Current at the Nanoscience Center

The Nanoscience Center offers high-quality teaching and is founded on excellent research activities.

High level research at the nanoscale

The Nanoscience Center (NSC) hosts more than hundred researchers with a background in biology, chemistry or physics. The strength of NSC is that there are people from all areas, from practical biologists to theoretical physicists. In addition to experimental work, substantial effort is invested in the theoretical and computational study of nanosystems.

See the research highlights and press releases

Dissertations

NSC hold several dissertations every year. Doctoral dissertations related to nanosciences in physics, chemistry, cell and molecular biology can be found at

Nanoscience Days

NSC's most significant annual event is the Nanoscience Days (NSD). More information on Nanoscience Days can be found on the conference's own webpages.

Nanoscience Days 

Newsletters

NSC newsletter published once a year to highlight our activities both within NSC and outside it.

IAB Meeting 

NSC will organize a review meeting every two years with the members of the International Advisory Board (IAB). The Board has five scientists from the areas of physics, chemistry, molecular cell biology, engineering and quantum physics. 

See the IAB members

Seminars

Seminars provide students and staff with an opportunity to learn new practices and to discuss the latest research news. Seminars also support our doctoral students and Master's students by giving them a chance to present their research to a captive audience. Nanoseminars are arranged during the terms on a weekly basis.

NSC Paper of the Year Award

The NSC Paper of the Year will be selected in December based on the publications from the past year. The selection is based on presentations of 3–4 minutes  at a special event given by one (preferably a junior) author writer. The audience will vote for the winner. The winner will be announced on this website.

NSC Explain this!

NSC Explain this! is a monthly event where NSC groups can explain a  small open research problem to other NSC groups to solve. The event is held at 2 pm mainly on the first Wednesday of each month in the NSC coffee room (2nd floor). In the event, you will explain the problem in 5 to 10 minutes, after which others can ask questions and try to help you solve the problem. Coffee and cake are served with the problem. Each NCS group has the opportunity to request help. 

Choose the problem to be presented at least one week before your turn, and inform it to Satu Kosonen (starting 8.5.2023). In addition, choose a person from your group to present the problem. Students or postdocs are preferred to group leaders. The problem should not be a big open scientific problem, but a small problem that has to be solved for one reason or another. 

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Research at the Nanoscience Center

Nanoscience Center (NSC) is an interdisciplinary research unit where physicists, chemists and biologists work together to study nature at the nanoscale.

Contact information for the Nanoscience Center

Nanoscience Center contact information and staff.