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!

February 2026

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj

Frontiers of Science: Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj

February 12, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
12th February at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Spring 2026 program Prof. Mohamed Bentires-Alj, University of Basel, Switzerland Breast Tumor Heterogeneity and Metastasis: [...]

March 2026

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 [...]
Frontiers of Science: Dr. Laurent Groc

Frontiers of Science: Dr. Laurent Groc

March 12, 2026    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

April 2026

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 [...]
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

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 – [...]
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 [...]

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