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.
January 2026
Tieteiden yö: Seeprakala syöpätutkimuksen työkaluna
Ainutlaatuisessa kurkistuksessa biolääketieteen tutkimuksen arkeen selviää, miten ja miksi seeprakalasta on tullut syöpätutkimuksessa tärkeä eläinmalli. Suorassa lähetyksessä näytetään reaaliaikaisesti, kuinka syöpäsolut käyttäytyvät elävässä organismissa ja [...]
February 2026
Immunology seminar: Mäkinen
Immunology Seminar Series February 3rd at 14-15 (Finland time) Virtual event Flyer Taija Mäkinen, University of Helsinki: Lymphatic vasculature as a guardian of tissue homeostasis [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Avner Schlessinger
5th February at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Avner Schlessinger, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA AI-guided discovery of conformation-specific [...]
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 Breast Tumor Heterogeneity and Metastasis: From Mechanistic Insights to [...]
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 [...]
PET BASICS-course (PGS_1709-3007)
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.
April 2026
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas
9th April at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditoroium, BioCity Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas, The University of Tennessee, USA From the forest to fuel tank [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Paul Timpson
16th April 2026 Onsite event in Presidentti auditoroium, BioCity Prof. Paul Timpson, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia Intravital imaging and anti-fibrotic co-targeting in pancreatic [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Kristian Strømgaard
23rd April at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Kristian Strømgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Targeting receptor complexes with therapeutic peptides Host: Pekka [...]
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 [...]
Seminar: Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi
Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) More information TBA
Seminar: Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi
Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) More information TBA
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sussan Nourshargh
21st May at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Sussan Nourshargh, Queen Mary University of London, UK Neutrophil breaching of microvessels: Regulation & [...]
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! Latest updates [...]
November 2026
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Miguel Soares
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 [...]