We’re excited to share fantastic funding news! Cancer Foundation Finland has awarded grants to several research groups at Turku Bioscience. In 2024, the foundation allocated a record-breaking total of over 7.7 million euros to support cancer research.

Congratulations to all who got funded!

Main Research groups

Laura Elo’s group, 40 000 €, Computational proteome profiling for individual cancer risk prediction  >> Group’s website

Riitta Lahesmaa’s group, 40 000 €, Modulation of T-cell responses in cancer  >> Group’s website

Jukka Westermarck’s group, 300 000 €, Novel mechanisms behind human RAS-mediated oncogenicity  >> Group’s website

Affiliated research groups

Emilia Peuhu’s group, 40 000 €, Uncovering diagnostic biomarkers and molecular features in breast carcinoma in situ (NEODUCT-2) >> Group’s website

Sami Ventelä’s group, 50 000 €, Novel solutions to head and neck cancer treatment guidance >> Group’s website

Doctoral Researchers

Jasmin Kaivola from Johanna Ivaska’s group, 4 000 €, Biomechanically regulated tumor matrix >> Group’s website

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