About Turku Bioscience Blog Series

Greetings from our (old) new Group Leader

April 8, 2026

Hello everyone, I recently started as a group leader at Turku Bioscience (TBC) and am one of the new heads of our microscopy facility, now Read more

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Reflections from the Global Young Scientist Summit 2026

February 18, 2026

Omkar Joshi is standing third from the left (viewer’s left). I am Omkar Joshi, a Doctoral Researcher in the lab of Prof. Johanna Ivaska at Read more

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The Role of Multimedia in Science

November 12, 2025

Have you ever been to a talk or lecture and felt bored? The problem is rarely the science itself, but how it is presented. Cluttered Read more

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Career exploration week at the University of Turku: Surprises, Science & Early Morning Struggles

October 9, 2025

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 Read more

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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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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. Read more

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” Read more