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
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
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 [...]
April 2026
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Arthur J. Ragauskas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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