CELEBRATION OF THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF THE NORDIC EMBL PARTNERSHIP FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE
We cordially invite you to join us in celebrating the start of a new and exciting decade of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine! The University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), is thrilled to host a special event to celebrate the signing of the renewed agreement between EMBL and the Universities of Aarhus, Oslo, Umeå and Helsinki.
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University of Helsinki, Finland
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The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine is a unique network of forefront national research centres with complementary research expertise. The centres combine the longstanding tradition of basic and translational molecular medicine in the Nordic countries, with a focus on core research infrastructures and implementation of the governance and operational models of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).
The Nordic EMBL Partnership was initiated as a collaboration (2008-2012) between EMBL and FIMM at the University of Helsinki (Finland), MIMS at Umeå University (Sweden) and NCMM at the University of Oslo (Norway). The initiation involved the establishment of national partnership Nodes in the three countries. The Nordic EMBL Partnership expanded in 2013 when the Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE) at Aarhus University in Denmark became the Danish Node. The impact and success of the Nordic EMBL Partnership was formally recognized in 2013 with the signing of a renewed partnership agreement for an extended period of 10 years (2013-2023).
Now it is time to celebrate the renewal of the Partnership agreement for the next 10 years!
May 2, 2023 - Main Festivities
The festivities are hosted by the Rector of the University of Helsinki, Sari Lindblom.
Time and venue:
Date: 2 May 2023, 13.00 – 16.00
University Great Hall, Unioninkatu 34, Helsinki
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Keynote presentations:
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EMBL Director General Edith Heard
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Former Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership and Outgoing FIMM Director Mark Daly
Ceremonial signing of the Nordic EMBL Partnership agreement
Reception in the adjacent halls
Please register here by 17 April, 2023.
May 3, 2023 - Scientific Symposium
Nordic EMBL Partnership: Looking forward to the next ten years of Molecular Medicine research
This symposium will highlight some of the outstanding Molecular Medicine research by Leaders and National Partners of the EMBL network - providing an overview of what has been achieved, with an emphasis on core infrastructures and international collaboration - some of the key characteristics that make EMBL research special.
In addition, the Symposium will look forward to what is to come in the area of Life Science cooperation and Molecular Medicine research in the next 10 years of the Partnership.
Time and venue:
Date: 3 May 2023, 09.00 – 13.00
Biomedicum Helsinki, Lecture Hall 2, Haartmaninkatu 8, Helsinki
The Symposium on May 3rd can also be followed via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent to registered participants. Please register here by 17 April, 2023.
Programme
9.00-9.10 Opening words
Mark Daly, Broad Institute and the University of Helsinki, former Director of FIMM
9.10-9.30 Molecular Epigenetics in Development and Disease: the case of the X chromosome
Edith Heard, EMBL Director
9.35-9.55 Informing molecular medicine by neurobiological insights
Poul Nissen, Director of DANDRITE
10.00-10.20 Long COVID collaboration across borders
Hanna Ollila, FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
10.25-10.55 Coffee break
10.55-11.15 The future of genome medicine
Ewan Birney, EMBL Deputy Director
11.20-11.40 Inherited errors of immunity - from molecular mechanisms to cell therapy
Janna Saarela, Director of NCMM
11.45-12.05 Tandem talk: Applying metabolomics expertise across Nordic borders
Björn Schröder, MIMS Group Leader & Anni Nieminen, Head of the FIMM Metabolomics Unit
12.10-12.25 Molecules to Ecosystems: conservation genomic approaches for promoting biological resilience
Craig Primmer, Vice Dean Research, HiLIFE/Institute of Biotechnology & the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
12.30-12.50 Understanding pathogen biology to design new interventions
Oliver Billker, Director of MIMS, Speaker of the Partnership
12.55-13.00 Closing words