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Ģ��ֱ�� to award 9 honorary doctorates

The Ģ��ֱ�� will award 9 new honorary doctorates in May.

Kuvassa on pH-responsiivinen DNA-origamikapseli (sininen), joka on ladattu entsyymillä (keltainen) korkeassa pH:ssa. (Kuva: Veikko Linko, Boxuan Shen ja Heini Ijäs/Aalto-yliopisto)

DNA folds into a smart nanocapsule for drug delivery

New study shows that nanostructures constructed of DNA molecules can be programmed to function as pH-responsive cargo carriers, paving the way towards functional drug-delivery vehicles.

Researchers developed a genetic treatment that removes antibiotic resistance from bacteria

Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation has awarded Academy Research Fellow Matti Jalasvuori’s research group 255 000 euro grant for investigating the conjugative transfer of anti-antibiotic resistance genetic elements.

15.3.2019 Endophytic bacterial communities in arcto-alpine plant shape the plant and help it cope with stress

15.3.2019 New information about the regulation of an enzyme involved in cancers (Antenucci)

Palkitut vasemmalta: Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Jouni Taskinen, Peppi Taalas, Alexei Lobski, Hanna Pirinen, Mirka Saarela ja Akseli Mansikkamäki.

Heroes of research and teaching awarded in the Annual Celebration

The traditional annual celebration of the Ģ��ֱ�� was held on 6 March.

Invasive species like balsams displace local species.

The invasive species are likely to spread to a community that has not adapted to climate change.

Climate change increases environmental fluctuations and extreme weather phenomena.

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Food webs essential for nature conservation efforts in the future

Lake ecosystems make annual environmental changes more predictable.

23.11.2018: The primary constraint in peat decomposition and C cycling could be reversed under global climate change (Mpamah)

Changing climatic conditions can alter microbial biomass and community composition, increase microbial activities and trigger decomposition of the organic matter in the deeper peat layers by changing microbial processes and indirectly by affecting...

Sex in a world of fear: scared rodents produce more offspring

Rodent mothers produce more offspring after smelling odors produced by frightened males.

Mutatoidun proteiinin kiderakenne

Impaired cellular force transmission a cause for valvular heart disease

About three per cent of the world’s population is affected by valvular heart diseases.

Prof. Mika Pettersson oli allekirjoittamassa sopimusta Salamancassa Espanjassa.

The laserlab of Ģ��ֱ�� becomes a member of the European consortium

Ģ��ֱ��’s Laser laboratory of the Nanoscience Center (Laserlab-NSC) became a full member of Laserlab-Europe in the general assembly of the consortium at Salamanca, Spain.

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