A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences - News

The PhD thesis of Stina Leskelä, MSc, provides novel information on the physiological and pathophysiological functions of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration -associated gene C9orf72, its protein products, and their effects on autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system in neuronal cells.

The Academy of Finland has granted funding from its supplementary budget to four new Flagships for the years 2020–2024. The University of Eastern Finland is involved in three of them.

A new study sheds light on the role of diabetes in the cellular and molecular changes underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD).

The doctoral thesis of Jenni Kyyriäinen, MSc, demonstrates how cells expressing PDGFRβ protein accumulate in injured brain areas.

Several UEF researchers representing the fields of medicine and molecular medicine were ranked in world's top 10,000 scientists for career-long impact. Ranked in the top 100 in their own field were particularly researchers representing forest sciences.

Funded projects study the role of glial cells in Parkinson’s disease and develop a new drug against resistant bacterial infections.