Several international top conferences will be organised in Turku in the next few years. In collaboration with the City of Turku, the University of Turku will be hosting scientific conferences in different topics, such as plant biology and entrepreneurship.
T helper 17 (Th17) cells belong to a group of T cells with essential functions in autoimmune diseases and inflammation. Regulatory T cells (iTregs) are T cells with a suppressive function to maintain self-tolerance and prevent autoimmune responses. Researchers from Turku Centre for Biotechnology and Aalto University together utilised the advanced technology called label-free quantitative proteomics to identify the proteomes of Th17 and iTreg cells.
The new multidisciplinary research project of the University of Turku, which focuses on the utilisation of big data in territorial policy development, is part of the ESPON research programme. The project is coordinated by the Centre for Collaborative Research of the School of Economics.
The importance of the human brown adipose tissue (BAT) has become clearer during the past ten years. Using functional imaging, positron emission tomography, PET, it was possible to show that adult humans have functional BAT. Coldness is one of the most effective activators of the BAT metabolic function but, in rodents, eating has also been shown to activate BAT. The debate on whether eating has the same effect on humans has lasted for decades. Now, the researchers at Turku PET Centre have proven that having a meal increases oxygen consumption in human BAT to the same extent as coldness.
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have directly imaged the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material ejected when the powerful gravity of a supermassive black hole ripped apart a star that wandered too close to the massive monster.
Transferred to the Department of Future Technologies of the University of Turku, Phonetics and its Learning, Age & Bilingualism (LAB) laboratory have launched two significant international laboratory collaborations in California in the United States.
The small electrodes attached to the head transmit information on brain activity.
How could refugee scientists renew Finnish higher education? Experts from the Finnish National Agency for Education, higher education institutes, and companies discussed the topic in a seminar open for everyone at the University of Turku on Thursday 7 June.
Erkki Sutinen from the Department of Future Technologies hosted the seminar.
Rector Kalervo Väänänen of the University of Turku has appointed Professor Anne Kumpula as the Dean of the Faculty of Law.
The University of Turku was ranked as 285th in the latest QS World University Ranking. QS Ranking ranked 1,000 universities after analysing the information of 4,000 institutions.
Challenge Turku is a 24 hour innovation camp organised by Brahea Centre in collaboration with the City of Turku on a yearly basis since 2013. Participants can join from all higher education institutions in Turku and work in multidisciplinary teams to find innovative ways to solve a given challenge focused on areal development work in the Turku region.
Student mentor Mac Nguyen, student participants Thuy Nguyen, Taisia Sycheva, Ngan Dao and Project Coordinator Heli Brander.