Professor John Eriksson and his research team have received the prestigious Distinguished Innovator grant of 6 million DKK (approximately 800 000 euro) from Novo Nordisk to support their project titled,…

Different cancers have very different impact on the patient well-being. However, most of them are treated similarly, even though better treatment results could be achieved by more personalized treatment strategies.

Bringing international medical research excellence to Finland – one researcher at a time! The Brain Gain programme fills an important gap in the field of research funding and provides an…

Phuong Doan from Jukka Westermarck’s research group was selected for a postdoctoral cancer researcher position funded by the K. Albin Johansson Foundation and Cancer Foundation Finland in September 2023 call.

MSc Inês Alvito Félix defended her dissertation in Medical microbiology and immunology entitled “Ontogeny and function of adipose tissue macrophages” at the University of Turku on 3 November 2023 at…

FM Emmi Lokka defended the dissertation in Medical Microbiology and Immunology entitled “Foetal monocytes and their journey from liver to periphery: PLVAP marks the exit” at the University of Turku…

Johanna Ivaska’s research group from the University of Turku and Turku Bioscience Centre together with Misvik Biology Ltd in Finland have developed a new method for studying how cancer…

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation awarded Professor Riitta Lahesmaa €224,639 in funding for a project that explores a treatment of cancer which utilizes body’s own immune defense system. Lahesmaa is…

On 28 September Ye Hong from Laura Elo’s and Eleanor Coffey’s groups defended her thesis in Bioinformatics titled “Evaluation of the relevance and impact of kinase dysfunction in neurological disorders…

Immunology Seminar October 10th, 2023, at 14-15 Finland time Virtual event Flyer Vivianne Malmström, Karolinska Institutet: Lymphocyte repertoires and antigen specificities in rheumatoid arthritis Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (…