Turku Bioscience News

    Frontiers of Science seminars start again October 6th

    September 12, 2022

    Frontiers of Science Seminar program is ready for autumn 2022. All seminars are on-site only at 12:00 either in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium (October and November) Read more

    Heli Jokela receives 45 209€ funding from Sakari Alhopuro foundation

    September 2, 2022

    Heli Jokela received 45 209€ funding from Alhopuro Foundation for her research project titled “Macrophages in brown adipose tissue development and function” Obesity and its pathological Read more

    The Department of Life Technologies at University of Turku has awarded the Title of Docent (Adjunct Professor) in Computational Biology to Senior postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Partho Sen

    August 18, 2022

    After completing his PhD in ‘Biological Sciences’ (Computational Biology) from the University of Montpellier, France he started his career path in Systems biology and medicine, Read more

    Long intergenic noncoding RNA MIAT regulates human Th17 cell differentiation  and is highly expressed in T cells of inflamed synovia in joints of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients

    July 19, 2022

    Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNA) are emerging as novel regulators of biological processes, including cell differentiation and development. While Th17 cells are required for clearing Read more

    Professor Westermarck from the University of Turku Nominated as a Member of the Board of the European Cancer Organisations

    July 14, 2022

    Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Turku, InFLAMES Flagship Director Jukka Westermarck has been nominated as a member of the European Association for Read more

    Researchers Develop a New Method for Studying Functionality of Microbiota

    July 7, 2022

    A research group from Turku Bioscience Centre, Finland, has developed a new method for studying the functionality of microbiota through metaproteomics. The new method poses Read more

    Johanna Ivaska chosen as EMBO Council Member from 2023

    July 6, 2022

    Five new members of EMBO Council, a new chair and vice-chair were appointed at the EMBO Council meeting in Heidelberg on 24 and 25 May Read more

    Oxana Denisova receives 30 000 grant from Aamu foundation

    July 4, 2022

    Oxana Denisova receives 30 000 grant from Aamu foundation for her research on ‘PP2A in medulloblastoma therapy resistance: novel opportunities for targeted therapeutics.’ – My Read more

    Scandinavian Society for Immunology Young Investigator award to Tapio Lönnberg

    June 17, 2022

    Tapio Lönnberg has received Scandinavian Society for Immunology Young Investigator award to recognize his excellent research in immunology.  Dr. Lönnberg works in Turku Bioscience Centre Read more

    New Study: Stress-Specific Genome-Wide Programs of Genes and Enhancers

    June 13, 2022

    Cells are exposed to various types of cytotoxic stress including oxidative stress, elevated temperatures and toxins. Surviving stressful conditions requires extensive reprogramming of transcription, which Read more

    Bioinformatics thesis award to Tomi Suomi

    June 10, 2022

    Dr. Tomi Suomi was awarded for the best Finnish Bioinformatics PhD thesis in 2020-2021 by the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics. The award was given at Read more

    The Academy of Finland funding to Michael Courtney and Hongbo Zhang

    June 2, 2022

    Michael Courtney from Turku Bioscience received funding of 497 881 euros from The Academy of Finland. His research topic is “Temporally-encoded intracellular signalling and its Read more