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Science news
1.11.2018

Tick-borne disease is not just Lyme

A study recently published in Scientific Reports discovered that 65% of Lyme disease patients irrespective of their disease stage respond to several microbes.
Science news
15.8.2018

New information to understand regulation of muscle function in muscle dystrophy patients

Scientists from the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Finland, and from University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, have found new functions and structural details of muscle attachment structures.
University news
2.8.2018

Research on pine sawflies sheds light on the evolution of cooperation

Pine sawflies terrify forest owners, but they help researchers understand the evolution of cooperation.
TÅ¡ernobylin ydinonnettomuus vaikuttaa edelleen luonnossa. Kuvaaja: Anton Lavrinienko.
Science news
16.7.2018

Living close to Chernobyl alters the gut bacteria of wild animals

Do animals exposed to radioactive fallout need probiotics?
A female wood tiger moth. Photo: Miriam Henze
Science news
11.6.2018

The world with moth and bird eyes

Professor Johanna Mappes and postdoctoral researcher Bibiana Rojas Zuluaga from Department of Biological and Environmental Science at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Finland participated in international collaboration and researched how the wood tiger...
Dissertation news
1.6.2018

1.6.2018: Biotic homogenization of forest bird communities under human influence (Häkkilä)

M.Sc. Matti Häkkilä defends his doctoral dissertation in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology "Biotic homogenization of forest bird communities under human influence".
Dissertation news
25.5.2018

25.5.2018: Evolution of conflict and cooperation in human groups (Junikka)

M.Sc. Jaakko Junikka defends his doctoral dissertation in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology "Evolution of conflict and cooperation in human groups".
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