FOR BOTH WORKSHOPS:
Registration	Registration is closed. Registration is required for all participants. There is no registration fee. The scientific sessions, coffees and social program will be offered. Participants will pay their lunches during the MRI course. Students can acquire 2.0 study credits for the MRI course. Validation of the course requires attending the lectures and a poster presentation.
Call for abstracts	The organizing committee invites abstracts of original contributions. Contributions will be presented as an oral presentation or as a poster. Size of the poster will be 120 cm (height) and 90 cm (width). The best contribution(s) will be awarded. All abstracts will be published in the course abstract book. Maximum length of abstract is 250 words. The abstract should contain the title, authors and the text. Please submit your abstract as an e-mail attachment to Dr. Maria Pikkarainen, maria.pikkarainen (at) uef.fi. Abstract submission deadline: May 15, 2011.
Important dates	Bio-MRI WORKSHOP: June 13-14, 2011. PredictAD WORKSHOP: June 15, 2011.
Venue	Mediteknia Auditorium (link to map) University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland The place of the social program will be informed soon.
Street address	Yliopistonranta 1 B University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland
Contact persons	Hanne Tanskanen, hanne.tanskanen (at) uef.fi (14^thKuopio Bio-NMR Workshop) Maria Pikkarainen, maria.pikkarainen (at) uef.fi (PredictAD workshop)
Organizers	Biomedical Imaging Unit, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland Doctoral Program in Molecular Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine, Neurology, University of Eastern Finland
Please, feel free to forward this announcement to those who might be interested in the workshops. We are looking forward to seeing you in Kuopio !






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Welcome to PredictAD Workshop: From Patient Data to Personalised Healthcare in Alzheimer’s Disease

The PredictAD workshop will be organized on June 15th, following the MRI course on June 13-14, 2011: 14th Kuopio Bio-NMR Workshop: MRI of stroke, epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases. > See more: www.uef.fi/bionmr-ws

HUOM: > linkki yliopiston tiedotteeseen

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On behalf of the organizers, we warmly welcome you to participate in the PredictAD Workshop, June 15, 2011, University of Eastern Finland, Mediteknia Building, Auditorium, Kuopio, Finland.

This workshop is dedicated to PredictAD project - 'From Patient Data to Personalised Healthcare in Alzheimer’s Disease'.

PredictAD project is developing objective and efficient tools for early diagnostics of Alzheimer’s disease. The project is searching new biomarkers (e.g., metabolomics, proteomics, TMS/EEG) and developing methods for extracting well known biomarkers in a reliable way (e.g., from magnetic resonance images). In addition, a decision support system integrating all these heterogeneous biomarkers is developed for improved diagnostic accuracy following the principles of evidence based medicine.

The goal of this workshop is to present and discuss results of PredictAD project and recent innovations for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

Workshop is directed to scientists, clinicians, PhD students and other health care professionals or stakeholders working in field of memory disorders and brain diseases in the elderly and interested in this field.

Current diagnostic guidelines emphasize the role of biomarkers (from magnetic resonance images, cerebrospinal fluid, positron emission tomography images or genetic tests in addition to standard neuropsychological studies) and their combinations.

Hilkka Soininen
Professor
Program Co-Chair
of the Organizing Committee

Jyrki Lötjönen
Scientific Coordinator
PredictAD project

PredictAD WORKSHOP

Welcome to PredictAD Workshop: From Patient Data to Personalised Healthcare in Alzheimer’s Disease