PROGRAM 2023

Coffee and arrival             9.15-10.00

SESSION 1                            10.00-12.00
Saara Ollila: Deciphering fibroblast heterogeneity in gastrointestinal tumorigenesis
Diana Toivola: Colonocyte keratins – New tasks in tumor suppression and for IBD diagnostics?
Simon Andersson: Old Mitochondria Regulate Stem Cell Niche-dependence
Rafa Najumudeen: Nutrient transporters mediate colorectal cancer initiation and progression

Lunch at Hotel Haven       12.00-13.00

SESSION 2                              13.00-15.00
Ville Hietakangas: Nutrient regulation of intestinal stem cells – from organ-wide analysis to new molecular mechanisms
Bohdana Rovenko: Interplay of redox and sugar sensing in Drosophila enteroendocrine cells sustains organismal sugar tolerance
Annika Meinander: Ubiquitin- and caspase-mediated regulation of Drosophila NF-kappaB activation
Nalle Pentinmikko: Glypicans regulate epithelial injury response

Coffee and posters              15.00-16.00

SESSION 3                                16.00-18.00
Keijo Viiri: Inhibition of gluten-induced intestinal damage in celiac disease with Transglutaminase 2 inhibitor
Tiina Jokela: Omics Insights into Lynch Syndrome: Connecting Circulating Metabolites, microRNAs, and Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility
Anil Kumar: A missense variant in LGR5, an intestinal stem cell marker gene, confers risk to small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors
Toni Seppälä: Colorectal cancer drug susceptibility based on patient-derived organoid pharmacotyping

Drinks and posters               18.00-19.00