Events archive

October 2020

08 Oct

Frontiers of Science: 2012 Nobel Laureate Brian K. Kobilka

October 8, 2020    
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
06 Oct

State-of-the-art methodologies in cancer research

October 6, 2020    
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

March 2020

12 Mar

Frontiers of Science: CANCELLED

March 12, 2020    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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CANCELLED! Dr. Ricardo Henriques, University College London, UK Democratising live-cell super-resolution microscopy enabled by open-source analytics in ImageJ host: Guillaume Jacquemet (guillaume.jacquemet@abo.fi)
11 Mar

Mikro Seminar: Current trends in influenza virus diagnostics

March 11, 2020    
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
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Matti Waris, University of Turku Current trends in influenza virus diagnostics
03 Mar

Cancer seminar: Clinically actionable mutations in high-grade serous ovarian cancer / Complement system in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

March 3, 2020    
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Kaisa Huhtinen Clinically actionable mutations in high-grade serous ovarian cancer Pilvi Riihilä Complement system in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma  

February 2020

26 Feb

Mikro Seminar: Group A Streptococci -from throat carriage to bacteremias with the focus on young women

February 26, 2020    
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
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Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, University of Turku Group A Streptococci -from throat carriage to bacteremias with the focus on young women
20 Feb

Receptor seminar: Illuminating Notch and Wnt signaling mechanisms through protein engineering

February 20, 2020    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Vincent C. Luca, PhD, Moffitt Cancer Center & University of South Florida Illuminating Notch and Wnt signaling mechanisms through protein engineering Host: Cecilia Sahlgren (cecilia.sahlgren@abo.fi) [...]
14 Feb

CompLifeSci Guest Seminar: Decoding cellular linguistics: A window into the architecture of cell type specific signaling

February 14, 2020    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Dr. Lauri Louhivuori, Dept of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Decoding cellular linguistics: A window into the architecture of cell type specific [...]
12 Feb

Mikro Seminar: Studies on the pathogenesis of Lyme borreliosis

February 12, 2020    
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
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Julia Cuellar, University of Turku Studies on the pathogenesis of Lyme borreliosis
06 Feb

Frontiers of Science: Connecting cell metabolism with DNA Damage Response

February 6, 2020    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Prof. Marco Foiani, IFOM, The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan Italy & University of Milan, Italy Connecting cell metabolism with DNA Damage Response Host: [...]
04 Feb

Cancer Research Seminar: Epigenetic Therapies for Breast Cancer? / Zebrafish as a model to study cancer

February 4, 2020    
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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  Anni Wärri Epigenetic Therapies for Breast Cancer? Ilkka Paatero Zebrafish as a model to study cancer

January 2020

30 Jan

Frontiers of Science: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory processes: from the membrane to the nucleus and from the lab bench to the bedside

January 30, 2020    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Prof. Philip Calder, University of Southampton, UK Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory processes: from the membrane to the nucleus and from the lab bench [...]

December 2019

12 Dec

Frontiers of Science: Mechanics and mechanisms of vascular tissue architecture and homeostasis

December 12, 2019    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Prof. Cecilia Sahlgren, Subject of Cell Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Finland; Department of Biomedical Engineering; Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Mechanics and mechanisms of [...]
11 Dec

Mikro Seminar: Immune defence in saliva

December 11, 2019    
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
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Vuokko Loimaranta, University of Turku Immune defence in saliva

November 2019

29 Nov

Receptor seminar: The Morphodynamics of Metastatic Cancer Cells

November 29, 2019    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
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Prof Chris Bakal Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK The Morphodynamics of Metastatic Cancer Cells Host: Johanna Ivaska Chris Bakal is Professor of Cancer Morphodynamics [...]
28 Nov

Frontiers of Science: Tumour cell dormancy in bone - role in breast cancer relapse

November 28, 2019    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Prof. Ingunn Holen, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, UK Tumour cell dormancy in bone - role in breast cancer relapse Host: Kaisa Ivaska [...]
27 Nov

Mikro Seminar: Ubiquitin signalling in intestinal inflammation - using Drosophila as a model to study chronic inflammation and host-microbe interactions

November 27, 2019    
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
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Annika Meinander, Åbo Akademi University Ubiquitin signalling in intestinal inflammation - using Drosophila as a model to study chronic inflammation and host-microbe interactions
27 Nov

Turku Cancer Research Society & Western Cancer Centre FICAN West celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Turku Cancer Research Society

November 27, 2019    
12:00 am
Turku Cancer Research Society & Western Cancer Centre FICAN West celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Turku Cancer Research Society Minisymposium in the afternoon & dinner [...]
21 Nov

Frontiers of Science: Synthetic biology - powering bioeconomy

November 21, 2019    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Prof. Merja Penttilä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland Synthetic biology - powering bioeconomy Host: Paula Mulo (pmulo@utu.fi) Merja Penttilä has been a [...]
14 Nov

Frontiers of Science: Membrane protein interactions and function viewed by molecular simulations

November 14, 2019    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Prof. Mark Sansom, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK Membrane protein interactions and function viewed by molecular simulations Host: Parthiban Marimuthu (Parthiban.Marimuthu@abo.fi) Mark Sansom [...]