The Annual Meeting of the Finnish collaborative HNPCC reseach groups will take place 6.-7.3.2015 at Himos Centre in Jämsä.

Prof. Pävi Peltomäki together with Ph.D Taina Nieminen and M.Sc Anni Niskakoski will be presenting the on-going projects and highlights from the Peltomäki lab last year. Anni will present her current project related to the epigenetic and genetic changes in non-malignant ovarian and endometrial tissues followed by Taina’s talk about the on-going projects aiming to discover novel predisposing genes for mismatch repair proficient HNPCC.

See you there!

Doctoral student Mariann Kasela will be presenting her work at the European Human Genetics Conference organized by ESHG in Milan on Sunday 1st of June!

Title of the presentation:
Functional analysis of mismatch repair gene variants of uncertain significance and their possible contribution to Lynch syndrome

Talks presented in the Epigenetics session on Friday 23.5. Welcome!

8.30 – 9.15 Epigenetic mechanisms of disease predisposition. Päivi Peltomäki, MD PhD.

9.15 – 9.45 Mechanisms behind APC mutation negative familial adenomatous polyposis. Taina Nieminen, PhD.

9.45 – 10.15 DNA methylation changes in hereditary colorectal cancer. Satu Valo, MSc.