• Åbo Akademi University successfully delivered an online course on bioinnovation

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    Pamela Friström

    novation In May, the Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University successfully completed a 12 week online course on bioinnovation for 70 student from several universities. The course was developed within the Jobitti project, funded by The Ministry of Education and Culture, and aiming at establishing high-quality online…

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  • Åbo Akademi University will gradually reopen from 14 May

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    Pamela Friström

    Åbo Akademi University will gradually reopen from 14 May Åbo Akademi University is gradually starting to reopen its facilities on campus from 14 May onwards. The opening will be gradual and controlled, in accordance with the authorities’ instructions and restrictions, and in accordance with guidelines agreed upon with other universities and with the Ministry of

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  • Universities decided on changes to spring student admissions (2020)

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    Pamela Friström

    Universities decided on changes to spring student admissions It is important that applicants keep preparing for the admissions and take care of their wellbeing. Their long-term preparations have not gone to waste. The universities have decided on the implementation of student admissions in the current emergency conditions. All the units responsible for the study options

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  • Finnish researchers look at noisy quantum computer

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    Pamela Friström

    Finnish researchers look at noisy quantum computer Researchers from CSC – IT center for science, Åbo Akademi University, Aalto University, Finland, and their collaborators from Boston University in the USA have for the first time demonstrated how the noise impacts on quantum computing in a systematic way. The results are published in the prestigious journal

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  • A new learning model to enhance citizen participation

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    Pamela Friström

    A new learning model to enhance citizen participation How to teach citizens to become active members of the society? Peter Ehrström, Head of Research in Regional Science, and Marina Lindell, Project Researcher at the Social Science Research Institute of Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, approached the question by inviting a group of students on a

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  • Kim Strandberg and Kimmo Grönlund awarded for best article 

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    Pamela Friström

    Kim Strandberg and Kimmo Grönlund awarded for best article  Kim Strandberg, Academy of Finland Research Fellow and Professor of Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, Kimmo Grönlund, Professor of Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, and Staffan Himmelroos, researcher in political science at the University of Helsinki (previously at Åbo Akademi University) are the winners of the 2020 Meisel-Laponce Award.  The award is given every four years for the best article published in International

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  • Carl G. Gahmberg appointed as new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University

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    Pamela Friström

    Carl G. Gahmberg appointed as new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University The Åbo Akademi University Collegiate Body has appointed Professor Carl G. Gahmberg as the new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University. By virtue of the special provisions pertaining to Åbo Akademi University as given in the Universities Act, Åbo Akademi University shall have a Chancellor.

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  • European Commission Launched the Euro-Bioimaging ERIC – A Gateway to European Imaging Excellence

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    Pamela Friström

    European Commission Launched the Euro-Bioimaging ERIC – A Gateway to European Imaging Excellence The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies and resources in biological and biomedical imaging – as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). Imaging technologies have a central role

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  • The European MegaM@Rt2 project uses AI and advanced modeling techniques for the continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems

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    Pamela Friström

    The European MegaM@Rt2 project uses AI and advanced modeling techniques for the continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems Åbo Akademi University is participating in the Teknologia 19 industry fair in Helsinki, where ÅAU together with other Finnish partners will present some intermediary results of the European MegaM@Rt2 Project (megamart2-ecsel.eu). MegaM@Rt2 is a three-year

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  • Memory training builds upon strategy use

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    Pamela Friström

    Memory training builds upon strategy use Researchers from Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and Umeå University, Sweden, have for the first time obtained clear evidence of the important role strategies have in memory training. Training makes participants adopt various strategies to manage the task, which then affects the outcome of the training. Strategy acquisition can also

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