Institute of Biomedicine - News

Venla Olsson’s first duties as Kuopio Brain & Mind’s new regional manager include preparations for the Kuopio Neuroscience 50 Years symposium taking place next summer.

The Research Council of Finland has granted continued funding for the GeneCellNano, UNITE and ACCC Flagships for the period 2026–2028.

The computational framework called SegPore enhances the accuracy of RNA modification detection from direct RNA nanopore sequencing data.

The Research Council of Finland granted funding to promote research utilisation.

When biomedicine students Yasin Arafat and Nafee Alam began their studies, they were keen to expand their scientific interests into new areas.

The new findings highlight the importance of an active lifestyle, good physical fitness and moderate screen time for brain development in adolescence.

Neurons produced from frontotemporal dementia patients’ skin biopsies using modern stem cell technology recapitulate the synaptic loss and dysfunction detected in the patients’ brains.

The unique Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes offer new insight into planetary health, faith and wellbeing, and data engineering.

A new study explored who are most likely to adopt and actively use digital well-being apps in North Savo, finding that app engagement was, ultimately, most active among those with highest life satisfaction.

Diet doesn’t just fuel the body, it sends molecular signals that can slow down or speed up biological ageing. Biological age, a measure of functional health, can diverge sharply from chronological age.