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The University of Turku participated in the Climate Leadership Coalition’s (CLC) Zero Emissions Day campaign by emphasising the significance of food choices and food waste. The climate positive culture is visible on campus, for example, as high quality food research that offers support and new possibilities for making climate-friendly food choices. These themes were featured during the week of the Zero Emissions Day on 21–25 September as the University’s researchers set out on Twitter to discuss intriguing perspectives related to food.

BioCity Turku has invited 2012 Nobel Laureate Brian K. Kobilka to give an online seminar “Structural insights into G protein coupled receptor activation” on October 8th at 18:00 h. 

Story map of EnviSuM, created by Thaysa Portela de Carvalho was one of the winners in #EUinmyregion Stories 2020 contest.

The multidisciplinary mentoring programme supports both students’ transition into professional life and researchers’ and other personnel’s career development. The mentors are University’s alumni, and other volunteers who want to share their professional life experience and views, and also their professional network.

The Researcher in Spotlight is a series which introduces the researchers of the Faculty of Law. In September we are presenting Assistant Professor Tatu Hyttinen.

A new study finds that glyphosate residue in manure fertilizer decreases the growth of strawberry and meadow fescue as well as runner production of strawberry. Docent Marjo Helander’s Academy of Finland funded project studies the effects of glyphosate on non-target organisms.

Media researcher Susanna Paasonen’s book #NSFW – Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media has been awarded with the Nancy Baym Annual Book Award.

Coronavirus infections have been confirmed among the students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Turku. To ensure safety, the Faculty switches entirely to remote teaching.