• About Turku Bioscience Blog Series

      Welcome to the Turku Bioscience Blog Series – a platform designed to promote and discuss timely topics in molecular biosciences, while presenting a diversity of viewpoints. Our contributors include both internal experts and invited guest writers.

      Editors of the blog series: Jukka Westermarck & John Eriksson

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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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    Grateful to Be a Runner-Up in the University of Turku’s 3MT Competition!

    March 10, 2025

    I am excited and thankful to have been chosen as a Runner-Up in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition at the University of Turku on Wednesday, 5 March 2025. This experience has been thrilling, challenging, Read more

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    New method for producing blood stem cells can revolutionize stem cell transplant therapy

    November 5, 2024

    A new method for producing blood stem cells may in the future replace voluntary bone marrow donors as a source of stem cell transplants. Four European research groups will work on developing the ground-breaking approach Read more

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    New Research Group at TBC: Immune cell navigation

    September 24, 2024

    Our research aims to understand how immune cells – and especially dendritic cells – navigate and move according to different molecular cues in changing tissue environments.   Gradients of extracellular signaling molecules are a fundamental Read more

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    IMMUNOCAP: Positive, upward spiral for immunology research in Turku

    November 17, 2023

      The Research Council of Finland granted EUR 12.3 million to the University of Turku in the Profi 7 call in early 2023. The international panel of experts assessed that the University’s application was of Read more

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    New Affiliated Group at Turku Bioscience

    October 15, 2023

    Epstein-Barr virus is the founding member of the ever-growing list of oncogenic viruses and it has been linked to 2% of all cancer cases worldwide. Although better known for causing B-cell lymphomas, EBV infection has Read more

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    Feeling the Force: A Dive into Mechanobiology in Paris

    May 23, 2023

    I had the opportunity to attend the 5th edition of the International Course on Cell Biology & Cancer on the topic “Cell and Tissue Mechanics” organized by Institut Curie from April 3rd to 7th, 2023. Read more

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    New Affiliated Group at Turku Bioscience

    April 18, 2023

    From Health to Cancer: Charting the Gut's Metabolic Shift using Preclinical Mouse Models The power of genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) and organoid models have radically transformed how we study cancers and the way we Read more

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    Services by Turku Bioscience, part 3: Bioinformatics develops new methods for researching extensive medical materials 

    February 23, 2023

    Medical bioinformatics combines mathematics and computer science with bioscience and medical research. The services of the Medical Bioinformatics Centre are offered especially to biomedical and molecular biology researchers who produce extensive measurement data in their Read more

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    Shaping the Future of Immunology in Europe

    December 1, 2022

    Rahul Birdar, a Doctoral Student in Lahesmaa Lab, wrote about his trip to yEFIS 1st Symposium (10-11 November 2022). It was my great pleasure to attend European Federation of Immunological Societies young Immunologist Network’s (yEFIS) Read more

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    What is SynGAP syndrome?

    May 24, 2022

    Co-applicants Michael Courtney and Lili Li of the Neuronal Signalling Lab at Turku Bioscience have been awarded a grant from the SynGAP Research Fund (SRF) and Leon and friends e.V. to study targetable defects of Read more