Computational and Molecular Methodologies for Life Sciences

The Computational and Molecular Methods in Life Sciences (CompLifeSci) BioCity Turku research program advances research on life science methodology. The program supports networking and training within the local research community as well as industry collaborations in Turku region and thrives to facilitate timely adoption and dissemination of state-of-the art methods in the rapidly evolving life sciences.

Chairs: Leo Lahti (leo.lahti@utu.fi), Tiina A. Salminen (tiina.salminen@abo.fi) and Anne Filppula (anne.filppula@abo.fi)
Coordinator: Tuomas Borman (tuomas.v.borman@utu.fi)
FoS-committee representative: Outi Salo-Ahen (outi.salo-ahen@abo.fi)

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CompLifeSci is participating in arranging the The European Bioconductor Conference 2026 (EuroBioC2026). The event will take place on June 3-5, 2026, in Turku, Finland. EuroBioC2026 will bring together the Bioconductor community to showcase the latest cutting-edge developments on Bioconductor software packages, as well as on broader emerging technologies impacting computational biology. Save the Date for now, more information coming during the winter!
More information from the event web page: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/

Group leaders
Anne Filppula
Antti Airola
Tero Aittokallio
Georgi Belogurov
Mark Johnson
Riku Klén
Leo Lahti
Jukka Lehtonen
Riikka Lund
Max Lönnfors
Mikko Metsä-Ketelä
Tapio Pahikkala
Tassos Papageorgiu
Kalle Parvinen
Ion Petre
Pere Puigbó
Tiina Salminen
Outi Salo-Ahen
Manu Tamminen
Matti Turtola
Anton Zavialov

Associate group leaders
Eva-Mari Aro
Michael Courtney
Filip Ginter
Teppo Hiltunen
Hasse Karlsson
Linnea Karlsson
Veronika Laippala
Kirsi Laitinen
Teemu Niiranen
Ulla Pentikäinen
Sampo Pyysalo
Pekka Ruusuvuori
Tapio Salakoski