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The lecture topics range from radiation biology to forest planning, and from pharmaceutical policy and brain health to literature and education.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society has granted Academy Research Fellow funding to Mirella Miettinen and Armi Mustosmäki.

The international Master’s Degree Programme in Toxicology at the University of Eastern Finland is the only graduate programme in the field in Finland. Toxicology expertise is utilised in chemical risk assessment.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has decided on funding to support early-career researchers and scientific renewal through 44 new Academy Research Fellowships.

The topics of the anniversary seminar include recent research in the prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma as well as alumni career stories.

Inhibition of the PREP enzyme was successful in stopping the progression of frontotemporal dementia in a mouse model of the disea. It also reduced the accumulation of Tau protein in neurons, which is typical of dementias.

The novel anti-inflammatory prodrugs developed in the study can utilise the membrane transporter LAT1 in the brain. This enhances the transport of drugs into brain cells.

Regulatory and health technology assessment agencies, academic institutions and patient organisations from six EU countries take part in the new project funded by the Horizon Europe Programme. UEF is one of the partners.