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The University of Jyväskylä will award 9 new honorary doctorates in May.

New study shows that nanostructures constructed of DNA molecules can be programmed to function as pH-responsive cargo carriers, paving the way towards functional drug-delivery vehicles.

Research work conducted at the University of Jyväskylä is bearing fruit as a commercial product.

European Social Work Research Association has granted its annual Award for an Outstanding Publication in European Social Work Research to the article ‘The contested concept of vulnerability – a literature review’.

Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation has awarded Academy Research Fellow Matti Jalasvuori’s research group 255 000 euro grant for investigating the conjugative transfer of anti-antibiotic resistance genetic elements.

Postdoctoral researcher Ruben de Groote from Department of Physics at University of Jyväskylä has received 190 000 euros funding for a two year Marie Curie individual fellowship (MSCA-IF).

Chronic diseases are a key factor limiting the mobility of older people.

The University of Jyväskylä was placed 301+ in a recent assessment of universities’ societal impact, sustainability and responsibility.

PRACE organization has awarded 35 million CPU core hours for a joint project of Academy professor Hannu Häkkinen and professor Karoliina Honkala at the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center.

Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry.

The University Board confirmed the entity of University strategy, including the mission, vision and values and five development programmes to implement the vision.

Everyday family life gets digitalized, although differently and at a different pace.