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Research Days of the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine
Author:
Kuvatõmmis
The Research Days of the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine took place on January 30–31, 2025.
Guest lectures and the Institute's research groups presented overview of their latest studies. The program also included a panel discussion on "Science and business" and the presentation of the e-textbook "Immunology". The working language was English.
Printable program is here.
Program
Thursday, January 30
| 08:30–09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00–09:05 | Opening words | Pärt Peterson Professor, Head of the Institute |
| Session I moderated by Karlis Pleiko | ||
| 09:05–09:35 | Mending the broken heart: nanomedicines for targeting the myocardial infarction | Hélder Almeida Santos Visiting Professor, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine/Professor, University of Groningen (Germany) |
| 09:35–10:05 | Endometrium and embryo in conception | Andres Salumets Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine/Institute of Genomics |
| 10:05–10:35 | From ER calcium handling to mitophagy: pathways to neuronal health restoration | Allen Kaasik Professor, Department of Pharmacology |
| 10:35–11:05 | Coffee break | |
| Session II moderated by Maarja Laos | ||
| 11:05–11:35 | Introns: from nature to design | Kärt Tomberg CEO and Co-Founder of ExpressionEdits (UK) |
| 11:35–12:05 | CAR-T cell therapy – the ultimate personalized cancer treatment | Tanel Mahlakõiv Director of Translational Research, Icosagen Cell Factory |
| 12:05–12:25 | Application of metagenomic DNA analysis in food safety – honey DNA test example | Kaarel Krjutškov Associate Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine |
| 12:25–13:10 | Lunch | |
| Session III moderated by Rain Inno | ||
| 13:10–13:30 | Psychiatric disorder – associated Negr1 gene deficiency induces alterations in glutamate signaling and the kynurenine pathway | Carolin Kuuskmäe PhD student/Junior Research Fellow, Department of Physiology |
| 13:30–13:50 | Chronic stress induced behavioral and metabolomic changes in Negr1 deficient mice | Mohan Jayaram Research Fellow, Department of Physiology |
| 13:50–14:10 | Neuronal and microglial roles of miR-146 family | Keerthana Chithanathan PhD student/Specialist, Department of Pharmacology/Department of Biomedicine, RNA Biology Research Group |
| 14:10–14:30 | Hereditary cancer – linked germline variants are significantly enriched in infertile men | Anu Valkna PhD student/Junior Research Fellow, Department of Biomedicine, Chair of Human Genetics |
| 14:30–14:50 | Child stool bacteriome: links to maternal gestational diabetes | Kristi Alnek PhD student/Junior Research Fellow, Department of Immunology |
| 14:50–15:20 | Coffee break | |
| 15:20–16:30 | Panel "Science and business" moderated by Tambet Teesalu | Hélder Almeida Santos, Alireza Fazeli, Andres Salumets, Tanel Mahlakõiv |
Friday, January 31
| Session IV moderated by Pavel Kudrin | ||
| 09:00–09:30 | From provider to patient, from one-size to personalized: the future of cervical cancer prevention | Anneli Uusküla Professor, Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health |
| 09:30–10:00 | Intestinal helminth infection promotes dissemination of Th2 cells with Th1 features to distal barrier sites | Egon Urgard Postdoc, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| 10:00–10:20 | Human microbiota – what, why, how? | Reet Mändar Professor, Department of Microbiology |
| 10:20–10:50 | Coffee break | |
| Session V moderated by Martin Pook | ||
| 10:50–11:20 | Development of the cerebellum through an evolutionary lens | Mari Sepp Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (Germany) |
| 11:20–11:50 | Intestinal stem cells in development and disease | Martti Maimets Senior scientist, NNF Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), University of Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| 12:00–12v20 | The future of extracellular vesicles: lessons learned and opportunities ahead | Alireza Fazeli Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Tartu/Professor, Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| 12:25–13:10 | Lunch | |
| Session VI moderated by Luca Marchetti | ||
| 13:05–13:25 | Protective effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning in lower extremity artery disease | Karl Kuusik PhD student, Department of Biochemistry |
| 13:25–13:45 | Fecal microbiome predicts treatment response after the initiation of semaglutide or empagliflozin uptake | Annabel Klemets PhD student/Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Genomics |
| 13:45–14:05 | Immunohistochemical evaluation of LGR5, CD71, CD138 and CXCR3 markers in the small bowel mucosa of participants with celiac disease and persons with normal bowel mucosa | Tamara Vorobjova Associate Professor, Department of Immunology |
| 14:05–14:25 | Flipped classroom method in teaching histology | Piret Hussar Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy |
| 14:25–14:55 | Coffee break | |
| Session VII moderated by Uku Haljasorg | ||
| 14:55–15:15 | Viruses in health and disease | Kristi Huik Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology |
| 15:15–15:35 | Blood-brain barrier penetrating peptide Cerepep | Kristina Põšnograjeva PhD student/Junior Research Fellow, Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Precision and Nanomedicine |
| 15:35–15:55 | Sero venientibus ossa | Eero Vasar Professor, Department of Physiology |
| 15:55–16:15 | Presentation of the e-textbook "Immunoloogia" | Raivo Uibo Professor, Department of Immunology |
| 16:15–16:20 | Concluding words | |
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Estonian Doctoral School for Medical and Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine.
The event is supported by the Estonian Doctoral School (2021-2027.4.04.24-0003), co-funded by the European Union.
Until 31 Jan
Research Days of the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine
Biomedicum (Ravila 19)
30 Jan 2025 09:00
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31 Jan 2025 17:00
