After many months of work, our study on embryonic #neutrophils is now finally published in @natcomms.nature.com! My (offline) colleagues Laura, Emmi, and I report on the kinetics, localisation, and phenotype of neonatal neutrophils in the mouse. @utu.fi @inflames-flagship.bsky.social rdcu.be/ftxhF

Finally out! Our study on embryonic neutrophils is now published in @natcomms.nature.com @julianhofmann.bsky.social @turkubioscience.bsky.social @utu.fi @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @salmilab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tissue-resident neutrophils serve homeostatic and immunological functions in embryos @natcomms.nature.com @salmilab.bsky.social @uniturku.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔬⚕️ We’re hiring: Laboratory Technician Are you a highly motivated enthusiast of hematopoietic stem cell aging? Join our team at Helsinki University in the happiest country in the world: Finland 🇫🇮 😃 Find the link on our website: lengefeldlab.com Please share 🙏 We look forward to your application! 😎

Ryhmänjohtajamme, professori Jukka Westermarckin johtama tutkimus on saanut lähes miljoonan euron säätiörahoituksen, onnea🔥🍾💐👏! Rahoitus myönnettiin tutkimukseen, jossa etsitään lääkemolekyylikandidaatteja vakavaan kolmoisnegatiiviseen rintasyöpätyyppiin. Toivotamme parasta menestystä tutkimukselle!

Jukka Westermarckin johtamalle tutkimukselle lähes miljoonan euron rahoitus - InFLAMES-lippulaiva

Jane ja Aatos Erkon säätiö myönsi 993 000 € nelivuotisen rahoituksen syöpäbiologian professori, InFLAMES-lippulaivan ryhmänjohtaja Jukka Westermarckille. Jane ja Aatos Erkon säätiö myönsi vuoden ensim...

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Great funding news! Congratulations Jukka! bioscience.fi/the-jane-and... @westermarcklab.bsky.social

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has granted nearly €1 million to support research led by Professor Jukka Westermarck

993 000 € was granted to a research project led by our Group Leader Professor Jukka Westermarck titled “Small-molecule targeting and nuclear functions of CIP2A in triple-negative breast cancer.” The p...

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A one minute primer on how #AutoSpectral improves spectral flow cytometry unmixing by using per-cell calculation of autofluroscence spectra. Use our R package and get higher quality spectral data, easy as that! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thrilled to share that our latest review—led by @aysegulerdemm.bsky.social—synthesizing insights into complex intrinsic and extrinsic metabolic regulation of HSC fate and its implications for leukemogenesis, is published in March 2026 issue of @natcellbio.nature.com. @nickvangastel.bsky.social

Nature Cell Biology@natcellbio.nature.com · 5mo ago

👋Our March issue is out! Cover: #Adipose – #tumor in #immune escape 👉Reviews on: #metabolism #hematopoiesis ; #amnion ; #brain #lipids 🔬 #mitochondria #LipidDroplets #aging #autophagy #mechanobiology #neurodegeneration #ferroptosis #chromatin #metastasis & more! www.nature.com/ncb/volumes/...

We had a pleasure to have students visiting from Ivanov's lab @lp2mlab.bsky.social @univcotedazur.bsky.social in Turku @turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi. What a week! Full of experiments and scientific discussions.

“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science and to show them that women in science can also have an impact through their research.” Emmanuelle Charpentier, Nobel Prize winner and since this year ERC Scientific Council member.

🌍 On #InternationalWomensDay, EFIS celebrates the women advancing science and immunology🔬. Their work drives discovery, innovation, and better health worldwide. We remain committed to supporting diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities in science. #WomenInScience #WomenInImmunology

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate technology pioneers and recognize the mentorship that is necessary to inspire the current generation and those of the future. go.nature.com/4umbgcz

Celebrate women in research and the networks that sustain them

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate technology pioneers and recognize the mentorship that is necessary to inspire the current generation and those of the future.

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Loistava vieraskynä, kiitos Kaarlo Hildén! Kirjoituksen pointti pätee korkeakoulutuksen lisäksi sellaisenaan myös myös tieteeseen: Tieteen tavoitteen rajaaminen pelkkään kilpailukykyyn sivuuttaa inhimilliset haasteet ja sivistykselliset päämäärät – vaikka juuri niiden varaan kaikki muu rakentuu.

Vieraskynä | Korkeakoulujen vision pitäisi korostaa sivistystä kilpailukyvyn perustana

Voitaisiinko korkeakoulutukselle asettaa yhtä kunnianhimoiset sivistykselliset tavoitteet kuin peruskoululle?

