English

34th BioCity Symposium: Transforming Drug Development for Tomorrow 28th-29th AugustOn-site eventin Mauno Koivisto Centre, BioCity, Turku, Finland The 34th BioCity Symposium focuses on drug development across a range of disease groups and on various drug modalities. Despite of significant breakthroughs in medicine, there are still numerous conditions for which there are no curative treatments, or even therapies…

InFLAMES Corporate Corner goes SHIFT 21st May at 11:30-16:00Onsite eventin Cave auditorium, Joki Innovation Centre The next Corporate Corner will be held in collaboration with SHIFT Business Festival! The event will take place in the Cave Theater of the Visitor and Innovation Centre Joki, Lemminkäisenkatu 12 B. The event will start with lunch at 11:30,…

BioBridges: How to secure funding for your future science 8th May at 13:00-16:00Onsite eventin Workshop auditorium, Joki innovation centre 3rd floor Welcome to the new BioBridge event series presented by the Postdocs in Flames (PiF) and TBC PhD-PostDoc networks. Our aim is to bridge the gap between local researchers, funding agencies, and the life science…

Immunology Seminar 1st April at 14:00-15:00Virtual eventin Zoom Osamu Takeuchi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto UniversitymRNA Regulation in Immune Responses: The Role of Regnase-1 as a Key Brake in Immune Cells Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Link to the online seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/69606364707 Immunology seminar series is jointly organised…

PhD Postdoc Board Lunch Talk 1st April at 12:00-13:00Onsite eventin Abo Lecture hall, 2nd floor BioCity Maheswara Reddy Emani, Ph.D. Principal Scientist / Group Leader, Genentech, USAMaking a Difference to Patients: Careers with Purpose Host: Rahul Biradar (rahul.biradar@utu.fi) Registration link https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/52DECECB404786F6Organizer: Turku Bioscience Centre’s PhD-Postdoc Board Mahesh earned his PhD in biotechnology from the National…

MIST Guest Seminar 31st March at 15:00Onsite eventin Säätiö sali, Medisiina D, 1. floor Maheswara Reddy Emani, Ph.D. Principal Scientist /Group Leader, Genentech, California,USA.iPSC-derived Complex models for Drug Discovery Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi) Maheswara Reddy Emani is principal scientist and group leader at Genentech (a member of Roche) since 2020. He did his PhD in biotechnology at…

BF Bioinformatics Webinar 31st March at 14:00Online eventin Zoom Andre Juffer, PhD, University of Oulu, Finland.In silico modeling and simulation of biological macromolecules Speaker is the head of the Biocenter Oulu biocomputing research infrastructure focusing on in silico modelling and simulations of biomolecules.https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/andre-juffer Join the webinar in Zoom: https://oulu.zoom.us/j/66354009608Meeting ID: 663 5400 9608 The Biocenter Finland Bioinformatics…

PiF Friday Café 28th March at 13:00-14:00Onsite eventin Medicity Seminar Room 4009, BioCity 4th floor Akira Takeda, UTULab of Your Own: The First Steps to Scientific Independence Coffee, pulla, and smoothies will be served on a first-come, first-serve basis. Join us for our recurring Friday Café event, organised by Postdocs in Flames. This time Academy…

Infections and Immunity Seminar 26th March at 13:15-14:00Hybrid eventin Blokki 2, Medisiina / ZoomSpring 2025 program Shahan Syed, University of HelsinkiImplications of Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogenesis on vascular health The seminars will be held in Zoom (https://utu.zoom.us/j/61436543940) and on site at Medisiina D on Wednesdays at 13:15-14.00. Student credits can be collected from this seminar. If…

MBC Bioinformatics Consultation 25th March at 13-14Onsite eventin Biocity, 7th floor large seminar room (Swan) Open bioinformatics consultation sessions are organized regularly on-site (in Biocity). Feel free to pop in without reservation and ask about bioinformatics, experimental design and data analysis. The consultation sessions are organized under the Biocenter Finland Bioinformatics platform and they are…