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Draft Programme
01.10.2015
First Finnish-Indian Joint Symposium
Future Opportunities in Health, Drug Development and Diagnostics
Turku, Finland
October 27-28, 2015
Followed by Biomaterial Days on October 29, 2015
Organisers: University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University
Place:
Arken, Åbo Akademi University, Tehtaankatu 2 / Fabriksgatan 2, Åbo
Auditorium Armfelt (capacity for 180 people)
Auditorium Helikon (capacity for 32 people)
Auditorium Parnassos (capacity for 32 people)
Finnish Universities and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are encouraging direct contacts and co-operation between Finnish and Indian faculty and staff, departments and research
institutions. In order to enhance joint research activities including seminars and conferences the
newly established Finnish-Indian Consortium is arranging a kick-off Symposium to launch its
activities. The First Finnish-Indian Joint Symposium aims at creating further co-operation in the
fields of Health, Drug Development and Diagnostics.
Academics and researchers from India and Finland are welcome to join us in creating new opportunities for joint research and education activities. The seminar is based of presentations of
participating researchers as well as on active discussions on future opportunities. The research
groups are also welcome to present their posters during the Symposium.
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Programme
9.00 – 10.00 Visit to the Turku PET Centre (optional, please register in advance)
11.00 – 12.00 Lunch, a restaurant in Arken, Åbo Akademi University
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Auditorium Armfelt (joint programme)
12.00–12.45
12.00 Opening of the Symposium
Welcoming words by Rector Kalervo Väänänen, University of Turku
Indian Ambassador Ashok Kumar Sharma
A representative of the Ministry of Education and Culture
Professor Sunando Dasgupta, Dean (Sponsored Research & Industrial
Consultancy), IIT Khargpur, a representative of the IITs network
12.45–13.45
4 presentations à 15 min.
Chair, Vice Rector Niklas Sandler, Åbo Akademi University
“Options and enabling technologies for world-wide diagnostics”
Professor Kim Petterson, University of Turku
“Affordable healthcare system in India” Professor Vinod Kumar
and Dr. Partha Roy, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee
“Regulation of cell-based therapeutic products intended for human
applications in the EU” Professor Katrina (Kati) Nordström, Microbiology, Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology,
School of Chemical Technology, Aalto University
“Bio-Medical Applications of 3D Printing” K. P. Karunakaran, Institute Chair Professor, Humboldt Fellow, Co-ordinator, Rapid Manufacturing Lab Professor, Mech. Engg, IIT Bombay
Parallel sessions
14.00–15.00
Auditorium Armfelt
Auditorium Helikon
4 presentations à 10 min. (and
time for questions and discussion)
4 presentations à 10 min. (and
time for questions and discussion)
1.“Computer-aided diagnosis of
coronary artery disease from
heart rate signals based on nonstationary signal processing” Dr.
Ram Bilas Pachori, Associate
Professor, Discipline of Electrical
1."Strategies for Chondrocyte culture : Technology Development for
Cartilage Tissue Re- generation"
Professor Pradeep Srivastava,
Ph.D., School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi
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Engineering, IIT Indore
2. "Affordable Devices and Diagnostics for Resource Constrained
Settings - Opportunities and Challenges" Professor Mohanasankar
Sivaprakasam, Head, Healthcare
Technology Inno- vation Centre,
IIT Madras
3. “The road to better diagnostics
for Tick-borne diseases” Dr.
Leona Gilbert, Ph.D., Docent,
Associate Professor in Cell and
Molecular Biology, Department of
Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
4. “Intelligent Cardiac Signal Delineation Framework for Resting
and Ambulatory Health Monitoring
System”Dr. M. Sabarimalai Manikandan, School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2.“Modelling and development of
human spare parts - from in silica to
in vitro” Professor Jari Hyttinen,
Computational Biophysics and Imaging group, Department of Electronics and communication engineering, BioMediTech, Tampere
University of Technology
3. “Stimuli responsive peptide
based biomaterials for the differentiation in cell prolifera- tion” Dr.
