November 2023
October 2023

Emmi Lokka from Rantakari group defended her dissertation in Medical Microbiology and Immunology
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” [...]

Unlocking the secrets of cell behaviour on soft substrates: A paradigm shift in mechanobiology
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 [...]

Dissertation defence: MSc Nigatu Adossa
MSc Nigatu Adossa defends his doctoral dissertation in Computer Science entitled “Computational approaches for single-cell omics and multi-omics data” at the University of Turku on [...]
September 2023

Special seminar Prof. Jacques Collinge
Topic of the Lecture: Inference of cellular networks in tissues from bulk, single-cell, or spatial data with an application to spatial transcriptomics of breast cancer [...]

Ye Hong from Laura Elo's and Eleanor Coffey's groups defended her thesis in Bioinformatics
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 [...]
August 2023

Elias Tillandz Prize 2023 Awarded to Scientific Publications in Cancer Research and Archaeology
This year, the Elias Tillandz Prize was awarded to two outstanding research articles, which involved a mechanism related to the migration of cancer cells and [...]


Dissertation defence: MSc Arfa Mehmood
MSc Arfa Mehmood defends her dissertation in Biomathematics entitled “Tools and strategies for RNA-Sequencing analysis” at the University of Turku on 25 August 2023 at 12.00 pm (University of Turku, Medisiina C, Osmo Järvi auditorium, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku).

The Finnish-Japanese Immunology Symposium "Emerging concepts in immunology - From basic mechanisms to treating immune mediated diseases"!
Finnish and Japanese immunologists will get together on the 29th-30th of August, 2023 to share and discuss their recent results. The Finnish-Japanese Immunology Symposium "Emerging [...]
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023

Researchers Identify Gene Expression Signature That Predicts Progression of Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers from Turku Bioscience Centre and InFLAMES Flagship at the University of Turku in Finland, have identified a gene expression signature that can predict the progression of type 1 diabetes.


The EURAS project received over 8 million euros funding from the Health Cluster of the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme
The EURAS consortium received Horizon funding to develop new treatments for rare neurodevelopmental disorders of the Ras pathway.

Turku Bioscience funding news May 2023
We are delighted to share the following funding news with everyone. Warmest congratulations to those who got funded. BioCity Turku Collaborative Research Funding Call Results [...]
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May
A position on the EURAS project is now open for applications (deadline extended until 1 August 2023)
Our lab has now opened a position to join us on the EURAS consortium project. The deadline for applications is now extended until 1 [...]
12
May
The EURAS project has been awarded ~8 million euros funding from the Health Cluster of the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme
Rare neurodevelopmental disorders of the Ras pathway continue to evade effective treatment. The EURAS consortium has been awarded ~8 million euros from the Health Cluster [...]
April 2023
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Apr
Coming soon: The EURas consortium grant agreement has now been signed, new recruitment will open soon
The European network for neurodevelopmental Rasopathies, consisting of 16 partners across Europe, is about to formally begin. Our laboratory will be recruiting one researcher at [...]
March 2023
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Mar
Currently recruiting: one postdoc or graduate level researcher to study missense mutants of SynGAP1 suspected to cause non-syndromic intellectual disability
We are currently recruiting a researcher to join our SynGAP missense project - please see the following links until the closing date of May 7th [...]
27
Mar
Currently recruiting: one postdoc or graduate level researcher - impact of temporally-encoded intracellular signalling on single cell integration into synaptically active neuronal circuits
We are currently recruiting a researcher (postdoc or graduate level) to join the project "Temporally-encoded intracellular signalling and its impact on single cell integration into [...]
February 2023
January 2023



Academy of Finland PROFI7 funding to strengthen immunology research at University of Turku
The Academy of Finland has taken decisions on the latest round of PROFI funding, a funding scheme aimed at bolstering the research profiles of Finnish [...]
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022

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Oct
Dissertation Defence: LL Johannes Routila
LL Johannes Routila defends his dissertation in Otorhinolaryngology entitled ”Molecular biomarkers in head and neck cancer – Evaluation of biomarkers in prognostication and radiotherapy response [...]
September 2022

Single-cell RNA-seq data analysis using Cellenics (workshop)
Are you collecting single-cell data, but not sure how to analyse it?
Then this workshop is for you!
August 2022

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June 2022
May 2022

10x Genomics User Meeting in Turku: The Power of Spatial and Single Cell Transcriptomics
Are you curious about single-cell technologies?
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May
New funding for studying missense mutants of SynGAP1 suspected to cause non-syndromic intellectual disability
20 May 2022 Our lab is delighted to have been awarded funding from the SynGAP Research Fund US, SynGAP Research Fund EU and Leon and [...]
April 2022

March 2022
February 2022
