BioMag-Aalto-UH seminars

• Default scheduling: Wednesdays at 13:30
• Default forum: Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118
• Remotely on Teams
• Exceptional information is given separately or bolded below.
• Earlier seminars

25.3.2026 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Linda Henriksson: TBA

18.3.2026 No seminar

4.3.2026 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Sheng Wang: Towards Unified Biomarkers for Transdiagnostic Neuronal Processes

25.2.2026 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Marta Bortoletto: Advantages and methodological challenges of TMS-EEG coregistration
(Presentation via Teams)

18.2.2026 No seminar

11.2.2026 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Aapo Komonen: Normative Modeling of Time-Resolved Resting-State Beta-Band Dynamics
(Rehearsal for master’s thesis presentation in Aalto University)

28.1.2026 15:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Aino Kuusi: Gaussian processes in addressing movement-related beta modulation in Parkinson’s disease
(Presentation of master’s thesis for Aalto University)

21.1.2026 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Ivan Vujaklija: Optimizing Neural Interfaces for Bionic Limbs: Addressing Clinical Needs in Amputee Care

14.1.2026 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Juha Gogulski: Quantifying the concordance between fMRI and TMS in noninvasive speech mapping

10.12.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Martynas Dervinis:
Vigilance states govern brain-wide neural activity dynamics and reveal global neural tissue excitability profile
Abstract

3.12.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.117

Maria Rajakenttä: Robustness of Hidden Markov Models for detecting resting beta states in magnetoencephalographic data
(Rehearsal for master’s thesis presentation in Aalto University)

26.11.2025 No seminar

Thu 20.11.2025 15:15 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Jesper Edström:
Characterization of thalamocortical coherence in ANT DBS for epilepsy
– Feasibility and findings of simultaneous LFP MEG recordings
(Rehearsal of a presentation for MEG Nord 2025)

NB! No remote Teams sharing.

19.11.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Piia Haakana: Physiological effects of paired associative stimulation: Studies in healthy participants and patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury
(Rehearsal of Lectio praecursoria)

12.11.2025 14:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Joel Rouste: Mapping of cortical representations for hand, arm, and leg with a TMS-EEG-EMG approach during rest and isometric contraction

29.10.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Joonas Iivanainen: Optically pumped magnetometers for MEG

22.10.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Journal Club
Link to the publication to be discussed

8.10.2025 14:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Salla Autti: Picture naming MEG for TMS speech mapping

Mon 29.9.2025 15:15 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Verna Heikkinen: EEG-sormenjäljet ovat yksilöllisiä vauvasta teini-ikään     (in Finnish)
(Rehearsal of a presentation for KNF-päivät 2025)

24.9.2025 14:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Piia Haakana, Kirsi Holopainen and Anna Nätkynmäki: Rehearsal of short presentations for the 64th International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2025)

17.9.2025 14:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Pietari Nurmi: Magnetoencephalography reveals adaptive neural reorganization maintaining lexical-semantic proficiency in healthy aging

10.9.2025 15:00 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Journal Club
Link to the publication to be discussed

3.9.2025 15:00 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Matilda Makkonen: Real-time noise removal for EEG

27.8.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Rashi Sharma: Identifying cortical markers for neurofeedback-based interventions targeting executive dysfunction in healthy ageing

20.8.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Saara Mäkituuri and Neea Vuorenhela: Experimental setup for recognition memory task

13.8.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Kirsi Holopainen:
Paired associative stimulation in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: Effects, feasibility, and implementation
(Rehearsal of Lectio praecursoria)

6.8.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Linda Jalonen: Combining eye tracking and MEG to map neural dynamics of saccade preparation
(Rehearsal for master’s thesis presentation in Aalto University)

18.6.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Closing of the spring season
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

11.6.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Heidi Pesonen:   Studies in the aging brain: a MEG study on the precognitive and cognitive somatosensory processing, and future studies on the interaction of age-related changes in cognition, learning and dyslexia

28.5.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Jonne Annevirta: C Tactile Optimal Touch Abolishes Alcohol-Cue-Induced Pupil Dilation: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

21.5.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Improvement of BioMag Website
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

14.5.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Tytti Willberg: Hearing in noisy environment (Hälykuulo)

30.4.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Katarzyna (Kasia) Rudzka:
– Study of spatial navigation using immersive virtual reality in patients with mild cognitive impairment
– Study of spatial navigation with optically pumped magnetencephalography in healthy subjects: preliminary results

Shrikanth Kulashekhar: Methods in Mobile EEG -conference news

16.4.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Sara Tuomaala:
Dissecting sensorimotor beta oscillations: A hidden Markov model approach to motor task dynamics

9.4.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Kirsi Holopainen: Effect of paired associative stimulation on neuropathic pain after incomplete spinal cord injury

2.4.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Pantelis Lioumis: Why TMS-EEG?

