Turku Bioscience News

    Immunology Seminar, Riitta Veijola

    November 11, 2021

    Immunology Seminar November 23 at 14-15 Virtual event Flyer Riitta Veijola, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Read more

    Researchers at Turku Bioscience in joint collaboration with the Örebro University, Sweden have uncovered new ‘metabolic signatures’ of human CD4+ T-cells

    November 10, 2021

    From left to right: Dr. Alex M Dickens*, Dr. Partho Sen*, Dr. Syed Bilal Ahmad Andrabi+ and Dr. Tanja Buchacher+. ‘*’ represents Systems Medicine group Read more

    Frontiers of Science: Aviv Regev

    October 20, 2021

    October 21st at 18:00 virtual event Dr. Aviv Regev, Genentech Inc., US Cell Atlases as roadmaps to treat disease host: Riitta Lahesmaa (riitta.lahesmaa@utu.fi) Register latest on Read more

    Study on PFAS and fatty liver disease – women more affected than men

    October 18, 2021

    According to the study led by Professor Matej Orešič and Professor Tuulia Hyötyläinen, women are more affected than men when they are exposed to PFAs.  A Read more

    Dissertation defense: MSc Joni Merisaari

    October 14, 2021

    Joni Merisaari researched cellular vulnerabilities of glioblastoma. His thesis work was done under the supervision of Professor Jukka Westermarck in the Cancer Cell Signaling lab. Read more

    Immunology seminar, Ilkka Junttila

    October 13, 2021

    Immunology Seminar October 19th at 14:00 – 15:00 Virtual event Ilkka Junttila, Tampere University Cytokine Landscape of Allergic Inflammation Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Register latest Read more

    New Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence led by Johanna Ivaska selected for 2022-2029

    October 12, 2021

    Turku Bioscience is proud to announce that Johanna Ivaska has received Academy of Finland funding for her Center of Excellence ”Biological Barrier Mechanics and Disease: Read more

    Dissertation defense (Cell Biology and Anatomy): MSc Mitro Miihkinen

    October 6, 2021

    MSc Mitro Miihkinen from Westermarck Lab defends his dissertation in Cell Biology and Anatomy entitled ”NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO FILOPODIA FUNCTION – A focus on integrin Read more

    Workstation Alpha at your service! Cell Imaging and Cytometry have renewed their image analysis workstations.

    September 30, 2021

    Cell Imaging and Cytometry (CIC) are happy to announce that have refreshed our image analysis workstations including a brand new ultra-high-performance workstation called “Workstation Alpha” for your advanced image analysis tasks. Getting this workstation has Read more

    Martina Lerche defended her doctoral thesis ”Integrin Activity Regulation in Mechanosensing” on the 10th of September, 2021

    September 20, 2021

    Martina Lerche studied how the crosstalk between the extracellular matrix (ECM) and integrin adhesion receptors regulate cell behavior. The studies were carried out under the Read more

    Immunology seminar series, Satu Mustjoki

    September 7, 2021

    September 21st at 14-15 Virtual event Flyer   Satu Mustjoki, University of Helsinki: Somatic mutations in (non-malignant) immune-mediated diseases Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes (at) Read more

    Frontiers of Science seminar program is ready for autumn 2021

    August 27, 2021

    BioCity Turku arranges every semester Frontiers of Science seminar series where researchers are welcome to invite prominent international scientists to give a talk to local Read more