Program Directors
Laura Elo
Ph.D., Professor, Research Director
Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University
Tykistökatu 6A 7th floor
Turku FIN-20520, Finland
Pia Rantakari
Ph.D., Group Leader, Adjunct Professor
Turku Bioscience Center, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University
Tykistökatu 6B, 5th floor
Turku, FIN-20520, Finland
Tapio Lönnberg
Ph.D., Group Leader, InFLAMES Flagship, Head of single cell omics,
Turku, Finland. Phone, Email:
Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University,
Tykistökatu 6B, 5th floor
Turku, FIN-20520, Finland
Funded by
BioCity Turku is an umbrella organization supporting and coordinating research on life sciences and molecular medicine in University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. https://biocityturku.fi/
The University of Turku, located in Turku in southwestern Finland, is the third largest university in the country as measured by student enrollment, after the University of Helsinki and Tampere University. It is a multidisciplinary university with eight faculties. https://www.utu.fi/en
Åbo Akademi University is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku but has also activities in Vaasa. https://www.abo.fi/en/