Congratulations to Jasmin Kaivola and Mari Tienhaara! The prize was awarded by University of Turku Rector Marjo Kaartinen.

In the context of 34th BioCity Symposium (August 28-29, 2025) the twenty-first Elias Tillandz prize for the best scientific paper published in Turku 2024 was awarded to

Johanna Lilja, Jasmin Kaivola, James R W Conway, Joni Vuorio, Hanna Parkkola, Pekka Roivas, Michal Dibus, Megan R Chastney, Taru Varila, Guillaume Jacquemet, Emilia Peuhu, Emily Wang, Ulla Pentikäinen, Itziar Martinez D Posada, Hellyeh Hamidi, Arafath K Najumudeen, Owen J Sansom, Igor L Barsukov, Daniel Abankwa, Ilpo Vattulainen, Marko Salmi, Johanna Ivaska

SHANK3 depletion leads to ERK signalling overdose and cell death in KRAS-mutant cancers

Published in Nature Communications

and to

Majid Momeny, Mari Tienhaara, Mukund Sharma, Deepankar Chakroborty, Roosa Varjus, Iina Takala, Joni Merisaari, Artur Padzik, Andreas Vogt, Ilkka Paatero, Klaus Elenius, Teemu D Laajala, Kari J Kurppa, Jukka Westermarck

DUSP6 inhibition overcomes neuregulin/HER3-driven therapy tolerance in HER2+ breast cancer

Published in EMBO Molecular Medicine