Turku Bioscience News

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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

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    Turku Bioscience research groups successful in receiving funding from The Health from Science (TERVA) Academy Programme follow-up call

    September 18, 2020

    The Health from Science (TERVA) Academy Programme seeks bold, new research initiatives that can solve health issues related to major public health diseases. The programme Read more

    New agreement signed with i2020 to tackle neurological diseases

    September 17, 2020

    We are delighted to announce that that we have another agreement signed with i2020 accelerator, following on from the one in 2019. This supports our group's efforts to identify and develop strategies for neurological diseases Read more

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    Parkinson’s Patient Skin Samples Provide Clues to Disease Mechanism and a Possible Clinical Test

    September 16, 2020

    A recent study from Finland reports that a protein kinase called LRRK2 is hyperactive in skin samples from Parkinson’s disease patients which leads to a Read more

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    University of Turku Signed a Significant Drug Development Licensing Agreement

    August 20, 2020

    The University of Turku has entered into a licensing agreement with an international pharma company related to targeting of CIP2A oncoprotein. 

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    Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation Grants €1 million for Westermarck group

    June 5, 2020

    Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded 975 000 € for research led by professor Jukka Westermarck and focused on phosphorylation mechanism under RAS oncoprotein.

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    New insights into regulation of human T-cells

    June 4, 2020

    Dissertation: Kartiek Kanduri, M.Sc. 5.6.2020, medical microbiology and immunology Kartiek Kanduri discovered several novel factors that regulate T-cell differentiation and function, Understanding the regulation of Read more

    New funding for target discovery related to SynGAP1-associated non-syndromic intellectual disability

    June 1, 2020

    We are excited to be starting a new project on SynGAP thanks to support from Leon & friends e.V. SynGAP is a protein that reduces the activity of Ras-GTPases, which are important in regulating the Read more

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    May’s funding news

    May 28, 2020

    Picture by  Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash. We are happy to announce the success of a number of research groups that received funding from the Read more

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    Report of the SAB visit

    April 29, 2020

    The Turku Bioscience and BioCity Turku common scientific advisory board visited the centre at the end of February. During their visit, they met reseach programme Read more

    Webinar: NEUBIAS Academy Interactive Bioimage Analysis with Python and Jupyter

    April 29, 2020

    Advanced Learning, Demo, Q&As More information here