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
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
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
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
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
Guillaume Jacquemet, a Group Leader at our centre, has been awarded the Chancellor’s Prize for young researchers at Åbo Akademi University. Jacquemet specialises in cell biology, cancer biology, and microscopy techniques, including super-resolution imaging, live-cell Read more
Warm congratulations to all for their funding! Cancer Foundation Finland Project grants Associate Professor, Docent, Guillaume Jacquemet and his group: €225,000 Professor Riitta Lahesmaa and her group €150,000 Docent Sami Ventelä and his group €100,000 Read more
Medical association Duodecim selects each year persons that have been most influential in the field of medicine. This year´s list included two group leaders from Turku Bioscience Centre, Docent Sami Ventelä and Professor Jukka Westermarck. Read more
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant to our affiliated Group Leader, Rafa Najumudeen from FIMM, University of Helsinki, to investigate the metabolic landscape of intestinal stem cells and cancer-initiating cells in Read more
Researchers from Laura Elo's group, have developed a new computational method to interpret complex single-cell data. The method helps researchers identify and group cell types across samples. "We were inspired by the process of assembling Read more
Carlos Rogério Figueiredo has received the Young Investigator Award from the Scandinavian Society for Immunology. The award is given for high-quality immunological research and promotion of the field of immunology. Figueiredo was announced as the Read more
Access to research hardware remains a global challenge and it impacts also researchers in high-income countries. The availability of hardware may be limited due to lack of funding, slow acquisition processes, geographic distance, and many Read more
Last updated on June 25, 2025
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