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Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice Really cool stuff from @bbparis1984.bsky.social lab doi.org/10.1038/s435...

Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice - Nature Aging

To investigate the link between the gut microbiome and ovarian health, here the authors transplant gut microbiota from estropausal female mice to young adult female mice. Microbial transplantation imp...

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when it's your turn to give lab meeting and you don't have new results to show

Are brains 'male' or 'female'? Study tracks sex differences from age 8 to 100 go.nature.com/4kHd4rY

Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty

Nature - Study could help reveal why some mental health disorders vary between men and women — but it's not clear whether the differences are due to sex or gender.

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Exciting times! Over 80 international researchers applied to the IMMUFELLOW postdoctoral research programme for immunology-related postdoctoral positions. The applications are currently under review by independent experts. #immunology @salmilab.bsky.social @utu.fi @aboakademi.bsky.social

Over 80 applications were received for the IMMUFELLOW program - InFLAMES Research Flagship

Over 80 international researchers applied for the IMMUFELLOW postdoctoral research programme. The first 11 positions were available at the University of Turku or Åbo Akademi University for immunology-...

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Professor Laura Elo at University of Turku is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes. She believes we need to look at both proteins and genes to understand the disease. "It’s like being a detective", she says. Congratulations Laura👏💐! #ScienceSky #ImmunoSky

Laura Elo is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes

Laura Elo at University of Turku is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes.

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Turun yliopiston professorille Laura Elolle on myönnetty Leif C. Groop -palkinto ansiokkaasta tyypin 1 diabeteksen tutkimuksesta. Elo toivoo, että hänen ryhmänsä työ vaikuttaa siihen, että tulevaisuudessa tyypin 1 diabeteksen kulkua voidaan hidastaa ja ehkä jopa ehkäistä tauti. Onnea palkinnosta💐!

Professori Laura Elolle Leif C. Groop -palkinto ansiokkaasta tyypin 1 diabeteksen tutkimuksesta

Turun yliopiston professori Laura Elolle on myönnetty Leif C.

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Suomessa on surkean vähän naisia luonnontieteen ja tekniikan aloilla. Tämä näkyy myös tieteessä. Me Akatemiassa edellytämme, että hakija kuvaa hakemuksessaan, miten hankkeessa edistetään tasa-arvoa. Miten esim. rekrytoinneissa ja tutkimusryhmän rooleissa pyritään purkamaan sukupuolittuneisuutta?

Tasa-arvo | Asiantuntija: Miehiä suosiva kulttuuri vähentää yhä naisten hakeutumista luonnontieteisiin

Esimerkiksi Tanskassa ja Virossa noin puolet luonnontieteen ja tekniikan aloilla työskentelevistä on naisia. Suomi laahaa alle kolmanneksen osuudellaan EU-maiden viimeisenä.

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Glad to see the increased interest in sex differences among immunologist. See you in the meeting. @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi @univcotedazur.bsky.social

Immune Sex Differences@sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our second annual meeting - please save the date and distribute

Our second annual meeting - please save the date and distribute

Researchers grow specialised nerve cells that degenerate in ALS/motor neuron disease and are damaged in spinal cord injury in this 'fundamental' study. buff.ly/FqxZhvh

Turku Bioscience Genome Editing Core is organizing a workshop on generating knock-out and knock-in modification using CRISPR/Cas9 technology with in vitro ribonucleoprotein complex delivery. Read more & apply here: bioscience.fi/events/crisp... #geneediting #crispr #cas9

Our group leader, Matej Oresic, participated yesterday in a panel discussion organized by Sugar Science. The topic of the discussion was what the earliest detection of type 1 diabetes might look like. You can watch the discussion on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlMf...

Panel: What would the earliest detection of Type 1 Diabetes look like?

YouTube video by The Sugar Science

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My office view at @lp2mlab.bsky.social for a moment. Exited to work with talented people and cant wait to see what a amazing projects we can do together @turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi @univcotedazur.bsky.social @sigridjuselius.bsky.social

We are glad to see that the research on women's health issues have finally come to spotlight around the world @inflames-flagship.bsky.social

Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research@pasteur.fr · 6mo ago

Women’s health, Women in Health 🚺 📅 March 17th 2026 📍Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Registration and Poster application ↘️ research.pasteur.fr/fr/event/wom...

Amazing opportunity, two 5-year Research Professor positions opened at the Finnish Cancer Institute www.syopainstituutti.com/researcher-p...