BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:908@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261210T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261211T170000 DTSTAMP:20260324T071408Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/fat-in-focus-finland-2026/ SUMMARY:Fat in Focus Finland 2026 DESCRIPTION:10th-11th Decemeber\nOnsite event\nin Haartman Lecture Hall (T- hospital\, TYKS)\n\nFat in Focus Finland 2026 (FFF2026)\nA Symposium on Bu ilding a National Platform for Adipose Tissue Research Methods\n\nFinland has strong adipose tissue research across brown\, white\, and bone marrow fat\, using complementary approaches including human imaging and physiolog y (PET/MRI/CT)\, clinical cohorts\, spheroids/3D in vitro models\, organ-o n-chip platforms\, animal models\, omics/fluxomics\, and data science. How ever\, collaboration is often constrained by a fragmented methodological l andscape: researchers do not always fully understand what other methods ca n resolve\, or how to integrate them into shared\, multiscale study design s.\n\nFat in Focus Finland is a new opening that puts methodology at the c entre: what each method measures\, its limitations\, and how to combine me thods across scales (molecules → cells → tissues → whole body). The aim is to catalyse Finland-wide collaborations and EU-competitive consorti a by building a shared methodological language and generating concrete joi nt project concepts.\n\nSo save the dates from you agenda and keep your ea rs open for more event details! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 11/general-molecules-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:872@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261203T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260204T104039Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/fontiers-of-science-prof-maria-sibilia/ SUMMARY:Fontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia DESCRIPTION:3rd December at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, Presidentti a uditorium\n\nProf. Maria Sibilia\, Center for Cancer Researcher\, Medical Univeristy of Vienna\, Austria\nTitle TBA \n\nHost: Johanna Ivaska (joivas ka@utu.fi)\n\nMore information TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/biocity-turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:871@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261119T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261119T130000 DTSTAMP:20260204T103653Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-gwendalyn-ran dolph/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph DESCRIPTION:19 November at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, Presidentti au ditorium\n\nProf. Gwendalyn Randolph\, University of Washington\nTitle TBA \n\nHost: Sirpa Jalkanen (sirjal@utu.fi)\n\nMore information TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/biocity-turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:832@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261112T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261112T130000 DTSTAMP:20260204T103355Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-miguel-soares / SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Miguel Soares DESCRIPTION:12th November 2026\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, B ioCity\n\nDr. Miguel Soares\, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine\ , Portugal\nMetabolic adaptation as a defence strategy against infection\n \n\nHost: Antonio Sousa (aggode@utu.fi)\n\nMore information TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/biocity-turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:870@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261105T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261105T130000 DTSTAMP:20260204T103329Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-2/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Angela Falciatore DESCRIPTION:5th November at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, Presidentti a uditorium\n\nProf. Angela Falciatore\, CNRS Sorbonne Université\, France\ nTitle TBA\n\nHost: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi)\n\nMore informat ion TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/biocity-turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:909@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261029T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261030T160000 DTSTAMP:20260324T071851Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/turku-biomaterials-days-2026/ SUMMARY:Turku Biomaterials Days 2026 DESCRIPTION:29th-30th October\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, Bi oCity\n\nAnnual Biomaterials Days is arranged again in the last week of Oc tober.\n\nBook the date from your agendas and stay tuned for more updates! \n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/BioMe d-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:869@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261022T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261022T130000 DTSTAMP:20260204T103052Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/fronteirs-of-science-prof-william-staff ord-noble/ SUMMARY:Fronteirs of Science: Prof. William Stafford Noble DESCRIPTION:22nd October at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, Presidentti a uditorium\n\nProf. William Stafford Noble\, University of Washington\, USA \nTitle TBA\n\nHost: Balazs Balint (babali@utu.fi)\n\nMore information TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/biocity-turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:868@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261008T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261008T130000 DTSTAMP:20260204T102506Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-markus-linder / SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Markus Linder DESCRIPTION:8th October at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, Presidentti au ditorium\n\nProf. Markus Linder\, Aalto University\, Finland\nTitle TBA\n\ nHost: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi)\n\nMore information TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/biocity-turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:907@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTSTAMP:20260324T071432Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/health-campus-turku-ten-year-anniversar y/ SUMMARY:Health Campus Turku ten-year anniversary DESCRIPTION:1st October\nOnsite event\nin Astra\n\nHealth Campus Turku turn s teenager and celebrates its ten-year anniversary. Keep the date booked i n your agendas and follow Health Campus Turku newsfeed for more details.\n \nhttps://healthcampusturku.fi/en/front-page/ \n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Healt h-Campus-Turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:867@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260924T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260924T130000 DTSTAMP:20260204T102252Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-tba/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: TBA DESCRIPTION:24th September at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, Presidentti auditorium\n\nSpeaker and title TBA\nHost: Klaus Elenius (klaele@utu.fi)\ n\nMore information TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/biocity-turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:794@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260827T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260828T163000 DTSTAMP:20260330T184442Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/35th-biocity-symposium-vision-expanded/ SUMMARY:35th BioCity Symposium: VISION\, EXPANDED DESCRIPTION:27th-28th August 2026\nOnsite event\nin Mauno Koivisto Centre\, BioCity\, Turku\n\nTurku is the beating heart of European imaging! The 35 th BioCity Symposium “Vision\, Expanded” brings together leading mind s from academia and industry to explore imaging’s central role in life s cience discovery. The Symposium will spotlight cutting-edge advances in li ght microscopy\, PET imaging\, and AI-powered image analysis\, while foste ring dialogue on data integration\, emerging scientific applications\, and translational potential. Expect high-level talks and vibrant discussion t hat push the boundaries of imaging science.\n\nRegistration to the event i s now open\, click!\n\nSubmit your abstract at latest Friday 5 June 2026\, there is quota of 125. First come first serve!\nRegister to the event at latest Friday 14 August 2026\n\nInvited Speakers\nSally Eldeghaidy\, Unive rsity of Nottingham\, UK\nRicardo Henriques\, ITQB NOVA\, Portugal\nHarry Hu\, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville\, Florida\, USA\nTeemu Ihalainen\, Tampere U niversity\, Finland\nSinem Karaman\, University of Helsinki\, Finland\nKar olina Punovuori\, MultivisionDx Oy\; University of Helsinki\, Finland\nJö rg Renkawitz\, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München\, Germany\nVera Sc hrauwen\, German Diabetes Center\, Germany\nSamantha Stehbens\, The Univer sity of Queensland\, Australia\n\n \;\n\nAll updates and latest inform ation is in the event webpage: https://biocityturku.fi/biocity-symposium/\ n\n \;\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/banne rs_square_smallest.png CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:889@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260611T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260612T160000 DTSTAMP:20260302T074122Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/the-annual-conference-of-the-finnish-at herosclerosis-society/ SUMMARY:The annual conference of The Finnish Atherosclerosis Society DESCRIPTION:11th–12th June\nOnsite event\nin in Alhopuro Hall\, Medisiina D\nFlyer\n\nThe Finnish Atherosclerosis Society (SATY ry) promotes scient ific research and educational activities related to atherosclerosis in Fin land. It organizes an annual scientific meeting\, provides travel grants f or trainees to attend scientific conferences\, and supports knowledge shar ing in the field. SATY ry also acts as Finland's representative within the European Atherosclerosis Society. More information\, including applicatio n for membership\, is available on the SATY website.