EMBL in Finland

Friday 5 October 2018 Biomedicum 1, Lecture Hall 1 Helsinki PROGRAMME

10:00-10:30 Arrival, coffee and registration

10:30-10:40 Welcome remarks 10:30 Marja Makarow, Director, Biocenter Finland, Helsinki (EMBL Heidelberg, Postdoc, 1981-1983; EMBL Council Advisor, 1999-2008; and President of EMBC, 2004-2007) 10:35 Johanna Myllyharju, Scientific Director, Biocenter Oulu and Professor, University of Oulu (EMBL Council Member, 2016-Present)

10:40-12:20 Session 1: EMBL and EMBO opportunities and resources Chair: Johanna Myllyharju, Scientific Director, Biocenter Oulu and Professor, University of Oulu (EMBL Council Member, 2016-Present) 10:40 Rainer Pepperkok, Head of Core Facilities, Head of Advanced Light Microscopy Core Facility, Team Leader and Senior Scientist, EMBL, Heidelberg “EMBL opportunities and resources” 11:20 Kai Simons, Chief Executive Officer, Lipotype, Dresden “EMBL and me” (EMBL Heidelberg, Head of Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, 1975-2000; and EMBO Council Member, 2004-2009) 11:40 Tomi Määtä, Predoc, EMBL, Heidelberg “My life as a predoc at EMBL” 11:50 Howy Jacobs, Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Tampere “What you can do for EMBO and EMBO can do for you” 12:10 Discussion

12:20-13:20 Lunch and discussion with the speakers PROGRAMME (continued)

13:20-14:30 Session 2: Collaboration opportunities and research infrastructures Panel chair: Merja Särkioja, Senior Science Adviser, Academy of Finland, Helsinki 13:20 Riitta Maijala, Vice President for Research, Academy of Finland, Helsinki “Finland’s strategy and roadmap for research infrastructures” 13:40 Mark Daly, Director, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki “Molecular Medicine in Finland: The present and the future” 13:55 Tommi Nyrönen, Project Director and Head of ELIXIR Finland Node, IT Center for Science, Espoo “Finland in ELIXIR - The European Infrastructure for Biological Information” (EMBL-EBI, Visiting Scientist, 2011-2012) 14:10 Discussion

14:30-15:00 Coffee and networking

15:00-16:00 Session 3: EMBL alumni in Finland Chair: Eero Vuorio, Professor Emeritus, University of Turku (EMBL Council Member, 2000-2002; EMBL Council Advisor, 2003-2013; and EMBL Council Chair, 2003-2006, 2010-2012) 15:00 Elina Ikonen, Academy Professor, University of Helsinki “Take home messages from EMBL” (EMBL Heidelberg, Postdoc, 1992-1996) PROGRAMME (continued)

15:15 Pekka Lappalainen, Group Leader, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki “What I learned at EMBL and how it shaped my career” (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 1991-1995) 15:30 Sarah Butcher, Professor, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and HiLIFE Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki “CryoEM: Past, present and future” (EMBL Heidelberg, Predoc, 1991-1995 and Postdoc, 1996) 15:45 André Juffer, Biocomputing Coordinator, Biocenter Oulu and Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu “Scientific computing in the cold” (EMBL Heidelberg, Postdoc, 1992-1996)

16:00-16:15 Closing remarks Mehrnoosh Rayner, Head of Alumni Relations, EMBL, Heidelberg

16:15 onwards Drinks reception