After his Ph.D. studies at University of Turku, Tapio carried out his postdoc in the laboratory of Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Prior to his new position as a…
Dr. Otto Kauko, M.D., Ph.D. joins Turku Bioscience as a new Head of Turku Proteomics Facility!
After his M.D. and Ph.D. studies at University of Turku, Otto has carried out his postdoc in University of Cambridge, UK, Karolinska Institutet and University of Helsinki in the laboratory…
Elias Tillandz prize 2020 – Call for proposals
. In the context of the 30th BioCity Symposium (19th–20th August 2021), the seventeenth Elias Tillandz prize will be awarded for the best life science paper published in 2020 in…
Klaus Elenius New Chairman of the Finnish Medical Society
Congratulations! Klaus Elenius has been elected Chairman of the Finnish Medical Society. Article in Finnish Klaus Elenius Lääketieteen Seuran johtoon – ”Tutkimus ei ole tällä hetkellä tarpeeksi houkutteleva uravaihtoehto…
The Academy of Finland Flagship Programme InFLAMES awarded group leader positions to Tapio Lönnberg and Matej Orešič
The Academy of Finland Flagship Programme, Innovation Ecosystem Based on the Immune System, InFLAMES awarded fixed-term group leader positions to Dr. Tapio Lönnberg and Professor Matej Orešič. Tapio Lönnberg…
Funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation to Lea Sistonen and John Eriksson
The research groups of Lea Sistonen & John E. Eriksson receive 968.000 € for a research project to specifically target HPV-Driven Cancers Human papillomavirus (HPV) are viruses that most…
Professor Johanna Ivaska to the K. Albin Johansson Research Professor
The Finnish Cancer Institute in collaboration with the K. Albin Johansson Foundation has selected Professor Johanna Ivaska to the K. ALBIN JOHANSSON RESEARCH PROFESSOR, a 5-year professorship 1.1.2021-31.12.2025 CONGRATULATIONS!…
Understanding regulatory mechanisms of human T-helper 17 differentiation
Dissertation: Ankitha Shetty, M.Sc. 14.12.2020, medical microbiology and immunology Ankitha Shetty identified novel regulators of human Th17 differentiation and revealed the molecular mechanisms that dictate the lineage specification. …
New FIRI-funding decisions and Instrumentation to Turku Bioscience
Turku Bioscience was awarded 1.5 M€ by the Academy of Finland FIRI2020 program -Research infrastructures as collaborative platforms. Cutting-edge Immunoprofiling Director Riitta Lahesmaa, Deputy directors Eleanor Coffey and Tapio…
Academy of Finland Flagship program InFLAMES was funded!
Congratulations to Riitta Lahesmaa and other PI’s in our center. This profiles our universities and Centre in immunology! More information at Academy of Finland web site: https://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/whats-new/press-releases/20202/academy-of-finland-selects-four-new-finnish-flagships/…