Welcome to the BioGarage Opening!

Open-minded and cross disciplinary science is key to unlocking the potential that nature has to offer. Engineering biology enables the sustainable use of waste streams and CO2 as a carbon building blocks for synthesis of materials, food, fuels, chemicals and medicines. 

Join us to hear how grassroot science can foster innovation and start-up creation! 

PROGRAM:

13:30                            Welcoming words

13:35                            BioGarage

Merja Penttilä, Professor, Aalto University, VTT

13:50                            Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation

Arto Mäenmaa, Executive Director, Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation

13:55                            Building a Synthetic Yeast 2.0

                                                      Leslie Mitchell, Research scientists, New York University

                                                      http://syntheticyeast.org/leslie-mitchell/

14:20                            Thomas Landrain, founder of the biogarage in Paris, La Pallaisse (https://lapaillasse.org/)

                                                      and the Pili start-up (https://www.pili.bio/1/about-us)

14.35                            Tuula Palmén, BioBusiness Builder 

14:40                            Pezhman Mohammadi, Research Scientist, CYSS/VTT

14:50                            iGEM teams: Aalto-Helsinki & Turku 

15:00                            BioGarage Greetings 

15.20 -  16.45                DESIGN FACTORY TOUR with DNA extraction by iGEM team in the BioGarage lab

COCKTAILS

BioGarage is a Synbio Powerhouse initiative sponsored by Jenny ja Antti Wihuri Foundation. Other supporters include Aalto University, VTT, Sitra Fund.