Turku Bioscience News

    Autumn Frontiers of Science seminars start 12 September

    September 2, 2024

    Frontiers of Science seminar program is ready for autumn 2024. All seminars are on-site only at 12:00. Coffee and sandwich are served before each seminar. Read more

    7.8 Euros MEUR of Horizon Europe funding to Cecilia Sahlgren and Hongbo Zhang

    August 12, 2024

    The NAP4DIVE project of TBC group leaders Cecilia Sahlgren and Hongbo Zhang were awarded 7.8 MEUR of Horizon Europe funding (Total 7.8 million euro, ÅAU Read more

    Turku Bioscience Centre researchers founded a cancer diagnostics start-up company

    August 8, 2024

    Modern cancer treatment aims for the most effective treatment possible, which would cause the patients as few side effects as possible. The individual choice of Read more

    The Research Council of Finland /Academy of Finland Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment funding to two research projects at Turku Bioscience

    July 3, 2024

    The Research Council of Finland /Academy of Finland Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has granted generous funding to two research projects at Read more

    Researchers discovered promising approach to prevent recurrence of breast cancer

    June 17, 2024

    Treatment outcomes for breast cancer have become better over the years, but proportion of breast cancers still recur even after long periods without signs of Read more

    Dissertation Defence: Dani Flinkman

    June 7, 2024

    Dani Flinkman defended his PhD entitled “Proteomics analysis of Parkinson’s disease mechanism and biomarkers” on May 17th. The opponent was Daniel Otzen from Aarhus University. Read more

    Scientists discover a novel modulator of human regulatory T cells

    May 30, 2024

      The research group of Professor Riitta Lahesmaa have discovered a novel modulator for human regulatory T cells. This novel regulator can strengthen or dampen Read more

    €2.5 Million Boost for Cancer Research: Johanna Ivaska Awarded Grant to Study Metastasis

    April 12, 2024

    Professor Johanna Ivaska, a renowned leader in cancer research, has secured a prestigious €2.5 million grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to tackle a Read more

    Dissertation Defence: Aleksi Isomursu

    April 4, 2024

    FM Aleksi Isomursu  defended his doctoral dissertation titled "Biomechanics of cancer cell motility" at the University of Turku on Friday, April 12, 2024 The opponent was Professor Adam J. Engler (University of California, United States), Read more

    New Service at Protein Structure and Chemistry Core: Get Expert Help with AlphaFold2 for Protein Structure Prediction

    April 4, 2024

    Turku Bioscience's Protein Structure and Chemistry Core Facility now offers specialized AlphaFold2 modeling support to researchers needing accurate protein structure predictions. What’s Available? Custom AlphaFold2 modeling for your protein sequences. Expert guidance on interpreting results. Read more

    New Service at Protein Structure and Chemistry Core: Crystallizations with microseeding

    April 4, 2024

    Use of crystal seed stocks in high-throughput crystallization screenings to improve the chances of crystal formation. Microseeds can be dispensed either during sitting drop or microbatch-under-oil setups. A state-of-the-art single-photon counting X-ray detector and a Read more

    Protein quality control with mass photometry

    April 4, 2024

    An automated mass photometer that measures 14 samples in an hour has been installed in our facility as part of the Turku Protein Core. The instrument will help in assessing the quality of macromolecules, especially Read more