The University of Turku was placed as 141st in the Times Higher Education ranking of European universities. Of the Finnish universities, the University of Turku was third after the University of Helsinki and Aalto University.
The results of a Finnish study show that patients with neurofibromatosis have an increased risk for cancer and a poorer prognosis than that of the comparable population. The results were published in the esteemed Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Separated by several hundred kilometres from its next of kin, a new species of blue-tailed monitor lizard unique to the remote Mussau Island has been described. Unknown to science until recently and formally termed the "isolated", it is the only large-sized land-living predator and scavenger native to the island.
Turku School of Economics organises its first joint ceremonial conferment of doctoral and Master's degrees on 12–14 May 2016.
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The University of Turku wants to advance the open access and utilisation of research data with the newly-published data policy.
The joint education export company of the University of Turku and Planmeca has had a speedy start. Dental professionals from over ten different countries have participated in the training.
Participants from a course on 3D imaging and diagnostics held in spring 2015.
The U.S. Department of State and Facebook collaborated to organise a competition targeted at universities around the world with the aim to discover new means for decreasing the attractiveness of extremist organisations, particularly by utilising social media.
Recent research demonstrates that an evolutionarily conserved molecular code, present on cell surface adhesion molecules, is a critical regulator of cell motility. The prehistorical code identified by the researchers finally explains on the molecular level how cells can fine-tune their migration in response to different tissue determinants. This code which predates dinosaurs and life moving to dry land remains functional in our bodies even today.
The University of Turku is among the top 200 universities in the world in international outlook according to the Times Higher Education ranking. The University was the only Finnish university to make the list.
Reindeer husbandry is an important livelihood and an essential part of the Sámi culture in Northern Fennoscandia. Moreover, it can also be a significant conservation tool in mitigating the effects of climate change in the Arctic.
