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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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