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

Syöpäsolujen hoitovastetta määrittävän jarrumekanismin tutkimukselle Syöpäsäätiön suurapuraha (In Finnish only)

December 18, 2018

Syöpäsäätiö on myöntänyt 450 000 euron suurapurahan Turun yliopiston kolmevuotiselle tutkimushankkeelle, jonka tavoitteena on selvittää syöpäsolun sisäisiä mekanismeja rintasyövässä ja pahanlaatuisessa aivosyövässä.

New Mathematical Model Predicts Respiratory Viral Infection Symptoms Severity

December 18, 2018

A team from the University of Turku has developed a mathematical model that predicts which patients become symptomatic after viral exposure using gene expression levels Read more

International collaboration between Finnish and U.S. researchers identify new rules for cancer therapies

October 16, 2018

More on University of Turku news page in Finnish.

Ivaska Also Awarded with This Year’s Medix Prize

September 7, 2018

The awarded article “SHANK proteins limit integrin activation by directly interacting with Rap1 and R-Ras” was published in the journal Nature Cell Biology. Twice during her career, Ivaska Read more

Professor John Eriksson was awarded with the title of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

September 7, 2018

Professor John Eriksson was awarded with the title of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland by the President of Read more

Laura Elo and TCB on the pages of Tekniikan maailma

August 30, 2018

Laura Elo’s research presented on the pages of Tekniikan maailma (The World of Technology). The research at our Centre gets lots of visibility. However, there are Read more

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Ivaska Also Awarded with This Year’s Medix Prize

August 30, 2018

The awarded article “SHANK proteins limit integrin activation by directly interacting with Rap1 and R-Ras” was published in the journal Nature Cell Biology. Twice during her career, Ivaska Read more

Professor Cecilia Sahlgren was awarded with the title of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

August 14, 2018

Professor Cecilia Sahlgren was awarded with the title of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland by the President of Read more