Turku Bioscience Centre

Turku Bioscience Centre is an advanced core facility and research centre hosted jointly by University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University.

The Centre was established in 1992 to facilitate research infrastructure services and scientific interactions across departments and within the two universities. We offer services to both academic and commercially-oriented research projects.

Today, we have three major functions:

  • to offer technology and research services
  • to provide advanced training and education in technologies that relate to our core facilities
  • to host leading basic research that relates to our key technology and infrastructure areas

Our aim is to provide complete packages of service expertise and know-how to provide both academic and corporate research groups the tools and means to shorten the runway from an initial discovery to the take-off of a success story. To this end, we aim to stay at the frontiers of new technologies and research and we are also actively facilitating interactions and joint projects between academia and industry.

We are always open to new ideas and are excited to discuss research projects or new technologies that you think would be important for the community. You are very much welcome to contact or visit the Centre if you have a research problem or if you want to access specific technologies or infrastructure services. Stay tuned and stay in touch! We have the means to help you in your research and together we may be able to take your ideas to completely new horizons.

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Latest Publications

High-sensitivity, protein-independent detection of dsDNA sequences (2026)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Yan, Jiaqi; Bhadane, Rajendra; Xu, Wentao; Ran, Meixin; Ma, Xiaochao; Li, Yuanqiang; Jahnke, Kevin; Ma, Xiaodong; Salo-Ahen, Outi M. H.; Kostiainen, Mauri A.; Weitz, David A.; Zhang, Hongbo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Fibrillar adhesion dynamics govern the timescales of nuclear mechano-response via the vimentin cytoskeleton (2026)

Nature Materials
Beedle, Amy E. M.; Sharma, Vivek; Oliver-De La Cruz, Jorge; Jaganathan, Anuja; Albajar-Sigalés, Aina; Max, Yavitt F.; Bera, Kaustav; Andreu, Ion; Granero-Moya, Ignasi; Zalvidea, Dobryna; Kechagia, Zanetta; Wiche, Gerhard; Trepat, Xavier; Ivaska, Johanna; Anseth, Kristi S.; Shenoy, Vivek B.; Roca-Cusachs, Pere
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Signaling downstream of tumor-stroma interaction regulates mucinous colorectal adenocarcinoma apicobasal polarity (2026)

Nature Communications
Pasquier, Nicolas; Pelkonen, Meri; Carraz-Billat, Elise; Isomursu, Aleksi; Merand, Raphael; Hamidi, Hellyeh; Mathieu, Jacques R. R.; Harkönen, Jouni; Follain, Gautier; Desterke, Christophe; Fusilier, Zoe; Solis, Junel; Belaya, Irina; Kankaanpaa, Pasi; Barresi, Valeria; Bani, Mohamed-Amine; Protin, Johanna; Cartry, Jerome; Bedja, Sabrina; Andersen, Olav M.; Elenius, Klaus; Peglion, Florent; Jaulin, Fanny; Ivaska, Johanna
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Restoring the tumour mechanophenotype of vocal fold cancer reverts its malignant properties (2026)

Nature Materials
Kaivola, Jasmin; Punovuori, Karolina; Chastney, Megan R.; Abdo, Hind; Follain, Gautier; Mathieu, Mathilde; Joshi, Omkar; Miroshnikova, Yekaterina A.; Krautgasser, Fabian; Di Franco, Jasmin; Conway, James R. W.; Held, Sofia; Bertillot, Fabien; Hagström, Jaana; Mäkitie, Antti; Irjala, Heikki; Ventelä, Sami; Hamidi, Hellyeh; Scita, Giorgio; Cerbino, Roberto; Wickström, Sara A.; Ivaska, Johanna
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Tumor Invasive Border Index (TIBI) in colorectal cancer: linking infiltrative morphology to molecular insights (2026)

Journal of Pathology
Kehusmaa Akseli; Härkönen Jouni; Li Huayi; Sirniö Päivi; Äijälä Ville K; Karjalainen Henna; Kastinen Meeri; Tapiainen Vilja V; Mantere Tuomo; Pohjanen Vesa‐Matti; Elomaa Hanna; Sirkiä Onni; Pasquier Nicolas; Ahtiainen Maarit; Helminen Olli; Wirta Erkki‐Ville; Mattila Taneli T; Lindgren Outi; Savela Janette; Rintala Jukka; Meriläinen Sanna; Saarnio Juha; Rautio Tero; Seppälä Toni T; Böhm Jan; Mecklin Jukka‐Pekka; Mäkinen Markus J; Tuomisto Anne; Ivaska Johanna; Väyrynen Juha P
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Cell viscosity influences haematogenous dissemination and metastatic extravasation of tumour cells (2026)

Nature Materials
Gensbittel, Valentin; Yesilata, Zeynep; Bochler, Louis; Follain, Gautier; Nemoz-Billet, Laurie; Lefebvre, Olivier; Uhlmann, Klemens; Larnicol, Annabel; Ammirati, Giulia E. M.; Harlepp, Sébastien; Goswami, Ruchi; Girardo, Salvatore; Paulen, Laetitia; Hyenne, Vincent; Mittelheisser, Vincent; Stemmelen, Tristan; Molitor, Anne; Carapito, Raphael; Belthier, Guillaume; Pannequin, Julie; Kräter, Martin; Müller, Daniel J.; Balzani, Daniel; Guck, Jochen; Osmani, Naël; Goetz, Jacky G.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Transcriptomics of type 1 diabetes progression: a validation study in newly diagnosed patients (2026)

EBioMedicine
Suomi, Tomi; Starskaia, Inna; Rasool, Omid; Kalim, Ubaid Ullah; Bruggraber, Sylvaine; Marcovecchio, M. Loredana; Hendricks, Emile; Overbergh, Lut; Peakman, Mark; Tree, Timothy; Brunak, Søren; Schulte, Anke M.; Mathieu, Chantal; Knip, Mikael; Lahesmaa, Riitta; Elo, Laura L.; On behalf of the INNODIA Consortium
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)