PFAS levels in mothers’ blood associated with children’s brain structure and function

October 13, 2025

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers’ blood during pregnancy is associated with their children’s brain structure and Read more

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Professor Laura Elo receives award for outstanding research from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation

October 10, 2025

The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded Professor of Computational Medicine Laura Elo a €50,000 prize for her outstanding research, development of international scientific collaboration, and contributions to training future generations of researchers. Elo is Read more

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Recruit your next student at the MSc Thesis Project Expo 2025. Registration is now open!

October 10, 2025

Do you supervise MSc theses in the biosciences? Join the MSc Thesis Project Expo on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, and meet students who are eager to find their thesis projects. The MSc Thesis Project Expo Read more

University of Turku celebrates Professor Shimon Sakaguchi’s Nobel prize

October 7, 2025

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine, is a visiting professor at the IMMUNOCAPs project that profiles research at the University of Turku. The news of Sakaguchi's award was celebrated at Read more

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Heidi Isokääntä Successfully Defends Dissertation on Gut Microbiome Development

September 29, 2025

Heidi Isokääntä Successfully Defends Dissertation on Gut Microbiome Deveopment Turku, 26 September 2025 – Bioanalyst Heidi Isokääntä has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in medical microbiology at the University of Turku. The defense took place Read more

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University of Jyväskylä to Award Honorary Doctorate to Johanna Ivaska

September 26, 2025

The University of Jyväskylä will award 11 new honorary doctorates in May 2026. One of them will be Professor Johanna Ivaska, a group leader at Turku Bioscience. The faculties of the University award honorary doctorates Read more

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Turku Metabolomics Core Enhances MALDI Imaging with New Sprayer 

September 19, 2025

The Turku Metabolomics Core, part of the Turku Bioscience Centre, has acquired a SunCollect MALDI Sprayer (Sunchrom) with support from the Research Council of Finland, the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, and the European Innovation Council (EIC).  Read more

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Christel Sourander Successfully Defends Her Thesis

September 9, 2025

Congratulations! Christel Sourander successfully defended her thesis: “Identifying the effect of JNK on neural activity and synaptic plasticity related to anxiety and depressive like behaviours” on September 4th with Prof. Tomi Rantamäki from the University Read more

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Researchers at Åbo Akademi University Discover a New Molecular Switch Regulating Breast Cancer Progression

September 4, 2025

A research group led by our our affiliated group leader Professor Lea Sistonen at Åbo Akademi University has discovered a new mechanism that regulates breast cancer progression. Breast cancer arises when the epithelial cells lining Read more

Autumn 2025 Frontiers of Science seminars start soon

September 3, 2025

Frontiers of Science is a long-running seminar series, celebrating over 25 years of bringing internationally acclaimed researchers to Turku. Organized by BioCity Turku, the series features world-leading scientists presenting their most recent discoveries and innovative Read more

The Elias Tillandz Prize to Turku Bioscience Researchers

September 2, 2025

The Elias Tillandz Prize for the Best Scientific Publication of 2024 was presented for two groundbreaking cancer studies from Jukka Westermarck's research group and Johanna Ivaska's research group. The lead authors of the Westermarck research Read more

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Registration to FFGC Sequencing day is open!

August 27, 2025

Registration to FFGC Sequencing day is open! The event is organized by Finnish Functional Genomics Centre (FFGC) together with Illumina on Tuesday 16.9.2025  and will Read more

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