26.3.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Stéphane Deny: Bio-inspired approaches to robust vision

12.3.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Venla Valkeavirta: Detecting age-related changes in brain activity during picture naming using machine learning

5.3.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Journal Club, hosted by Salla Autti.
Link to the publication to be discussed

26.2.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Silvia Cotroneo and Anni Hukari: Studying electrophysiological recordings with mutual information and correlation: when it works and when it does not

12.2.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Veera Itälinna: Using normative modeling and machine learning for detecting mild traumatic brain injury from magnetoencephalography data

5.2.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Eero Vuoksimaa: Blood-based biomarkers and remote cognitive assessment in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

29.1.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Salla Autti: Simultaneously acquired magnetoencephalography and diffuse optical tomography data reveals correlated somatosensory activity

22.1.2025 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Journal Club, hosted by Salla Autti.
Link to the publication to be discussed

26.11.2024 12:15 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Piia Haakana: Presentation rehearsal for Steel Conference (pediatric spinal cord injury)

20.11.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Ivan Zubarev: Interpretable neural networks for magnetoencephalography: validation, implementation, and applications

6.11.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.117

Verna Heikkinen: Capturing individual variation in children during nREM sleep

30.10.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.117

Eero Saarro: Deep Learning Analysis of MEG Functional Connectivity for Age Prediction

23.10.2024 13:45 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Sara Tuomaala: Automatic speech artefact removal from MEG data utilizing facial gestures and mutual information

9.10.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.117

Journal Club, hosted by Verna Heikkinen.
Link to the publication to be discussed

25.9.2024 14:00 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Olli Oksanen: Data mining and building algorithms for disease severity prediction in multiple sclerosis
(Rehearsal for master’s thesis presentation in Aalto University)

18.9.2024 13:30 Meilahti Bridge Hospital, 3rd floor, Seminar Room 1 (Seminaarihuone 1) STB3.068

Koen Van Leemput: Towards neuroimage analysis in the clinic

11.9.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Piia Haakana and Anna Nätkynmäki: Rehearsal of short presentations for the 63rd International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2024)

4.9.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Sohvi Kärhä: Quantification of newborn seizure cyclicity from amplitude-integrated EEG with the phase-locking value

Hanna Renvall and Mia Liljeström: Greetings from the BIOMAG 2024 Conference

Jesper Edström: Simultaneous LFP and MEG recordings to characterize thalamocortical coherence in ANT DBS for epilepsy
(Rehearsal for master’s thesis presentation in Aalto University)

21.8.2024 14:00 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Opening of the fall season
NB! No prepared presentations and no remote Teams sharing.

19.6.2024 15:00 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.118

Igori Comarovschii: Harmonization of MEG datasets on Parkinson’s disease between NatMEG and BioMag

5.6.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.117

Aftermath of MEG Nord 2024
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

22.5.2024 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

13:30 Rehearsal of presentations for MEG Nord 2024

15:00 Elli Järvinen (Presentation of master’s Thesis): Practical implementation of simultaneous, synchronous MEG and thalamic LFP recordings using a novel deep brain stimulation device

8.5.2024 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Heidi Ala-Salomäki: Reliable MEG metrics of cortical language function

Fri 26.4.2024 10:00 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Mathias Toft:   Insights into Parkinson’s disease: From genetic associations to functional mechanisms

17.4.2024 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Journal Club, hosted by Verna Heikkinen.
Link to the publication to be discussed

10.4.2024 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Lili Tian: Orchestration of language and motor systems in language understanding: neuroimaging investigations

3.4.2024 13:30 Meilahti Tower Hospital, P-level, Conference room (Neuvotteluhuone) Pp.117

Paolo Belardinelli: Real-Time, Brain-State Dependent EEG-TMS: Achievements and Open Challenges

27.3.2024 14:00 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Irina Anurova: Brain plasticity caused by early visual deprivation

6.3.2024 9:00 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Mahshid Pashootan: EEG power spectrum analysis on occipital area
We will also hear and discuss about other works related to AI-Mind measurements.
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

7.2.2024 15:00 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

The technical meeting: Everybody is welcome to bring their questions/wishes/solutions!

