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 2025
Frontiers of Science: BIMA 15 years
13th February 2025 BIMA MSc programme 15 years guest lecture Speaker and title TBA Host: Diana Toivola (diana.toivola@abo.fi) More details TBA
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Brett Nixon
27th February at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Brett Nixon, University of Newcastle, Australia Title TBA Host: Petra Sipilä (petra.sipila@utu.fi) More details [...]
March 2025
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Simon Robson
6th March at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Simon Robson, Harvard Medical School, USA Reciprocal targeting of ENTPD/CD39 ectonucleotidases to inflame tumors [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Javier Perez Ramirez
20th March at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Javier Perez Ramirez, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Title TBA Host: Dmitry Murzin (dmitry.murzin@abo.fi) More details [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Gareth Inman
27th March at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Gareth Inman, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, UK Deciphering squamous cancer disease progression Host: [...]
April 2025
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sampsa Hautaniemi
3rd April at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditoroium, BioCity Prof. Sampsa Hautaniemi, University of Helsinki Characterizing and overcoming chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer Host: [...]
May 2025
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Vytas Bankaitis
8th May at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Vytas Bankaitis, Texas A&M University, USA Title TBA Host: Max Lönnfors (max.lonnfors@abo.fi) More details TBA
October 2025
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Silvia Giordano
2nd October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Silvia Giordano, University of Torino Medical School, Italy Title TBA Host: Silvia Gramolelli (Silvia.Gramolelli@abo.fi) [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Pere Roca-Cusachs
9th October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Pere Roca-Cusachs, University of Barcelona, Spain Title TBA Host: Johanna Ivaska (johanna.ivaska@utu.fi) More details [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Francesca Botanelli
23rd October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Francesca Botanelli, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Title TBA Host: Paulina Moreno Layseca (paulina.morenolayseca@utu.fi) More [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Maddy Parsons
30th October at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Maddy Parsons, King’s College London, UK Title TBA Host: Guillaume Jacquemet (guillaume.jacquemet@abo.fi) More details [...]
November 2025
Frontiers of Science: Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki
27th November at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, UK Title TBA Host: Tomi Suomi (tomi.suomi@utu.fi) More details TBA
December 2025
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Sara Wickström
4th December at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti Auditorium, BioCity Prof. Sara Wickström, University of Helsinki, Finland Title TBA Host: Jenny Pessa (jenny.pessa@abo.fi) More details [...]