Apurba Kumar Das, Assistant Professor, Discipline of Chemistry, IIT
Indore
4. “Hybrid carbon nanomaterials
for biomolecule detection” DSc Tomi Laurila, Associate Pro- fessor,
Microsystem technology, Adjunct
Professor, Electronics Reliability
and Manufacturing, Department of
Electronics, School of Electrical
Engineering, Aalto University
15.00–15.45
Coffee, posters and networking
15.45–16.30
3 presentations à 10 min. (and
time for questions and discussion)
3 presentations à 10 min. (and
time for questions and discussion)
1.“Nanopharmaceuticals – an
enabling tool for flexible design of
drug delivery systems”
Professor Jessica Rosenholm,
Åbo Akademi University
1."Biomimetic Aligned Fullerene
Nanowhiskers as a Scaffold for
Orienting Cell Growth" Dr. Venkata
Krishnan Nagarajan, M.Sc., Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, School of
Basic Sciences and Head, Advanced Materials Research Center
(AMRC), IIT Mandi
2. "Protein crystallography in drug
discovery: ADPribosyltransferases” Lari Lehtiö
Ass. Pro- fessor, University of
Oulu
3. “Structure-function relationship
of proteins/Structure based drug
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2. “Challenges and opportunities of
research in developmental disorder
in India" Dr. Az- izuddin Khan, Associate Professor, Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Hu-
development” Prasenjit Bhaumik,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Protein Crystallography Laboratory,
Department of Biosci- ences and
Bioengineering, IIT Bombay
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manities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
3. “Water-repellent surfaces and
fluorescent markers".
Robin Ras, Prof. Soft Matter and
Wetting, Department of Applied
Physics, Aalto University
16.30–16.45
Break, networking
16.45–17.30
3 presentations à 10 min. (andtime for questions and discussion)
3 presentations à 10 min. (and
time for questions and discussion)
1. "Data driven Healthcare" Dr.
Ashish Anand, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, IIT
Guwahati
1.“Understanding moleculemolecule associations in cell orchestra” Dr. Sarika Jalan, Associate Professor, Discipline of Physics, IIT Indore
2. “Smart Signal Processing for
IoT Enabled Healthcare Systems”
Dr. Rajalakshmi Patchaimuthu,
Associate Professor, IIT Hyderabad
2.“Electromagnetic brain imaging
and stimulation technology: MEGMRI and TMS” Risto Ilmoniemi,
Academy Professor; Prof. of Eng.
Physics, Dept. of Neuroscience and
Biomedical Engineering (NBE),
Aalto University School of Science
3. "Healthcare in UnderServed
Areas: Opportunities, Challenges
and Solutions" Professor Kolin
Paul, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, IIT
Delhi
3."Structural enzymology of lipid
metabolising enzymes of parasitic
organisms" Professor Rikkert K.
Wierenga, Ph.D., Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine,
University of Oulu
.
Evening reception at 19-20.30 (City of Turku, TBC)
Wednesday 28 October 2015
9.00-10.00 Scientific session (10-minute presentations and discussion)
“Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee: A hub for Healthcare education and research”
Professor Vinod Kumar and Dr. Partha Roy, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee
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“Recombinant Proteins: Drug to molecular devices” Dr. Prashant Mishra, Ph.D., Professor &
Head, Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New
Delhi
“Technology circulation and frugal innovations” Paul Lillrank, Professor, Quality and Service
Management, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Science, Aalto
University
“Challenges and Opportunities of Research in Wearable Medical Devices for Health and Wellness Monitoring “ Dr. M. Sabarimalai Manikandan, School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha
“Micofluidic cuvettes for monitoring biomaterials” Professor Paavo Kinnunen, Department of
Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, School of Science, Aalto University
10.15-11.30. Parallel matchmaking workshops (topics to be defined based on discussions
and themes)
11.30-12.00 Debriefing and next steps for collaboration
12.00-13.00 Lunch
Afternoon optional programme (please register in advance)
13.15 – 14.30 Visit to the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (http://www.btk.fi/). Please note that
this visit contradicts with the beginning of the Turku Biomaterial Days.
If you wish to participate in this visit, you can join the seminar after the visit. The venues are
close to each other.
13.00 Turku Biomaterial Days 2015 start: Scientific INDO-FINNISH SEMINAR of Bioactive Materials
http://www.biomaterials.utu.fi/119-biocity-turku-biomaterials-research-program/articles/78-turkubiomaterials-days-2015
Thursday 29 October 2015
9.00 – 13.30 Turku Biomaterial Days continue.
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