Institute of Biomedicine - News

The Biosphere Laboratory brings together research on the carbon cycle and plant stress of northern ecosystems.

The festive atmosphere of the doctoral conferment ceremony held in Kuopio last June can now be revisited via a commemorative book, and via a video of the entire ceremonial conferment of degrees.

Neuroscience research needs constant renewal and new partnerships to succeed, as Professor Mikko Hiltunen pointed out at the NEURO RC Seminar in Kuopio.

Doctoral researchers graduating from the Neuro-Innovation PhD programme will have exceptionally broad expertise and solid transferable skills.

The study is the first to examine the effects of a group-based lifestyle intervention implemented in primary health care on risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

The study looked at how consideration of body size and composition affects the association between aerobic fitness and metabolic syndrome.

UEF Bioinformatics Center and THL Biobank announce a new service for genetic imputation using a Finnish haplotype reference panel.

The University of Eastern Finland has appointed eight new Senior University Lecturers and one new Senior Clinical Lecturer, to start in their positions on 1 December 2022.

The topic of the doctoral research is related to genetic variants that can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

For the first time, a combination of the diabetes medicine metformin and a lifestyle intervention is being tested in the prevention of memory disorders.