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Turku Åbo Summer School – Kick start to your study period in Finland!
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Turku Åbo Summer School – Kick start to your study period in Finland! Turku Åbo Summer School offers you Finnish world-class education in an innovative learning environment. We invite participants from all over the world to join our 2-week program in August in one of the most popular study cities in Finland. For an incoming…
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New project aims to secure Finland’s position in upgrading biomass
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Professor Dmitry Murzin’s project Catalytic Slurry Hydrotreatment, CASH, is funded with 600 000 euros by Business Finland. The aim of the project is to develop sustainable chemicals, polymers and fuels from biomass.
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Turku Bioscience receives 1.5 million euros from the Academy of Finland
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Turku Bioscience receives 1.5 million euros from the Academy of Finland Turku Bioscience has been awarded 1.5 million euros by the Academy of Finland. Turku Bioscience is an advanced core facility and research centre hosted jointly by University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. The grants are awarded within the framework of the FIRI2020-program Research…
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ÅAU receives employer award from the EU
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ÅAU receives employer award from the EU Åbo Akademi University has received the HR Excellence in Research Award by the European Commission. The award is given in recognition of the work carried out at Åbo Akademi University in order to develop the working conditions and recruitment processes for researchers. “In our new strategy effective from…
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Free courses in sustainability for ÅAU students
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Free courses in sustainability for ÅAU students Åbo Akademi University is a partner in the university network UniPID (Finnish University Partnership for International Development, www.unipid.fi). Students (and staff members, if there is room) at the participating universities can – free of charge – take part in courses arranged by UniPID. The UniPID Virtual Studies courses…
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Blood—a window to the brain
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Illustration: Bigstock. TEXT: Marcus Prest The number of mental illness cases increases during viral epidemics. One hypothesis is therefore that the virus affects the brain in some way. Since it is not possible to examine the brain tissue of living people, Eleanor Coffey’s research team examines the blood, as the blood is the organ that…
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Flagship Initiative in Immune System Research Receives funding
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Flagship Initiative in Immune System Research and Drug Development Receives 5.6 million euros in Funding The research and development initiative Innovation Ecosystem Based on the Immune System (InFLAMES) has received significant funding from the Academy of Finland. The InFLAMES initiative has received 5.6 million euros in funding for 2020–2024 from the Flagship Programme of the…
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Anison found its SPARK in San Francisco
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Anison found its SPARK in San Francisco The SPARK project Anison at Åbo Akademi University took part with a pitch at BIO SPARK Showcase at BIO Investor Forum 2020 in San Francisco in the middle of October. Anison was one of ten research groups within the SPARK project all over the world to get the…
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European award to research in life in the sea
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European award to research in life in the sea The research programme VELMU – Using underwater inventories for the conservation of marine areas in Finland has won this year’s European Natura 2000 Award. The pan-European award recognises excellence in the management of Natura 2000 sites. VELMU won the category Conservation, which highlights achievements that have…
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Elias Tillandz Prize 2019 Awarded to Sirpa Jalkanen and Her Team
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Elias Tillandz Prize 2019 Awarded to Sirpa Jalkanen and Her Team This year, the Elias Tillandz prize for the best scientific paper published in 2019 in BioCity Turku has been awarded to Academician Sirpa Jalkanen and her research group. The Elias Tillandz prize is awarded annually to the best scientific paper published by a research…