Finland's two-year term as the Chair of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group of the Arctic Council starts in May 2021. Docent in Environmental Ecology, PhD Mia Rönkä from the Biodiversity Unit at the University of Turku and Natural Resources Institute Finland will start as the Chair.
The Integrative physiology and pharmacology research unit covers widely the field of biomedicine. The research themes cover areas such as endocrinology, metabolism, bioimaging and diagnostics, drug development and medical treatment. The methodology used includes different in vitro cell culture models and translational animal models. The most advanced microscopy, x-ray and PET devices and methods are applied on the field of bioimaging.
The library launched a new website on Friday 4th June 2021. The Libuniturku website focuses on the more creative content of the library, at sites.utu.fi/libuniturku. The first online exhibit also opened on 4th June - Library100: Never Ending Voyage.
Digital preservation refers to long-term storage of digital information in an accessible and usable form for several decades or even centuries. The University of Turku has applied and been granted a permission by the Ministry of Education and Culture to store the materials in the Archives of History, Culture and Arts Studies (ACS Archive) to the national Digital Preservation Service for research data (DPS for research data). The University has signed an agreement with CSC – IT Center for Science this week. CSC is responsible for the realisation of the service.
Faculty of Arts Social Sciences (FASS), The Open University in the UK has appointed professor Anne Alvesalo-Kuusi as a visiting professor for the period of 1.11.2020 – 31.10.2022. The LUISS University in Italy has invited postdoctoral researcher Dhanay Cadillo Chandler as a visiting professor during the spring 2021.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text database combines a wide-ranging collection of full-text journals covering various fields, for example linguistics, literature, writing studies, theater and other dramatic arts.
Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node FiBI has been accepted as a service-providing Node to the pan-European Euro-BioImaging consortium for imaging technologies. The new Node improves the prerequisites for conducting high quality research and increases the researchers’ opportunities for international collaboration.
The position of Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) research collegium as an interdisciplinary centre of research excellence was further strengthened in the beginning of this year when six new Postdoctoral Fellows started in their three-year long positions. The new Postdoctoral Fellows introduce their research projects in an online seminar on Wednesday, 20 January.
The podcast series shares inspiring stories about impactful sustainability initiatives sprouting from higher education cooperation.
The annual Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings list the world’s best universities in eleven disciplines. Altogether 1512 universities were ranked in the 2021 World University Rankings. The University of Turku was ranked in nine different disciplines.