Last week we stepped away from code for a development & recreation day✨
In the morning, we shared ideas to improve group’s collaboration. In the afternoon, we traded keyboards for clay at a pottery workshop.
Great ideas and creative energy!
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @utu.fi
Interested in reproducible analysis of DIA mass spectrometry data with open‑source tools? Check out glaDIAtor‑nf, our recently published Nextflow pipeline.
More details in Journal of Proteome Research: doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi
Our group leader, Matej Oresic, participated yesterday in a panel discussion organized by Sugar Science. The topic of the discussion was what the earliest detection of type 1 diabetes might look like. You can watch the discussion on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlMf...
Turku Bioscience Genome Editing Core is organizing a workshop on generating knock-out and knock-in modification using CRISPR/Cas9 technology with in vitro ribonucleoprotein complex delivery.
Read more & apply here: bioscience.fi/events/crisp...
#geneediting #crispr #cas9
My office view at @lp2mlab.bsky.social for a moment. Exited to work with talented people and cant wait to see what a amazing projects we can do together @turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi @univcotedazur.bsky.social @sigridjuselius.bsky.social
Postdocs wanted - Please spread the word! We are looking for one bioinformatician and 1-2 cell biologists with different expertise! See the job ad below for more information and links to the job descriptions!
The Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation awarded grants to 28 researchers at the University of Turku, including €50,000 to our centre’s director, Riitta Lahesmaa and @lahesmaalab.bsky.social
Congratulations Riitta!
www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...
Big ideas need big talent. We have several open positions from Project Researcher to Head of Research.
If you’re ready to lead, discover, and make impact—come work with us 👉 bioscience.fi/open-positio...
We are hiring!
Are you interested in applying artificial intelligence and high-performance computing in medical research?
Apply our open positions by Jan 26: ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi
A new interesting opening at our Microscopy Core Facility. There is still time to apply!
There is a permanent positon open at our centre. Read more & apply 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...
We proudly announce this year's Staff Children’s Christmas Card Competition winner!
Season's Greetings & Happy 2026 from everyone at Turku Bioscience!
The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation has awarded a four-year senior researcher grant of €700,000 to our affiliated group leader, Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo. Congratulations!
bioscience.fi/the-sigrid-j...
I'm honored to receive the 2025 Chancellor’s Prize at Åbo Akademi University. www.abo.fi/en/news/the-...
This award goes to my lab and my lab members ❤️
Science is also possible only in the right environment and
@aboakademi.bsky.social and @turkubioscience.bsky.social are amazing place to work
Medical association Duodecim selects each year persons that have been most influential in the field of medicine. This year´s list included two group leaders from Turku Bioscience Centre, Docent Sami Ventelä and Professor Jukka Westermarck. @westermarcklab.bsky.social
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Come and work with us, We are looking for a new group leader at Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social.
Åbo Akademi University invites applications for a fixed term position as Head of Research in Bioscience (Principle Investigator).
abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Several of our researchers and groups got funding in December. Congratulations to all!
bioscience.fi/new-funding-...
Åbo Akademi University invites applications for a fixed term position as Head of Research in Bioscience with the task to establish a new research group at our centre. The employment can commence from 1 May, 2026 for a period of 5 years.
Read more and apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Our affiliated group leader Arafath Najumudeen got the ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) hashtag #ERCCoG! Congratulations 🥳 bioscience.fi/our-affiliat...
Regulation of cell dynamics by rapid #integrin transport through the biosynthetic pathway. New study from Martina Lerche, Mathilde Mathieu, Johanna Ivaska @johannaivaska.bsky.social @ivaskalab.bsky.social @turkubioscience.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Adhesion #Cancer
What a week at #HUPO2025! Many ideas and new friends. The science is excellent, but the people make it special.
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi
Exciting to be in @lp2mlab.bsky.social making plans for the future visits and experiments related on macrophages together with Ivanov lab. @univcotedazur.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @turkubioscience.bsky.social
The annual TBC Science Day is drawing to a close — just one final session to go! 🎉 With around 170 participants, the energy has been incredible all day. Inspiring talks, lively discussions, and exciting research presentations have filled the program.
The Academy of Finland has awarded Academy Professor funding to our Group Leader Professor Johanna Ivaska for the period 2026–2031.
Congratulations Johanna, and also Professor Jani Erola, for such a prestigious nomination!
@johannaivaska.bsky.social @ivaskalab.bsky.social
Theatre met science on the Turku City Theatre stage. From ancient pottery shards to AI ethics.
#AkateeminenVartti
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @utu.fi
Microscopy Live: Imusolmuke lähikuvassa – tutustu kehon puolustuksen keskukseen, rakenteeseen, jossa immuniteetti saa alkunsa.
Tule tutustumaan siihen, miten keho puolustautuu taudinaiheuttajia vastaan!
Lisää tietoa tapahtumasta: bioscience.fi/events/micro...
Very exciting talk by Alberto Ballestin on acute impact of surgery on glioblastoma tissue @fibtra.bsky.social annual symposium in Turku.
There’s still time to apply! @lahesmaalab.bsky.social and @elolab.bsky.social are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to study T-cell responses in cancer and autoimmunity. Join their teams and make an impact in immunology. 🧬
Read more & apply here: ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...
Congratulations, Jonna, for the Young Investigator Award of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology! @alankolab.bsky.social
