (session chair Dr. Peter Sarin, Biobio society/University of Helsinki) 
 
12.20-12.50 The power of vaccination 
  • Dr. Hanna Nohynek (Chief Physician, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) 
12.50-13.20 Future approaches for vaccine development 
  • Dr. Mario Barro (Vice President and Head of Advanced Research for Influenza Vaccines, Sanofi Pasteur) 
13.20-13.40 Knowing your enemy – need for diagnostics 
  • Dr. Minna Mäki (R&D and Production Director, Biohit Oyj) 
13.40-14.00 Data Science and AI against COVID: potential of smartphone data 
  • Prof. Sasu Tarkoma (Professor of Computer Science, University of Helsinki) 
14:00-14:15 Break 
14.15-15.30 Panel discussion – moderator Dr. Marc Baumann, Biobio society/University of Helsinki 
  • All speakers and audience via chat 

 

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