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BioCity Turku collaborative research funding call

March 22, 2021

BioCity Turku opens a call for research funding for all BioCity Turku research groups. The applied funding is intended for new openings promoting research on emerging topics Read more

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Discovery of a Novel CIP2A Variant (NOCIVA) with clinical relevance in predicting TKI resistance in myeloid leukemias

March 18, 2021

Discovery of a NOCIVA in the Westermarck Research Group by Eleonora Mäkelä

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Professor Laura Elo participates in EU-funded research network

March 11, 2021

Professor Laura Elo’s research group is involved in the extensive European Network Linking Informatics and Genomics of Helper T cells (ENLIGHT-TEN+). The aim of the Read more

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Frontiers of Science spring 2021 program

February 17, 2021

BioCity Turku continues the Frontiers of Science seminar series online as eTALKs during the spring 2021. The seminars are meant for both researchers and students Read more

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Dr. Tapio Lönnberg, Ph.D. appointed group leader and Head of single cell genomics in Turku Bioscience!

February 16, 2021

After his Ph.D. studies at University of Turku, Tapio carried out his postdoc in the laboratory of Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Prior to Read more

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Dr. Otto Kauko, M.D., Ph.D.  joins Turku Bioscience as a new Head of Turku Proteomics Facility!

February 4, 2021

After his M.D. and Ph.D. studies at University of Turku, Otto has carried out his postdoc in University of Cambridge, UK,  Karolinska Institutet and University Read more

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Elias Tillandz prize 2020 – Call for proposals

January 26, 2021

. In the context of the 30th BioCity Symposium (19th–20th August 2021), the seventeenth Elias Tillandz prize will be awarded for the best life science Read more

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Klaus Elenius New Chairman of the Finnish Medical Society

January 13, 2021

Congratulations! Klaus Elenius has been elected Chairman of the Finnish Medical Society. Article in Finnish Klaus Elenius Lääketieteen Seuran johtoon – ”Tutkimus ei ole tällä Read more

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The Academy of Finland Flagship Programme InFLAMES awarded group leader positions to Tapio Lönnberg and Matej Orešič

December 30, 2020

  The Academy of Finland Flagship Programme, Innovation Ecosystem Based on the Immune System, InFLAMES awarded fixed-term group leader positions to Dr. Tapio Lönnberg and Read more

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Funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation to Lea Sistonen and John Eriksson

December 22, 2020

The research groups of Lea Sistonen & John E. Eriksson receive 968.000 € for a research project to specifically target HPV-Driven Cancers   Human papillomavirus Read more

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Professor Johanna Ivaska to the K. Albin Johansson Research Professor

December 16, 2020

The Finnish Cancer Institute in collaboration with the K. Albin Johansson Foundation has selected Professor Johanna Ivaska to the K. ALBIN JOHANSSON RESEARCH PROFESSOR, a Read more

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Understanding regulatory mechanisms of human T-helper 17 differentiation

December 14, 2020

Dissertation: Ankitha Shetty, M.Sc. 14.12.2020, medical microbiology and immunology Ankitha Shetty identified novel regulators of human Th17 differentiation and revealed the molecular mechanisms that dictate Read more