Activities
THE HYYTIÄLÄ MEETING
The Annual Meeting of the Cell and Tissue Dynamics (CTD) Program and the Finnish Society for Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (FSDSCB) took place on the 30th – 31st of October 2025 in Hyytiälä Forest Station.
Congratulations to Joni Ollonen (the Best Developmental Biology Paper published in 2024), Inka Raimoranta (Best Flash Talk), and Otto Mäkelä (Best Short Talk).
Thank you for participation!!
Nordic Developmental Biology Societies seminars
The Nordic Developmental Societies’ seminars highlight the excellent research in Development, Stem Cell and Regeneration biology that is happening across the Nordics. The seminars are international and held by zoom.
Next Nordic Developmental Biology Seminar:
18th December 2025 13:00-14:00 (Helsinki time)
Speakers:
Heli Skottman, Tampere University “Modeling the Human Corneal Stem Cell Niche Using Pluripotent Stem Cells”
Sanna Vuoristo, Helsinki University, TBA
ZOOM link: TBA
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2025
Last seminars
September 4th
Host: Mattias Mannervik, Stockholm University
Alek Erickson, Dept. Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University – ‘Positional influences on mesenchymal progenitor cell fate’
Christos Samakovlis, Dept. Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University- ‘Single cell topography in the developing lung’
May 19th
Host: Ulrika Marklund, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Speakers:
Maria Genander, Dept. Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet: Regionalization of the esophageal epithelium
Ning Xu Landén, Dept Medicine, Karolinska Institutet: Decoding Human Skin Wound Healing: A Spatiotemporal Multi-Omics Approach
Wednesday, April 23rd
Host: Claudio Cantù, Linköping University
Speakers:
- Pierfrancesco Pagella, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University. Title: “Imitate to Understand, Understand to Imitate: Biomimetic Approaches for Bioengineering Oral Tissues & Disease Models”
- Neil Lagali, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping Unversity. Title: “PAX6 and eye development: mechanisms, models and potential therapies”
Thursday March 27th 2025
Host: Sanna Vuoristo, University of Helsinki
Speakers:
Elisa Närvä, University of Turku, Faculty of Medicine: Quantitative Analysis of Stemness in Pluripotent and Clinical Cancer Samples
Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen, University of Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine: 3DMOUSEneST: a volumetric label-free imaging method evaluating embryo–uterine interaction and decidualization efficacy
2024 Fall
September, 17th, 12.00
Host: Ruth Palmer, Gothenburg University
Speakers:
Marc Pilon, Gothenburg University : “Roles of PAQR-2 (C. elegans) and ADIPOR2 (mammals) in membrane homeostasis and development”
Elif Eroglu, Karolinska Institutet: “Mechanisms of heart regeneration: from cell-cell junctions to tissue mechanics”
October 18th, 12.00
Host: Nicholas Leigh, Lund University
Speakers:
Malin Parmar, Lund University
Sofie Mohlin, Lund University
November, 14th, 12.00
Host: Satu Kuure, Helsinki University
Speakers:
Emmi Helle, University of Helsinki
Laura Kerosuo, NIH, Bethesda, USA
December 5th, 12.00
Host: Kaska Koltowska, Uppsala University
Speakers:
Olov Andersson, Uppsala University
Tatjana Haitina, Uppsala University
Zoom link:
The 5th Nordic Meeting on Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration
Uppsala, 26th – 28th of August 2026
Scientific Organizing committee:
Claudio Cantù, Mattias Mannervik, Ulrika Marklund, Andreas Hörnblad, Ruth Palmer, Nicholas Leigh, Fabian Rentzsch, Joshua Mark Brickman, (SWEDBO and associated members)
Elisa Närvä, Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen (FSBD)
Special issue from Nordic Countries at Int J Biol of Developmental Biology
A special issue of Int. J. Dev Biol.
Developmental Biology in Nordic Countries
Editors: Satu Kuure, PhD, Seppo Vainio, Prof
The special issue of Int. J. Dev. Biol. : Developmental Biology in Nordic Countries highlights the developmental biology research in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2024) 68: 145-148
The best thesis and
the best paper awards
The FSDB has a tradition of selecting the best PhD thesis and scientific publication
published within the field of stem cell and developmental biology. The best PhD
thesis within the field of stem cell and developmental biology is selected every fouryears. The best paper is selected every two years.
Suggestions for the candidates are invited by email and the recipient is nominated by an established senior scientist.
Previous recipients of the best thesis
2013-2015 Maria Jussila
2009-2012 Enni Harjunmaa
2006-2008 Lijun Chi
2003-2005 Ari Pekka Mähönen
2000-2002 Ulla Pirvola
1997-1999 David Rice
Previous recipients of the best publication
2015 Vassilis Stratoulias
2014 Laura Ahtiainen
2013 Katja Kerkelä-Närhi
2012 Enni Harjunmaa
2011 Pekka Nieminen
2010 Adolfo Rivero-Muller
2008-2009 Mari Palgi
2007 Kathryn Kavanagh
2006 Elina Järvinen
2004 Lijun Chi
2003 Nina Trokovic
2001 Yanfeng Lin
2000 Jukka Jernvall
Travel grants
The FSDB participates actively in organizing joint Nordic Stem Cell, Developmental Biology and Regeneration meetings. To encourage participation of all our members in the joint activities, the FSDB provides travel grants for its members. The call will be announced by emailing to the members.