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Professor Laura Elo receives award for outstanding research from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation – Turku Bioscience Centre

Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · 24m

Professor Laura Elo receives award for outstanding research from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation! Warmest congratulations! bioscience.fi/professor-la... @elolab.bsky.social

Researchers at Åbo Akademi University Discover a New Molecular Switch Regulating Breast Cancer Progression – Turku Bioscience Centre

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Finnish Society for Immunology @finnsocimm.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Susanna Fagerholm, for very interesting talk on dendritic cell mechanical immune memory and the audience for very active participation! @turkubioscience.bsky.social
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Elo Lab @elolab.bsky.social · 8d

Open seminar on open science! MBC had the great pleasure to host Alexandru Mahmoud from the Bioconductor Core Team. Automatic workshop creation with BuildABiocWorkshop will surely accelerate teaching of bioinformatics. Thanks, Alex!

@bioconductor.bsky.social @turkubioscience.bsky.social @utu.fi

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Sep 4

A research group led by our our affiliated group leader Professor Lea Sistonen at Åbo Akademi University has discovered a new mechanism that regulates breast cancer progression! bioscience.fi/researchers-...

Elias Tillandz Prize awarded at the BioCity Symposium to scientific publications on breast cancer recurrence and cancer gene overactivation

Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations @westermarcklab.bsky.social and @ivaskalab.bsky.social ! www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...

The Elias Tillandz prize for the best scientific publication of 2024 was presented for two groundbreaking cancer studies.

New diagnostic breakthrough predicts which head and neck cancer patients can be cured with surgery alone

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Elo Lab @elolab.bsky.social · Aug 28

MBC is represented at the 34th BioCity Symposium!
Check out posters:
#95: “Coralysis – sensitive integration of single-cell data”
#5: "A Computational Framework for Phosphoproteome Analysis in Inborn Errors of Immunity"
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi
#BioCity2025

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Jul 23

Excellent news from Westermarck lab and our affiliated research group led by Sami Ventelä.

@Westermarcklab @westermarcklab.bsky.social · Jul 23

Particularly proud of this collaboration with Sami Ventela and all Finnish #HNSCC clinics revealing LIMA1-alpha as translatable biomarker for selection of HNSCC patients for surgery-only therapies.
www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Researchers developed a diagnostic test based on the LIMA1-alpha protein to distinguish patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who can be cured with surgery alone, without the need for

Professor Riitta Lahesmaa has been elected as a member of EMBO

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Elo Lab @elolab.bsky.social · Jul 2

What does it take to build a T cell atlas? We break it down in our latest review.
👉 Now out in Immunology & Cell Biology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Tcells #SingleCell #Immunology #ReviewArticle #CellAtlas
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Jul 2

A great opportunity is waiting for you! Grab it now 👉

Elo Lab @elolab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Come work with us! We are looking for an IT professional to join our bionformatics core facility team 💻✨

Read full description and apply by Aug 28
👉 bit.ly/4lsGGsZ

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations to Riitta Lahesmaa on being elected as a member of @embo.org A well-deserved honor! @lahesmaalab.bsky.social

Turun yliopisto - University of Turku @utu.fi · Jul 1

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has selected Professor Riitta Lahesmaa from the University of Turku as its member. The organisation annually elects new members based on scientific merit.

Congratulations on the election! 🌼

www.utu.fi/en/news/news...

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has selected Professor Riitta Lahesmaa from the University of Turku as its member.

Researchers elucidate the role of jaundice during malaria as a metabolic response against Plasmodium infection – Turku Bioscience Centre

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Jun 13

Read the article in English here: bioscience.fi/researchers-...

