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…
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.
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…
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…
Career exploration week at the University of Turku: Surprises, Science & Early Morning Struggles
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…
University of Jyväskylä to Award Honorary Doctorate to Johanna Ivaska
The University of Jyväskylä will award 11 new honorary doctorates in May 2026. One of them will be Professor Johanna Ivaska, a group leader at Turku Bioscience.
Turning KRAS Against Itself: A New Way to Kill Cancer Cells
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…
Christel Sourander Successfully Defends Her Thesis
Congratulations! Christel Sourander successfully defended her thesis: “Identifying the effect of JNK on neural activity and synaptic plasticity…
Researchers at Åbo Akademi University Discover a New Molecular Switch Regulating Breast Cancer Progression
A research group led by our our affiliated group leader Professor Lea Sistonen at Åbo Akademi University has discovered a new mechanism that regulates breast cancer progression.
The Elias Tillandz Prize to Turku Bioscience Researchers
The Elias Tillandz Prize for the Best Scientific Publication of 2024 was presented for two groundbreaking cancer studies from Jukka Westermarck’s research group and Johanna Ivaska‘s research group.