Education programme

The Nutrition Winterschool is organized for both nutritionist and related postgraduate students and young scientists from all over the world. During this week, we will offer an educational programme around the theme: Gastroinflammation under Northern Lights.

Programme overview
  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8-9   Breakfast with the experts
9-12 Scientific program - key note lectures and students' presentations
Clinical perspective Immunology and cellular interactions Enterohepatic circulation and gut microbiota Gut-brain-axis
12-13 Lunch
 

Registration

17:30-18:30

Welcome

Break - Outdoor experienceBiohit Symposium
15.45- Coffee
16-19 Scientific program - methodology
Method clinics Method sessions Analysis of fecal microbiota
19.30 Dinner Dinner and social program Closing dinner
19.45  
20  

The official language of the symposium is English.

Although the educational programme is a very important part of the Nutrition Winterschool, we do not want you to forget about the fun either! The Nutrition Winterschool will offer an extensive social programme, so you get to know your fellow students, have fun and make friends from all over the world! For more details, see the leisure time activities section on this website.

Speakers

  • Professor Martti Färkkilä: Clinical perspective
  • Professor Michael Schemann: Enteric nervous system in health and disease
  • Professor Eeva Moilanen: Inflammation and signalling pathways
  • Professor Outi Vaarala: Intestinal defence mechanisms
  • Professor Ari Ristimäki: Histology clinics - Evaluation of gastrointestinal histology
  • Dr. Jyrki J Eloranta: Regulation of enterohepatic transporter genes
  • Professor Jussi Pihlajamäki: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis - causes and consequences
  • Professor Pierre Desreumaux: The effect of gastroinflammation on intestinal pain and the enteric nervous system
  • Professor Stephan Bischoff: Mast cells in GI health and disease
  • Dr. Juha Kirveskari (HUSlab): Towards systematic quantitative analysis of fecal microbiota
  • Dr. Janne Nikkilä: Bioinformatics in interpreting data on fecal microbiota, Statistics method clinics
  • Dr. Riku Korhonen: What is the relevance of Th cell balance in intestinal inflammation?, Modifying gene expression by siRNA in cell model systems
  • Tuula Aaltonen: Novel methods in protein analysis

    • The Biohit symposium:

  • Prof. Pentti Sipponen: GastroPanel innovation and International Healthy Stomach Initiative
  • Prof. Mikko Salaspuro: Acetaldehyde and Cancer