\n\nThe annual confere nce of the SATY 2026 will be organized at the Alhopuro Hall\, Medisiina D\ , University of Turku. The meeting will start at noon on Thursday June 11t h and end on Friday June 12th at 16:15.\n\nThe theme of the conference is ’From cellular mechanisms to early prevention and detection of atheroscl erosis throughout the life-course’.\n\nThe SATY annual conference repres ents a broad spectrum of basic\, translational\, and clinical research ran ging from cellular metabolism to life-course prevention and detection of a therosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. You can shape the final program by submitting an abstract. Oral and poster presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts\, providing opportunities for researchers at all career stages\, including early-career researchers.\n\nPlenary lectures:\ nProf. Terence Dwyer (Murdoch Children's Research Institute\, Australia)\n Prof. Johan Björkegren (Karolinska Institutet\, Sweden)\nAssociate Prof. Jeffrey Kroon (Amsterdam UMC\, Netherlands)\nProf. Borja Ibánãz (online lecture\, CNIC\, Spain)\n\nConference registration and lunch on Friday are free of charge for all researchers affiliated with a university or an aca demic research institute. An extra registration fee of 25€ for the confe rence dinner applies.\n\nFaculty of Medicine Postgraduate Education Unit h as granted a PGE course status for the conference. Graduate and post-gradu ate students may receive ECTS as follows: 1 ECTS for attending the entire meeting\, 1 ECTS for oral presentation.\n\nWe would like to encourage all participants to submit abstracts. The deadline for abstract submission is March 29th\, 2026\, and the deadline for registration is April 26th\, 2026 .\n\nRegistration link: https://link.webropol.com/s/saty2026-registration\ nAbstract submission link: https://link.webropol.com/s/saty2026-abstract-s ubmission.\n\nOrganising team for the conference: Juha Mykkänen\, Suvi Ro vio\, Marja Heiskanen\, Mia Ståhle\, Joonas Lehto\, Teemu Maaniitty\, Juh ani Knuuti\, Antti Saraste\, Tuomas Kiviniemi and Olli Raitakari.\n\nIf yo u have any questions\, please contact Juha Mykkänen\, juha.mykkanen@utu.f i ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/SATY- thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:877@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260609T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260609T150000 DTSTAMP:20260305T062416Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/immunology-seminar-zitvogel/ SUMMARY:Immunology Seminar: Zitvogel DESCRIPTION:9th June at 14:00-15:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\n\nLaurence Zitv ogel\, Paris-Saclay University\, France\nTitle TBA\n\nHost: Riitta Lahesma a (rilahes@utu.fi)\n\nLink to join the seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/6488 3693162\n\n \;\n\nRegister for the Immunology Seminar Series email lis t to get calendar invitations to the online seminars: https://link.webropo lsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\n\nImmunology seminar series is jointly or ganised by the Finnish Society for Immunology\, InFLAMES Flagship and Turk u Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä  (ankahy@u tu.fi) or Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)\, University of Turku.\n\n  \;\n\nMore information closer to the event from https://bioscience.fi/even ts/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/TBC-t humbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:906@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260609T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260612T170000 DTSTAMP:20260323T095025Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/sigrid-juselius-symposium-2026/ SUMMARY:Sigrid Juselius Symposium 2026 DESCRIPTION:9th–12th June\nOnsite event\nin Hanaholmen\, Espoo\n\nWe have the pleasure to cordially invite you to\nSigrid Jusélius Symposium 2026: AI Transforming Life Sciences and Medicine\n\nThe symposium brings togeth er leading researchers across AI\, life sciences\, medicine\, and research infrastructures to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming bi omedical research and healthcare.\n\nThe organizing committee includes sev eral members of the bioscience community in Turku\, as well as colleagues from the ELLIS Institute and many other familiar national and internati onal partners. We strongly encourage all colleagues who can attend to re gister early\, as interest is already very high and the meeting will likel y fill up quickly. You are also warmly welcome to submit a poster abstrac t\, which would be a great opportunity to showcase work from the Turku com munity and receive feedback from a top-level international audience.\n\nTh e symposium is free of charge\, but participants should arrange their own accommodation.\n\nTake a look at the practicalities and register at the ev ent website: https://www.sigridjuselius.fi/symposium/\n\nShould you have a ny questions\, Nancy (nancy.aguirre@eurobioimaging.eu) and Anting (antili@ utu.fi) are happy to assist you.\n\nWe hope to see many of you at Hanahol men in June! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/jusel ius-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:888@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260605T160000 DTSTAMP:20260302T073730Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/european-bioconductor-conference-eurobi oc2026/ SUMMARY:European Bioconductor Conference\, EuroBioC2026 DESCRIPTION:1st-5th June\nOnsite event\nin BioCity\, Turku\, Finland\nMore information: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/\n\nOne of the world’ s largest open-source research communities will convene in Turku in summer 2026\, as the European Bioconductor Conference is held in Finland for the first time. EuroBioC2026 will bring together researchers\, software devel opers and data scientists in bioinformatics and computational biology from across Europe and beyond.\n\nEuroBioC2026 will take place in Turku on the first week of June 2026. The event is organised in collaboration by the F innish Society for Bioinformatics\, BioCity Turku research programme CompL ifeSci\, and the international Bioconductor community.\n\nThe three-day co nference along with the two workshop days will provide an up-to-date overv iew of Bioconductor software development and emerging technologies shaping computational biology and bioinformatics. The programme will include invi ted keynote talks\, scientific presentations\, workshops\, and networking opportunities within the international research community.\n\nBioconductor is one of the largest bioinformatics software projects in the world. Its mission is to develop high-quality open-source software on multiple platfo rms for bioinformatics and computational biology. An active and inclusive community of developers and data scientists lies at the heart of Bioconduc tor’s success\, fostering openness\, collaboration and knowledge sharing .\n\nThe EuroBioC2026 speaker lineup features internationally recognised e xperts from across the field of bioinformatics and data science.\n\nMore i nformation from the event web page: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/bioco nductor-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:905@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260529T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260529T170000 DTSTAMP:20260323T094559Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/bioinformatics-day-2/ SUMMARY:Bioinformatics Day 2026 DESCRIPTION:29th May at 10:00-17:00\nOnsite event\nin CSC – IT Center for Science\, Keilaranta 14\, Espoo\nFlyer\n\nBioinformatics Day is Finland ’s largest free bioinformatics conference\, an annual event full of scie nce and networking. It offers a wonderful opportunity to present your work in a talk or a poster and to connect with leading bioinformaticians in th e field. In 2026\, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the event\, organi zed by the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics in collaboration with HIIT\, HiLife\, and CSC.\n\nThe keynote speakers are:\nHimel Mallick from Cornel l University\, USA\nTommi Vatanen from the University of Helsinki\nPäivi Onkamo from the University of Turku\n\nThere will also be outstanding tal ks selected from abstracts\, many inspiring posters\, countless awesome p eople\, delicious free food\, and perfectly roasted coffee. After the mai n event\, the speakers and poster presenters are invited to continue the c elebrations at the rooftop networking event. Submit your work as a poster or a talk to secure a spot at the spectacular afterparty!\n\nSign up now! Capacity is limited\, and the spots will fill up fast! Sign-up here\n\nFi nd the program and more information about Bioinformatics Day here: Bioinfo rmatics Day – Finnish Society for Bioinformatics\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/finni sh-society-for-bioinformatics-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:904@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260527T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260527T180000 DTSTAMP:20260323T094209Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-corporate-corner-4/ SUMMARY:InFLAMES Corporate Corner DESCRIPTION:27th May at 11:30-18:00\nOnsite event\nin Cave\, Joki Innovatio n Centre\n\nThe SHIFT is a business and innovation festival held at the Vi sitor and Innovation Centre Joki and BioCity building. For the second time \, the InFLAMES Corporate Corner is being organised as an official SHIFT s ide event. The Corporate Corner will be held on May 27\, the day before th e main SHIFT festival.\n\nAt the upcoming InFLAMES Corporate Corner\, titl ed Immunology bioclusters driving economic growth\, we will explore how im munology drives economic growth in Finland\, France\, Spain\, and througho ut Europe.\n\nSecure your place as soon as registration opens. Attendance is limited to 100 participants!