A research group led by our our affiliated group leader Professor Lea Sistonen at Åbo Akademi University has discovered a new mechanism that regulates breast cancer progression. Breast cancer arises when the epithelial cells lining Read more
Frontiers of Science is a long-running seminar series, celebrating over 25 years of bringing internationally acclaimed researchers to Turku. Organized by BioCity Turku, the series features world-leading scientists presenting their most recent discoveries and innovative Read more
The Elias Tillandz Prize for the Best Scientific Publication of 2024 was presented for two groundbreaking cancer studies from Jukka Westermarck's research group and Johanna Ivaska's research group. The lead authors of the Westermarck research Read more
Registration to FFGC Sequencing day is open! The event is organized by Finnish Functional Genomics Centre (FFGC) together with Illumina on Tuesday 16.9.2025 and will Read more
Dr. Inna Starskaia has been awarded a prestigious three-year training award from Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization. The Read more
Registration for the Turku Imaging Day 2025 (TID) is open! The event is organized by the Field of View Research Program and will take place in the Caribia Hotel, Turku on October 22, 2025. Take Read more
Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, led by Docent Sami Ventelä and Professor Jukka Westermarck, have identified a novel diagnostic tool that can revolutionize the treatment guidance of head and neck squamous cell Read more
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has selected Professor Riitta Lahesmaa from the University of Turku as its member. The organization annually elects new members based on scientific merit. EMBO is an international organization that Read more
New Research Council of Finland funding was granted to Turku Bioscience researchers: Riitta Lahesmaa (Turku Bioscience Centre, InFlames Flagship): New regulators of the human immune response, €599,985 Affiliated group leader:Pieta Mattila (Department of Biomedicine, InFlames Read more
Associate Professor, InFLAMES PI Guillaume Jacquemet (Åbo Akademi University) and our affiliated Group Leader has been appointed to a prestigious five-year K. Albin Johansson Research Professorship funded by the K. Albin Johansson Foundation and the Read more
Meng Wang from our affiliated Figueiredo Lab (MIORG) successfully defended her PhD thesis “Novel Immune and Genetic Drivers of Melanoma: Integrative and New Preclinical Models to Uncover the Impact of New Chromosomal and Transcriptomic Changes Read more
Researchers from the Turku Bioscience Centre at the University of Turku in Finland collaborated with a leading malaria research group at Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) in Portugal to elucidate a metabolite-based defense mechanism Read more
Last updated on June 25, 2025
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