Turku Bioscience Centre

Turku Bioscience Centre is an advanced core facility and research centre hosted jointly by University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University.

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Finnish Cultural Foundation Awards Funding to Turku Bioscience Researchers

February 16, 2026

We are pleased to announce recent funding from The Finnish Cultural Foundation: Amogh Vinay Ranade (Lahesmaa Group): Doctoral research on novel regulatory factors of the human adaptive immune response, €32,000 (first year of a two-year Read more

Awards funding grants The Finnish Cultural Foundation

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Newly discovered gut microbial molecules in infancy may influence the risk of type 1 diabetes

January 20, 2026

An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important role in shaping the developing immune system during early childhood. The findings provide a new perspective into how early gut Read more

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Turku Bioscience Centre Is Recruiting New Research Leaders

January 13, 2026

Turku Bioscience Centre is currently inviting applications for two key research positions that will strengthen its internationally competitive bioscience research environment in Turku, Finland. We are seeking a Senior Researcher in Spatial Omics for a Read more

group leader spatial omics vacancy

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Season’s Greetings & Happy 2026!

December 23, 2025

Winner of the 2025 Staff Children’s Christmas Card Competition Season's Greetings & Happy 2026! From everyone at Turku Bioscience. Riitta Lahesmaa,Director of Turku Bioscience Centre

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Evident IX85 widefield microscope demo

February 23, 2026

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Evident IX85 widefield microscope demo

February 23, 2026

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In this demo you are able to: See how the large FOV 26.5 enables faster imaging and improved sample overview Come and test DIC imaging for detailed structural visualization Learn how the IX85 supports efficient Event details

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Immunology Seminar Series

March 3, 2026

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Immunology Seminar Series

March 3, 2026

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Immunology Seminar Series March 3rd at 14-15 (Finland time) Virtual event Flyer Michael Bonelli, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna: Immunological insights into Rheumatoid arthritis Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email Event details

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Frontiers of Science: Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki

March 5, 2026

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Frontiers of Science: Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki

March 5, 2026

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5th March at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, UK Network-based approaches for studying context-specific signalling Host: Tomi Suomi (tomi.suomi@utu.fi) Coffee and sandwich served at 11:45, first Event details

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Frontiers of Science: Dr. Laurent Groc

March 12, 2026

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Frontiers of Science: Dr. Laurent Groc

March 12, 2026

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March 12, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm -

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PET Basics course

March 23, 2026

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PET Basics course

March 23, 2026

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PET Basics course will take place on 23–25 March 2026, a free and interdisciplinary introduction to PET imaging designed for clinicians, researchers, and students Dates: 23.3.–25.3.2026Place: Haartman Lecture Hall (TG1) and https://utu.zoom.us/j/61706040087Organiser: Turku PET CentreLanguage: English Target attendees: Physicians, scientists, PhD students, all interested in Event details

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Providing cutting-edge biomedical research services through advanced technologies and expert support.

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Research & Affiliate Groups

Collaborating across disciplines to drive innovative solutions and breakthrough discoveries.

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Publications

Annual publications showcasing impactful scientific contributions in leading international journals.

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Restoring the tumour mechanophenotype of vocal fold cancer reverts its malignant properties 

Jasmin Kaivola et al.

Nat Mater. 2026 Feb 20. doi: 10.1038/s41563-025-02473-7. Online ahead of print.

Published on February 20, 2026

Increased extracellular matrix deposition and stiffness promotes solid tumour progression. Yet, the precise mechanotransduction pathways, especially in less-studied mechanically responsive cancers, remain poorly understood. Here Read more

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Spatial single-cell analysis reveals tumor microenvironment signatures predictive of oral cavity cancer outcome 

Joni Näsiaho et al.

Cell Rep Med. 2026 Feb 17;7(2):102615. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102615.

Published on February 18, 2026

Up to 20% of patients with early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) develop postoperative relapse, but no parameters currently enable the identification of individuals with Read more

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Embigin is involved in the regulation of early mouse kidney development 

Salli Talvi et al.

Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-39966-7. Online ahead of print.

Published on February 11, 2026

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Bmp9 regulates Notch signaling and the temporal dynamics of angiogenesis via Lunatic Fringe 

Tommaso Ristori et al.

Dev Cell. 2026 Feb 5:S1534-5807(26)00029-8. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2026.01.006. Online ahead of print.

Published on February 6, 2026

Sprouting angiogenesis and blood vessel stabilization require precise coordination between endothelial cells (ECs) and pericytes. Bone Morphogenic Protein 9 (Bmp9), whose signaling through activin receptor-like Read more

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Complete Data Analysis Workflow for Quantitative DIA Mass Spectrometry Using Nextflow 

Mats Perk et al.

J Proteome Res. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5c00266. Online ahead of print.

Published on February 6, 2026

Data-independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry is a technique used in proteomics to identify and quantify proteins in complex biological samples. While this comprehensive approach yields Read more

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High-sensitivity, protein-independent detection of dsDNA sequences 

Jiaqi Yan et al.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Feb 10;123(6):e2515765123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2515765123. Epub 2026 Feb 4.

Published on February 4, 2026

Current methodologies for detecting the sequence of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) require amplifying and denaturing the target into single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to enable sequence detection through Read more

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Reflections from the Global Young Scientist Summit 2026

February 18, 2026

Omkar Joshi is standing third from the left (viewer’s left). I am Omkar Joshi, a Doctoral Researcher in the lab of Prof. Johanna Ivaska at the Turku Bioscience Center. I was recently nominated by Technology Read more

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The Role of Multimedia in Science

November 12, 2025

Have you ever been to a talk or lecture and felt bored? The problem is rarely the science itself, but how it is presented. Cluttered slides, tiny text, odd color combinations, flickering screens, bad audio, Read more

Multimedia multimedia science Science Communication

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Career exploration week at the University of Turku: Surprises, Science & Early Morning Struggles

October 9, 2025

This was my first TET week and I got to go to the University of Turku. There has been all kinds of interesting and exciting stuff here, but the best thing is the university staff—many Read more

experience TET harjoittelu training

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Turning KRAS Against Itself: A New Way to Kill Cancer Cells

September 9, 2025

We are excited to share the story behind our recent work, published in a scientific journal in 2024, where we uncovered a surprising vulnerability in some of the most aggressive cancers. Our work was one Read more

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