Alongside the shorter BusinessUp program, a longer Northbound Startups acceleration program will be launched this fall The new program is especially targeted at startups seeking international partnerships and funding The corona situation is taken into account in the implementation of the program, and instead of traveling, remote connections are preferred A Finnish-Swedish-Estonian startup accelerator, Northbound……

Beyond 2030 Challenge seeks creative solutions for a better and more sustainable world The aim of the competition is to promote the study of science and technology to have a sufficiently skilled workforce available You can register for the competition until September 11 and the top 30 ideas will be available for sparring during the……

Best Practices and Pitfalls in Commercializing IVD-Applicable Biomarkers Handbook now available from biomarker.nu webpage The handbook facilitates the selection and advancement of the most promising biomarkers through the innovation process Handbook is a result of the cross-disciplinary international BIC project, composed of 8 partners in the Baltic Sea Region, including University of Turku and Turku……

Two acceleration programs targeted to startups will start this fall Last day to apply for Northbound Startups Accelerator is August 9th Last day to apply for BusinessUp is September 1st The application period for the accelerator programs organized this fall has started. The programs are open for startups, entrepreneurs, researchers, and teams with a viable……

City of  Turku wins the European Covenant of Mayors Award 2020 By 2029 Turku will be one of the first Climate-positive areas in the world. The transition utilizes best available scientific knowledge and co-creation with partners and seeks to mobilize the whole civic society City of Turku has been selected as the best climate city……

Presently, not many new biomarkers make it past publication Facilitation and standardization of the commercialization process of new biomarkers underway In the concluded pilot phase participated researcher teams, SMEs and technology transfer offices (TTOs) from Denmark, Estonia and Finland In 2017 an international consortium-lead Interreg Baltic Sea Region funded project was set into motion with……

The drama written by Inka Kallén and Aku Louhimies will be filmed in the Turku Archipelago August  The production strives for ethical and sustainable choices and solutions  Odotus (Finnish for “The Wait”) hits theatres in early 2021  The first full-length film by Aku Louhimies since the record-breaking feature film The Unknown Soldier (2017) will be filmed in August in the Turku Archipelago. The intimate relationship drama ‘Odotus’, co-written……

Health Campus Turku R&D and testbed service TERTTU boosts the testbed activities in the healthcare sector in Southwest Finland New service enables co-creation of new solutions with health care professionals Testbed service has been created in Terva project which has received funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) The new research, development and testbed service……

Life science companies in the Turku region are developing solutions for COVID-19 diagnostics and treatment Abacus Diagnostica, ArcDia and Labmaster have developed rapid testing for diagnosing COVID-19 Faron Pharmaseuticals is currently developing a drug for treating COVID-19 During the COVID-19 pandemic news reporting has not been all negative. News raising hopes that this pandemic can be beaten……

Public transit and housing benefits have been used for a number of years to incentivize students of mechanical engineering and architecture to work in the Turku region during the summer. In 2020, the incentives were received by 30 tech students who will begin their career in a total of 17 different companies in Turku, Kaarina……