Time flies! We are already in our third year as a Center of Excellence (CoE), and to celebrate, we recently gathered at the historic Mustio Manor. We celebrated year 3 with science, new faces and Finnish flair in a unique setting! The Stable, a beautifully converted meeting space, provided…
Welcome Bohra to the BarrierForce Centre! Bohra joined us in September 2023 to investigate actin dynamics in the endothelial barrier under the supervision of three PIs, combining the expertise from the Saharinen, Lappalainen and Vattulainen groups.
More than 50 of the centre’s researchers gathered together at this second annual meeting in the beautiful setting of the Helsinki University Zoological Station. The station is situated at the entrance of the Gulf of Finland in the northern Baltic Sea. While we mostly discussed cell biology in the…
The Academy of Finland has selected a unit led by Johanna Ivaska as a new Centre of Excellence which studies cell mechanics in biological barriers. From the University of Turku, also Riikka Korja, Kaisa Matomäki and Teppo Hiltunen are members of the newly selected Centres of Excellence. The…