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 Cancer Research (EACR) executive board.
Researchers Develop a New Method for Studying Functionality of Microbiota
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 broad potential for the study…
Johanna Ivaska chosen as EMBO Council Member from 2023
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 2022. EMBO Council is the…
Oxana Denisova receives 30 000 grant from Aamu foundation
Oxana Denisova receives 30 000 grant from Aamu foundation for her research on ‘PP2A in medulloblastoma therapy resistance: novel opportunities for targeted therapeutics.’ – My current research interest belongs…
Scandinavian Society for Immunology Young Investigator award to Tapio Lönnberg
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 as a group leader and…
New Study: Stress-Specific Genome-Wide Programs of Genes and Enhancers
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 involves both upregulation and downregulation…
Bioinformatics thesis award to Tomi Suomi
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 this year’s Bioinformatics Day organized…
The Academy of Finland funding to Michael Courtney and Hongbo Zhang
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 impact on single cell integration…
University of Turku has awarded Title of Docent to Sami Ventelä and Santosh Lamichhane
The University of Turku, Department of Clinical Medicine has awarded the Title of Docent (Adjunct Professor) in Otorhinolaryngology to Senior Research Fellow and Affiliated Group Leader, MD Sami Ventelä and…
New funding for studying missense mutants of SynGAP1 suspected to cause non-syndromic intellectual disability
20 May 2022 Our lab is delighted to have been awarded funding from the SynGAP Research Fund US, SynGAP Research Fund EU and Leon and friends e.V. for a new…