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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

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    New FIRI-funding decisions and Instrumentation to Turku Bioscience

    December 4, 2020

    Turku Bioscience was awarded 1.5 M€ by the Academy of Finland FIRI2020 program -Research infrastructures as collaborative platforms. Cutting-edge Immunoprofiling Director Riitta Lahesmaa, Deputy directors Read more

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    Academy of Finland Flagship program InFLAMES was funded!

    December 4, 2020

    Congratulations to Riitta Lahesmaa and other PI’s in our center. This profiles our universities and Centre in immunology! More information at Academy of Finland web Read more

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    Jukka Westermarck becomes Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland

    December 4, 2020

    On the Finnish Independence Day, the President of the Republic of Finland and Grand Master of the of the Orders of the White Rose of Read more

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    Turku Bioscience research groups receiving significant funding for 2020–2023 from the Flagship Programme of the Academy of Finland

    November 20, 2020

    The research and development initiative ‘Innovation Ecosystem Based on the Immune System (InFLAMES)’ has received €5.6M funding for 2020–2023 from the Flagship Programme of the Read more

    Camilo Guzman Finnish Node Manager
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    Atomic Force Microscopy: Describing the mechanical properties of diverse materials

    November 5, 2020

    In this interview, Camilo Guzmán, Manager of Euro-BioImaging’s Finnish Advanced Light Microscopy Node, explains how to use Atomic force microscope (AFM) – a scanning probe Read more

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    Researchers Develop a Simplified Method to Modify Disease Signaling with Light

    October 27, 2020

    Cellular optogenetics is a technique that allows researchers to use light to precisely control cell signaling and function in space and time enabling the investigation Read more