The Academy of Finland Flagship Programme, Innovation Ecosystem Based on the Immune System, InFLAMES awarded fixed-term group leader positions to Dr. Tapio Lönnberg and Professor Matej Orešič. Tapio Lönnberg…
Funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation to Lea Sistonen and John Eriksson
The research groups of Lea Sistonen & John E. Eriksson receive 968.000 € for a research project to specifically target HPV-Driven Cancers Human papillomavirus (HPV) are viruses that most…
Professor Johanna Ivaska to the K. Albin Johansson Research Professor
The Finnish Cancer Institute in collaboration with the K. Albin Johansson Foundation has selected Professor Johanna Ivaska to the K. ALBIN JOHANSSON RESEARCH PROFESSOR, a 5-year professorship 1.1.2021-31.12.2025 CONGRATULATIONS!…
Understanding regulatory mechanisms of human T-helper 17 differentiation
Dissertation: Ankitha Shetty, M.Sc. 14.12.2020, medical microbiology and immunology Ankitha Shetty identified novel regulators of human Th17 differentiation and revealed the molecular mechanisms that dictate the lineage specification. …
New FIRI-funding decisions and Instrumentation to Turku Bioscience
Turku Bioscience was awarded 1.5 M€ by the Academy of Finland FIRI2020 program -Research infrastructures as collaborative platforms. Cutting-edge Immunoprofiling Director Riitta Lahesmaa, Deputy directors Eleanor Coffey and Tapio…
Academy of Finland Flagship program InFLAMES was funded!
Congratulations to Riitta Lahesmaa and other PI’s in our center. This profiles our universities and Centre in immunology! More information at Academy of Finland web site: https://www.aka.fi/en/about-us/whats-new/press-releases/20202/academy-of-finland-selects-four-new-finnish-flagships/…
Jukka Westermarck becomes Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
On the Finnish Independence Day, the President of the Republic of Finland and Grand Master of the of the Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of…
Turku Bioscience research groups receiving significant funding for 2020–2023 from the Flagship Programme of the Academy of Finland
The research and development initiative ‘Innovation Ecosystem Based on the Immune System (InFLAMES)’ has received €5.6M funding for 2020–2023 from the Flagship Programme of the Academy of Finland. The InFLAMES…
Atomic Force Microscopy: Describing the mechanical properties of diverse materials
In this interview, Camilo Guzmán, Manager of Euro-BioImaging’s Finnish Advanced Light Microscopy Node, explains how to use Atomic…
Researchers Develop a Simplified Method to Modify Disease Signaling with Light
Cellular optogenetics is a technique that allows researchers to use light to precisely control cell signaling and function in space and time enabling the investigation of mechanisms involved in disease…