Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences - News

Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen Fund awards grants for wood-related scientific research at the University of Eastern Finland.

An international multidisciplinary group of scientists published in Nature the first typology covering all Earth’s ecosystems. Researcher Teemu Tahvanainen from the University of Eastern Finland took part in the development and publication.

The City of Joensuu and the City of Kuopio are jointly showing support for the launch of education in the field of technology and natural sciences at the University of Eastern Finland.

MSc Annalaura Jokiniemi shows that cryptic female choice operates also in humans, and also that it is associated with immune genes.

“In radiation research, new technologies come with new challenges,” says Jonne Naarala, Professor of Radiation Biology.

​​​​​​​ A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that upon attack by bark-feeding weevils, conifers release substantial quantities of volatile organic compounds that provide important cues to neighbouring seedlings.

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that lettuce can take up nanoplastics from the soil and transfer them into the food chain.

MSc Janne Koskinen studied in his thesis the fruiting of fungus and the structure of the fungus-arthropod food webs.

Through the Biodiversity education network, students at the University of Eastern Finland have a possibility to take biodiversity-related courses from other universities.

A recent paper published in Nature Protocols introduces a complete and comprehensive protocol for analysing nanomaterials in humans and organisms to support the safety of these engineered small materials.