Greetings from our (old) new Group Leader Hello everyone, I recently started as a group leader at Turku Bioscience (TBC) and am one of the new heads of our microscopy facility, now called the Advanced Imaging Centre. While my role as group le...

Spring greetings from our (old) new Group Leader @guijacquemet.bsky.social. Guillaume was our affiliated group leader for a long time and recently became a Group Leader and one of the new Heads of Microscopy Facility at our centre. Read about hsi work 👉 bioscience.fi/greetings-fr...

FIMM High Content Imaging and Analysis unit is organizing symposium poster

📢FIMM High Content Imaging and Analysis unit is organizing symposium

“From Cells to Systems: Advances in High-Content Imaging and 3D Image Analysis”

🗓️ 9:00-17:00, May 12, 2026
📍 Biomedicum 1, Helsinki, Finland
⏳ Registration deadline: May 5, 2026
🔗 www.lyyti.fi/reg/from_cel...

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has granted nearly €1 million to support research led by Professor Jukka Westermarck 993 000 € was granted to a research project led by our Group Leader Professor Jukka Westermarck titled “Small-molecule targeting and nuclear functions of CIP2A in triple-negative breast cancer.” The p...

Great funding news! Congratulations Jukka!
bioscience.fi/the-jane-and... @westermarcklab.bsky.social

Restoring the tumour mechanophenotype of vocal fold cancer reverts its malignant properties - Nature Materials Vocal fold cancer tumours lose some of their malignant traits when mechanically stimulated by physiological stretch or vibrations, mimicking the opening and closing of vocal folds and phonation.

What music should we play to our cells? This was the start of an amazing journey from @ivaskalab.bsky.social at @turkubioscience.bsky.social with Jasmin Kaivola and collaborators @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and others to explore larynx cancer mechanosensitivity!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First of all, thanks to all the authors @marcelarivera.bsky.social, Bruno Saraiva, @henriqueslab.bsky.social, and @guijacquemet.bsky.social
(@turkubioscience.bsky.social, @inflames-flagship.bsky.social, @itqbnova.bsky.social, @ucllifesciences.bsky.social)

We had a pleasure to have students visiting from Ivanov's lab @lp2mlab.bsky.social @univcotedazur.bsky.social in Turku @turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi. What a week! Full of experiments and scientific discussions.

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

Complete Data Analysis Workflow for Quantitative DIA Mass Spectrometry Using Nextflow Data-independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry is a technique used in proteomics to identify and quantify proteins in complex biological samples. While this comprehensive approach yields more co...

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

Finnish Cultural Foundation Awards Funding to Turku Bioscience Researchers We are pleased to announce recent funding from The Finnish Cultural Foundation: Congratulations to all recipients on their well-deserved success!

bioscience.fi/finnish-cult...

Panel: What would the earliest detection of Type 1 Diabetes look like? YouTube video by The Sugar Science

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!

Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin säätiöltä apurahoja lasten, nuorten ja ikääntyneiden hyvinvointia edistävälle tutkimukselle Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin säätiö myönsi apurahan 28:lle Turun yliopiston tutkijalle. Säätiö myönsi lukumäärällisesti eniten apurahoja Turun yliopistoon.

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...

Open Positions Open Positions Other Opportunities Internship inquiries: Please send a motivation letter and CV directly to the group leader in your area of research interest. Explore our research page for more infor...

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 senior researcher posts grant to Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation has awarded a four-year senior researcher grant of €700,000 to our affiliated group leader, Carlos Rogerio Figueiredo. The senior researcher grants are designed for adju...

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...

Henrik Saxén and Guillaume Jacquemet are awarded the 2025 Chancellor’s Prize at Åbo Akademi University Professor Henrik Saxén and Associate Professor Guillaume Jacquemet both receive a prize from Chancellor Marianne Stenius for their successful research at Åbo Akademi University.

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

Sami Ventelä and Jukka Westermarck recognized by Medical Association Duodecim for their influential 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 V...

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
bioscience.fi/sami-ventela...

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_...

New Funding for our Centre’s Researchers Warm congratulations to all for their funding! Cancer Foundation Finland Project grants Travel grants The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters – The Väisälä Fund The Finnish Brain Foundation The Ori...

Several of our researchers and groups got funding in December. Congratulations to all!

bioscience.fi/new-funding-...

Head of Research in Bioscience, 1.5.2026-30.4.2031

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 Rafa Najumudeen secures ERC Consolidator Grant The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant to our affiliated Group Leader, Rafa Najumudeen from FIMM, University of Helsinki, to investigate the metabolic landscape of intest...

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