Academy Research Fellow Kaisa Matomäki from the University of Turku receives the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize as a recognition for her fundamental scientific breakthroughs with prime numbers. The New Horizons Prize is $100,000 and Matomäki shares the prize with Professor Maksym Radziwill from the California Institute of Technology.
With the IHMEC project coordinated by the University of Turku, the expertise clusters of three countries in the Baltic Sea region are aiming to enter into the construction market in the Middle East.
The delegation of the project met with the Ambassador of Finland in Saudi Arabia Antti Rytövuori (in the middle) at Riyadh on 14 October 2018.
A research team from the University of Turku and Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center details how a natural and dramatic process – changes in mammary glands to accommodate breastfeeding – uses a molecular process believed to contribute to survival of premalignant breast cells. The study was published online in the prestigious journal Cell Death Discovery.
Involution in a mouse's mammary tissue after 72 hours. Dyed cross section, 100 times magnified.
The University of Turku has received more applications for Fulbright scholarships than ever before. Three U.S. researchers and two academically talented students are visiting the University this semester on Fulbright grants.
The Feeniks Library of the University of Turku will be open normally starting from 4 October.
The University of Turku is among the best 400 universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings published on 26 September 2018.
The quarrying of Juslenia will begin with test blastings on Thursday, 27 September at 8.30–8.45am and on Friday, 28 September at 8.30–8.45am. The actual blastings will begin on Monday, 1 October 2018. During the blastings, students and staff are asked to take extra caution near the construction site. The blastings will be finished by the end of January 2019.
The construction site of Juslenia next to Horttokuja photographed on Friday, 21 September.
Researchers of organic chemistry and biotechnology from the University of Turku are creating new medical technologies in an Ecosystem coordinated by Orion Corporation. The research groups are involved in creating treatments for diseases for which the traditional small-molecular drugs are not suitable.
The University of Turku is one of the co-organisers of the Life Science Pitching Competition at Sluh y Science event on 5 December 2018. The competition invites startups and pre-startups with a focus on life-sciences.
