Time: Tuesday March 18th, 2025 at 13-16.00
Location: Arvo (old side), Room A210-A211, Kauppi campus, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, Tampere
Programme:
COFFEE 12.45- 13
13.00 -13.10 Opening – Vidal Fey, Staff Scientist, FinnGen Local Support, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University: The FinnGen Local Support Network.
Chair, Alfonso Urbanucci, Principal Investigator, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University.
13.15- 13.30 Mari Kaunisto, Senior Researcher, Communications Director for FinnGen, FIMM, University of Helsinki: FinnGen unfolded: What, why and how?
13.35 -13.50 Juliana Miranda Cerqueira, Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology and Celiac Disease Research Center, Tampere University: Leveraging FinnGen to unlock the genetics of celiac disease phenotypes. (remote)
13:55- 14.10 Prof. Hannele Laivuori, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University: Women’s health and reproduction projects in FinnGen.
14.15 -14.35 BREAK (20 min)
14.35 – 14.50 Juulia Jylhävä, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology and Tampere Institute for Advanced study (IAS), Tampere University: Decoding biological aging and age-related traits with genome-wide association studies.
14:55 – 15.10 Alfonso Urbanucci, Principal Investigator, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University: Harnessing the potential of FinnGen to uncover drug-induced syndromic features. (Vidal Fey chairing)
15.15 – 15.30 Javier Gracia-Tabuenca, Biostatistician, TAU, speaks on behalf of Mary Patricia Reeve, FinnGen, University of Helsinki: Kanta laboratory data in FinnGen.
15.35 – 15.50 Javier Gracia-Tabuenca, Biostatistician, FinnGen, Tampere University: Hands-on example on the FinnGen analysis tools.
16.00 Seminar ends