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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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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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The Sigrid Jusélius senior researcher posts grant to Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo

December 15, 2025

The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation has awarded a four-year senior researcher grant of €700,000 to our affiliated group leader, Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo. The senior researcher grants are designed for adjunct professors (docents) or independent medical researchers Read more

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Tieteiden yö: Seeprakala syöpätutkimuksen työkaluna

January 22, 2026

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Tieteiden yö: Seeprakala syöpätutkimuksen työkaluna

January 22, 2026

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Ainutlaatuisessa kurkistuksessa biolääketieteen tutkimuksen arkeen selviää, miten ja miksi seeprakalasta on tullut syöpätutkimuksessa tärkeä eläinmalli. Suorassa lähetyksessä näytetään reaaliaikaisesti, kuinka syöpäsolut käyttäytyvät elävässä organismissa ja miten tutkijat seuraavat niitä mikroskopian avulla. Yleisö voi esittää viestein Event details

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Immunology Seminar, Taija Mäkinen

February 3, 2026

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Immunology Seminar, Taija Mäkinen

February 3, 2026

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Immunology Seminar Series   February 3rd at 14-15 (Finland time) Virtual event Flyer Taija Mäkinen, University of Helsinki: Lymphatic vasculature as a guardian of tissue homeostasis and inflammation Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email Event details

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Frontiers of Science: Prof. Avner Schlessinger

February 5, 2026

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Frontiers of Science: Prof. Avner Schlessinger

February 5, 2026

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5th February at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Avner Schlessinger, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA Title TBA Host: Parthiban Marimuthu (Parthiban.Marimuthu@abo.fi) More information about the speaker TBA Take a Event details

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Frontiers of Science: Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj

February 12, 2026

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Frontiers of Science: Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj

February 12, 2026

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12th February at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj, University of Basel, Switzerland Title TBA Host: Jenny Pessa (jenny.pessa@abo.fi) Take a look at the Frontiers of Science updates from BioCity Turku web 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   Speaker: TBA   Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar invitation to the online seminar: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A   Host: Event details

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Collaborating across disciplines to drive innovative solutions and breakthrough discoveries.

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Annual publications showcasing impactful scientific contributions in leading international journals.

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Cell viscosity influences haematogenous dissemination and metastatic extravasation of tumour cells 

Valentin Gensbittel et al.

Nat Mater. 2026 Jan 19. doi: 10.1038/s41563-025-02462-w. Online ahead of print.

Published on January 19, 2026

Metastases arise from a multistep process during which tumour cells face several microenvironmental mechanical challenges, which influence metastatic success. However, how circulating tumour cells (CTCs) Read more

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Progressive fibrosis in human MASLD is associated with spatially linked transcriptomic signatures of metabolic reprogramming and senescence 

Hani Vu et al.

JHEP Rep. 2025 Nov 4;8(2):101657. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2025.101657. eCollection 2026 Feb.

Published on January 16, 2026

CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our valuable discovery dataset highlights the complex crosstalk between metabolic perturbations and inflammation underpinning fibrosis progression in MASLD.

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The inflammatory path toward type 1 diabetes begins during pregnancy 

Angelica P Ahrens et al.

Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 7. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67712-6. Online ahead of print.

Published on January 7, 2026

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is increasing globally, yet the earliest biological determinants remain poorly defined, particularly in general population studies. We studied the Swedish population-based Read more

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Fast label-free live imaging with FlowVision reveals key principles of cancer cell arrest on endothelial monolayers 

Gautier Follain et al.

EMBO J. 2026 Jan 6. doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00678-9. Online ahead of print.

Published on January 6, 2026

The rapid, transient, and unpredictable nature of interactions between circulating cells and the endothelium challenges the investigation of these events under flow conditions. Here, we Read more

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Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of longitudinal CD4+ T cell samples reveals cell-type-specific changes during early stages of type 1 diabetes 

Rahul Biradar et al.

Genome Med. 2025 Dec 29;17(1):154. doi: 10.1186/s13073-025-01574-x.

Published on December 30, 2025

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings reveal early, cell-type-specific changes in transcription and gene regulatory networks in CD4⁺ T cells associated with type 1 diabetes progression, highlighting key Read more

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Recurrent cancer-associated ERBB4 mutations are transforming and confer resistance to targeted therapies 

Veera K Ojala et al.

Mol Oncol. 2025 Dec 23. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.70189. Online ahead of print.

Published on December 24, 2025

Receptor tyrosine kinase ERBB4 (HER4) is frequently mutated in human cancer, and ERBB4 mutations have been identified in patients relapsing on targeted therapy. Here, we 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 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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From the Lab to the Stage: My 3MT Experience

May 20, 2025

I had the opportunity to present my PhD research in the finals of the University of Turku 3MT competition. It was a unique and rewarding experience to summarize my work in under three minutes to Read more

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