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…
Sami Ventelä and Jukka Westermarck recognized by Medical Association Duodecim for their influential work.
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…
Our affiliated Group Leader Rafa Najumudeen secures ERC Consolidator Grant
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…
New computational tool helps scientists interpret complex single-cell data
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…
Carlos Rogério Figueiredo received the Young Investigator Award
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.
The Academy of Finland granted Johanna Ivaska €2,400,000 in funding for an Academy Professor position
The Academy of Finland granted our Group Leader, Professor Johanna Ivaska €2,400,000 in funding for an Academy Professor position to support research investigating how the stiffness and composition of the…
Guillaume Jacquemet and Cecilia Sahlgren receive funding for the Research Council of Finland Centre of Excellence in Immune-Endothelial Interactions (IMMENs)
Associate Professor Guillaume Jacquemet, our Group Leader, and Professor Cecilia Sahlgren, our affiliated Group Leader, from Åbo Akademi University and the InFLAMES Research Flagship have been awarded funding for the…
Jonna Alanko receives the Young Investigator Award from the Scandinavian Society for Immunology
Jonna Alanko has received the Young Investigator Award of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology. The award is given for high-quality immunological research and promotion of the field of immunology. Jonna…
PFAS levels in mothers’ blood associated with children’s brain structure and function
Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers’ blood during pregnancy is associated with…
Professor Laura Elo receives award for outstanding research from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded Professor of Computational Medicine Laura Elo a €50,000 prize for her outstanding research, development of international scientific collaboration, and contributions to training future…