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The Medisiina Service Point (Faculty of Medicine services) is closed on July 9-29, 2018 (Weeks 28 - 30)

Patent literature contains newest inventive research result documentation from around the world. In many fields, e.g. in technical and life sciences, it forms a valuable information source for multiple purposes.

The library has loanable iPad tablet computers for e-book use.

The FITech Network University provides studies at all Finnish universities of technology on a one-stop-shop basis.

Challenge Turku is a 24 hour innovation camp organised by Brahea Centre in collaboration with the City of Turku on a yearly basis since 2013. Participants can join from all higher education institutions in Turku and work in multidisciplinary teams to find innovative ways to solve a given challenge focused on areal development work in the Turku region.

​Student mentor Mac Nguyen, student participants Thuy Nguyen, Taisia Sycheva, Ngan Dao and Project Coordinator Heli Brander.

Doctoral Candidate Khalil Shahramian from the Institute of Dentistry of the University of Turku won the Three Minute Thesis competition for European universities. Shahramian and three other doctoral candidates competed to win the 3MT Competition at the Annual Conference of Coimbra Group in Salamanca on 1 June.

​In the Turku competition, Shahramian won both the votes of the judges and the audience.

Women are more prone to the development of autoimmune diseases. The female hormone estrogen is likely to affect the immune system. A team of scientists from Turku Center for Biotechnology and University of Georgia reported new findings related to the involvement of estrogen hormone receptor in autoimmune diseases.

​Histological image of colon sections from mice that received T cells from CD4-creERafl/fl mice.

The antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacterium is one of the most globally harmful bacteria that causes nosocomial infections. Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered that the bacterium attaches to plastic medical devices using tiny finger-like structures. The researchers were able to develop antibodies that prevent the bacterial spread.