| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 |
| 11:00 |
REGISTRATION AND LUNCH |
| 12.30 |
Opening words |
| 12.45 |
Student council introduction (Erkki Raulo, FinBioNet coordinator) |
SESSSION I: NEW FIELDS OF FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
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| 13.00 |
Jill Jönsson, Communication manager of CASCADE Network, Stockholm, Sweden: Chemicals in food - how do they affect you? |
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Marina Heinonen, Professor in Food Chemistry, University of Helsinki: Functional foods |
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Anu Hopia, Professor in Food Development/EPANET, University of Turku: Molecular gastronomy |
| 15.00 |
POSTERS |
SESSION II: WOMEN IN SCIENCE
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| 16.00 |
Alejandra Bravo, Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma in Mexico, in the Department of Molecular Microbiology, The laureate for 2010 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards for women in science: Bioinsecticides compatibles with the environment |
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Carmen Vela, Managing Director of INGENASA, Spain: How to combine family and academic career |
| 17.30 |
BREAK AND CHECK-IN TO THE HOTEL |
| 19.30 |
Get-together dinner party at Puikkari Night Club, entertaiment by Lonestar Band
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| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 |
| 9.00 |
BREAKFAST |
SESSION III: SCIENCE IN NEWS
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| 9.30 |
Raili Leino, Finnish National Representative in European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA): Communication between international scientific community and society |
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Chris Freeman, Dept of aquatic biogeochemistry, Bangor university, UK: Climate change, enzymes and peat bogs |
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Kevin V. Morris, Assistant Professor in The Scripps Research Institute, USA: Thinking outside the box; hurdles in introducing new ideas |
| 11.30 |
POSTERS |
| 12.30 |
LUNCH |
SESSION IV: BIOBUSINESS
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| 13.30 |
Karina Fog, Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark: Synergies and challenges in collaborations between academia and the pharmaceutical industry |
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Niklas von Weymarn, VTT: Industrial Biotech (White Biotech) |
| 14.50 |
BREAK AND REFRESMENTS |
SESSION V: ART & SCIENCE
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| 15.10 |
Jerry Sedgewick, University of Minnesota, USA: When small errors become big: common mistakes in the world of digital imaging |
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Frances Balkwill, Centre Lead of Centre for Cancer & Inflammation, Institute of Cancer, Queen Mary University of London, UK: Cells are Us – engaging children with biomedical science |
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ANNOUNCING WINNERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST |
| 17.00 |
Concluding remarks |