For the first time, the University of Turku participates in the international iGEM Competition on synthetic biology this year. Consisting of students from the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, the team Aboa’s goal is to improve tests that are based on antibodies and to succeed in the high-level competition.
The international Life Science Live event will gather medical and health care research communities and the business world to Finland in May. The cutting edge event will be arranged in the Turku Fair Center and keynote speakers include e.g. Karen Madden, Vice President of Perkin Elmer; Andrew Fried, Director of global Life Science Industry at IBM; and Dipak Kalra, President of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data organisation.
The University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Technology Academy Finland TAF have launched a pilot programme that aims to develop collaboration and networking between universities and business life. The programme offers the best expertise and topical knowledge to companies and organisations, and employment opportunities and a chance to utilise their competence to doctoral candidates.
The multidisciplinary University of Turku has several interdisciplinary collaboration platforms whose purpose is to bring together different disciplines and representatives of companies and business life under various themes and perspectives.
The University of Turku is a multidisciplinary university that offers excellent conditions for ground-breaking interdisciplinary research and making the results available for the benefit of society.
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