Turku Bioscience News

    Academy of Finland PROFI7 funding to strengthen immunology research at University of Turku

    January 16, 2023

    The Academy of Finland has taken decisions on the latest round of PROFI funding, a funding scheme aimed at bolstering the research profiles of Finnish universities. University of Turku was granted 12.3 million euros in Read more

    Prof. Johanna Ivaska awarded Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

    December 2, 2022

    We are proud to announce that Johanna Ivaska was awarded Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun Read more

    Research Project on the Development of Human Immune System in Early Life Obtains Multimillion Funding

    December 1, 2022

    The first few months and years of life are crucial to the development of the human immune system. This is an important phase as the Read more

    Finnish Diabetes Association PhD thesis award to Essi Laajala

    November 28, 2022

    Dr. Essi Laajala was awarded second prize for her PhD thesis in the field of diabetes study by the Finnish Diabetes Association. The award was Read more

    Otto Kauko receives Finnish Medical Foundation’s research group founder grant (190 000€)

    November 18, 2022

    Responses to targeted cancer therapies are often short-lived, because tumor cells escape the effects of therapy via rewired growth signaling, or due to expansion of Read more

    Election of the personnel’s representative to TBC board

    November 17, 2022

    The term for Turku Bioscience and BioCity Turku common board is ending this year. One  board member is representing TBC people, and it is now Read more

    Professor Jukka Westermarck received Orion Research Foundation’s special grant of EUR 100,000

    October 27, 2022

    Professor Jukka Westermarck has been carrying out research into the biology of cancer for almost 30 years. His research group has endeavoured to identify signalling mechanisms in Read more

    MD and associate professor Sami Ventelä receives a grant of 300,000€ from the Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation

    October 25, 2022

    The goal of Sami Ventelä’s research is to develop novel biomarker-based methods for early detection of cancer aggressiveness and for cancer treatment stratification. – This Read more

    Sticky cell fingers help keep breast tumours contained

    October 25, 2022

    Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building a barrier surrounding breast tumours. Read more

    Dissertation Defence: MSc Nirman Poudel

    October 21, 2022

    Glutathione transferases are important enzymes that play a key role in protecting cells from various threats, including foreign chemicals (xenobiotics). In MSc Nirmal Poudel’s thesis, Read more

    Turku Bioscience research reveals novel biomarkers for cancer therapy stratification

    October 19, 2022

    Tutkimuksessa kehitettiin uudenlainen tapa tunnistaa sädehoidolle huonosti reagoivat potilaat (Väitös: LL Johannes Routila, 21.10.2022, korva-, nenä- ja kurkkutautioppi) https://www.utu.fi/en/news/events/dissertation-defense-otorhinolaryngology-ll-johannes-routila LL Johannes Routilan Turun yliopistossa tarkastettavassa väitöskirjassa todettiin kantasolutekijä OCT4:n ilmentymisen olevan yhteydessä pään ja kaulan Read more

    The Turku Screening Unit is now a partner site of EU-OPENSCREEN

    October 14, 2022

    The Turku Sceening Unit is officially a specialised screening site of the EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC. Our specialisation include dyanamic and longitudinal imaging-based phenotypic screens of complex cell systems including, with the participation of the Zebrafish core, Read more