31.1.2024 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Jonne Annevirta: Pupil Dynamics in AUD: Unveiling the Therapeutic Potential of CT-Optimal Touch

17.1.2024 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Heidi Heikkilä: Stimulating movie “Healing Vibrations”
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

10.1.2024 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Maria Peltonen: Cortical processing of speech sounds in noise in chronic post-stroke aphasia

15.12.2023 13:30 Women’s Hospital, Lecture Room 1 in the tunnel-level

Kirsi Holopainen: Paired associative stimulation in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

1.12.2023 13:30 Women’s Hospital, Lecture Room 1 in the tunnel-level

Julia Jaatela: Studying the thalamocortical pathways in children with cerebral palsy

27.10.2023 13:30 Women’s Hospital, Lecture Room 1 in the tunnel-level

Sara Tuomaala: Artefact as a source of variability and automation to assess variability

11.10.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Hanna Renvall: The peer review process — the good, the bad and the ugly. Examples and experiences.
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

27.9.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Verna Heikkinen: Discovering diagnostic biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease from resting-state MEG using machine learning

20.9.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Maria Nazarova: Human motor system in healthy subjects and stroke patients studied by TMS and beyond. The story of a lot of failures and a bit of success.

13.9.2023 12:00 Bridge Hospital, 4. floor Conference Room S4.11 SY4s.002

Matti Stenroos: Concepts in Source Analysis
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

6.9.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Andrey Zhdanov: How to build a good MEG device without knowing anything about the brain (other than the fact that it generates magnetic fields)

30.8.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Sohvi Kärhä: Hidden Markov Model in the Analysis of Neurophysiological Structure of Sleep

23.8.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Aino Kuusi and Patrik Luoma: Summer job greetings

16.8.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Silvia Cotroneo: Information theory to compare MEG signals

9.8.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Start of the fall season
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

21.6.2023 13:30 BioMag Laboratory, break room

Cakes and celebration!

NB! No remote Teams sharing.

Tue 13.6.2023 9:00 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Timo Nurmi: Neuroimaging cortical proprioception with evoked movements
(For Teams, click here.)

Tue 6.6.2023 9:00 Women’s Hospital, Lecture Room 1 in the tunnel-level

Santeri Ruuskanen: Resting-state functional connectivity changes over the healthy adult lifespan
(For Teams, click here.)

Tue 30.5.2023 9:00 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Ville Mäntynen tells about MCG research he has conducted in BioMag
(For Teams, click here.)

24.5.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Amande Pauls: Developing MEG-based biomarkers of neurological (sensorimotor) disease
(Practise for guest lecture ABC seminar series presentation in Aalto University)

17.5.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Aftermath of the MEG Nord conference
NB! No remote Teams sharing.

3.5.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Preparing for MEG Nord conference

26.4.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Preparing for MEG Nord conference

19.4.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Jesper Edström: Processing of superimposed spoken words and environmental sounds

12.4.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Sara Tuomaala: Development of Speech Artefact Removal Process for Magnetoencephalography Data
(Practise for coming MSc Thesis presentation in Aalto University)

5.4.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Piia Haakana: Studies on paired associative stimulation: PAS combined with vagus nerve stimulation & the effects of PAS on heart rate variability

29.3.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Marijn van Vliet: Computational modeling of MEG evoked responses during visual word recognition

22.3.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Shrikanth Kulashekhar: The within-session stability of EEG and MEG power spectral features in the AI-Mind cohort

8.3.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Salla Autti and Sara Tuomaala:   MEG-TMS project: Ongoing and upcoming research

1.3.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Estanislao Porta tells about his MSc Thesis and about the benefits of using Git

15.2.2023 13:30 Iso kabinetti (Big Cabinet), HUS Administration Centre, Ground Level

Päivi Nevalainen and Nastasia Arkhipova: Linking intracranial stimulations and high frequency oscillations (HFO) in stereo-EEG