Upcoming events

Here are listed all upcoming life science related events relevant for those working in Turku campus.

If you are arranging an event and would like it to be posted here please contact biocityturku@bioscience.fi.


February 2026

PiF Friday Café

PiF Friday Café

February 27, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
27th February at 13:00-14:00 Onsite event in MediCity Seminar Room 4009, office-side, MediCity, BioCity 4th floor Kaisa Rautaniemi (Advanced Imaging Core) & Mathew Nickel Maunu [...]

March 2026

Immunology Seminar: Bonelli

Immunology Seminar: Bonelli

March 3, 2026    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3rd March at 14:00-15:00 Online event in Zoom Michael Bonelli, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Title TBA Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Link to join the [...]
Frontiers of Science: Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki

Frontiers of Science: Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki

March 5, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
5th March 2026 at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, UK Network-based approaches for studying context-specific signalling [...]
TechDigi TeamUp: Dialogues of Future Technologies

TechDigi TeamUp: Dialogues of Future Technologies

March 11, 2026    
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
TechDigi TeamUp 11th March at 08:30-12:30 Onsite event in Cave auditorium, Visitor and Innovation Centre Joki The growing impact of emerging technologies and digitalisation across [...]
Finnish Proteomics Symposium 2026

Finnish Proteomics Symposium 2026

March 12, 2026 - March 13, 2026    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
12th-13th March Onsite event in Hotel  Nuuksio, Espoo   Finnish Proteomics Symposium brings together proteomics users and those interested in proteomics from Finland, the Nordic [...]
Single Cell and Spatial Omics Symposium (and course)

Single Cell and Spatial Omics Symposium (and course)

March 12, 2026    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
12th March Onsite event in Helsinki Biomedicum 1, Lecture Hall 1 (P floor) More info Symposioum registration is open until February 26th, 2026, or until the [...]
Frontiers of Science: Dr. Laurent Groc

Frontiers of Science: Dr. Laurent Groc

March 12, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
PET BASICS-course (PGS_1709-3007)

PET BASICS-course (PGS_1709-3007)

March 23, 2026 - March 25, 2026    
All Day
PET Basics course offers a broad overview to PET imaging and introduces participants to interdisci-plinary nature of PET research. Course includes basics of PET physics, radiochemistry, data analysis, research and clinical applications.
Health Campus Turku co-innovation workshop

Health Campus Turku co-innovation workshop

March 23, 2026    
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
23rd March at 12:00-16:00 Onsite event in TYKS Kompassisairaala, Kiinamyllynkatu 13 Flyer The language of the event is Finnish. Welcome to brainstorm new joint projects [...]
Infections and Immunity Seminar: Harvala

Infections and Immunity Seminar: Harvala

March 25, 2026    
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
25th March at 13:15-14:00 Hybrid event in Blokki 1 and Zoom Spring 2026 program Heli Harvala, University of Turku Emerging arboviruses and blood safety   [...]

April 2026

Immunology Seminar: Bock

Immunology Seminar: Bock

April 7, 2026    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
7th April at 14:00-15:00 Online event in Zoom Cristoph Bock, Biomedical Sequencing Facility, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Title TBA Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Link [...]
Infections and Immunity Seminar: Kolehmainen

Infections and Immunity Seminar: Kolehmainen

April 8, 2026    
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
8th April at 13:15-14:00 Hybrid event in Lauren 2 and Zoom Spring 2026 program Pekka Kolehmainen, University of Turku Adaptive humoral and cellular immunity after [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas

April 9, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
9th April at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditoroium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas, The University of Tennessee, USA From the forest [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Paul Timpson

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Paul Timpson

April 16, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
16th April 2026 Onsite event in Presidentti auditoroium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Prof. Paul Timpson, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia Intravital imaging and anti-fibrotic [...]
Infections and Immunity Seminar: Tauriainen

Infections and Immunity Seminar: Tauriainen

April 22, 2026    
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
22nd April at 13:15-14:00 Hybrid event in Blokki 1 and Zoom Spring 2026 program Sisko Tauriainen, University of Turku Parechovirus infections in children   Come [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Kristian Strømgaard

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Kristian Strømgaard

April 23, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
23rd April at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Prof. Kristian Strømgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Targeting receptor complexes with therapeutic [...]

