November 18, 2022
Responses to targeted cancer therapies are often short-lived, because tumor cells escape the effects of therapy via rewired growth signaling, or due to expansion of Read more
November 17, 2022
The term for Turku Bioscience and BioCity Turku common board is ending this year. One board member is representing TBC people, and it is now Read more
October 27, 2022
Professor Jukka Westermarck has been carrying out research into the biology of cancer for almost 30 years. His research group has endeavoured to identify signalling mechanisms in Read more
October 25, 2022
The goal of Sami Ventelä’s research is to develop novel biomarker-based methods for early detection of cancer aggressiveness and for cancer treatment stratification. – This Read more
October 25, 2022
Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building a barrier surrounding breast tumours. Read more
October 21, 2022
Glutathione transferases are important enzymes that play a key role in protecting cells from various threats, including foreign chemicals (xenobiotics). In MSc Nirmal Poudel’s thesis, Read more
October 19, 2022
Tutkimuksessa kehitettiin uudenlainen tapa tunnistaa sädehoidolle huonosti reagoivat potilaat (Väitös: LL Johannes Routila, 21.10.2022, korva-, nenä- ja kurkkutautioppi) https://www.utu.fi/en/news/events/dissertation-defense-otorhinolaryngology-ll-johannes-routila LL Johannes Routilan Turun yliopistossa tarkastettavassa väitöskirjassa todettiin kantasolutekijä OCT4:n ilmentymisen olevan yhteydessä pään ja kaulan Read more
October 14, 2022
The Turku Sceening Unit is officially a specialised screening site of the EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC. Our specialisation include dyanamic and longitudinal imaging-based phenotypic screens of complex cell systems including, with the participation of the Zebrafish core, Read more
September 12, 2022
Frontiers of Science Seminar program is ready for autumn 2022. All seminars are on-site only at 12:00 either in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium (October and November) Read more
September 2, 2022
Heli Jokela received 45 209€ funding from Alhopuro Foundation for her research project titled “Macrophages in brown adipose tissue development and function” Obesity and its pathological Read more
August 18, 2022
After completing his PhD in ‘Biological Sciences’ (Computational Biology) from the University of Montpellier, France he started his career path in Systems biology and medicine, Read more
July 19, 2022
Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNA) are emerging as novel regulators of biological processes, including cell differentiation and development. While Th17 cells are required for clearing Read more