We warmly welcome you to
The 3rd Finnish Symposium on Biological Psychiatry
http://www.helisci.fi/fgsn-courses/biolpsych
When: 19 December, 2017 9:00-17:00
Venue: University of Helsinki, Viikki campus, Biocenter 3, lecture hall 2402
The symposium will include:
- Keynote lecture by Isabel Mansuy (University of Zurich) (http://www.hifo.uzh.ch/en/research/mansuy.html)
Dr. Mansuy is Professor in Neuroepigenetics and her research is focused on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance and complex brain functions in mammals
- Talks by leading Finnish investigators in biological psychiatry
Academy Professor Eero Castrén (http://www.helsinki.fi/neurosci/groups/castren.html)
Professor Hasse Karlsson (https://www.utu.fi/en/units/tbmc/research%20groups/karlsson%20hasse/Pages/home.aspx)
University Lecturer Tarja Stenberg (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/sleep-team-helsinki)
- Short talks by young investigators, selected based on submitted abstracts (deadline November 20)
- Posters selected based on submitted abstracts
Target audience: Students, postdocs and faculty working on human genetic and imaging studies in psychiatric diseases, mechanisms of psychiatric diseases, including functional, pharmacological and genetic analyses in model organisms, and related fields.
- Doctoral students will receive credits: 1) Attendance for the whole event + 1 page essay on the scientific content of the symposium = 1 ECTS; 2) Attendance + 1 page assay + poster / oral presentation = 2 ECTS.
- Please register and/or send your abstract at https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/82982/lomake.html. Deadline for abstract submission is on November 20 and for registration without abstract December 5.
We hope to see you there!
Iiris Hovatta
Tiina Paunio
Pirta Hotulainen
Alexandra Lahtinen
Mikaela Laine