The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Turku marks its 80th anniversary this year and celebrates its doctors and honorary doctors with a traditional ceremonial conferment of doctoral degrees on 25–27 May 2023.
Docent Pekka Postila and Professor Olli Pentikäinen from the Institute of Biomedicine and InFLAMES Flagship have received 100,000 dollars in funding from the SynGAP Research Fund (SRF) for SynGAP syndrome research.
The World Bank report presents the latest insight into the logistics performance of 139 countries.
We are pleased to announce our new collaboration with Archways in Ireland.
COSMO research team from Turku School of Economics and Åbo Akademi presented their research on cosmopolitan behavior at the 5th International Entrepreneurship Workshop at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense.
In the latest issue of the journal Nature, an international team including astronomers from University of Turku reveal the origin of a thermonuclear supernova explosion. Strong emission lines of helium and the first detection of such a supernova in radio waves show that the exploding white dwarf star had a helium-rich companion.
The EURAS consortium received Horizon funding to develop new treatments for rare neurodevelopmental disorders of the Ras pathway.
Early prevention of diseases improves individual health outcomes and the capacity of the healthcare system. A study conducted at the University of Turku aims at discovering breakthroughs for improving public health and seeks pre-emptive ways to prevent diseases.
The proposed scoring model would ease the pressures on general upper secondary students and allow them to focus on subjects interesting them. The new scoring model for certificate-based admission will be published in autumn 2023.
In a recent seminar, there were presentations about mental health stigma and ways to reduce it. A major topic of discussion was the prevalence of mental health stigma and its negative effect on the human dignity of those in need of services. The seminar was organized by The Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, INVEST research centre and the Advisory Board for Public health (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health).