Below are the available slots for filling the 2026 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 2026

5th February 2026
Prof. Avner Schlessinger, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Title TBA
Host: Parthiban Marimuthu (Parthiban.Marimuthu@abo.fi)

12th February 2026
Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj, University of Basel, Switzerland
Title TBA
Host: Jenny Pessa (jenny.pessa@abo.fi)

Available: 26.2.2026

5th March 2026
Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, UK
Network-based approaches for studying context-specific signalling
Host: Tomi Suomi (tomi.suomi@utu.fi)

Available: 12.3.2026

Available: 26.3.2026

9th April 2026
Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas, The University of Tennessee, USA
Title TBA
Host: Chunlin Xu (chunlin.xu@abo.fi)

16th April 2026
Prof. Paul Timpson, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
TitleTBA
Host: Johanna Ivaska (joivaska@utu.fi)

23rd April 2026
Prof. Kristian Strømgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Title TBA
Host: Pekka Postila (pekka.postila@utu.fi)

7th May 2026
Prof. Edward Holmes, University of Sydney, Australia
Metagenomics in One Health – from detection to prediction of emerging infections
Host: Heli Harvala (heli.harvala@utu.fi)

Autumn 2026

1st October 2026
Dr. Miguel Soares, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
Title TBA
Host: Antonio Sousa (antonio.sousa@utu.fi)

8th October 2026
Prof. Markus Linder, Aalto University, Finland
Title TBA
Host: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi)

Available: 22.10.2026

Available: 29.10.2026

Available: 5.11.2026

Available: 12.11.2026

Available: 19.11.2026

Available: 26.11.2026

Available: 3.12.2026