{"id":1060,"date":"2022-07-12T14:02:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T14:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/?page_id=1060"},"modified":"2024-06-21T09:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T09:58:28","slug":"speakers-day-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/speakers-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1060\" class=\"elementor elementor-1060\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffed097 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffed097\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2351451\" data-id=\"2351451\" 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data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382f196 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"382f196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Miikka Vikkula obtained the M.D. degree at the University of Helsinki in 1992 and Ph.D. in molecular genetics, in 1993. He was a Research Associate at Harvard Medical School 1993-1997, during which time he became interested in vascular and lymphatic anomalies. With his wife, Prof Laurence M. Boon, Plastic Surgeon, Co-ordinator of the Vascular Anomaly Center, Brussels, the couple discovered the gene for familial venous malformation in 1996, and since then many others. They settled in Brussels in 1997, where Dr Vikkula developed his own laboratory. He obtained a th\u00e8se d\u2019aggr\u00e9gation \/ &#8220;docentship PhD&#8221; in 2000 from UCLouvain, and was nominated Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine. He is a member of the Directorate of the de Duve Institute since 2004, and a full professor of Human Genetics since 2013. He has received numerous honours and awards, including the Inbev-Baillet Latour Clinical Prize in 2013, and the first Belgian Generet Award for rare disease research 2019. He is a Member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Medecine since 2012. Prof Vikkula\u2019s research led to the identification of first somatic mutations as explanation for sporadically occurring vascular anomalies, generation of first ever animal model for vascular malformations, and proof of concept treatment with small molecular inhibitors. Clinical trials are now being conducted with various molecules in various countries.<\/p><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5dcf4d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d5dcf4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4caec4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4caec4\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"bio-Eklund\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd2a2f7\" data-id=\"cd2a2f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cf7762 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cf7762\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ed2d90\" data-id=\"7ed2d90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f7930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56f7930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Eklund-Lauri.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Eklund-Lauri.png 300w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Eklund-Lauri-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b967f1\" data-id=\"5b967f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d87ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d87ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Lauri Eklund<\/h3><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986c588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"986c588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor of Molecular Biochemistry at the University of Oulu, Finland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-721f027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"721f027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Lauri Eklund received PhD in Medical Biochemistry in 2001 at University of Oulu, Finland and did his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. Currently he is Professor in Molecular Biochemistry and research group leader in the Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">University of Oulu. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Eklund\u2019s laboratory has a special interest on endothelial cell <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and extracellular matrix biology <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and pathophysiology of vascular <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">anomalies. Eklund has identified mechanisms for endothelial, perivascular cell and matrix interplay to control vascular integrity and morphogenesis and he has <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">contributed to the identification of signaling pathways and target molecules for the development of new treatment strategies for vascular diseases. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1927c24 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1927c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b7893d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b7893d\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"bio-Seront\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f926a6a\" data-id=\"f926a6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-02c42e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02c42e1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9cb2bf\" data-id=\"b9cb2bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e61f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e61f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/seront.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/seront.png 400w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/seront-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/seront-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-90f56f0\" data-id=\"90f56f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be6313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2be6313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Emmanuel Seront<\/h3><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2074b55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2074b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Medical oncologist at Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium<\/p><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1870f95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1870f95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emmanuel Seront is a medical oncologist with a PhD about mTOR signaling in cancer. He works in Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels in the Centre de Malformations Vasculaires with Prof Laurence Boon and Prof Miikka Vikkula.<\/p><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-256ed49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"256ed49\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"bio-Graupera\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2da9ff7\" data-id=\"2da9ff7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-363f73c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"363f73c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6400fa\" data-id=\"d6400fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b06c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87b06c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Graupera-rond.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Graupera-rond.png 400w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Graupera-rond-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Graupera-rond-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e49bba0\" data-id=\"e49bba0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181c7bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"181c7bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Mariona Graupera<\/h3><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c19515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c19515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Group Leader at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Barcelona, Spain<\/p><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdef724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdef724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overall goal of the Graupera lab is to understand the mechanisms that regulate the vasculature in development, homeostasis and disease (e.g. congenital disorders, obesity and cancer). She received her training in world-leading laboratories, working with Prof. Jaume Bosch at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and Prof. Bart Vanhaesebroeck at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in London. While being a postdoc, she unveiled the requirement of the PI3K\u03b1 isoform during angiogenesis. In 2009 she established her lab at IDIBELL in Barcelona. From that moment, she embraced the opportunity to create a multidisciplinary laboratory devoted to study PI3K\/PTEN signalling in pathophysiological angiogenesis. In this context, the Graupera lab has made seminal discoveries that are influencing the clinical management of vascular-related diseases. In February 2021, she joined the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute as Group leader with an interest to study the ties between the hematopoietic and endothelial cell linages. Since June 2022, she serves as president of the European Vascular Biology Organization (EVBO).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d765b3b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d765b3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9270684 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9270684\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"bio-Singh\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b478ad\" data-id=\"9b478ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aefb667 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aefb667\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3a54ec\" data-id=\"c3a54ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a2842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51a2842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Prateek.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Prateek.png 400w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Prateek-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Prateek-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8036c4\" data-id=\"a8036c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d43bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d43bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Prateek Singh<\/h3><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666cc96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"666cc96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founder and CEO of Finnadvance, Oulu, Finland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b7b3e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b7b3e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prateek Singh is a bioengineer turned entrepreneur living in Finland. He holds degrees as an engineer in biotechnology and a master\u2019s degree in biochemistry and protein science. He currently leads a 21-person team at Finnadvance, an EU funded startup developing platform technologies for better modeling of human diseases-on-chips, providing alternatives for reducing and replacing animal tests in drug R&amp;D. He has published 8 peer-reviewed articles, and holds 22 filed\/granted patents. <br \/><br \/>He is leading a science-driven team of ex-founders in biotech, to build the AKITA organ-on-chip platform at Finnadvance. With research premises in Northern Finland, Finnadvance is developing high throughput platforms for animal-replacement applications in drug discovery. With funding from EU Horizon and Pathfinder programmes, and backed by science VCs, Finnadvance is deploying its platform for endothelial and epithelial barriers-on-chips for drug and therapy permeability assessment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18b693 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a18b693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>speakers Tuesday 31 January \u00a0 Miikka Vikkula \u00a0 Professor of Human Genetics and Co-Director at de Duve Institute, University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels,\u00a0 Belgium \u00a0 Miikka Vikkula obtained the M.D. degree at the University of Helsinki in 1992 and Ph.D. in molecular genetics, in 1993. 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