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!
September 2025
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Hiroki Ueda
18th September at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Hiroki Ueda, RIKEN Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan Why do we sleep? The [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Olli Kallioniemi
25th September at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Olli Kallioniemi, FIMM, HiLife, University of Helsinki, Finland Technology-, data- and AI-driven translational cancer [...]
October 2025
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 Unravelling the inner secrets of cells with live-cell [...]
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 Imaging dynamics and mechanics in cancer Host: Guillaume [...]
November 2025
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Silvia Giordano
6th November at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Silvia Giordano, University of Torino Medical School, Italy Gastric cancer in the age of [...]
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 Mechanical regulation of cell states Host: Jenny Pessa [...]
Frontiers of Science: Prof. Marco Demaria
11th December at 12:00 Onsite event in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity Prof. Marco Demaria, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Heterogeneity in cellular senescence: from mechanisms to [...]