\n\n \;\n\nConfirmed speakers at InFLAM ES Corporate Corner are:\nChief Economist Mauri Kotamäki\, Finnvera\nVice -President of the A• Midex Foundation\, Director Denis Bertin\, Marseill e Immunology Biocluster\, France\nDirector of Innovation Lidia Aguilera\, CaixaResearch Institute\, Spain\nPD Dr. Epameinondas Gousopoulos\, Plastic &\; Reconstructive &\; Aesthetic Surgeon &\; Co-Founder IRÄYE A G\, Switzerland\nPartner Pekka Simula\, Innovestor\, Finland\nDirector of BioCity Turku\, Professor Klaus Elenius\, University of Turku\nProfessor o f Practice Timo Veromaa\, University of Turku\n\n \;\n\nMore informati on about the event from https://inflames.utu.fi/events/inflames-corporate- corner-goes-shift/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:903@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260522T111500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260522T154500 DTSTAMP:20260323T094053Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infectomics-seminar/ SUMMARY:Infectomics Seminar DESCRIPTION:22nd May at 11:15-15:45\nOnsite event\nin Lauren 2\, Medisiina D\nFlyer\n\nSingle-Cell Microbiomics: From Genome to Metabolome Challenges and Opportunities\n\nThis meeting aims to explore the prospects and chall enges of applying single-cell approaches to prokaryotic systems\, while al so reflecting on what can be learned from recent advances in single-cell r esearch on eukaryotic microorganisms. By bringing together expertise from genomics\, transcriptomics\, proteomics\, and metabolomics\, the seminar w ill highlight emerging technologies and discuss future opportunities for i ntegrative single-cell microbiomics.\n\n \;\n\nProgramme\n\n11:15–12 :00 Salad buffet\n12:00–12:05 Welcome and opening remarks\nProf. Jukka H ytönen and Adj. Prof. Santosh Lamichhane\n\nSession 1 - Eukaryotes\n12:05 –12:40 Why Single-Cell Research Began: Lessons from Immune Cells Adj.\nP rof. Tapio Lönnberg\, Turku Bioscience\, University of Turku and Åbo Aca demy\n12:40–13:00 Decoding Borrelia infection – from transcriptomics t o molecular mechanisms.\nVarpu Rinne\, Institute of Biomedicine\, Universi ty of Turku\n13:00–13:40 Mass spectrometry-based single-cell omics: Prot eomics meets metabolomics\nResearch Director Otto Kauko &\; Adj. Prof. Alex Dickens\, Turku Bioscience\, University of Turku and Åbo Academy\n\n 13:40–14:00 Coffee break\n\nSession 1 - Single-Cell Research to Prokary otes\n14:00–14:40 Investigating microbial life in their natural habitats using single cell transcriptomics.\nAdj. Prof. Manu Tamminen\, Department of Biology\, University of Turku\n14:40–15:20: Host-microbe metabolic i nteractions at the micrometer scale.\nProf. Manuel Liebeke\, University of Kiel\, Germany\n15:20–15:45 Discussion and Closing remarks\nAdj. Prof. Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela and Santosh Lamichhane\n\n \;\n\nPlease register via: https://eve.utu.fi/event/184/\n\nNote: Salad buffet limited to first 50 registrants. So hurry up!\n\n \;\n\nMore information abou t the event contact Santosh Lamichhane: santosh.lamichhane@utu.fi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/thumb -SCmicrobiomics.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:853@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260521T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260521T130000 DTSTAMP:20260324T072743Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-sussan-noursh argh/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sussan Nourshargh DESCRIPTION:21st May 2026 at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium \, BioCity\nSpring 2026 program\n\nProf. Sussan Nourshargh\, Queen Mary Un iversity of London\, UK\nNeutrophil breaching of microvessels: Regulation &\; dysregulation\n\nHost: Sirpa Jalkanen (sirjal@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and disc uss with Prof. Nourshargh after the seminar. This is a great possibility t o learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connections fo r future. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch .\n\nIf you got interested\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscien ce.fi\n\n \;\n\nNoursharg lab aims to unravel the cellular and molecul ar basis of several fundamental aspects of immunity\, inflammation and vas cular biology. Most notably the team has made internationally rated contri butions to the mechanisms through which white blood cells (in particular n eutrophils) breach blood vessel walls to enter inflamed tissues.​ Princi pal research objectives include i) investigations into the molecular and c ellular basis of white blood cell trafficking (in particular neutrophils) in response to inflammatory insults ii) Exploring the interplay between va scular\, tissue and immune cells that regulate vascular integrity and func tion\, and iii) investigating the above fundamental concepts under physiol ogical and pathological conditions and in response to ageing. ​The team employs a multidisciplinary approach in addressing its objectives and in p articular applies advanced microscopy techniques (e.g. confocal intravital microscopy) to analyse white blood cell behaviours in relation to blood v essel walls.\n\n \;\n\nSelected publications\n\nRolas L\, Stein M\, Ba rkaway A\, …\, Gaston-Massuet C\, Fossati-Jimack L\, Pitzalis C\, Cooper D\, Nightingale TD\, Lopez-Otin C\, Lewis MJ\, Nourshargh S. 2024. Senesc ent endothelial cells promote pathogenic neutrophil trafficking in inflame d tissues. EMBO Rep. 2024 Sep\;25(9):3842-3869\n\nBenedicto I\, Carmona RM \, Barettino A\, Espinós-Estévez C\, Gonzalo P\, Nevado RM\, de la Fuent e-Pérez M\, Andrés-Manzano MJ\, González-Gómez C\, Rolas L\, Dorado B\ , Nourshargh S\, Hamczyk MR\, Andrés V. 2024. Exacerbated atherosclerosis in progeria is prevented by progerin elimination in vascular smooth muscl e cells but not endothelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 30\; 121(18):e2400752121.\n\nJoulia R\, Guerrero-Fonseca IM\, Girbl T\, Coates JA\, Stein M\, Vázquez-Martínez L\, Lynam E\, Whiteford J\, Schnoor M\, Voehringer D\, Roers A\, Nourshargh S\, Voisin MB. 2022. Neutrophil breach ing of the blood vessel pericyte layer during diapedesis requires mast cel l-derived IL-17A. Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 17\;13(1):7029.\n\nReglero-Real N\, Pérez-Gutiérrez L\, Yoshimura A\, …\, Nightingale TD\, Collinson L\, Perretti M\, Aksoy E\, Nourshargh S. 2021. Autophagy modulates endothelial junctions to restrain neutrophil diapedesis during inflammation. Immunity . 2021 Sep 14\;54(9):1989-2004.e9\n\nReglero-Real N\, Rolas L\, Nourshargh S. 2019. Leukocyte Trafficking: Time to Take Time Seriously. Immunity. 20 19 Feb 19\;50(2):273-275.\n\n \;\n\nGeneral information\n\n Registrat ion is not needed\, participation list is circulated in the audience\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars\, print out the seminar diary and after t he seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/f /0cd08ce7e61b419b88cb/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Spring 2026 image credits to Jan K aslin: Motor neurons (green) and newly produced cells (red) are organized around the central canal (blue cells surrounding channel that crosses the image) in the adult zebrafish spinal cord. Image taken using Leica SP8 con focal microscope.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/fos-s pring2026-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:902@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260518T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260519T160000 DTSTAMP:20260323T093847Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/gene-and-cell-therapy-workshop/ SUMMARY:Gene and Cell Therapy Workshop DESCRIPTION:18th–19th May\nOnsite event\nin Frankfurt am Main\n\nSPARK Fi nlands’ sister network ForTra-BIH arranges a workshop on\nGene and Cell Therapy (GCT): Where do we stand and where do we want to go? \n\nAttendanc e is free of charge\, but you need to register in advance. Seating is limi ted and will be allocated on a first come\, first served basis according t o the time of registration.\n\nRegister here: https://app.guestoo.de/publi c/event/invited/8TR-SBN-ZWU\n\nMore information about the event from https ://ekfs.de/en/current-topics/events/joint-fortra-bih-workshop-gene-and-cel l-therapy-gct-where-do-we-stand-and ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/spark -finland-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:856@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260512T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260512T133000 DTSTAMP:20260409T083049Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/seminar-shimon-sakaguchi/ SUMMARY:BioCity Turku Guest Seminar: Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi DESCRIPTION:12th May at 12:30\nNote the time!\nHybrid event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, BioCity and Zoom\nFlyer\n\nCoffee and sandwiches served at 1 2:15\n\nNobel laureate\, Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi\, University of Osaka\, Ja pan\nTreg control of immune responses\, especially autoimmunity and tumor immunity\n\nHost: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)\n\nLink to join the eve nt online: https://utu.zoom.us/j/69149423371\n\nSakaguchi is currently a D istinguished Honorary Professor at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) Osaka University\, Japan. He obtained an M.D. in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1982 from Kyoto University\, Japan\, where he was trained as a patholo gist and immunologist. After performing postdoctoral studies at Johns Hopk ins University and Stanford University as a Lucille P. Markey Scholar\, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology at the S cripps Research Institute. He returned to Japan in 1991 and continued his immunology research as the Head of the Department of Immunopathology at To kyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology\, Tokyo. From 1998 to 2011\, he was a Professor of Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences Kyoto Universit y and served as the Director of the Institute from 2007 to 2011. In 2011\, his lab moved to Osaka University. He was elected to Foreign Member of Na tional Academy of Sciences USA in 2012\, and has been awarded many interna tional prizes including Cancer Research Institute’s William B. Coley Awa rd in 2004\, Keio Medical Science Prize in 2008\, Canada Gairdner Internat ional Award in 2015\, the Crafoord Prize in 2017\, the German Immunology A ward in 2019\, the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in 2020\, th e Robert Koch Prize in 2020\, and Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine in 2023\, and the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2025. He receive d an honorary degree from the University of Birmingham\, UK\, in 2019\, th e Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Government of Japan in 2009\, and the Order of Culture\, the highest accolade for Japanese scholars of humanitie s and natural sciences\, from the Emperor of Japan in 2019.