Program
8.30 Registration and coffee
9.15 Opening of the symposium
by organizers: Kirsi Ketola, Director, Cell and Tissue Imaging Unit, University of Eastern Finland and Vilja Pietiäinen, Director, FIMM High Content Imaging and Analysis-HCA core, University of Helsinki, Finland.
10.00-12.00 Session I: 3D Imaging and analysis in complex systems
Speakers include:
Peter Horvath, Helmholtz Munich, AI4Health Institute, Germany; Director; Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre (BRC), Hungary
Heidi Haikala, PI/Ass. Prof., Faculty of Medicine and FIMM-HiLIFE, University of Helsinki & co-founder of SOLID IO, Finland
Lassi Paavolainen, PI, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland-FIMM, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Finland
12.00-13.15 Lunch (including Student Lunch-Meet the Speakers)
13.15-15.00 Session II: High-content drug screening & phenotypic discoveries in disease
Speakers include:
Jordi Carreras-Puigvert, Ass. Prof., Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University & CSO & Co-Founder at Pixl Bio, Sweden
Simon Pfisterer, PI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, & CSO, Founder, MONCYTE health Ltd., Finland
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.50 Cell Painting Assay Technology and Integrative Omics III
Speakers include:
Helena Kilpinen, PI, Ass. Prof., Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland-FIMM, HiLIFE; Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Esa Pitkänen, PI, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland-FIMM, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki
16.50-17.00 Closing remarks
Please register by 5 May, 2026.
(no registration fee)
