Science Day Agenda BSMI Science Day Experience 60 minutes Science 15 + 5 minutes (discussion) - competition One slide 5 minutes for 1 slide - competition Poster Poster - competition Thursday, May 29, 2014 – 1 7 : 0 0 Registration Welcome ceremony Professor Eero Vasar : Excellence in Translational Medicine Professor Külli Kingo : Doctoral school of Clinical Medicine 1 0 : 0 0 – 1 0 : 2 0 1 0 : 2 0 - 1 1 : 0 0 1 1 : 0 0 – 1 1 : 3 0 1 1 : 3 0 – 1 2 : 3 0 1 2 : 3 0 – 1 3 : 3 0 Olga Žilina Taavi Vanaveski Coffee Break Uku Haljasorg Posters 9 : 3 0 Maia Limbach Toomas Runnel Lunch Experience in life Professor Maris Laan : Studies on genetic determinants on male and female reproductive health and success" 1 3 : 3 0 – 1 4 : 3 0 1 4 : 3 0 – 1 5 : 3 0 1 5 : 3 0 – 1 6 : 0 0 1 6 : 0 0 – 1 6 : 4 0 Hedi Hunt Prakash Lingasamy 1 6 : 4 0 – 1 7 : 0 0 Alar Aab Kuldar Kõiv Argo Aug Kaili Anier Vinay Choubey Coffee Break Karin Tein Tuuli Sedman POSTER 1 7 : 0 0 – 2 1 : 0 0 DISCUSSIONS AWARD CEREMONY SCIENCE DAY – FINALE GRANDE PRESENTATIONS Science presentations: Olga Žilina “Chromosomal microarray analysis as first-tier clinical diagnostic test: Estonian experience”. Department of Biomedicine, Chair of Human Biology and Genetics Taavi Vanaveski “Expression of LSAMP (limbic system-associated membrane protein) gene in the human brain”. Department of Physiology Uku Haljasorg “Interferon regulatory factor 4 expression in thymic epithelium regulates peripheral tolerance by controlling thymic regulatory T-cell output”. Department of Biomedicine, Molecular Pathology Research Group Maia Limbach “DNA methylation and gene expression in CD8 T-cells of young and elderly individuals”. Department of Biomedicine, Molecular Pathology Research Group Toomas Runnel “The function of miR-10a in the skin and keratinocytes”. Department of Biomedicine, RNA Biology Research Group Argo Aug “Alterations of Bronchial Epithelial Metabolome by Cigarette Smoke are Reversible by an Antioxidant UPF1”. Department of Biochemistry Kaili Anier “The role of DNA methylation in the development of drug addiction”. Department of Pharmacology Vinay Choubey “Role of Beclin1 in initiation of mitophagy and possible role in Parkinson Disease”. Department of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Mitochondrial Dynamics Hedi Hunt “Identification of peptides for targeting intraperitoneal tumors by using in vivo phage display”. Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Cancer Biology Prakash Lingasamy Identification of Tenascin C and Fibronectin targeting peptides for tumor targeting. Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Cancer Biology One slide presentations: Alar Aab – Department of Biomedicine, RNA Biology Research Group Kuldar Kõiv - Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Cancer Biology Karin Tein – Department of Physiology Tuuli Sedman – Department of Physiology Poster presentations: Toomas Runnel - Department of Biomedicine, RNA Biology Research Group Alar Aab - Department of Biomedicine, RNA Biology Research Group Uku Haljasorg - Department of Biomedicine, Molecular Pathology Research Group Kadri Toome - Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory of Cancer Biology Merle Mandel and Akbar Zeb - Department of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Mitochondrial Dynamics Jaanika Kärner – Department of Biomedicine, Molecular Pathology Research Group Marina Šunina - Departments of Immunology and Biomedicine Riin Reimets ja Maarja Loomets – Department of Physiology Map of Conference Center Location