The expert panels of the Academy of Finland have selected the new Academy projects, research fellows and postdoctoral researchers during spring.
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The University of Turku and Fudan University will begin planning their joint education in nursing science and information technology. Their aim is to collaborate in both education and research, as well as in the resulting innovation activities.
Xylitol is by far the most famous product created at the University of Turku. The xylitol research, which started in 1969, culminated in an observation that surprised everyone. – We started to research whether xylitol is harmful to teeth, but we discovered that it can even ameliorate caries, says Professor Emeritus Kauko K. Mäkinen.
Kauko K. Mäkinen presents the structure of xylitol. The light hydrogen atom and the red oxygen atom surround the zigzag carbon structure.
The University's research projects in drug development, diagnostics and imaging, and education and learning were at the forefront in the application round for the profiling funding.
The Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees of all the faculties of the University of Turku was organised on 28–30 May. 12 Honorary Doctors and 110 doctors were conferred in the Ceremony.
Riitta Lahesmaa and Virpi Lummaa start their five-year academy professorship at the beginning of 2016.
Riitta Lahesmaa, who was appointed to the post of an academy professor, is the director of Turku Centre for Biotechnology and leads a research group in Turku, which is part of the Academy of Finland's Centre of Excellence in molecular systems immunology and physiology.
The delegation from Al-Ghad International Colleges for Health Sciences (AICHS) visited the University of Turku to gain information about organising Master’s level education in Health and Nursing Sciences.
The Annual Report that presents the operations of the University of Turku in 2014 has been published. It is available both in Finnish and English. You can read the digital version of the Annual Report on your computer or tablet.
A research team based at the University of Eastern Finland and the Turku Centre for Biotechnology have found new ways to block a pathway that may be responsible for several brain disorders, which could open the door to developing better treatments.
The new genetic analysis methods applied by researchers of the University of Turku and Estonian University of Life Sciences reveal that restored spawning grounds and rapids produce higher population densities in brown trout and increase the vitality of rivers and streams.
