• Health Campus Turku prepares a new strategy

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    Health Campus Turku prepares a new strategy The Health Campus Turku aims to strengthen the network with a new strategy. In the beginning of this year, Health Campus Turku has welcomed two new employees, Development Director, MD, Leena Setälä and coordinator M.Sc. Mira Lehti. The aim of collaboration is to develop the Health Campus Turku…

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  • Top Experts in Light Microscopy to Meet in Turku in 2021

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    Top Experts in Light Microscopy to Meet in Turku in 2021 The 2021 International European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI) conference has been decided to be organised in Turku. The conference welcomes research centres providing light microscopy services and equipment, as well as companies in the field from Europe and elsewhere around the world to Turku.…

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  • Environmentally friendly shipping helps to reduce freight costs

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    Environmentally friendly shipping helps to reduce freight costs The shipping sector has potential to gain profit by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Recent research shows that shipping companies and ports can achieve cost savings by, for example, investing in digital route planning or equipping vessels with solar panels. Improved ship utilization rates and investments in environmentally…

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  • Cells protect themselves against stress by keeping together

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    Cells protect themselves against stress by keeping together Cell-to-cell contacts are necessary for the survival of human cells under protein-damaging conditions and stress. This was one of the conclusions made by a research team working under the leadership of Lea Sistonen, Professor in Cell and Molecular Biology at Åbo Akademi University. The results of their…

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  • What kind of world do we operate in? The Ministry for Foreign Affairs visits ÅAU with panel discussion in March

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    What kind of world do we operate in? The Ministry for Foreign Affairs visits ÅAU with panel discussion in March Preparations for a new report on foreign and security policy are currently under way. As part of this process, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will organise a series of panel discussions on topical foreign and…

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  • Alternative Location Sought for Aurum Car Park

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    Alternative Location Sought for Aurum Car Park On 11 December 2019, the management group of the Aurum project authorised the University Properties of Finland Ltd to seek for an alternative solution for the parking space needed due to constructing the Aurum building. The Vatselankatu parking space was suggested as an alternative for the Caloniankuja parking…

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  • The Academy of Finland awards grants to study of public opinion and bioimaging

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    The Academy of Finland awards grants to study of public opinion and bioimaging The research consortium The Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO) led by Kimmo Grönlund, Professor of Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, has received a grant of 774 000 euros from The Academy of Finland. Professor John Eriksson and project leader Gleb…

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  • The Rector’s office will move to Humanisticum

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    The Rector’s office will move to Humanisticum Åbo Akademi University’s Rector and Vice-rectors will be moving to the Humanisticum building at Piispankatu 13 by the end of this autumn. The idea is to bring the university’s executive management and academic activities closer to each other. Humanisticum provides suitable facilities for this purpose. The building is…

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  • Hollós and PARKS won the Nordic Life Sciences Award

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    Hollós and PARKS won the Nordic Life Sciences Award Patrik Hollós won the Nordic Life Sciences Award in academic class for the PARKS project. The prize was handed out during the NLSDays in Malmö, Sweden, in September. Hollós is business champion for the Parkinson’s Biomarker test (PARKS) team, led by Professor Eleanor Coffey at Turku…

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  • The Donner Research Prize 2019 to Oriol Poveda Guillén

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    The Donner Research Prize 2019 to Oriol Poveda Guillén The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History in Turku has awarded Dr Oriol Poveda Guillén the 2019 prize for outstanding research into religion. Dr Poveda is awarded for his book According to whose will: The entanglements of gender & religion in the lives…

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