We are pleased to announce recent funding from The Finnish Cultural Foundation: Amogh Vinay Ranade (Lahesmaa Group): Doctoral research on novel regulatory factors…
Newly discovered gut microbial molecules in infancy may influence the risk of type 1 diabetes
An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important role in shaping the developing immune system during early childhood. The findings provide a new…
Turku Bioscience Centre Is Recruiting New Research Leaders
Turku Bioscience Centre is currently inviting applications for two key research positions that will strengthen its internationally competitive bioscience research environment in Turku, Finland. We are seeking a…
Season’s Greetings & Happy 2026!
Winner of the 2025 Staff Children’s Christmas Card Competition Season’s Greetings & Happy 2026! From everyone at Turku Bioscience. Riitta Lahesmaa,Director of Turku Bioscience Centre…
The Sigrid Jusélius senior researcher posts grant to Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo
The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation has awarded a four-year senior researcher grant of €700,000 to our affiliated group leader, Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo. The senior researcher grants are designed for adjunct professors…
Guillaume Jacquemet awarded the 2025 Chancellor’s Prize
Guillaume Jacquemet, a Group Leader at our centre, has been awarded the Chancellor’s Prize for young researchers at Åbo Akademi University. Jacquemet specialises in cell biology, cancer biology, and microscopy…
New Funding for our Centre’s Researchers
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…