Upcoming FoS events

BioCity Turku arranges every semester Frontiers of Science (FoS) seminars, which brings BioCity Turku researchers together to listen to prominent international scientists.

All seminars are on Thursdays at 12:00. On-site only, no recording nor broadcasting. Coffee and sandwich served at 11:45, first come first served!

November 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Angela Falciatore

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Angela Falciatore

November 5, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Frontiers of Science 5th November at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2026 poster Prof. Angela Falciatore, CNRS Sorbonne Université, France Exploring marine diatom [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Miguel Soares

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Miguel Soares

November 12, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
12th November at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2026 poster Prof. Miguel Soares, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal Metabolic adaptation as [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph

November 19, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
19th November at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2026 poster Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph, WashU Medicine, USA The 3 L’s converge: Lymphoid tissue, [...]
CANCELLED Frontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia

CANCELLED Frontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia

November 26, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
THIS FoS SEMINAR IS CANCELLED an postponed to January 2027 Prof. Maria Sibilia, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Harnessing innate immunity to treat metastatic cancer: [...]

December 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Thomas Helleday

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Thomas Helleday

December 10, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
10th December at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2026 poster Prof. Thomas Helleday, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Targeting cancer by oncogenic trapping: From [...]

January 2027

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia

January 28, 2027    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
28th January at 12:00-13:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Maria Sibilia, Center for Cancer Researcher, Medical Univeristy of Vienna, Austria Harnessing innate immunity [...]

February 2027

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Cecilia Williams

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Cecilia Williams

February 18, 2027    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
18th February at 12:00-13:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Cecilia Williams, KTH and KI, Sweden Title TBA Host: Jorma Määttä (jmaatta@utu.fi)   More [...]

March 2027

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Caroline Dive

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Caroline Dive

March 18, 2027    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
18th March at 12:00-13:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Caroline Dive, Cancer Research UK Title TBA Host: Jukka Westermarck (jukwes@utu.fi)   More information [...]

April 2027

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Roland Rad

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Roland Rad

April 15, 2027    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
15th April at 12:00-13:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Roland Rad, Technische Universität München, Germany Title TBA Host: Jukka Westermarck (jukwes@utu.fi)   More [...]

October 2027

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sara Sigismund

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sara Sigismund

October 14, 2027    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
14th October at 12:00-13:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Sara Sigismund, IEO Milan, Italy Title TBA Host: Johanna Ivaska (joivaska@utu.fi)   More information [...]