Mitochondria - key determinants of metabolic

Mitochondria - key determinants of metabolic health

Finnish Diabetes Research Society’s Summer Meeting, August 19th– 20th, 2022
Hanasaari Culture Center, Espoo, Finland
Organized by Finnish Diabetes Research Society

Program on Friday, August 19th

14.00 - 14.40 Registration and sponsors' exhibition, coffee
14.40 -15.00 Opening remarks, Heikki Koistinen
Sponsor´s presentations (2)

Mitochondria in health and disease, part I
Chair: Sanna Lehtonen
15:00 - 15:30 'Studying mitochondria in health and disease', Brendan Battersby, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
15:30 - 16:10 'Non-coding RNA and skeletal muscle metabolism' Anna Krook, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
16:10-16:30 Sponsors' presentations (2)

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break and the sponsors' exhibition

Mitochondria in health and disease, part II
Chair: Eija Pirinen
17:00-17:45 'The effect of exercise on mitochondria and the metabolic health -interorgan communication', Jorge Ruas, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
17:45 - 18:30 'The new mitochondrial medications', Carles Cantó, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
18:30 - 18:50 Sponsors' presentations (2)

20:45- Dinner

Program on Saturday, August 20th

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast

Translating research on mitochondria to the clinic
Chair: Henna Cederberg-Tamminen
9:00 - 9:30 'Fueling mitochondria - angiogenesis regulating tissue metabolism', Riikka Kivelä, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
9:30- 10:00 'Mitochondria and obesity', Kirsi Pietiläinen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
10:00 - 10:30 'Vitamin B3 as a booster of mitochondrial metabolism in humans', Eija Pirinen, University of Oulu, Oulu and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
10:30 - 11:00 ’Fat loss and regain in fitness competitors’, Juha Hulmi, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break and the Sponsors’ exhibition

Young researcher's presentation and EASD previews
Chair: Kirsi Virtanen
11.30-11.45 'Mitochondrial diabetes', Kimmo Haimilahti, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
11:45 - 12:30 previews of the EASD meeting

12:30- Departure / Meeting of the Finnish Diabetes Research Society