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    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

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    University of Turku Receives Significant Diabetes Research Funding from United States

    February 24, 2020

    World leading diabetes research foundation JDRF from the United States has granted the University of Turku three-year funding for its PAMP project (Pathogen Associated Molecular Read more

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    Single-cell Omics Facility receives funding for spatial transcriptomics instrumentation

    February 3, 2020

    Biocenter Finland’s Single-cell Omics platform has received funding from Academy of Finland’s FIRI2019 call to acquire instrumentation for spatial transcriptomic profiling. Platform nodes in Turku Read more

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    Top Experts in Light Microscopy to Meet in Turku in 2021

    January 28, 2020

    The 2021 International European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) conference has been decided to be organised in Turku. The conference welcomes research centres providing light microscopy Read more

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    Cells protect themselves against stress by keeping together

    January 17, 2020

    Cell-to-cell contacts are necessary for the survival of human cells under protein-damaging conditions and stress. This was one of the conclusions made by a research Read more

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    The Finnish Euro-Bioimaging Node receives significant funding

    December 12, 2019

    The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee at the Academy of Finland has granted the Finnish Euro-Bioimaging Advanced Light Microscopy Node with a total funding of € Read more

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    Academy of Finland funding for Turku Bioscience members

    December 3, 2019

    We are pleased to announce that several research groups from Turku Bioscience were recently awarded funding by Academy of Finland. Laura Elo, Riitta Lahesmaa and Read more

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    Significant funding for Turku Bioscience research groups

    November 14, 2019

    We are delighted to announce that Professors Riitta Lahesmaa and Johanna Ivaska have received funding from Syöpäsäätiö. Warmest congratulations! Prof. Johanna Ivaska and her research Read more

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    Euro-Bioimaging becomes Euro-Bioimaging ERIC

    November 8, 2019

    Euro-Bioimaging reached an important goal line when it was launched as Euro-Bioimaging ERIC, as announced in the Official Journal of the European Union. The ERIC Read more

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    The European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) will be hosted by Turku Bioscience in 2022

    November 1, 2019

    The European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) will be organized in Turku in 2022. The conference will be hosted by the Turku Bioscience Centre. The Read more

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    EuroBioImaging Headquarters and Service Centre open in Turku

    November 1, 2019

    Turku becomes a host city to EuroBioImaging network Management Centre which opens in the beginning of November. The network consists of 15 EU member states Read more

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    Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation Grants €1.7 million for Riitta Lahesmaa

    October 9, 2019

    Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded 1.7 million euros for T-cell research that is led by academy professor Riitta Lahesmaa. T-cells are critical in Read more