Turku Bioscience News

Inspiring and thoughtful discussion on cancer

April 29, 2019

Academy Professor Johanna Ivaska was invited to the popular talk-show Flinkkilä & Tastula to discuss cancer research together with the stand-up comedian Anitta Ahonen, who Read more

The new name of Turku Bioscience and its 30 year anniversary gets wide publicity

April 25, 2019

The anniversary of Turku Bioscience and its anniversary was highlighted in all local media yesterday and today.

Four new Academy of Finland postdoctoral researcher positions to Turku Bioscience

April 23, 2019

Turku Bioscience proudly presents four new post doctoral fellows

New web pages developed as a collaboration between IT Services and Turku Bioscience

April 4, 2019

The brand new web pages and the web profile of Turku Bioscience have been developed as a close collaboration with the University of Turku IT Read more

Laura Elo Receives the Rising Talent Award of the For Women in Science Programme

March 12, 2019

Research Director Laura Elo from Turku Centre for Biotechnology receives the international Rising Talent Award of the For Women in Science programme granted by the Read more

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January’s funding news

January 30, 2019

We are proud to announce new fundings: Johanna Ivaska: ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2019 150 000€ for 18 months Karolina Pavic (Westermarck lab): K. Read more

Turku Screening Unit awarded funding to expand Robotic Screening Capabilities

January 24, 2019

The Screening Unit, in affiliation with Biocentre Finland Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology of Biocity Turku, has been awarded funding to greatly expand its robotic Read more

Making it to the Top by Studying the Regulation of the Immune System

January 23, 2019

Perseverance is the secret to the success of Academy Professor Riitta Lahesmaa. Her approach follows a simple principle: if at first you don’t succeed, try Read more

New High-Performance Genome Research Instrumentation to Turku

January 22, 2019

Biocenter Finland’s Biocity Turku unit has received significant funding which enables acquisition of new instrumentation for genome research. The high-performance sequencer, representing the state-of-the-art technology Read more

Researchers Discovered New Immune Response Regulators

January 17, 2019

The research groups of Academy Professor Riitta Lahesmaa and Research Director Laura Elo from Turku Centre for Biotechnology have discovered new proteins that regulate T Read more

Jaroslav Icha has been awarded an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship

January 14, 2019

Jaroslav Icha has been awarded an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship to continue his postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. Johanna Ivaska, the Cell Adhesion and Read more

Finnish Medical Foundation awarded €150,000 to CBT´s affiliated group leader Sami Ventelä

December 18, 2018

Finnish Medical Foundation awarded Research Group Founder Grant of €150,000 to Clinical Lecturer at the University of Turku, Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology, MD Sami Ventelä. Ventelä Read more