\n\n \;\n\n Selected publications\n\nTanaka A\, Sakaguchi S. T Cell Receptor Signaling and Immune Tolerance: From Autoimmunity to Cancer Immunity. Annu Rev Immu nol. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-082724-025403.\n\nOsaki M\, Sakaguchi S. Soluble CTLA-4 regulates immune homeostasis and promotes reso lution of inflammation by suppressing type 1 but allowing type 2 immunity. Immunity. 2025 Mar 26:S1074-7613(25)00123-2. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.0 3.004.\n\nIchiyama K\, Long J\, Kobayashi Y\, Horita Y\, Kinoshita T\, Nak amura Y\, Kominami C\, Georgopoulos K\, Sakaguchi S. Transcription factor Ikzf1 associates with Foxp3 to repress gene expression in Treg cells and l imit autoimmunity and anti-tumor immunity. Immunity. 2024 Jul 30:S1074-761 3(24)00359-5. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.07.010.\n\nTay C\, Tanaka A\, Sak aguchi S. Tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells as targets of cancer immun otherapy. Cancer Cell. 2023 Mar 13\;41(3):450-465. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.20 23.02.014.\n\nKidani Y\, Nogami W\, Yasumizu Y\, Kawashima A\, Tanaka A\, Sonoda Y\, Tona Y\, Nashiki K\, Matsumoto R\, Hagiwara M\, …\, Mori M\, Doki Y\, Ohkura N\, Sakaguchi S. CCR8-targeted specific depletion of clona lly expanded Treg cells in tumor tissues evokes potent tumor immunity with long-lasting memory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Feb 15\;119(7):e21142 82119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2114282119. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/thumb -shimonSakaguchi.png CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:901@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260508T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260508T163000 DTSTAMP:20260323T093616Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/biobridge-innovation-to-start-up/ SUMMARY:BioBridge: Innovation to Start-Up DESCRIPTION:8th May at 11:30-16:30\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium \, BioCity\n\nBioBridge: Innovation to Start-Up\n\nThis event aims to con nect and inspire early-career scientists with start-up founders who have successfully translated research ideas into entrepreneurial ventures. Bi oBridge event series started in 2025\, organised by early career res earchers of Postdocs in Flames and Turku Bioscience Centers ‘PhD–P ostdoc board’ at University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. T his is the third instalment of the BioBridge events and the event is open to academics of all levels of University of Turku and Åbo Akademi Un iversity.\n\nConfirmed Speakers (updated continuously):\nCEO Olli Huhtine n\, Evogence\nCEO &\; Co-founder Preethy Paul\, ATB Antivirals\nProces s Manager John Holmberg and Co-founder &\; Coordinator Elias Savonla hti\, Turku Startup Hub\nProfessor of Practice Timo Veromaa\, University of Turku\nHead of Business Development Anne Marjamäki\, Innovation Servi ces\, University of Turku\n\nUpdated information about the event from http s://inflames.utu.fi/events/biobridge-innovation-to-start-up/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/tbc-i nflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:812@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260507T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260507T130000 DTSTAMP:20260324T072620Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-edward-holmes / SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Edward Holmes DESCRIPTION:7th May 2026 at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\ , BioCity\nSpring 2026 program\n\nProf. Edward Holmes\, University of Sydn ey\, Australia\nMetagenomics in One Health – from detection to predictio n of emerging infections\n\nHost: Heli Harvala (heli.harvala@utu.fi)\n\nCo ffee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\n Six PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss with Prof. Holmes after the seminar. This is a great possibili ty to learn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connection s for future. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the l unch.\n\nIf you got interested\, please send an email to biocityturku@bios cience.fi\n\n \;\n\nProfessor Eddie Holmes is known for his work on th e evolution and emergence of infectious diseases\, particularly the mechan isms by which RNA viruses jump species boundaries to emerge in humans and other animals. He currently holds an NHMRC Leadership Fellowship and is Pr ofessor of Virology at the University of Sydney. He moved to the Universit y of Sydney in 2012. He has studied the emergence and spread of such patho gens as SARS-CoV-2\, influenza virus\, dengue virus\, HIV\, hepatitis C vi rus\, myxoma virus\, RHDV and Yersinia pestis. He is the author of 792 pee r-reviewed papers and two books. His publications have >\;157\,000 citat ions (h-index of 178\n\n \;\n\nSelected publications\n\nZhou H\, Liu H \, Wang YX\, Zhao S\, Guo M\, Cui M\, Chen J\, Li J\, Wang S\, Zhang X\, Q in J\, Lv Z\, Ma Z\, Zhang R\, Zhang B\, Zheng W\, Ji J\, Wang T\, Holmes EC\, Wang YZ\, Shi W. 2025. The risk of human- and mammal-infecting tick-b orne viruses in northwest China and adjacent countries. Nat Commun. 2025 D ec 2\;17(1):175.\n\nPierce MP\, Worthington BM\, Han S\, Ni XB\, Liao Y\, Shum MH\, Guan Y\, Holmes EC\, Lam TT. 2025. Phylogenomics redefines the e volutionary history of mosquitoes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Oct 21\; 122(42):e2519291122.\n\nFeng Y\, Kuang G\, Pan Y\, Wang J\, Yang W\, Wu WC \, Pan H\, Wang J\, Han X\, Yang L\, Xin GY\, Shan YT\, Gou QY\, Liu X\, G uo D\, Liang G\, Holmes EC\, Gao Z\, Shi M. 2024. Small mammals in a biodi versity hotspot harbor viruses of emergence risk. Natl Sci Rev. 2024 Dec 1 7\;12(6):nwae463.\n\nChen YM\, Hu SJ\, Lin XD\, Tian JH\, Lv JX\, Wang MR\ , Luo XQ\, Pei YY\, Hu RX\, Song ZG\, Holmes EC\, Zhang YZ. 2023. Host tra its shape virome composition and virus transmission in wild small mammals. Cell. 2023 Oct 12\;186(21):4662-4675.e12.\n\nWu F\, Zhao S\, Yu B\, Chen YM\, Wang W\, Song ZG\, Hu Y\, Tao ZW\, Tian JH\, Pei YY\, Yuan ML\, Zhang YL\, Dai FH\, Liu Y\, Wang QM\, Zheng JJ\, Xu L\, Holmes EC\, Zhang YZ. 2 020. A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China. Nature. 2020 Mar\;579(7798):265-269.\n\n \;\n\nGeneral information\n\ n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in the au dience\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of atte ndance from the Frontier of Science seminars\, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seaf ile.utu.fi/f/0cd08ce7e61b419b88cb/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Spring 2026 image cred its to Jan Kaslin: Motor neurons (green) and newly produced cells (red) ar e organized around the central canal (blue cells surrounding channel that crosses the image) in the adult zebrafish spinal cord. Image taken using L eica SP8 confocal microscope.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/fos-s pring2026-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:900@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260506T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260506T174500 DTSTAMP:20260323T093505Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/invest-pre-conference-workshop/ SUMMARY:INVEST Pre-conference Workshop DESCRIPTION:6th May at 15:00-17:45\nOnsite event\nin Tauno Nurmela auditori um\, UTU Main Building\n\nResearch Published – Social Impact Achieved? \ n\nHow do we move from publications to real societal change? How do we mak e sure research doesn’t just circulate among experts\, but actually reac hes decision-makers\, services\, and everyday life?\n\nThis discussion div es straight into the practical side of societal impact. The INVEST pre-con ference will focus on societal impact in concrete terms: how does publishe d research become societal change? How does research-based knowledge move into policymaking\, legislation\, public services and broader societal dis cussions? It’s a hands-on discussion about what works\, what doesn’t\, and what needs to change if research is to make a lasting difference. The event is free of charge.\n\nWelcome to explore how research can move beyo nd publication and contribute to lasting societal impact!\n\nKeynote Speak ers\nPasi Moisio\, Research Professor\, Docent at the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare\nAndré Sourander\, Professor of Child Psychiatry at t he University of Turku and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University.\nPigga Keskitalo\, Professor\, specifically Arctic perspectiv es in Education at University of Lapland\, Finland\; Member of the Strateg ic Research Council in Research Council of Finland\nFasilitator: Sanna Her kama\, Senior Researcher\, University of Turku\n\nMore information about t he event: https://invest.utu.fi/conference/pre-conference-from-research-to -decision-making/\n\nRegister to the event: https://eve.utu.fi/event/87/re gistrations/95/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/inves t-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:882@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260506T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260506T140000 DTSTAMP:20260211T130843Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-marjoma ki/ SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar: Marjomäki DESCRIPTION:6th May at 13:15-14:00\nHybrid event\nin Reseptori and Zoom\nSp ring 2026 program\n\nVarpu Marjomäki\, University of Jyväskylä\nStudies on antivirals and their functionalization into materials\n\n \;\n\nCo me on-site or join the lecture in Zoom: https://utu.zoom.us/j/61507745698\ n\nMore information from Sujit Kumar (sujit.kumar@utu.fi)\n\nEveryone warm ly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:899@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260506T085500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260506T173000 DTSTAMP:20260323T093144Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/fican-west-science-day-5/ SUMMARY:FICAN West Science Day DESCRIPTION:6th May at 08:55-17:30\nOnsite event\nin Säätiö lecture hall \, Medisiina D\nFlyer\n\nThe 4th FICAN West Science Day – Co-operation i n translational cancer research\n\nSpeakers\nPanu Jaakkola\, scientific di rector\, FICAN West\nKalle