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.
September 2025

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Hiroki Ueda
18th September at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Hiroki Ueda, University of Tokyo, Japan Why do we sleep? The [...]

InFLAMES Career Talk: Ueda
19th September at 11:00 Onsite event in Lauren 2, Medisiina D Prof. Hiroki Ueda, University of Tokyo, Japan Career talk: how to become a professor [...]

Webinar on how to write a successful funding application
26th September at 14:15-16:00 Online event in Zoom The University of Turku, Faculty of Technology organizes: “Sharing experiences of success – how to write a [...]
October 2025

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Olli Kallioniemi
2nd October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Olli Kallioniemi, FIMM, HiLife, University of Helsinki, Finland Technology-, data- and [...]

SmartBIO Seminar: Stavrinidou
6th October at 14:30 Onsite event in Dent4, Dentalia Prof. Eleni Stavrinidou, Linköping University, Sweden Biohybrid Photosynthetic Living Materials and Devices Host: Yagut Allahverdiyeva (allahve@utu.fi) [...]

Immunology Seminar: Fagerholm
7th October at 14:00-15:00 Online event in Zoom Susanna Fagerholm, University of Helsinki Title TBA Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Register for the Immunology [...]

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Pere Roca-Cusachs
9th October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Pere Roca-Cusachs, University of Barcelona, Spain Understanding and controlling mechanotransduction, from [...]

BioCity Turku Guest Seminar: Prof. Mark Daly
21st October at 12:00-13:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Mark Daly, Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School, USA Title TBA Host: Teemu Niiranen [...]

Turku Imaging Day
22nd October Onsite event in Holiday Club Caribia, Turku Flyer Registration for the Turku Imaging Day 2025 (TID) is open! The event is organized by [...]

7th Annual Finnish Symposium on Brain Tumors
23rd-24th October Onsite event in Hamburger Börs, Turku The Finnish Brain Tumor Research Association (FiBTRA) is arranging its 7th Annual Symposium on Brain Tumors, which [...]

Turku Biomaterial Days
23rd-24th October Onsite event Arje Scheining auditorium, Dentalia This year, the theme of the Turku Biomaterial Days is “Bio-based Materials in Healthcare.” The program will [...]

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Francesca Bottanelli
23rd October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Francesca Bottanelli, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Unravelling the inner secrets of [...]

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Maddy Parsons
30th October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Maddy Parsons, King’s College London, UK Imaging dynamics and mechanics in [...]

BioBridge: Career Fair
31st October at 09:00-18:00 Onsite event in Cave, Joki Visiting Centre Welcome to the BioBridge: Career Fair event organized by the Postdocs in Flames (PiF) [...]
November 2025

Immunology Seminar
4th November at 14:00-15:00 Online event in Zoom The Scandinavian Society of Immunology Young Investigator Awardee Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Register for the [...]

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Silvia Giordano
6th November at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Silvia Giordano, University of Torino Medical School, Italy Gastric cancer in [...]
December 2025

MSc Thesis Project Expo
3rd December at 09:00-11:00 Onsite event in Tiedonkolu, between Medisiina D and Majakkasairaala The next MSc Thesis Project Expo where research groups can present their work [...]

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sara Wickström
4th December at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Sara Wickström, University of Helsinki, Finland Mechanical regulation of cell states [...]

Immunology Seminar: Peterson
9th December at 14:00-15:00 Online event in Zoom Pärt Peterson, University of Tarto Title TBA Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Register for the Immunology [...]

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Marco Demaria
11th December at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Autumn 2025 program Prof. Marco Demaria, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Heterogeneity in cellular senescence: [...]
February 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj
12th February at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj, University of Basel, Switzerland Title TBA Host: Jenny Pessa (jenny.pessa@abo.fi)
March 2026

Frontiers of Science: Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki
5th March 2026 at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, UK Network-based approaches for studying context-specific signalling Host: Tomi Suomi [...]
April 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Kristian Strømgaard
23rd April at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Kristian Strømgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Title TBA Host: Pekka Postila (pekka.postila@utu.fi)
May 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Edward Holmes
7th May at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Edward Holmes, University of Sydney, Australia Metagenomics in One Health – from detection to [...]
August 2026

35th BioCity Symposium: Vision, expanded
27th-28th August 2026 Onsite event in Mauno Koivisto Centre, BioCity, Turku Save the date now in your agenda and stay tuned for updates coming in [...]