Turku Bioscience News

    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

    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. 

    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.

    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

    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

    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      

    US Department of Defense support breast cancer research at Turku Bioscience

    April 27, 2020

    Despite of continuous development of breast cancer treatments, metastases of the most aggressive breast cancer types are still a significant and growing medical problem. Together Read more

    Easy to find Turku Bioscience

    April 27, 2020

    Now that BioCity has a brand new look, the guiding star of Turku Bioscience came up on the black wall. Now it is easier to find us, Read more

    Sigrid Juselius Grant News

    March 19, 2020

    We are proud to announce that Sigrid Juselius foundation has granted numerous grants to Turku Bioscience researchers. Most sums mentioned below are for year 2020-2021. Read more

    JNK Protein Triggers Nerve Cells to Withdraw Their Synapses when Stressed

    March 13, 2020

    New study from Eleanor Coffey’s lab at Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland identifies that the JNK protein triggers nerve cells to withdraw their synapses when Read more