The Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment at the Academy of Finland awarded on 27 May a total of 6.43 million euros of funding to University of Eastern Finland researchers.
The amount of funding secured by UEF researchers is significant. The university’s researchers secured funding for altogether 15 Academy Projects, amounting to nearly 17 per cent of the overall funding available.
This year, the Research Council made a special investment in the career development of early-career researchers by allocating 9.4 million euros of separate additional funding to early-career researchers. In addition to supporting early-career researchers, the Research Council also wanted to place strong emphasis on how the projects contribute to scientific renewal.
A list of the funded projects and their descriptions can be found here.
The following University of Eastern Finland researchers secured funding:
Goffart, Steffi: The start and end of a circle - Solving the mitochondrial DNA replication initiation and termination mechanisms (MitoRepIT). 544,915 euros
Honkakoski, Paavo: Dynamic regulation of bile acid homeostasis by nuclear receptors. 250,000 euros
Kaarniranta, Kai: Autophagy as a therapy target in age-related macular degenration. 500,000 euros
Kaikkonen-Määttä, Minna: Macrophage phenotypic polarization during atherogenesis in disease-associated tissues. 494,448 euros
Kettunen, Mikko: Hyperpolarised metabolic magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral ischaemia at high and low magnetic fields. 497,394 euros
Kinnunen, Tuure: The role of B-cell helper T cells in the development of human type 1 diabetes. 500,088 euros
Koistinen, Arto: Direct microplastic exposure via foodstuff and food packaging - plastic leachables and their health effects (diMPex). 369,822 euros
Korhonen, Lauri: Estimation of forest area and above-ground biomass using spaceborne LiDAR data. 431,908 euros
Levonen, Anna-Liisa: Transcription factor NRF2 in lung cancer. 250,000 euros
Niskanen, Einari: Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid signaling. 501,076 euros
Palvimo, Jorma: SUMOylation-regulated chromatin protein networks in transcription factor-directed cellular differentiation. 490,510 euros
Pihlajamäki, Jussi: Data-driven solutions to improve prevention of type 2 diabetes / Consortium: T2D-DATA. 291,627 euros
Poso, Antti: New SurA inhibitors against Gram-negative bacteria. 250,000 euros
Shurpali, Narasinha: Mechanisms for nitrous oxide uptake in cropping systems in different climate zones (ENSINK). 546,814 euros
Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina: Drying trend in boreal peatlands - impacts and mechanisms (BorPeat). 511,084 euros
More information: please find the researchers’ contact details in UEF Connect.