Cancer Foundation Finland funding to Turku Bioscience Research Groups
We’re excited to share fantastic funding news! Cancer Foundation Finland has awarded grants to several research groups at Turku Bioscience. In 2024, the foundation allocated a record-breaking total of over 7.7 million euros to support cancer research.
Congratulations to all who got funded!
Main Research groups
Laura Elo’s group, 40 000 €, Computational proteome profiling for individual cancer risk prediction >> Group’s website
Riitta Lahesmaa’s group, 40 000 €, Modulation of T-cell responses in cancer >> Group’s website
Jukka Westermarck’s group, 300 000 €, Novel mechanisms behind human RAS-mediated oncogenicity >> Group’s website
Affiliated research groups
Emilia Peuhu’s group, 40 000 €, Uncovering diagnostic biomarkers and molecular features in breast carcinoma in situ (NEODUCT-2) >> Group’s website
Sami Ventelä’s group, 50 000 €, Novel solutions to head and neck cancer treatment guidance >> Group’s website
Doctoral Researchers
Jasmin Kaivola from Johanna Ivaska’s group, 4 000 €, Biomechanically regulated tumor matrix >> Group’s website
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