Mattila\, Helsinki University Hospital\nElisa N ärvä\, Institute of Biomedicine\, University of Turku\nOxana Denisova\, Turku Bioscience Centre\, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi\nHeidi Haik ala\, University of Helsinki\nKimmo Porkka\, University of Helsinki\nMarja ana Ojalill\, Turku Bioscience Center\, University of Turku and Åbo Akade mi\nSara Lassfolk\nEetu Heervä\, Department of Oncology\, Turku Universit y Hospital\nHeidi Andersen\, Central Hospital of Vaasa\nSartaj Salman\, In stitute of Biomedicine\, University of Turku\nHanna Eriksson\, Department of Oncology-Pathology\, Karolinska Institutet\, Stockholm\, Sweden\nPia Vi hinen\, director\, FICAN West\n\nRegistration by Tuesday April 28th: https ://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/AEDC35F7AA1ED588\n\nMore information about t he event from Mervi Toriseva (mertor@utu.fi) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Fican -West-thumbnail-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:811@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260423T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260423T130000 DTSTAMP:20260324T072548Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-kristian-stro mgaard/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Kristian Strømgaard DESCRIPTION:23rd April 2026 at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditori um\, BioCity\nSpring 2026 program\n\nProf. Kristian Strømgaard\, Universi ty of Copenhagen\, Denmark\nTargeting receptor complexes with therapeutic peptides\n\nHost: Pekka Postila (pekka.postila@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandw ich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix PhD resear chers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss wi th Prof. Strømgaard after the seminar. This is a great possibility to lea rn hosting skills in a friendly environment and create connections for fut ure. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n\n If you got interested\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi \n\n \;\n\nStrømgaard lab combines solid-phase peptide synthesis\, or ganic chemical synthesis\, and peptide microarrays with protein expression \, biochemical assays\, and biophysical techniques in order to develop mod ulators of protein-protein interactions. Examples include development of d imeric peptide-based inhibitors of PSD-95\, and super-binding peptides tar geting gephyrin.\n\nThe team employs peptide microarrays\, incorporation o f unnatural amino acids and protein semi-synthesis to address molecular de terminants of protein-protein interactions\, for instance regulation of in teractions by post-translational protein modification. Examples include si te-specific introduction of cross-linking amino acids\, backbone modificat ions\, and post-translational modifications\, in particular site-specific phosphorylation\, of therapeutically relevant proteins.\n\nStrømgaard gro up employs peptide and protein engineering to study the molecular details of protein-protein interactions (PPIs)\, and develop and design specific i nhibitors for these interactions. They develop in vivo active peptide-base d inhibitors of PPIs with putative therapeutic relevance. In parallel\, th ey also study the molecular mechanisms of these PPIs\, including the engag ement of hydrogen-bonding networks\, and regulation of PPIs by post-transl ational modifications (PTMs)\n\n \;\n\nSelected publications\n\nFan Y\ , Lyu L\, Vazquez-Uribe R\, Zhang W\, Bongers M\, …\, Kulakova A\, Wiere r M\, Harris P\, Gæde J\, Rossing P\, Knop FK\, Pers TH\, Hansen TH\, Nie lsen T\, Li L\, Strømgaard K\, Yang G\, Sommer MOA\, Pedersen O. 2025. Po lypeptides synthesized by common bacteria in the human gut improve rodent metabolism. Nat Microbiol. 2025 Aug\;10(8):1918-1939.\n\nNielsen AL\, Bart ling CRO\, Zarda A\, De Sadeleer N\, Neeser RM\, Schwaller P\, Strømgaard K\, Heinis C. 2025. Bulk Measurement of Membrane Permeability for Random Cyclic Peptides in Living Cells to Guide Drug Development. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2025 Jul\;64(27):e202500493\n\nGangwar SP\, Yelshanskaya MV\, Akt olun M\, Yen LY\, Newton TP\, Strømgaard K\, Kurnikova MG\, Sobolevsky AI . 2024. Trapping of spermine\, Kukoamine A\, and polyamine toxin blockers in GluK2 kainate receptor channels. Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 26\;15(1):10257.\ n\nRosenbaum MI\, Clemmensen LS\, Bredt DS\, Bettler B\, Strømgaard K. 20 20. Targeting receptor complexes: a new dimension in drug discovery. Nat R ev Drug Discov. 2020 Dec\;19(12):884-901.\n\n \;\n\nGeneral informatio n\n\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in th e audience\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars\, print out the seminar d iary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https:// seafile.utu.fi/f/0cd08ce7e61b419b88cb/\n Please note that any audio or vi deo recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Spring 2026 image credits to Jan Kaslin: Motor neurons (green) and newly produced cells (red ) are organized around the central canal (blue cells surrounding channel t hat crosses the image) in the adult zebrafish spinal cord. Image taken usi ng Leica SP8 confocal microscope.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/fos-s pring2026-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:881@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260422T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260422T140000 DTSTAMP:20260211T130609Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-tauriai nen/ SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar: Tauriainen DESCRIPTION:22nd April at 13:15-14:00\nHybrid event\nin Blokki 1 and Zoom\n Spring 2026 program\n\nSisko Tauriainen\, University of Turku\nParechoviru s infections in children\n\n \;\n\nCome on-site or join the lecture in Zoom: https://utu.zoom.us/j/61507745698\n\nMore information from Sujit Ku mar (sujit.kumar@utu.fi)\n\nEveryone warmly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:898@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260417T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260417T120000 DTSTAMP:20260323T093033Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/funding-friday/ SUMMARY:Funding Friday DESCRIPTION:17th April at 08:30-12:00\nOnsite event\nin OP -lecture hall\, Turku School of Economics\, Rehtoripellonkatu 3\n\nApplying for research f unding: making your application competitive!\n\nResearch Funding in collab oration with Multidisciplinary themes and areas of strength are organising this year’s Funding Friday around how research funding decisions are ma de and how to write effective\, appropriately targeted applications—espe cially for interdisciplinary projects\, which pose unique challenges but o ffer valuable opportunities. Welcome!\n\nProgram\n8.30 – 9.00      Refreshments and informal exploration of the multidisciplinary theme booth s\n9.00 – 9.05     Opening words\n9.05 – 10.30    Adam Golberg ​ -  Applying for (interdisciplinary) research funding: making your ap plication competitive\n“Research funding is a contest\, not a test. It's a competition. But many applicants don't fully understand how funding sel ection processes really work\, and so end up writing in for the wrong audi ence. The first part of this talk will cover how funding decisions are mad e and why that matters\, how to write at the right level of detail\, the s ignificance of significance\, and finally\, how to talk up your ideas with out boasting. The second part will look at interdisciplinary research - wh y it's hard\, why we should do it anyway\, how we do more/better\, and fin ally\, addressing the particular challenges with writing funding applicati ons for interdisciplinary projects. “ More on Adam: RO Peeps: Adam Golb erg – The Research Whisperer​\n10.30 – 10.45    Break\n10.45 – 11.55  Panel discussion – Telling Your Research Story: Navigating the Funding World -  Ilari Sääksjärvi (moderator)\, Ricardo Correia\, El ina Kilpi-Jakonen\, Milica Todorovic\, Saara Wittfooth and Reima Välimäk i\n11.55-12.00     Closing words\n\nRegister here: Funding Friday: Ap plying for research funding: making your application competitive (17 April 2026) …\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/UTUgr een-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:813@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260416T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260416T130000 DTSTAMP:20260324T072415Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-paul-timpson/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Paul Timpson DESCRIPTION:16th April 2026 at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditori um\, BioCity\nSpring 2026 program\n\nProf. Paul Timpson\, Garvan Institute of Medical Research\, Australia\nIntravital imaging of cancer and drug re sponses\n\nHost: Johanna Ivaska (joivaska@utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich s erved at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss with Pr of. Timpson after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hostin g skills in a friendly environment and create connections for future. Ever yone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n\nIf you go t interested\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi\n\n  \;\n\nCancer invasion and metastasis occur in a complex three-dimensional environment\, with reciprocal feedback from the surrounding host tissue an d stroma governing cancer cell behaviour. Understanding this behaviour in an intact host setting allows us to examine – in a more physiological co ntext – the aberrant regulation of critical events that lead to the diss emination and spread of the primary tumour. Intravital (in vivo) imaging i s providing new insights into how cells behave in their native microenviro nment\, thereby improving our understanding of disease progression.\n\nTim pson lab uses novel state-of-the-art intravital imaging approaches and new fluorescent biosensor mouse models to uncouple the metastatic process int o key stages\, in order to pinpoint critical events that drive tumour inva sion and metastasis. Their approach allows real-time imaging\, ranging fro m whole body tumour progression to single-cell invasion events. This helps to understand how tumour cell dissociation\, invasion or progression are controlled and how this regulation is linked to the development of invasiv e or metastatic cancer.