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Researchers secure funding to study SynGAP1 protein mutations linked to rare neurodevelopmental disease

09.04.2025

Senior Researcher Pekka Postila from the University of Turku and InFLAMES Flagship has been awarded  €120,000 Investigator Award from the California-based SynGAP Research Fund to investigate the effects of missense mutations on the SynGAP1 protein. Additionally, Doctoral Researcher Aliaa E. Ali has received full two-year PhD funding from the Finnish Cultural Foundation for her work on SynGAP1 modeling.

A donation of €300 000 from the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation to Turku PET Centre

10.12.2024

The joint PET Centre of the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi, and Turku University Hospital (Tyks) will receive a €300,000 donation from the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation to celebrate the foundation's 75th anniversary. The donation will support a project investigating the effects of connections between the brain and the rest of the body on mental and physical health. The aim is to uncover the biological mechanisms through which mental functions can influence bodily processes and disease susceptibility, and vice versa.

University of Turku involved in 11 research infrastructures of Finland's research infrastructure roadmap 2025–2028

04.12.2024

The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee (FIRI Committee) within the Research Council of Finland has selected 21 research infrastructures to Finland’s national roadmap for research infrastructures 2025–2028. The University of Turku is involved in the implementation of eleven infrastructures.

New project coordinated by the University of Turku receives over €4 million in EU funding – develops innovative technology for solar fuels production

12.09.2024

This new European research project aims to convert solar energy and CO2 into butanol by unlocking the potential of photosynthetic microbes. The consortium S2B - Solar to Butanol is coordinated by the University of Turku.