Turku Bioscience News

    NEWS
    Dissertation Defence: Deepankar Chakroborty

    January 31, 2023

    Comprehensive genetic characterization of cancer tissues was enabled with the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies. These methods helped scientists peer into the cancer genomes, and Read more

    NEWS
    Turku Bioscience Introduces Robust Approach for Longitudinal Biomarker Discovery in Proteomics Data

    January 30, 2023

    New study of Turku Bioscience evaluates tools to detect longitudinal differential expression in proteomics data and introduces a robust approach called RolDE for longitudinal biomarker Read more

    NEWS
    University of Turku granted the Title of Docent to Kalle Rytkönen

    January 23, 2023

    Dr. Kalle Rytkönen was granted the title of Docent of Physiology and Functional Genomics by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Turku. His Read more

    NEWS
    Academy of Finland PROFI7 funding to strengthen immunology research at University of Turku

    January 16, 2023

    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 universities. University of Turku was granted 12.3 million euros in Read more

    NEWS
    Prof. Johanna Ivaska awarded Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

    December 2, 2022

    We are proud to announce that Johanna Ivaska was awarded Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun Read more

    NEWS
    Research Project on the Development of Human Immune System in Early Life Obtains Multimillion Funding

    December 1, 2022

    The first few months and years of life are crucial to the development of the human immune system. This is an important phase as the Read more

    NEWS
    Finnish Diabetes Association PhD thesis award to Essi Laajala

    November 28, 2022

    Dr. Essi Laajala was awarded second prize for her PhD thesis in the field of diabetes study by the Finnish Diabetes Association. The award was Read more

    NEWS
    Otto Kauko receives Finnish Medical Foundation’s research group founder grant (190 000€)

    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

    NEWS
    Election of the personnel’s representative to TBC board

    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

    NEWS
    Professor Jukka Westermarck received Orion Research Foundation’s special grant of EUR 100,000

    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

    NEWS
    MD and associate professor Sami Ventelä receives a grant of 300,000€ from the Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation

    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

    NEWS
    Sticky cell fingers help keep breast tumours contained

    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