“The idea of a research stay in Japan developed gradually, although the final decisions were made quickly. Alongside my clinical work as a physician I have been involved in…
11 Postdoctoral Researcher Positions Open in the EU-Funded IMMUFELLOW Training Programme
The second call for applications to the IMMUFELLOW Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme has now opened. A total of 11 positions are available for international postdoctoral researchers at the University of…
First Call selections confirmed for IMMUFELLOW Postdoctoral programme
IMMUFELLOW Postdoctoral programme has confirmed selections for the first Call for Applications and selected 11 talented researchers to conduct immunology-related projects at the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi…
Brain inflammation is unlikely to explain persistent long COVID symptoms
A new brain imaging study has found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation in patients suffering from prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 infection. Instead, the most severe long COVID symptoms…
Regulatory T cells discovered by Shimon Sakaguchi maintain order in the body
By the late 1980s, immunologists had had enough and walked away from suppressor T cells. Researchers had reached a dead end in their attempts to study them and no…
Researchers played music to cells – aggressiveness of laryngeal cancer decreased
The continuous movement of the vocal cords weakens and eventually stops as laryngeal cancer progresses. Researchers have, for the first time, discovered that restoring cellular…