\n\nTimpson lab also explores properties of the thr ee-dimensional tumour microenvironment that contribute to poor drug target ing\, in order to pinpoint critical barriers that impair treatment. The te am then employs combination therapy aimed at counteracting these barriers\ , to enhance drug penetrance and efficiency in vivo\, and improve overall drug delivery outcomes.\n\n \;\n\nSelected publications\n\nChambers CR \, Watakul S\, Schofield P\, Howell AE\, …\, Wang Y\, Joshua AM\, Chantr ill L\, Evans TRJ\, Gill AJ\, Morton JP\, Pajic M\, Christ D\, Herzog H\, Timpson P\, Herrmann D. 2025. Targeting the NPY/NPY1R signaling axis in mu tant p53-dependent pancreatic cancer impairs metastasis. Sci Adv. 2025 Mar 14\;11(11):eadq4416.\n\n \;\n\nPereira BA\, Ritchie S\, Chambers CR\, Gordon KA\, …\, Herrmann D\, Cox TR\, Timpson P. 2024. Temporally resol ved proteomics identifies nidogen-2 as a cotarget in pancreatic cancer tha t modulates fibrosis and therapy response. Sci Adv. 2024 Jul 5\;10(27):ead l1197.\n\nBhattacharyya ND\, Kyaw W\, McDonald MM\, Dhenni R\, Grootveld A K\, Xiao Y\, Chai R\, Khoo WH\, Danserau LC\, Sergio CM\, Timpson P\, Lee WM\, Croucher PI\, Phan TG. 2023. Minimally invasive longitudinal intravit al imaging of cellular dynamics in intact long bone. Nat Protoc. 2023 Dec\ ;18(12):3856-3880.\n\nChitty JL\, Yam M\, Perryman L\, Parker AL\, Skhinas JN\, Setargew YFI\, …\, Australian Pancreatic Cancer Matrix Atlas (APMA )\; Pajic M\, Timpson P\, Jarolimek W\, Cox TR. 2023. A first-in-class pan -lysyl oxidase inhibitor impairs stromal remodeling and enhances gemcitabi ne response and survival in pancreatic cancer. Nat Cancer. 2023 Sep\;4(9): 1326-1344.\n\nConway JRW\, Warren SC\, Lee YK\, McCulloch AT\, …\, Papa A\, Haigh JJ\, Nobis M\, Timpson P. 2023. Monitoring AKT activity and targ eting in live tissue and disease contexts using a real-time Akt-FRET biose nsor mouse. Sci Adv. 2023 Apr 28\;9(17):eadf9063.\n\n \;\n\nGeneral in formation\n\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulat ed in the audience\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certifi cate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars\, print out the s eminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/f/0cd08ce7e61b419b88cb/\n Please note that any aud io or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.\n Spring 202 6 image credits to Jan Kaslin: Motor neurons (green) and newly produced ce lls (red) are organized around the central canal (blue cells surrounding c hannel that crosses the image) in the adult zebrafish spinal cord. Image t aken using Leica SP8 confocal microscope.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/fos-s pring2026-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:896@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260416T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260416T110000 DTSTAMP:20260323T091929Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-guest-seminar-van-ginderacther / SUMMARY:InFLAMES Guest Seminar: van Ginderacther DESCRIPTION:16th April at 10:00-11:00\nOnsite event\nin Lauren 2\, Medisiin a D\n\nProfessor Jo Van Ginderacther\, Brussels Center for Immunology\nEpi genetic imprinting of monocytes and tissue-resident macrophages by infecti ous disease and cancer\n\nHost: Maija Hollmén (maijal@utu.fi)\n\nProfesso r Jo Van Ginderachter is Lab Director of the Myeloid Cell Immunology lab a t VIB (Center for Inflammation Research) and of the Brussels Center for Im munology lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He has a long-standing experti se in macrophage biology\, tumour immunology and applications of nanobodie s. He published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and 4 book chapters on the se topics. Most of the grants of the Van Ginderachter lab are dealing with the characterization of tumour-associated macrophages and dendritic cells \, several of which deal with nanobody-mediated imaging or therapy.\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nSelected publications\n\nDepleting IL1R2+ Tumor-Infiltrating Regul atory T Cells with an ADCC-Prone Nanobody Construct Boosts the Efficacy of Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy. Arnouk SM\, Kancheva D\, …\, Vereecke L\, Vinc ke C\, Raes G\, Laoui D\, Van Ginderachter JA.Cancer Res. 2025 Dec 1\;85(2 3):4681-4700. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-3095.\n\nEpigenomic preconditi oning of peripheral monocytes determines their transcriptional response to the tumor microenvironment. Kiss M\, Halasz L\, Hadadi E\, …\,Van Ginde rachter JA.Genome Med. 2025 Jul 23\;17(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s13073-025-0151 1-y.\n\nImaging of tumor-associated macrophage dynamics during immunothera py using a CD163-specific nanobody-based immunotracer. Lauwers Y\, De Groo f TWM\, Vincke C\, Van Craenenbroeck J\, Jumapili NA\, Barthelmess RM\, Co urtoy G\, Waelput W\, De Pauw T\, Raes G\, Devoogdt N\, Van Ginderachter J A.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Dec 24\;121(52):e2409668121. doi: 10.1073 /pnas.2409668121. Epub 2024 Dec 18.\n\nMacrophages are metabolically heter ogeneous within the tumor microenvironment. Geeraerts X\, Fernández-Garci a J\, …\, Van den Bossche J\, Fendt SM\, Van Ginderachter JA.Cell Rep. 2 021 Dec 28\;37(13):110171. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110171. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:897@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260416T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260416T143000 DTSTAMP:20260323T092515Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/baltic-bone-symposium-2026/ SUMMARY:Baltic Bone Symposium 2026 DESCRIPTION:16th of April at 9:00-14:30\nOnsite event\nin House of Sciences and Letters\, Helsinki\n\nWe warmly welcome You to annual Baltic Bone Sym posium 2026! The event is organized by the Finnish Bone Society (FBS) and includes multiple interesting sessions with a variety of topics related to bone research. The program also includes a presentation by the winner of the 2025 Best Bone Research Competition\, presentations by young scientist s\, coffee breaks and lunch. Participation in the symposium is free of cha rge for everyone. There will be no remote access for the event.\n\nKeynote speakers:\nProfessor Thomas Levin Andersen\, University of Southern Denma rk\nDocent Nathalie Bravenboer\, Amsterdam University Medical Center\nProf essor Outi Mäkitie\, University of Helsinki\n\nAfter the symposium we wil l gather for a dinner at the hotel Scandic Grand Central at 6 p.m. The d inner is free of charge for FBS members\, and 30 euros for others.\n\nRegi ster for the symposium by this Webropol link. Sign up at the latest on F riday 27.3.2026.\n\nWe are especially wishing for abstracts by young resea rchers. The abstract submission is via the same link as the registration. As usual\, the best young scientist presentation will be rewarded. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/luust oliitto-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:831@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260409T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260409T130000 DTSTAMP:20260324T072239Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-prof-arthur-j-raga uskas/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas DESCRIPTION:9th April at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Presidentti auditorium\, B ioCity\nSpring 2026 program\n\nProf. Arthur J. Ragauskas\, The University of Tennessee\, USA\nFrom the forest to fuel tank &\; 3D printer\n\nHost : Chunlin Xu (chunlin.xu@abo.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich served at 11:45\, first come first serve!\n\n \;\n\nSix PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch and discuss with Prof. Ragauskas aft er the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in a f riendly environment and create connections for future. Everyone is welcome to join\, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n\nIf you got interested\, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi\n\n \;\n\nThe need for the development of sustainable energy and materials has never been as compelling.  Ragauskas’ research efforts are directed translational bio refining studies to address these needs both nationally and internationall y. His vision is to focus on fundamental research that allows him to estab lish the science underlying the goal of making Clean Energy\, Chemicals an d Bio-Derived Materials accessible and affordable.  This vision is focuse d on four primary areas\, 1) addressing the affordability of biofuels by i ncreasingly focusing on biomaterials and new fuels\, 2) expanding our work on identification of gene function in plants from a biofuels emphasis to a material focus that links to the biorefinery\, 3) developing new biomass characterization tools\, and 4) developing the ‘technology space’ for multifunctional bio-derived systems engineered at the nano-scale to provi de unique smart physical properties.\n\n \;\n\nSelected publications\n \nSustainable recovery of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from coal and coal as h through urban mining: A Nature Based Solution (NBS) for circular economy . Agrawal R\, Ragauskas AJ. J Environ Manage. 2025 Jun\;384:125411.\n\nLig nin - A green material for antibacterial application - A review. Das AK\, Mitra K\, Conte AJ\, Sarker A\, Chowdhury A\, Ragauskas AJ. Int J Biol Mac romol. 2024 Mar\;261(Pt 2):129753.\n\nCoupling hydropyrolysis and vapor-ph ase catalytic hydrotreatment to produce biomethane from pine sawdust. Wang J\, Jiang J\, Meng X\, Ragauskas AJ. Bioresour Technol. 2023 Oct\;386:129 472.\n\nDetermination of hydroxyl groups in biorefinery resources via quan titative 31P NMR spectroscopy. Meng X\, Crestini C\, Ben H\, Hao N\, Pu Y\ , Ragauskas AJ\, Argyropoulos DS. Nat Protoc. 2019 Sep\;14(9):2627-264\n\n  \;\n\nGeneral information\n\n Registration is not needed\, participa tion list is circulated in the audience\n If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Science semin ars\, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity co ordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/f/0cd08ce7e61b419b88cb/\n Ple ase note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly for bidden.