Webinar | Thu 8th October 2026 | Teams | 14:00-16:00

Program

14.00–14.05 Opening words: Sanna Siltanen, Director, Finnish Clinical Biobank Tampere

14.05–14.20 Personalized Medicine Project PMP and iCAN Flagship Project: Tomi Mäkelä, Director, FICAN

14.20–14.45 Transforming Cancer Research with Biobanks: Piia Mikkonen, Project Manager, Finnish Biobanks FINBB

Break (5 min)

14.50–15.15 From Biomarker Discovery to Diagnostic Innovation: The Role of Biobanks in Translational Cancer Research: Janne Leivo, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Docent, Department of Life Technologies, InFLAMES Flagship, University of Turku

15.15–15.40 From Biobank Samples to Clinical Decisions: Integrating Artificial Intelligence, Genomics, and Digital Histology in Pancreatic Disease: Heikki Huhta, Docent in Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Oulu; Gastrointestinal Surgeon and Researcher, Oulu University Hospital

15.40–16.00 Q&A session

Registration: Sign up for the webinar here!