Last week was the national Science Forum week in several university cities in Finland (link). Like mentioned in the previous post, I was also invited to have a public lecture on "Drug Delivery - Achievements and Future Challenges" at Kuopio Museum. I must admit that having a public lecture in Finnish is much harder than in English and yes, I did struggled with basic concepts like explaining what prodrugs are. 😂 Well, I was a bit nervous, as I saw my audience, the median age was much higher than I expected. 😁 Anyway, good practise once again as I'm not that strong presenter. I think we, as a School of Pharmacy did a really great job - translating the sience to the wider audience, as my colleagues Prof. Antti Poso and Dr. Piia Bartos also presented how molecular modelling can be utilized in personalized medicine and Prof. Katri Hämeen-Anttila talked about the pros an cons of bringing self-medications to the common supermarkets. I also learned, once again, a valuable lesson what the public audience can handle and what topics should be avoided.
Next week, me Janne and Adela are heading to Uppsala for the 7th Scandinavian Blood-brain Barrier (SBBN) Meeting.
