Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Turku The faculties of the University of Turku organise annually altogether 180 defences of doctoral dissertations. Guidelines for dissertation defence University of Turku Graduate School UTUGS UTUPub: Doctoral dissertations Upcoming dissertation defences Dissertation Defence 20.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Futures Studies): MA Seyedeh Akhgar Kaboli MA Seyedeh Akhgar Kaboli defends the dissertation in Futures Studies titled “Orienting towards... Dissertation Defence 21.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Clinical Neuroscience): MBBS, MSc Imran Waggan MBBS, MSc Imran Waggan defends the dissertation in Clinical Neuroscience titled “Adenosine A2A... Dissertation Defence 21.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Immunology): MSc Eleftheria Maranou MSc Eleftheria Maranou defends the dissertation in Immunology titled “The Achilles’ heel of immune... Dissertation Defence 21.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Medical Biochemistry and Genetics): MSc Mauricio Ramm MSc Mauricio Ramm defends the dissertation in Medical Biochemistry and Genetics titled “Autophagy... Dissertation Defence 28.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Biochemistry): MSc Heli Lumenkajo MSc Heli Lumenkajo defends the dissertation in Biochemistry titled “Harnessing Biosynthetic Novelty... Dissertation Defence 28.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Biology): MSc Theophilus Yaw Alale MSc Theophilus Yaw Alale defends the dissertation in Biology titled “Tick population genomics and... Dissertation Defence 28.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Biology): MSc Sajjad (Farshad) Vakili MSc Sajjad (Farshad) Vakili defends the dissertation in Biology titled “Incubation behaviour under... Dissertation Defence 28.08.2026 Dissertation defence (Psychology): MA Dmitri Filimonov MA Dmitri Filimonov defends the dissertation in Psychology titled “Electrophysiological correlates... All upcoming dissertation defences