Event Details

The Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Platform coordinates infrastructure and expertise in the areas of drug discovery and chemical biology and makes it available to the scientific community. The DDCB platform provides services in assay development and chemical screening from medium to high throughput with a broad range of technologies including the DDCB-developed drug sensitivity and resistance testing platform.

The DDCB Symposium 2026 on 8th October presents a unique opportunity to meet DDCB staff from all Biocenters and discuss your research needs in a single afternoon. The event also features presentations from facility users and the Finnish Drug Discovery Centre.

Presentations: Alhopuro auditorium, Medisiina D

Posters: Alhopuro Lobby, Medisiina D

Who: Open To All (lunch places limited)

Free Registration: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/F2BA2A1F60653D53

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

 October 8 [programme supported by Biocenter Finland] 

11:00           Lunch with DDCB facility staff for registered participants

Session 1

12:00             Welcome and Introduction to the Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Symposium, Päivi Tammela, University of Helsinki

12:10             ÅAU Structural Bioinformatics Lab – Computational Drug Design, Outi Salo-Ahen, Åbo Akademi University

12:25             UTU-Turku Screening Unit – Lab Automation Site, Michael Courtney, Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku

12:40             UTU-Turku Screening Unit – in silico/medchem, Olli Pentikäinen, University of Turku

12:55             UEF Biocenter Kuopio Molecular Modelling and Drug Design – in silico, Antti Poso, Molecular Modelling and Drug Design laboratory at University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio)

13:10             UEF Biocenter Kuopio Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Synthesis, Kristiina Huttunen, University of Eastern Finland

13:25             Coffee and posters

Session 2

14:30            FIMM High Throughput Biomedicine Unit, University of Helsinki, Sergey Kuznetsov, Institute for Molecular Medicine FIMM

14:45            Faculty of Pharmacy Unit, University of Helsinki, Henri Xhaard, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki

15:00            CSC, Laxman Yetukuri, CSC – IT CENTER FOR SCIENCE LTD.

15:15             Finnish Drug Discovery Centre, Julia Lindqvist, Director for Target Science, FDDC

15:30             DDCB user presentation, Mikko Huhtala, Åbo Akademi University

15:45             DDCB user presentation, Matti Turtola, University of Turku

16:00             Closing words