FibroHealth Symposium 2025: Translating Cell Biology into the Obesity Research and Drug Development - Focus on Adipose Tissue, Bone and Metabolism
Event information
Time
Wed 19.11.2025
Venue location
Technopolis Peltola, Yrttipellontie 1, 90230, Oulu, Finland
Location
FibroHealth symposium 2025
Translating Cell Biology into the Obesity Research and Drug Development - Focus on Adipose Tissue, Bone, and Metabolism
Time: 19 November, 2025
Place: Technopolis Peltola, Yrttipellontie 1, 90230, Oulu, Finland, and online
Registration: Registration is now open! There is no registration fee for the symposium or the dinner. Deadline: November 17.
Note: the registration for the dinner ends on 4 November, but you can still register for the symposium until November 17.
Programme
08:30-08:55 Registration and coffee (Auditorium Yrttipellontie 1)
08:55-09:00 Welcome (organizers)
New Frontiers in Metabolic Research and Patient Perspectives
09:00-09:30 DNA methylation studies on human aging and cardiovascular health: Associate Professor (Docent). Sara Hägg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
09:30-10:00 Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue Metabolism as Key Regulator of Osteoarthritis Bone Biology: Dr. Jeroen Geurts, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
10:00-10:40 Coffee & posters, sponsors' stands
10:40-11:00 GLP-1 – An Incretin from Bench to Bedside: Transforming Obesity Treatment, PhD. Ghulam Raza, University of Oulu
11:00-11:20 Distinct mitochondrial responses upon bariatric surgery and calorie limitation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Birgitta van der Kolk, University of Helsinki
11:20-11:40 Emerging concepts on the role of brown fat in shaping systemic metabolism: Docent, Mueez U-Din, University of Turku
11:40-12:00 Patient story Jenny Hurtola
12:00-13:15 Lunch at own cost in Restaurant and coffee shop Myrsky & Annual autumn meetings of FASO, FCB, and FBS (meeting rooms)
Integration of Cell and Bone Biology in the Obesity Research and Drug Development
13:15-13:35 3D white adipocyte cell culture models: PhD. Juulia Lautaoja-Kivipelto, University of Oulu
13:35-13:55 Extracellular vesicles from adipose tissue and their role in adipose-liver communication in MASLD: PhD. Johanna Matilainen, University of Helsinki
13:55-14:15 Bone marrow fat and its effect on bone cells: PhD, Adjunct professor (docent), Kaisa Ivaska, University of Turku
14:15-14:25 Sponsor speech by BioGenium Microsystems
14:25-15:15 Coffee & posters, sponsors' stands
Next-Gen Science: Young Researchers Shaping the Future
15:15-15:35 Remodeling the Adipose Vasculature: How Obesity Impairs Capillary Networks: PhD., Docent, Sinem Karaman, University of Helsinki
15:35-15:50 Abstract talk 1
15:50-16:05 Abstract talk 2
16:05-16:20 Abstract talk 3
16:20-16:35 FASO doctoral thesis award presentation 2024
16:35-16:40 Final conclusions (organizers)
19:00- Conference dinner at restaurant Veranta and the Young Investigator Prize
The FibroHealth Symposium will conclude with a conference dinner at Veranta restaurant. Veranta offers an elegant setting for dinner at the heart of Oulu's city center, located on the third floor of the Original Sokos Hotel Arina.
Note: the registration for the dinner ends on 4 November! No registration fee.
Address: Pakkahuoneenkatu 16, 90100 Oulu
Abstract Submission
Do you wish to have your abstract considered for an oral or poster presentation? Three abstracts will be selected for an oral presentation, and all approved abstracts will be invited for a poster presentation.
Abstract submission for this year's FibroHealth Symposium is closed.
Approved oral and poster abstracts will be published in the event PDF booklet, which will be available for all registered participants. All participants can submit an abstract, but only doctoral researchers and postdocs can be candidates for the Young Investigator Prize.
Organizers and Sponsors
The symposium is organized in collaboration by the University of Oulu Fibrobesity program, the Finnish Association for the Study of Obesity (FASO), the Finnish Society for Cell Biologists, and the Finnish Bone Society (FBS).
The symposium is sponsored by AH Diagnostic, Berner, BioGenium Microsystems, BioNordika, Nordic Biosite, Triolab, and Vinglab. Come and meet the sponsors during coffee breaks!