The first researchers of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund-funded post-doctoral programme SYS-LIFE have started their work at the University of Turku. The Faculty of Medicine organised an orientation day for the researchers to introduce themselves and learn about the services available for a research career on Tuesday, 1 October.
A new study from the University of Turku showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well as the mechanisms related to back pain.
A diverse group of new Master’s degree students have started their studies in the new Public Mental Health programme, which attracted significant interest from students worldwide in its first intake. As the first programme of its kind in Finland, it aims to address mental health challenges at the population and service system level through interdisciplinary approaches and a global perspective.
Physicist Stefan Hell, who had his innovation at the University of Turku in the 1990s, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in autumn 2014. The 10th anniversary of the prize commemorated not only Hell's groundbreaking discovery, but also imaging expertise and research in Turku
A new study by the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland investigated the origin of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions in the patients were located outside the cerebellum.
Frontiers of Science seminar program is ready for autumn 2024. All seminars are on-site only at 12:00. Coffee and sandwich are served before each seminar.