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Online, Zoom
Fibrobesity research programme at the University of Oulu targets the scientifically interlinked triad of obesity, hypoxia and fibrosis. The multidisciplinary research extends from molecular and cellular to individual and societal level across biomedical and human sciences.
Programme
12:00-12:30 Welcome and Fibrobesity introductory
Vice Rector Taina Pihlajaniemi & Fibrobesity Leaders Prof. Olavi Ukkola and Associate Prof. Reetta Hinttala
12:30-13:50 What’s up, part 1: Presentations by Fibrobesity key recruits
Chair: Olavi Ukkola
1. Professor Ali Mobasheri: Anti-obesity medications for treating obesity-induced osteoarthritis
2. Associate Professor (Tenure) Eija Pirinen: Adipose tissue mitochondrial dysfunction and fibrosis in obesity
3. Assistant Professor (Tenure) Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen: Fertility in association to fibrosis and obesity
4. Associate Professor (Tenure) Daniela Ungureanu: Obesity and cancer: into the mechanisms of omental metastatic developments
13:50-14:00 Break (10 min)
14:00-14:40 What’s up, part 2: Selected Fibrobesity research topics
Chair: Reetta Hinttala
1. PhD, Fibrobesity postdoc Mikko Myllykangas: Historical and contemporary perspectives on the medical and social discourses of obesity
2. Prof. Sylvain Sebert: LongITools project
14:40-15:50 What’s up, part 3: Short talks by Fibrobesity postdocs
Chair: Reetta Hinttala
1. Riikka Arffman: Deciphering the roles of obesity and hyperandrogenism in fibrosis in the endometrium and placenta in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
2. Marjukka Nurkkala: Disordered eating behavior – an aspect to obesity
3. Ghulam Shere Raza: Time-restricted feeding reduces Fibrobesity in mice fed with high fat diet
4. Outi Kummu: Metabolic effects of in utero PXR activation
5. Ismail Celik: The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based applications for behavioral guidance in the prevention and treatment of obesity
15:50-16:00 Concluding remarks
Olavi Ukkola