Upcoming FoS events

BioCity Turku arranges every semester Frontiers of Science (FoS) seminars, which brings BioCity Turku researchers together to listen to prominent international scientists.

All seminars are on Thursdays at 12:00. On-site only, no recording nor broadcasting. Coffee and sandwich served at 11:45, first come first served!

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: [...]
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 [...]