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.


May 2026

InFLAMES Corporate Corner

InFLAMES Corporate Corner

May 27, 2026    
11:30 am - 6:00 pm
27th May at 11:30-18:00 Onsite event in Cave, Joki Innovation Centre The SHIFT is a business and innovation festival held at the Visitor and Innovation [...]
InFLAMES Guest Seminar

InFLAMES Guest Seminar

May 28, 2026    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
28th May at 16:00-17:00 Onsite event in Säätiö Auditorium, Medisiina D Lucy Walker, University College London, UK The CTLA-4 pathway and regulation of type 1 [...]
Bioinformatics Day 2026

Bioinformatics Day 2026

May 29, 2026    
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
29th May at 10:00-17:00 Onsite event in CSC – IT Center for Science, Keilaranta 14, Espoo Flyer Bioinformatics Day is Finland’s largest free bioinformatics conference, [...]

June 2026

European Bioconductor Conference, EuroBioC2026

European Bioconductor Conference, EuroBioC2026

June 1, 2026 - June 5, 2026    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
1st-5th June Onsite event in BioCity, Turku, Finland More information: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/ One of the world’s largest open-source research communities will convene in Turku in summer [...]
Finnish Drug Discovery Center Roadshow

Finnish Drug Discovery Center Roadshow

June 1, 2026    
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
1st June at 09:30-16:30 Onsite event in Putous auditorium, Joki innovation centre 2nd floor Finland produces world-class biomedical research — much of it with real [...]
Making and Breaking Biological Barriers Symposium

Making and Breaking Biological Barriers Symposium

June 2, 2026    
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
2nd June 08:15-17:30 Onsite event in Biomedicum, Haartmaninkatu 8, Helsinki This one-day meeting will bring together international speakers studying barriers across biological scales—from molecular mechanisms [...]
Health Campus Turku Hankeparaati

Health Campus Turku Hankeparaati

June 3, 2026    
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
3rd June at 12:30-16:00 Onsite event Yrjö Alanen lecture hall, Kompassi hospital The main language of the event is Finnish, but presentation slides are in [...]
Sigrid Juselius Symposium 2026

Sigrid Juselius Symposium 2026

June 9, 2026 - June 12, 2026    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
9th–12th June Onsite event in Hanaholmen, Espoo We have the pleasure to cordially invite you to Sigrid Jusélius Symposium 2026: AI Transforming Life Sciences and [...]
Immunology Seminar: Zitvogel

Immunology Seminar: Zitvogel

June 9, 2026    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
9th June 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/64883693162 [...]
The annual conference of The Finnish Atherosclerosis Society

The annual conference of The Finnish Atherosclerosis Society

June 11, 2026 - June 12, 2026    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
11th–12th June Onsite event in in Alhopuro Hall, Medisiina D Flyer The Finnish Atherosclerosis Society (SATY ry) promotes scientific research and educational activities related to [...]

August 2026

2nd BioCity Pre-Symposium

2nd BioCity Pre-Symposium

August 26, 2026    
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
26th August at 13:00-17:00 Onsite event in Ministeri lecture hall and lobby, BioCity Ahead of the 35th BioCity Symposium, a group of doctoral researchers at [...]
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 Poster Turku is the beating heart of European imaging! The 35th BioCity Symposium “Vision, Expanded” [...]

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 [...]
Turku Biomaterials Days 2026

Turku Biomaterials Days 2026

October 29, 2026 - October 30, 2026    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
29th-30th October Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Annual Biomaterials Days is arranged again in the last week of October. Book the date from your [...]

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: [...]
Fat in Focus Finland 2026

Fat in Focus Finland 2026

December 10, 2026 - December 11, 2026    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
10th-11th Decemeber Onsite event in Haartman Lecture Hall (T-hospital, TYKS) Fat in Focus Finland 2026 (FFF2026) A Symposium on Building a National Platform for Adipose [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Thomas Helleday

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Thomas Helleday

December 10, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
10th December at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti, BioCity Prof. Thomas Helleday, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Targeting cancer by oncogenic trapping – from bench to clinical [...]