Bio­cen­ter Oulu Day 2026: Across the immu­ni­verse – the many dimen­sions of immunol­o­gy, Oulu

Bio­cen­ter Oulu Day annu­al­ly brings togeth­er researchers in bio­sciences and bio­med­i­cine, as well as clin­i­cians, around a cur­rent sci­en­tif­ic theme and an exhi­bi­tion by spon­sor­ing com­pa­nies.

This year, the main theme is “Across the immu­ni­verse – the many dimen­sions of immunol­o­gy.” The pro­gram will include pre­sen­ta­tions by lead­ing experts from var­i­ous fields of immunol­o­gy.

Time: 12 March 2026

Place: Leena Palotie ‑sali 101A, Aapistie 5 A

This event will be held in Eng­lish. Par­tic­i­pa­tion is free and does not require reg­is­tra­tion.

PRO­GRAMME

8.30–8.40 Open­ing remarks, Chair­per­son of the Orga­niz­ing Com­mit­tee, Bio­cen­ter Oulu

8.40–8.50 Wel­come, Prof. Johannes Ket­tunen, Direc­tor of Bio­cen­ter Oulu

8.50–9.30 KEYNOTE: “Reg­u­la­tion of the colonic mucus bar­ri­er in host defense”, Elis­a­beth Nys­törm, Karolin­s­ka Insti­tute, Swe­den

9.30–10.20 Cof­fee at the exhi­bi­tion area

Ses­sion 1: Micro­scop­ic dimen­sions

10.20–10.30 Spon­sor spot, Bruk­er Nordic AB

10.30–11.00 “Illu­mi­nat­ing the dark pro­teome in innate immu­ni­ty”, Iker Aram­bu­ru, Umeå Uni­ver­si­ty, Swe­den

11.00–11.30 “Fake it! Chimeric tick borne-encephali­tis virus, struc­ture, func­tion, and vac­cine can­di­date?”, Sarah Butch­er, Uni­ver­si­ty of Helsin­ki, Fin­land

11.30–12.50 Lunch break and exhi­bi­tion

Ses­sion 2: Immune response

12.50–13.00 Spon­sor spot, Bec­ton Dick­in­son

13.00–13.30 “Bac­te­r­i­al T‑cell antag­o­nist in vaso­pro­lif­er­a­tive tumor for­ma­tion”, Arto Pul­li­ainen, Uni­ver­si­ty of Turku, Fin­land

13.30–14.00 “The essen­tial role of Th17/Treg cells in inflam­ma­tion and tumori­ge­n­e­sis”, Zhi Jane Chen, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, Fin­land

14.00–14.45 Cof­fee at the exhi­bi­tion area

Ses­sion 3: Immu­ni­ty in action

14.45–15.15 “New Mech­a­nisms of Immuno­sup­pres­sion in Melanoma: Impli­ca­tions for Ratio­nal Immunother­a­py Inno­va­tion”, Car­los Roge­rio De Figueire­do, Uni­ver­si­ty of Turku, Fin­land

15.15–15.45 “T‑cell alter­ations dur­ing the devel­op­ment of type 1 dia­betes”, Tuure Kin­nunen, UEF, Kuo­pio, Fin­land

15.45–16.00 Gen­er­al dis­cus­sion and con­clud­ing remarks

Source: Bio­cen­ter Oulu