Turku Bioscience Events

Karoliina Hirvonen  from Riitta Lahesmaa lab defends her PhD thesis “Proteomics Insights into Type 1 Diabetes Development – Investigating Changes in Serum Proteome and the Role of Persistent Enterovirus Infection” on Thursday the 22nd of May 2025 at 12 pm in Arje Scheinin hall, 2nd floor, Dentalia, Turku. Her opponent is Professor Jochen Schwenk from Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Jochen M Schwenk is a Professor of Translational Proteomics at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. With a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Tübingen, Germany, Professor Schwenk conducts research at SciLifeLab in Solna since its inauguration in 2010.

Sini Laakso, University of Helsinki: Exploring germinal center reaction and role of Epstein Barr virus by accessing deep cervical lymph nodes of patients with multiple sclerosis

UTU Faculty of Medicine together with Turku BioImaging and the Field of View research program will organize a Minisymposium, “Future of Imaging”, on 13 June 2025 in Biocity Presidentti Auditorium. The keynote talk will be given by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell.

The 34th BioCity Symposium focuses on drug development across a range of disease groups and on various drug modalities.