Keyword: Faculty of Medicine

Xenon gas was studied at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Turku University Hospital, Finland in 2009–2014 as a treatment for minimising the damage of cardiac arrest, and now it enters drug development in spring 2018. NeuroproteXeon is advancing the study of xenon in a pivotal phase III trial. An earlier study discovered that xenon protects the white matter in the brain from damage and the latest research showed that xenon can also protect the heart.

Nordic Institute of Dental Education (NIDE) organised two advanced level CAD/CAM continuing education courses in Helsinki on 4–8 September with the help of American lecturers. The lecturers also visited the Institute of Dentistry at the University of Turku.

The Nordic NordBioMedNet, a collaborative network in the field of biomedicine, has received over €350,000 in Strategic Partnerships Erasmus+ funding from the European Union. With the funding, the network is building an Open Educational Resource – OER biomedical platform that is open for all.

There are nearly fifty open vacancies for fixed-term doctoral candidate positions at the University of Turku from 1 January 2018 onwards. The call for applications is open 1–20 September and positions are open to all the 16 doctoral programmes.

Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain’s endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety.

This year, the Elias Tillandz Prize was awarded to the best research article published by the BioCity Turku researchers in 2016. The ceremony was held during the BioCity symposium on 17 August.

​Doctoral Candidate Norma Jäppinen (left) and Docent Pia Rantakari received the Prize. Professor Tapio Salmi from Åbo Akademi University handed the Prize to the researchers.

The Institute of Dentistry at the University of Turku has been ranked the 18th best in the world in the latest subject-specific Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Only three other European universities made the top 20 in Dentistry & Oral Sciences, all the other places went to universities from the United States.

The Medisiina office is closed on July 10-30, 2017 (Weeks 28 - 30)

Call for applications for fixed-term doctoral candidate positions and also for a right to study for a doctoral degree at the Faculty of Medicine will open on September 1, 2017. Period for applying is September 1– 20, 2017.