Here are the available slots for filling the 2025 Frontiers of Science program. The dates are booked for speakers first-come-first-serve.

If you would like to invite a Frontiers of Science speaker, please start by contacting the FoS Committee Member of your own research program.

Spring 2025

Available: 6.2.2025

13th February 2025
BIMA MSc programme 15 years guest lecture
Speaker and title TBA
Host: Diana Toivola (diana.toivola@abo.fi)

27th February 2025
Prof. Brett Nixon, University of Newcastle, Australia
Title TBA
Host: Petra Sipilä (petra.sipila@utu.fi)

6th March 2025
Prof. Simon Robson, Harvard Medical School, USA
Reciprocal targeting of ENTPD/CD39  ectonucleotidases to inflame tumors and restore homeostasis
Host: Gennady Yegutkin (genyeg@utu.fi)

20th March 2025
Prof. Javier Perez Ramirez, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Title TBA
Host: Dmitry Murzin (dmitry.murzin@abo.fi)

27th March 2025
Prof. Gareth Inman, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, UK
Deciphering squamous cancer disease progression
Host: Veli-Matti Kähäri (velkah@utu.fi)

3rd April 2025
Prof. Sampsa Hautaniemi, University of Helsinki
Characterizing and overcoming chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer
Host: Jukka Westermarck (jukwes@utu.fi)

Available: 24.4.2025

8th May 2025
Prof. Vytas Bankaitis, Texas A&M University, USA
Title TBA
Host: Max Lönnfors (max.lonnfors@abo.fi)

Autumn 2025

Available: 25.9.2025

2nd October 2025
Prof. Silvia Giordano, University of Torino Medical School, Italy
Title TBA
Host: Silvia Gramolelli (Silvia.Gramolelli@abo.fi)

9th October 2025
Prof. Pere Roca-Cusachs, University of Barcelona, Spain
Title TBA
Host: Johanna Ivaska (johanna.ivaska@utu.fi)

23rd October 2025
Prof. Francesca Botanelli, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Unravelling the inner secrets of cells with live-cell super-resolution microscopy
Host: Paulina Moreno Layseca (paulina.morenolayseca@utu.fi)

30th October 2025
Prof. Maddy Parsons, King’s College London, UK
Title TBA
Host: Guillaume Jacquemet (guillaume.jacquemet@abo.fi)

Available: 6.11.2025

Available: 13.11.2025

Available: 20.11.2025

27th November 2025
Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, UK
Title TBA
Host: Tomi Suomi (tomi.suomi@utu.fi)

4th December 2025
Prof. Sara Wickström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Title TBA
Host: Jenny Pessa (jenny.pessa@abo.fi)

Available: 11.12.2025