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Turku · Finland · Est. 1992

Turku
Bioscience
Centre

An advanced core facility and research centre jointly hosted by the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University — where scientific infrastructure meets discovery.

Our Expertise. Your Discoveries.

Core Facilities

200+

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Host Universities

Research & Affiliated Groups

University of Turku

Åbo Akademi University

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NEWS

Researchers are investigating how snakes lost their limbs

October 8, 2026

Snakes have not always been legless, but have lost their Read more

bioinformatics funding grant

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Frontiers of Science seminars are starting this week

October 5, 2026

Autumn 2026 Frontiers of Science seminars start this week. Come Read more

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Dissertation Defence: Eleftheria Maranou

September 1, 2026

MSc Eleftheria Maranou, from affiliated MIORG group, succesfully defended the dissertation in Immunology Read more

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Researchers discover molecular mechanism that helps aggressive colorectal cancer to spread

August 25, 2026

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Turku Bioscience Read more

cancer discovery Nature Communications

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EVENT

Core Facility Services supporting Bioscience Research

October 9, 2026

The diversity of core facilities on the Turku campus supporting Event details

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InFLAMES Visiting Professor Seminar: Mark Ansel

October 12, 2026

InFLAMES Visiting Professor Seminar by Mark Ansel Time: 12.10.2026 at Event details

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Microgravity Research & PIROUETTE 3D Demo

October 21, 2026

We would like to invite you to a platform demonstration Event details

demo Microscopy

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MIST Guest Seminar: Prof. William Stafford Noble

October 21, 2026

Host: Balazs Balint (balazs.balint@utu.fi) Coffee and pulla served at 14:30, Event details

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Recent publications

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Ultra-stable Zn/Fe bimetallic DNA nanonetworks enable glucose-deprivation-sensitized ferroptosis for gastric cancer therapy

Jiaqi Yan et al. Biomaterials. 2026 Sep 30;338(Pt A):124669. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2026.124669. Online ahead of print. Published October 7, 2026

Metal-coordinated DNA nanostructures have emerged as promising drug delivery platforms owing to their rapid synthesis and high loading capacity. However, current systems degrade within two... Read more

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From gut to lung: Microbiota-derived metabolites reshaping the tumor immune microenvironment

Prabesh Baniya et al. EXCLI J. 2026 Aug 20;25:1383-1387. doi: 10.17179/excli2026-9646. eCollection 2026. Published October 7, 2026

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Fast and slow gene expression changes in blood following acute social stress

Hampus Grönvall et al. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2026 Sep 17;57:101365. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2026.101365. eCollection 2026 Nov. Published October 2, 2026

Social stress is a risk factor for psychiatric disorders and also influences immune function. While it is known that acute social stress impacts the number... Read more

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A candidate CD4⁺ T-cell gene expression panel for multiple sclerosis highlights MgADP-associated genes

Haifeng Xu et al. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2026 Sep 24;115:107944. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2026.107944. Online ahead of print. Published September 29, 2026

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by immune cell dysregulation. HLA class II alleles drive the disease risk, thereby highlighting CD4^(+) T cells... Read more

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Asymmetric Structure-Driven Functional Synergy: A Multistimuli-Activated Janus Nanomotor for Self-Amplifying NO Cascade Therapy

Chengcheng Li et al. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2026 Sep 27:e77848. doi: 10.1002/advs.77848. Online ahead of print. Published September 27, 2026

Nitric oxide (NO)-based cancer therapy is fundamentally limited by poor intratumoral penetration of exogenous donors and their inability to sustain localized relevant flux. Here, a... Read more

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Metabolic modeling with reverse mapping links host perturbations to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Jayendrajyoti Kundu et al. iScience. 2026 Sep 17;29(10):117477. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117477. eCollection 2026 Oct 16. Published September 25, 2026

Understanding host-pathogen interactions during Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection has largely relied on identifying bacterial genes essential for intracellular survival. However, conventional reverse genetics approaches often... Read more

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