• Chemistry is like cooking for Adefunke Koyejo

    Chemistry is like cooking for Adefunke Koyejo

    An entirely new type of technology for consumer electronics is being developed in Turku, in the labs of Comptek Solutions. This work requires a wide variety of expertise – and that’s exactly where University of Turku doctoral researcher Adefunke Koyejo brings her unique skills to the table. After starting off from Lagos, Nigeria, and staying……


  • Big companies increasingly interested in Finnish life science expertise

    Big companies increasingly interested in Finnish life science expertise

    The HealthBIO event attracted nearly 200 visitors to Turku to discuss the current state and future of the Life Science sector in Finland. Over the past year, the sector has seen a slight increase in the number of new companies, exports and acquisitions. The Drug Development Centre, which will start its first year of operation……


  • Turku launches new networking platform for startups and investors

    Turku launches new networking platform for startups and investors

    Finland’s largest cities have published their region-specific Dealroom startup ecosystem platforms on Thursday 15 September. In addition to Turku, Business Finland, Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere and Oulu are also included. The new networking platform brings together a wide range of startups and investors, including international ones. Turku Science Park Ltd, a regional development company in the……


  • DelSiTech’s eye drop product receives approval for clinical trials

    DelSiTech’s eye drop product receives approval for clinical trials

    DelSiTech, a drug delivery technology and drug development company based in Turku, has received approval to start clinical trials with an eye drop product it has developed. The product, based on the company’s silica-based eye drop technology, is a once-daily application of the eye drop to the lower eyelid. The clinical trial, which is conducted……


  • Strategic partnership between Åbo Akademi and Bayer – collaboration between universities and industry more important than ever

    Strategic partnership between Åbo Akademi and Bayer – collaboration between universities and industry more important than ever

    Åbo Akademi University and Bayer Finland have entered into an agreement on strategic partnership. The goal is to strengthen the long-term research co-operation between Bayer and Åbo Akademi University and to increase the relevance of education to working life through a continuous dialogue. – Bio- and pharmaceutical sciences is a research focus area at Åbo……


  • Drug development at the heart of this year’s HealthBIO in Turku

    Drug development at the heart of this year’s HealthBIO in Turku

    HealthBIO, which will take place in Turku on 14 September, is the largest annual event in the Finnish life sciences industry, offering a comprehensive analysis of the current state and future prospects of the sector. Now in the year of the establishment of the Drug Development Centre, the theme of the event is drug development……


  • University of Turku Tightens Collaboration with Wärtsilä Finland

    University of Turku Tightens Collaboration with Wärtsilä Finland

    The University of Turku and Wärtsilä Finland Oy have signed a strategic partnership agreement with the objective of advancing the diverse and sustained collaboration between the parties to strengthen sustainable well-being, competitiveness, and vitality through research, education, and societal interaction. The signed agreement will create closer co-operation both in research and education between the University……


  • Empower Wednesday is now Career Talks Turku 

    Empower Wednesday is now Career Talks Turku 

    Empower Wednesday, the event series for international talents, has been rebranded as Career Talks Turku. The new series starts up in the autumn of 2022.  Empower Wednesday began in the early days of the COVID crisis. We invited international talents to take part in regular virtual meetings that allowed all of us to distance ourselves from……


  • Polish ICT companies’ delegation sailing in the beautiful Western archipelago of Finland

    Polish ICT companies’ delegation sailing in the beautiful Western archipelago of Finland

    A sailing cruise around the Finnish arhipelago in July was the dream for 29 Polish ICT delegates from 25 companies, all belonging to the ITCorner network in Wrocław. This became reality thanks to the planning and cooperation between ITCorner and Turku Science Park Ltd, both parties in the European ICT Alliance. The cruise started from……


  • Drug Development Centre in Turku to receive long-awaited funding

    Drug Development Centre in Turku to receive long-awaited funding

    In its budget meeting, the Finnish Government decided to reserve EUR 20 million for paying the share capital and other equity of the Drug Development Centre, established in Turku earlier this spring. At the same time, the ownership of the centre will be transferred to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. “This is significant……