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Researchers in Turku Centre for Biotechnology have developed a new computational approach for detecting biomarkers in patient samples. The developed method detects genetic markers that have implication e.g. in predicting cancer patient prognosis and is a powerful tool for analyzing latest genome-wide technologies like RNA-sequencing. The study has recently appeared in the journal of Nucleic Acids Research.

The Finnish Science and Technology Camp brought 22 elementary and secondary school pupils from Tianjin to Turku on Wednesday, 12 August 2015. In the University's workshops, the pupils experimented how to make ice cream with the help of physics and learned about the cryogenic phenomena utilised in laboratories.

​In the workshop, the pupils used liquid nitrogen to freeze ice cream. They received directions from the scientists through an interpreter (on the right).

When using the library, you need a library card. You can get it free of charge by presenting your identity card in any of our library units.

The University of Turku kept its strong position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which compares the top universities in the world.

The University of Turku and the Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3) of the University of Leuven in Belgium announced the signing of a collaboration agreement for the development of a new type of cancer drug.

– We are currently living the second renaissance period of imaging. The first period took place when glass was invented. Now we are creating new, more accurate and smaller technology that tells us more, and are introducing microscopy to disciplines where it has not been used before, says Teng-Leong Chew. Next to him, Pasi Kankaanpää nods approvingly. – On the field, people are talking about a revolution, says Kankaanpää.

Breeding Cichlids defending their offspring attack fish that present a greater threat to the their territory more aggressively.

​Cichlids are also popular aquarium fish.

What we tell about ourselves online can even change how we see ourselves. This thought comes from Sari Östman, whose doctoral dissertation "Millaisen päivityksen tästä sais" ("What Sort of Update Could I Get Out of This") reveals a new model of thinking.