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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

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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Meet our SAB over lunch!

September 16, 2026

Turku Bioscience and BioCity Turku Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is 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

Immunology Seminar by Laura Airas

October 6, 2026

Immunology Seminar Series October 6th at 14-15 (Finland time) Virtual Event details

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Biocenter Finland Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Symposium 2026

October 8, 2026

The Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology Platform coordinates infrastructure and Event details

Biocenter Finland symposium

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Frontiers of Science: Prof. Markus Linder

October 8, 2026

Frontiers of Science 8th October at 12:00 Onsite event in Event details

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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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Recent publications

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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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Long-term recovery and microbiota-gut-brain axis disruption after traumatic brain injury (OVERCOME-TBI): protocol for a prospective, observational clinical study

Matti Artosalo et al. BMJ Open. 2026 Sep 23;16(9):e120552. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-120552. Published September 23, 2026

INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of long-term disability worldwide, but the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying its chronic sequelae remain incompletely understood. In... Read more

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Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants Is Associated with Altered Lipid and Metabolomic Profiles in Mothers and Newborns

Samira Salihovic et al. Environ Health (Wash). 2026 Jun 9;4(9):2106-2118. doi: 10.1021/envhealth.6c00104. eCollection 2026 Sep 18. Published September 23, 2026

Maternal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been linked with adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, yet the underlying biological pathways involved remain poorly characterized.... Read more

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