SmartBIO Annual Meeting 2025

05.03.2025 09:00 - 12:00

SmartBIO Annual Meeting is coming again!

Lets get together and catch up on what’s going on in SmartBIO. New people, groups, infra, projects? Arrive a bit earlier to enjoy a cup of morning coffee with us. And after the meeting you can join us for a lunch Bistro Elli, in Sokos Hotel Kupittaa.

Register to the event has already closed, but you are welcome to join nevertheless!

More information about the event from Maija Lespinasse (miholm@utu.fi)

 

SmartBIO Annual Meeting 2025

5 March 2025 at 09:00-12:00
in Ministeri lecture hall
BioCity building, 1st floor
Tykistökatu 6, 20520 Turku

08.45   Morning coffee

09.00   Welcome words by Yagut Allahverdiyeva, UTU and Henrik Grénman, ÅAU

09.20   New projects and research directions, infrastructures in SmartBIO, supported by national and EU
funding

  • Lauri Nikkanen, UTU:
    Channelling photosynthesis – understanding regulation of membrane potential for optimised electron transport
  • Kati Hanhineva, UTU:
    Metabolomics technology to assess the impact of processing on biochemical composition of foods
  • Sema Sirin, UTU:
    AlgaCircle – first Business Finland co-research project under the Valio 2.0 Leading Company program
  • Carita Kvarnström, UTU:
    New materials for removing micropollutants from wastewater
  • Henrik Grénman, ÅAU:
    Introduction to Depoly2ols -project

10.30   Stretch break

10.40   Program continues with more new projects, as well as take-home messages from SmartBIO events
from 2024

  • Sergey Kosourov, UTU and Chunlin Xu, ÅAU:
    From photosynthesis to fuel production: EU RIA Solar to Butanol consortium total
  • Dmitry Murzin, ÅAU:
    Reflections on recent experience with often-overlooked EU funding instruments
  • Veronika Badazhkova, ÅAU: 
    Title TBA 
  • Emren Borhan, UTU and Mark Martinez-Klimov, ÅAU:
    Insights on the 2024 SmartBIO Young Researchers Symposium
  • Sachin Kochrekar, UTU:
    Highlights from Global Young Scientists Submit (GYSS) 2025 in Singapore

11.50   Wrap up

12.00   Lunch in Bistro Elli, Kupittaa

 

Welcome!