Syöpätutkija Johanna Ivaskalle 100 000 euron tiedepalkinto

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Jun 13

Researchers from the TBC @elolab.bsky.social collaborated with a leading malaria research group at Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) in Portugal to elucidate a metabolite-based defense mechanism against malaria severity

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · Jun 13

Here is the link to English language article: malariaseverity.https://bioscience.fi/researchers-elucidate-the-role-of-jaundice-during-malaria-as-a-metabolic-response-against-plasmodium-infection/

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Johanna Ivaska @johannaivaska.bsky.social · May 20

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Great recognition to @ivaskalab.bsky.social research at @turkubioscience.bsky.social the Finnish Science Prize
thanks to all my international friends and colleagues over the years

Ivaskan työryhmä tutkii syöpäsolujen liikkumista ja leviämistä.

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@Westermarcklab @westermarcklab.bsky.social · Jun 2

Absolutely catapulting quadrable WEKK (Westermarck, Elenius, Kurppa, Kauko) retreat @Villa Wolax. Fantastic science, discussions, sauna, food, wine, colleagues @turkubioscience.bsky.social @medicity.bsky.social

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InFLAMES Research Flagship @inflames-flagship.bsky.social · Jun 3

Syövän nykyisillä lääkkeillä ei voida estää syövän leviämistä. Tilanne saattaa muuttua, sillä tutkijamme ovat kehittäneet tavan kuvata syöpäsolun sisäistä signalointia, joka on edellytys solun liikkumiselle.
#Illusia
@johannaivaska.bsky.social @ivaskalab.bsky.social @turkubioscience.bsky.social

Uusi koetin tekee näkyväksi syöpäsolun viestinnän, tutkijat voivat käyttää tietoa rintasyövän leviämisen estossa - InFLAMES-lippulaiva

Turun yliopistossa ja Turun biotiedekeskuksessa toimiva tutkimusryhmä on kehittänyt tavan kuvata leviävien rintasyöpäsolujen soluviestintää. Menetelmä on paljastunut, että muihin syöpätyyppeihin parha...

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · May 21

InFLAMES Corporate Corner goes SHIFT – Leadership in Innovation!

Truly inspiring insights today from Outi Vaarala of Orion Pharma on what defines impactful R&D leadership. Huge thanks to @inflames-flagship.bsky.social and Shift Business Festival for hosting such a thought-provoking event!

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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · May 20

We are very proud to announce @johannaivaska.bsky.social as the recipient of the Biennial Finnish Science Award, given by the Finnish Ministry of Education & Culture. Johanna was described as a distinguished researcher with pioneering work in cell biology. Warmest congrats from all of us, boss!

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · May 20

Huge congratulations to Professor Johanna Ivaska on receiving the Finnish Science Award 2024! 👏 It's an honor to have you at Turku Bioscience! @ivaskalab.bsky.social

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Finnish Science Award to Professor Johanna Ivaska – Turku Bioscience Centre

Dissertation defence (Medical Microbiology and Immunology): MSc Inna Starskaia

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Elo Lab @elolab.bsky.social · May 20

It’s good to get out of the lab once and a while! MBC playing Finnish baseball on our recreational day ⚾
@turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi

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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · May 14

Inna Starskaia from @lahesmaalab.bsky.social defends the dissertation in Medical Microbiology and Immunology titled “Early immune response in children developing type 1 diabetes” at the University of Turku on 16 May www.utu.fi/en/news/even...

MSc Inna Starskaia defends the dissertation in Medical Microbiology and Immunology titled “Early immune response in children developing type 1 diabetes” at the University of Turku on 16 May 2025 at 12...

Dissertation defence (Medical Microbiology and Immunology): MSc Karoliina Hirvonen

Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · May 14

Karoliina Hirvonen from @lahesmaalab.bsky.social defends the dissertation in Medical Microbiology and Immunology titled “Proteomics Insights into Type 1 Diabetes Development – Investigating Changes in Serum Proteome and the Role of Persistent Enterovirus Infection” www.utu.fi/en/news/even...

MSc Karoliina Hirvonen defends the dissertation in Medical Microbiology and Immunology titled “Proteomics Insights into Type 1 Diabetes Development – Investigating Changes in Serum Proteome and the Ro...