Academy of Finland funding for Turku Bioscience members
We are pleased to announce that several research groups from Turku Bioscience were recently awarded funding by Academy of Finland.
Laura Elo, Riitta Lahesmaa and Johanna Ivaska received significant funding from Research Council for Biosciences, Health and Environment in 2019 call of Molecular Regulatory Networks of Life (R’Life) (invited consortia).
- Laura Elo: LincRNA Orchestrated Molecular Regulatory Networks of Human Immune Response / Consortium: LincReg, 455 500€ (4 years)
- Riitta Lahesmaa: LincRNA Orchestrated Molecular Regulatory Networks of Human Immune Response, 455 500€ (4 years)
- Johanna Ivaska: Nucleomechanical regulation of cell states – from pluripotency to cancer / Consortium: NucleoMech 266 284€ (4 years)
Pia Rantakari received funding from Research Council for Biosciences, Health and Environment in 2019 call of Molecular Regulatory Networks of Life (R’Life) (call for Academy-funded researchers).
- Pia Rantakari: Single-cell transcriptome and mass cytometry profiling reveals the mechanism of embryonic leukocyte migration, 250 000€ (3 years)
Funding decisions:
2019 Molecular Regulatory Networks of Life (R’Life), call for Academy-funded researchers
2019 Molecular Regulatory Networks of Life (R’Life), invited consortia
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