The Elias Tillandz Prize to Turku Bioscience Researchers

September 2, 2025

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

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Registration to FFGC Sequencing day is open!

August 27, 2025

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

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Dr. Inna Starskaia received a three-year training award from Breakthrough T1D

August 22, 2025

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 to 4th Turku Imaging Day TID is open!

August 12, 2025

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

New diagnostic breakthrough predicts which head and neck cancer patients can be cured with surgery alone

July 23, 2025

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

Professor Riitta Lahesmaa has been elected as a member of EMBO

July 1, 2025

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

Research Council of Finland Awards Funding to Turku Bioscience Researchers

June 24, 2025

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

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Guillaume Jacquemet appointed to K. Albin Johansson Research Professorship

June 19, 2025

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 (Mona) Successfully Defended PhD on Novel Immune and Genetic Drivers of Melanoma

June 16, 2025

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

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Researchers elucidate the role of jaundice during malaria as a metabolic response against Plasmodium infection

June 13, 2025

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

Karoliina Hirvonen Successfully Defended PhD on Serum Proteome and Enterovirus Research

May 23, 2025

Karoliina Hirvonen from Riitta Lahesmaa lab defended her PhD thesis “Proteomics Insights into Type 1 Diabetes Development – Investigating Changes in Serum Proteome and the Role of Persistent Enterovirus Infection” on Thursday the 22nd of May Read more

Finnish Science Award to Professor Johanna Ivaska

May 20, 2025

The Finnish Science Award 2025 has been awarded to Johanna Ivaska, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the University of Turku. The multidisciplinary research group led by her focuses on research into the movement and Read more

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