The Academy of Finland granted Johanna Ivaska €2,400,000 in funding for an Academy Professor position
The Academy of Finland granted our Group Leader, Professor Johanna Ivaska €2,400,000 in funding for an Academy Professor position to support research investigating how the stiffness and composition of the tissue surrounding a cancer tumor affect cancer development, drug sensitivity, and cell movement as cancer cells spread in the body.
– The Academy Professorship and the accompanying research funding are a wonderful recognition of my research group and the line of research we have chosen, which focuses on mechanisms,” Ivaska says.
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