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Heli Jokela
@helijokela.bsky.social
Senior researcher at Turku Bioscience and InFLAMES Research Flagship at the University of Turku.
@rantakarigroup.bsky.social
@inflames-flagship.bsky.social
@turkubioscience.bsky.social
@utu.fi
Join us for the Spatial Biology Seminar by Lunaphore Technologies and Bio-Techne!
📅 Date: May 28
🕝 Time: 14:30-16
📍 Location: Seminar room BEAR, Biocity B, 5th floor
We’ll kick things off with coffee&pulla, followed by presentations on spatial biology solutions from Ronald Pouyo and colleagues.
May 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Always nice to see your students to present they data #Immudocs @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi
May 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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We are looking for a doctoral candidate to join the lab! If you are interested in working with human breast tissue samples straight from the clinic and do not fear large data sets, this might just be your dream project ☺️ Apply now ⬇️
ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...
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March 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🔬 Hey, Turku research community! 🔬 Got cool imaging techniques to showcase? We’re inviting researchers to share their work in a live-streamed public microscopy session! Don’t miss this chance to share your science with the world! 🌍✨

DL for registration is 22 March!
March 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Thank you @sigridjuselius.bsky.social for once again supporting our research
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March 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Are you an expert in bioinformatics and data analysis? If yes – apply for postdoc researcher position in research groups led by Professors Riitta Lahesmaa and Laura Elo at Turku Bioscience Centre, Turku, Finland, by 25 March 2025 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki) at ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...
March 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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🚀 Job Alert! 🚀 There’s an open position for a Project Engineer for Flow Cytometry (permanent employment), at The Cell Imaging and Cytometry (CIC) Core, Turku Bioscience, Finland.

Read more and apply 👉 bioscience.fi/open-positio... The DL is on 27 March!
March 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Finnish researchers show in a new study that pituitary macrophages help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in the future, macrophage cells could be used to treat endocrine disorders that can lead, for example, to infertility.
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InFLAMES researchers discover new role for immune defence cells, they impact hormonal balance - InFLAMES Research Flagship
Our researchers show in a new study that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in the future, macrophage  cells co...
inflames.utu.fi
February 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Finnish researchers show in a new study that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. The removal of macrophages revealed their key role in hormone secretion.
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Researchers discover new role for immune defence cells: they impact hormonal balance
Finnish researchers show in a new study that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance.
www.utu.fi
February 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I will jump to the Bluesky with our just published preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...
This will give you an idea of what I and others at @rantakarigroup.bsky.social study. This story is a work in progress, but we couldn’t wait to share a sneak peek of what’s coming soon. Stay tuned!
Embryonic macrophages in brown adipose tissue are spatially associated with developing nerves
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized adipose tissue that produces heat through sympathetic nerve-dependent thermogenesis and influences glucose and triglyceride metabolism, making it a potentia...
doi.org
January 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM