A unique mobile service will be created for the new students of the University of Turku and it will help them in adjusting to the new city and study environment. At the beginning of the year, new exchange students can test the application and in the autumn the University will offer it to all new students.
Tanzania offers Finnish geospatial companies a possibility to become international and to create new services. At the same time, the companies take sustainable business to Tanzania and support the development of local business culture. The University of Turku is involved in the project that aims to develop new business solutions related to geospatial and ICT technologies for the markets of developing countries.
The new Nordic Centre of Excellence, led by Academy Professor Eva-Mari Aro from the University of Turku, applies top-level basic research in blue bioeconomy. The aim is to foster commercial applications particularly from algae and to strengthen entrepreneurship in the field of bioeconomy.
Researchers at the University of Turku have identified a new way of blocking the spread of cancer. Calcium channel blockers, which are used to lower blood pressure, block breast and pancreatic cancer invasion by inhibiting cellular structures.
High-resolution microscope image of an invasive breast cancer cell (magenta) expressing Myosin-10 induced “sticky-fingers” (green).
Turku BioImaging offers its researchers a cost-effective possibility to versatile biomedical imaging. The crown jewel of the centre is a brand new super-resolution STED microscope which is the only one in Finland. All operations aim to bring the valuable equipment to as efficient as possible public use.
The universities in Turku are planning to collaborate more closely in natural sciences and technology education. The co-operation can also be seen in the form of shared facilities, the latest of which is the new Geotalo (Geo Building).
Geotalo has been in use since the beginning of the academic year and is located in Akatemiankatu 1.
Namibian NSFAF foundation has bought Bachelor's level teacher education from Finland University for 25 students. The Rauma unit of the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Turku will be providing the education. The teacher education begins in the beginning of 2017 and takes three years.
The new professorship for gamification focuses on the central role of games in society. Professor Juho Hamari is one of the leading researchers in gamification worldwide.
The University of Turku organises a Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees of all the faculties on 25–26 May 2017. The event celebrates young doctors and honorary doctors appointed by the faculties.
The University of Turku and the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim have made an agreement on research collaboration that utilises the new screening method for genetic mutation of cancer, developed at the University of Turku, and the targeted cancer therapy for lung cancer, developed by the pharmaceutical company. The collaboration is expected to improve the patient selection for pharmacotherapy.
