The 7th Researcher Forum of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will take place on the 6th of June 2019 at Poliisien kesäkoti/Police cabin in Lauttasaari* and is aimed at all researchers of the Faculty.

Registration to the event on Lyyti by 29th of May 15:00 o’clock.

Resilience

Program (open for changes):
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8:30 Breakfast

9:00 Morning session: How do sociality and personality affect resilience?

• Welcome by the Chair Tomi Taira
• Current issues in research by Antti Sukura and Olli Peltoniemi
• Assistant professor Rose Thorogood:
  “Social resilience in the wild? How social environments facilitate adaptation to environmental change”
• Visiting researcher, PhD Katriina Tiira: “Resilience in dogs”

11:30 Lunch break

12:30 First afternoon session: Physiology of resilience

• Professor Iiris Hovatta:
  “Molecular mechanisms underlying resilience and susceptibility to psychosocial stress”

13:30 Coffee break

14:00 Second afternoon session: Resilience and behavior

• Professor Anna Valros:
  “Why do some pigs bite and others do not? Resilience and tail biting in pigs”
• Post-doctoral researcher, PhD Tuomas Aivelo:
  “Urban rats in Helsinki: thriving because of and despite humans”
• Closing words by the Chair Tomi Taira

16:00 Evening
Wine and snacks

*Venue: Poliisien kesäkoti (Police cabin),
Address: Kyyluodontie1 (after which follow the signs), Lauttasaari, Helsinki
See the location on the map.
How to reach Poliisien kesäkoti – instructions (only in Finnish).

Organizing team: Olli Peltoniemi, Outi Vainio, Miia Lindström, Tomi Taira, Miiamaaria Kujala and Tiina Avomaa.