May 2026

Infections and Immunity Seminar: Marjomäki

Infections and Immunity Seminar: Marjomäki

May 6, 2026    
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
6th May at 13:15-14:00 Hybrid event in Reseptori and Zoom Spring 2026 program Varpu Marjomäki, University of Jyväskylä Studies on antivirals and their functionalization into [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Edward Holmes

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Edward Holmes

May 7, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
7th May at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Prof. Edward Holmes, University of Sydney, Australia Metagenomics in One Health – [...]
Seminar: Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi

Seminar: Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi

May 11, 2026    
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) More information TBA
BioCity Turku Guest Seminar: Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi

BioCity Turku Guest Seminar: Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi

May 12, 2026    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
12th May at 12:30-13:30 in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Coffee and sandwiches served at 12:15 Nobel laureate, Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi, University of Osaka, Japan Title TBA [...]
Immunology Seminar: Zitvogel

Immunology Seminar: Zitvogel

May 12, 2026    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
12th May at 14:00-15:00 Online event in Zoom Laurence Zitvogel, Paris-Saclay University, France Title TBA Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Link to join the seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/62383668582 [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sussan Nourshargh

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sussan Nourshargh

May 21, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
21st May at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Prof. Sussan Nourshargh, Queen Mary University of London, UK Neutrophil breaching of [...]

June 2026

Immunology Seminar

Immunology Seminar

June 9, 2026    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
9th June at 14:00-15:00 Online event in Zoom Speaker and title TBA Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Link to join the seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/64883693162   Register for [...]

August 2026

35th BioCity Symposium: Vision, expanded

35th BioCity Symposium: Vision, expanded

August 27, 2026 - August 28, 2026    
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
27th-28th August 2026 Onsite event in Mauno Koivisto Centre, BioCity, Turku Save the date now in your agenda and stay tuned! Registration opens in March. [...]

September 2026

Frontiers of Science: TBA

Frontiers of Science: TBA

September 24, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
24th September at 12:00 Onsite event in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium Speaker and title TBA Host: Klaus Elenius (klaele@utu.fi) More information TBA

October 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Markus Linder

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Markus Linder

October 8, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
8th October at 12:00 Onsite event in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium Prof. Markus Linder, Aalto University, Finland Title TBA Host: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi) More information TBA
Fronteirs of Science: Prof. William Stafford Noble

Fronteirs of Science: Prof. William Stafford Noble

October 22, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
22nd October at 12:00 Onsite event in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium Prof. William Stafford Noble, University of Washington, USA Title TBA Host: Balazs Balint (babali@utu.fi) More [...]

November 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Angela Falciatore

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Angela Falciatore

November 5, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
5th November at 12:00 Onsite event in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium Prof. Angela Falciatore, CNRS Sorbonne Université, France Title TBA Host: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi) More information [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Miguel Soares

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Miguel Soares

November 12, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
12th November 2026 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Dr. Miguel Soares, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal Metabolic adaptation as a defence strategy against [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph

November 19, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
19 November at 12:00 Onsite event in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium Prof. Gwendalyn Randolph, University of Washington Title TBA Host: Sirpa Jalkanen (sirjal@utu.fi) More information TBA

December 2026

Fontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia

Fontiers of Science: Prof. Maria Sibilia

December 3, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
3rd December at 12:00 Onsite event in BioCity, Presidentti auditorium Prof. Maria Sibilia, Center for Cancer Researcher, Medical Univeristy of Vienna, Austria Title TBA Host: [...]