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Rajaram Venkatesan received an Academy Research Fellow post
Dr. Rajaram Venkatesan has received a 5-year Academy Research Fellow post from The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences and Environment.
Lari Lehtiö received an Academy Research Fellow post
Dr. Lari lehtiö, group leader in the Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, has received an Academy Research Fellow post from The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Health.
An Article in the journal of Nature Neuroscience published by Petri Kursula and colleagues
A publication with title Haploinsufficiency of TBK1 causes familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and fronto-temporal d
An article by Seppo Vainio group published in EMBO J.
A publication with title “Progesterone and Wnt4 control mammary stem cells via myoepithelial crosstalk” was rec
EU funding for RENALTRACT network
Seppo Vainio is a partner in Marie Curie Initial Training Network RENALTRACT - "Development and disease of the renal tract”, which just received EU funding.
Project grant of 210.000€ to Inari Kursula research group
Dr. Inari Kursula has got a 3-year funding from the Emil Aaltonen Foundation.
Research grant of 1.5 Million € to Johanna Myllyharju and Peppi Karppinen research consortium
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation granted a donation of 1.5 million euros to Professor Johanna Myllyharju and Professor Peppi Karppinen.
Taina Pihlajaniemi nominated to the infrastructure committee
Vice Rector (Provost for Science and Research) Taina Pihlajaniemi has been nominated as a member of the infrastructure committee of the Academy of Finland.
Inari Kursula got a partial professorship in Bergen, Norway
Dr. Inari Kursula´s partial professorship at the University of Bergen, Norway, began 1 September, 2014.
Petri Kursula nominated as a Professor in Bergen, Norway
Dr. Petri Kursula has been nominated as Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
An article in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology by Seppo Vainio group
Functional Genetic Targeting of Embryonic Kidney Progenitor Cells Ex Vivo
AN ARTICLE IN THE FASEB JOURNAL BY THE GROUP OF INARI KURSULA
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An article in Nature Communications by the groups of Rik Wierenga, Alexander Kastaniotis and Kalervo Hiltunen
3-Ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) reductase (KAR) is a key enzyme in mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis (mtFAS) which is essential for mammalian embryonic survival.
An article in Nature Genetics by Peppi Karppinen, Mikko Myllymäki and colleagues
A variant of the gene EGLN1 is a key contributor to the ability of Tibetan Highlanders to live at extremely high elevations, reports a paper published online this week in Nature Genetics.
GONGHONG WEI RECEIVED ACADEMY RESEARCH FELLOW POST
Dr. Gonghong Wei has received Academy Research Fellow post from The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Health. Of the 94 applications only 10 were funded.
The first MSc graduated from Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
The first MSc of FBMM, Masuma Khatun, received her degree certificate 30th January 2014 from Dean of Education Peppi Karppinen, Dean Kalervo Hiltunen and Amanuensis Jari Heikkinen.
Excellence in research
The results of the university research assessment exercise have been published.
The Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine was established 1.1.2014
The new Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine was launched in the beginning of 2014.