\n Spring 2026 image credits to Jan Kaslin: Motor neurons (green) and newly produced cells (red) are organized around the central canal (blu e cells surrounding channel that crosses the image) in the adult zebrafish spinal cord. Image taken using Leica SP8 confocal microscope.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/fos-s pring2026-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:880@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260408T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260408T140000 DTSTAMP:20260211T130422Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-kolehma inen/ SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar: Kolehmainen DESCRIPTION:8th April at 13:15-14:00\nHybrid event\nin Lauren 2 and Zoom\nS pring 2026 program\n\nPekka Kolehmainen\, University of Turku\nAdaptive hu moral and cellular immunity after IAV H5N8 vaccination\n\n \;\n\nCome on-site or join the lecture in Zoom: https://utu.zoom.us/j/61507745698\n\n More information from Sujit Kumar (sujit.kumar@utu.fi)\n\nEveryone warmly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:876@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260407T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260407T150000 DTSTAMP:20260211T125536Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/immunology-seminar-bock/ SUMMARY:Immunology Seminar: Bock DESCRIPTION:7th April at 14:00-15:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\n\nCristoph Boc k\, Biomedical Sequencing Facility\, Medical University of Vienna\, Austri a\nTitle TBA\n\nHost: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)\n\nLink to join the seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/68545863131\n\n \;\n\nRegister for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar invitations to the o nline seminars: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\n\nImm unology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Imm unology\, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä  (ankahy@utu.fi) or Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu .fi)\, University of Turku.\n\n \;\n\nMore information closer to the e vent from https://bioscience.fi/events/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/TBC-t humbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:895@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260325T160000 DTSTAMP:20260323T091420Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-clinical-researcher-seminar/ SUMMARY:InFLAMES Clinical Researcher Seminar DESCRIPTION:25th March at 15:00-16:00\nOnsite event\nin Lauren 2 lecture ro om\, Medisiina D\n\nLiina Salminen\, MD\, PhD\, Department of Urology\, Un iversity of Turku and Turku University Hospital\nWhy Does BCG Work for Som e Patients? Immunological Biomarkers of Response in Non-Muscle Invasive Bl adder Cancer\n\nOlli Hartiala\, MD\, PhD\, Neurocenter\, Tyks\, Clinical N eurosciences\, Turku PET Centre and InFLAMES Flagship\, University of Turk u\nPET and Progressive MS Disease \n\nAntti Hurme\, MD\, PhD\, Department of Internal Medicine\, Turku University Hospital\, University of Turku and Turku Immunology Centre\nHarnessing Regulatory T Cells for Targeted Immun otherapy\n\nHost: Sirpa Jalkanen (sirjal@utu.fi)\n\nThe InFLAMES Flagship has recruited six clinical researchers for the short term this spring and they will each give a short introductory seminar on their research this sp ring. Coffee/tea and snacks will be served before the seminar.\n\nWelcome! \n\nIn addition\, please save the date for the second clinical researcher seminar on April 23. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:879@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260325T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260325T140000 DTSTAMP:20260211T130150Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/infections-and-immunity-seminar-harvala / SUMMARY:Infections and Immunity Seminar: Harvala DESCRIPTION:25th March at 13:15-14:00\nHybrid event\nin Blokki 1 and Zoom\n Spring 2026 program\n\nHeli Harvala\, University of Turku\nEmerging arbovi ruses and blood safety\n\n \;\n\nCome on-site or join the lecture in Z oom: https://utu.zoom.us/j/61507745698\n\nMore information from Sujit Kuma r (sujit.kumar@utu.fi)\n\nEveryone warmly welcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/infections-and-immunity-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:894@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260323T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260323T150000 DTSTAMP:20260323T091326Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/bioinformatics-webinar-lehtonen/ SUMMARY:Bioinformatics Webinar: Lehtonen DESCRIPTION:23rd March at 14:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\n\nJukka Lehtonen\, Åbo Akademi University\, Finland\nKnow methods\, have tools\, cope with d ata in life sciences\n\nJukka handles scientific IT in Structural Bioinfor matics Laboratory at Åbo Akademi University and focuses on development of computational tools and practices for analysis and management of (primari ly molecular) data.\n\nJoin the webinar in Zoom: https://utu.zoom.us/j/683 56334620\nMeeting ID: 683 5633 4620\n\nThe Biocenter Finland Bioinformatic s platform invites you for a webinar series to introduce the various types of bioinformatics services offered by the platform. The webinar series ai ms to provide insight into the technology employed and a deeper understand ing of the purpose of a given technology and how it is used in research. T he series will start off with presentations by the node leaders.\n\nWelcom e everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/MBC-t humbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:883@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260323T160000 DTSTAMP:20260212T071423Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/health-campus-turku-co-innovation-works hop/ SUMMARY:Health Campus Turku co-innovation workshop DESCRIPTION:23rd March at 12:00-16:00\nOnsite event\nin TYKS Kompassisairaa la\, Kiinamyllynkatu 13\nFlyer\n\nThe language of the event is Finnish.\n\ nWelcome to brainstorm new joint projects that may become Business Finland funded Co-Innovation projects. The event is arranged in co-operation with the Health Campus Turku (University of Turku\, Åbo Akademi University\, Turku University of Applied Sciences\, Novia University of Applied Science s\, Business Turku and the wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland) and Business Finland.\n\nFor more information about the event and to regi ster\, please visit the event's webpage in Finnish.  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Healt h-Campus-Turku-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:890@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260323T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260327T000000 DTSTAMP:20260302T074643Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/crispr-workshop/ SUMMARY:CRISPR Workshop DESCRIPTION:23rd–27th March\nOnsite event\nin Medisiina C\, C209 and C235 \nFlyer\n\nTurku Bioscience Genome Editing Core is organizing a workshop o n generating knock-out and knock-in modification using CRISPR/Cas9 technol ogy with in vitro ribonucleoprotein complex delivery. During the course\, participants will learn how to create specific genetic modifications with the CRISPR/Cas9 system\, aspects of designing gRNAs and homology-directed repair templates\, and they will gain hands-on experience by working with 293T cell lines. Participants will use their own laptop to design specific guideRNAs targeting their favorite gene of interest.\n\nThe couse is inte nded for PhD students\, post-doctoral researchers\, researchers\, maximum number of participants is 20 and the course fee is 100 € +VAT (Universit y-affiliated) or 200 € +VAT (industry-affiliated)\n\nRegister to the cou rse at latest 8.3.2026. https://eve.utu.fi/e/CRISPR_2026\n\nMore informati on about the event from gene_editing@biocience.fi\n\nWelcome! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Thumb nail-CRISPR-Workshop-poster-2026.png CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:859@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki;VALUE=DATE:20260323 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki;VALUE=DATE:20260326 DTSTAMP:20260317T125839Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/pet-basics-course-2026/ SUMMARY:PET BASICS-course (PGS_1709-3007) DESCRIPTION:PET Basics course offers a broad overview to PET imaging and i ntroduces participants to interdisci-plinary nature of PET research. Cours e includes basics of PET physics\, radiochemistry\, data analysis\, resear ch and clinical applications. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/pet-b asics-1.png CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:893@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260320T140000 DTSTAMP:20260309T070410Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/pif-friday-cafe-7/ SUMMARY:PiF Friday Café DESCRIPTION:20th March at 13:00-14:00\nOnsite event\nin MediCity Seminar Ro om 4009\, office-side\, MediCity\, BioCity 4th floor\n\nAnnika Meinander\, Åbo Akademi\nPath to Professorship: Ubiquitin Signalling in Immunity\n\ nAnnika Meinander focuses on how inflammatory signalling is regulated in cells\, particularly through ubiquitination and the NF-κB signalling pat hway. She recently received a professorship in biochemistry at Åbo Akade mi University\, and will also tell more about her career path that led to  her current position.\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:887@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260319T183000 DTSTAMP:20260302T072448Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/spark-webinar/ SUMMARY:SPARK Webinar DESCRIPTION:19th March at 16:30-17:30\nOnline event\nin Teams\nFlyer\n\nPeg gy Sotiropoulou\, Chief Scientific Officer at T-Knife Therapeutics\nThe Bu siness of Biotech: From Spin-offs to Thriving Ventures\n\nRegistration to the webinar is required in advance in order to receive MS Teams meeting li nk: 19.3. The Business of Biotech: From Spin-offs to Thriving Ventures\, P eggy Sotiropoulou\n\nThe event is hosted by SPARK-BIH at the Berlin Instit ute of Health at Charité\, Berlin\, Germany. SPARK is an initiative creat ed at Stanford University to overcome challenges associated with translati on of academic discoveries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/SPARK -thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:892@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260318T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260318T150000 DTSTAMP:20260309T070233Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/inflames-seminar-uibo/ SUMMARY:InFLAMES Seminar: Uibo DESCRIPTION:18th March at 14:00-15:00\nOnsite event\nat Arje Scheinin lectu re hall\, Dentalia\n\nProfessor Raivo Uibo\, University of Tartu\nAction c reates opportunity: Raivo Uibo’s scientific career path\n\nRaivo Uibo is a Professor of Immunology and Head of the Department of Immunology at the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine\, University of Tartu . He is a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.\n\nWelcome everyone! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 10/inflames-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:891@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260318T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260318T130000 DTSTAMP:20260309T070104Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/lunch-and-learn-seminar/ SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn Seminar DESCRIPTION:18th March at 12:00\nOnsite event\nin Biocity\, Ministeri Lectu re Hall\n\nWe would like to share an upcoming Lunch and Learn seminar host ed by 10x Genomics\, showcasing the Xenium In Situ platform for high-throu ghput\, subcellular spatial mapping of RNA and protein. The technology rep resents the next step beyond traditional single-cell genomics by enabling localization of molecules directly within their native tissue environment. Full event details are included below.\n\nIn addition to introducing this technology\, this seminar will help us gauge the level of interest within our department and the broader community. While samples can currently be shipped to another service provider within Finland\, we are exploring whet her there might be sufficient local demand to consider bringing this instr ument into our core facility in the future. At this stage\, we are simply gathering feedback and would very much value your perspectives.\n\nRegistr ation: https://forms.gle/DDUFBETasMsdKt3s7\n\nLunch will be provided afte r the seminar\, offering an excellent opportunity to discuss the technolog y with the presenters and fellow researchers.\n\nFor any event-related que stions\, please contact jaakko.ahlberg@10xgenomics.com. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 11/general-molecules-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:886@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260313T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260313T150000 DTSTAMP:20260302T072346Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/4th-sparc-seminar/ SUMMARY:4th SPARC Seminar DESCRIPTION:13th March at 12:00–15:05\nOnsite event\nin Aurum\, lecture h all Argentum\n\nThis near-annual SPARC (Synthesis\, Pharmacy and Radiochem istry) seminar has been established to foster collaboration between the Un iversity of Turku and Åbo Akademi University units working on topics rela ted to bioorganic\, materials\, medicinal and organic chemistry\, as well as pharmacy and radiochemistry. This year\, the theme is “Medicines” t o commemorate the National Medicines Day\, and we will also hear a Nobel l ecture in honor of the 2025 Nobel Prize “MOFs and Medicine”.  The eve nt is sponsored by the ÅAU strategic research profiling area Solutions fo r Health.\n\nProgram and registration: 4th SPARC seminar 2026\n\nWelcome a ll! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/AAU-t humbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:885@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260312T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260312T193000 DTSTAMP:20260302T072201Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/national-medicines-day-2026/ SUMMARY:National Medicines Day 2026 DESCRIPTION:12th March at 17:00–19:30\nOnsite event\nin Biocity 3rd floor lecture hall (Aud. Farmaci)\n\nThe event is bilingual in Finnish and Swed ish.\n\nCelebrate the National Medicines Day 2026 with us! We invite you t o an inspiring and relaxed medicines-themed evening where our talented pha rmacist and pharmacy students will share their exciting and current thesis projects. And best of all – they will do so in their own native languag e! In addition\, we will also hear two keynote lectures on self-care medic ines and the Nordic GERDA project on healthy aging. FI-SWE BILINGUAL MEDIC INES EVENING MARCH 12\, 2026 \n\nCome and learn about interesting research \, ask questions\, and discuss the latest news in a pleasant and informal language immersion environment. To make the evening even more enjoyable\, we will be serving both savory and sweet snacks!\n\nHere you can read more about the program and register  (in Swedish and Finnish)\n\nWe hope to s ee you there!\n\nThe event is arranged by the Pharmacy unit at Åbo Akadem i University together with the ÅAU strategic research profiling area Solu tions for Health.\n\nAnd hey\, if Finnish or Swedish does not flow fluentl y for you\, the next day we continue with the same theme in English int th e 4th SPARC Seminar about medicines. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/AAU-t humbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:854@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260312T130000 DTSTAMP:20260302T071847Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-dr-laurent-groc/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Prof. Laurent Groc DESCRIPTION: ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/fos-s pring2026-thumbnail.jpg CATEGORIES:Frontiers of Science END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:860@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260313T170000 DTSTAMP:20260128T111857Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/finnish-proteomics-symposium-2026/ SUMMARY:Finnish Proteomics Symposium 2026 DESCRIPTION:12th-13th March\nOnsite event\nin Hotel  Nuuksio\, Espoo\n\n&n bsp\;\n\nFinnish Proteomics Symposium brings together proteomics users and those interested in proteomics from Finland\, the Nordic countries and be yond. We are proud to feature three distinguished keynote speakers who wil l share their cutting-edge research and innovative methods across diverse areas of proteomics\, including human\, plant and microbial systems. Addit ionally\, you will be able to get insights and opportunities from Finnish proteomics core facilities.\n\nWhether you’re an expert\, a seasoned use r\, or simply curious about the potential of proteomics\, this symposium o ffers a valuable chance to learn\, gain new ideas\, present your project\, and network in the middle of the stunning surroundings of Nuuksio Nationa l Park.\n\nKeynote speakers:\nLotta Happonen\, Associate Professor\, Lund University\, SciLifeLab\nSaijaliisa Kangasjärvi\, Professor\, University of Helsinki\nKirsi Savijoki\, Docent\, University of Helsinki\n\nRegistrat ion:\nEarly bird: 16.12.2025 – 30.1.2026\, Student 90€ / Others 130€ \nRegular: 31.1.2026 – 16.2.2026\, Student 120€ / Others 160€\n\nAbs tract submission deadline 30.1.2026\n\nMore details and registration from event web page: https://www.finnprot.fi/2026-finnish-proteomics-symposium / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/finnp rot-400px.jpg CATEGORIES:BiocityTurku events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:861@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260312T170000 DTSTAMP:20260128T112802Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/single-cell-and-spatial-omics-symposium -and-course/ SUMMARY:Single Cell and Spatial Omics Symposium (and course) DESCRIPTION:12th March\nOnsite event\nin Helsinki Biomedicum 1\, Lecture H all 1 (P floor)\n\nMore info\n\nSymposioum registration is open until Febr uary 26th\, 2026\, or until the event is fully booked:\nLink for registrat ion\n\nSpeakers:\nRalf Jungmann (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry)\nAl lon Klein (Harvard Medical School)\nErnst Lengyel (University of Chicago)\ nAna Martin-Villalba (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)\nNikolaus Rajew sky (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine)\nMaria Secrier (Universi ty College London)\nDaniela Ungureanu (University of Oulu)\nHelena Kilpine n (University of Helsinki).\n\nProgram\, including lunch\, and a poster se ssion with sparkling\, begins at 9 AM and ends at around 5:30 PM. The symp osium is on-site only\, free of charge and everybody is warmly welcome to register by Feb-26\, or until fully booked. The poster session is an excel lent opportunity to present and discuss your project involving single-cell and/or spatial omics. For students\, presenting a poster provides one add itional study credit. When registering\, please provide a tentative poster title\, and be prepared to give a one-slide\, 30-second poster teaser dur ing the symposium.\n\n \;\n\nSingle Cell and Spatial Omics Course\nTim e: February 24 – March 6\, 2026\nPlace: Biomedicum 1 (Helsinki). Lectu res will take place in BP15b\, and the data analysis workshop in Seminar rooms 1–2. The location of the wet-lab demonstrations will be communica ted to selected students.  \nRegistration: Open until Feb 3\, 2026. St udents will be notified of selection by Feb 9.\n\nLink for registration\n \nMore info\n\nSingle Cell and Spatial Omics Course (DPBM-120) includes le ctures and wet-lab demos of single cell and spatial omics methodologies (F eb-24 to Feb-27\, 2026) in addition to one full week of data analysis work shop (March-2 to March-6)\, with hands-on single cell transcriptomics\, sp atial transcriptomics\, and spatial proteomics data analysis with R and py thon. Please note that minor changes in the course schedule are still poss ible\, and that DPBM students will be prioritised in student selection.\n\ n \;\n\nOrganising team for the symposium: Anna Vähärautio\, Anniina Färkkilä\, Andrew Erickson\, Iivari Kleino\, Rafa Najumudeen\, Laura El o.\n\nOrganising team for the course: Anna Vähärautio\, Anniina Färkkil ä\, Andrew Erickson\, Franziska Niemeyer\, Hanna Nebelung\, Laura Langohr \, Matias M. Falco\, Nour Assaf\, Pau Puigdevall\, Rishi Das Roy\, Wenqing Chen\, Ada Junquera\, Ziqi Kang\, Zacharie Darroch\, Lilja Lahtinen\, Hei di Haikala\, Ilkka Ilonen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/singl e-cell-symposium.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T040000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR