Current news at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science

The interaction between viral and host proteins is essential for progression of viral infection.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering has decided to grant funding to four researchers from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science: Kalle Auranen and Riccardo Marin as Academy Research Fellow and Damian...

Bacteria play important roles in the lives of humans, animals and plants.

Vihinen-Ranta group from the Department of Biological and Environmental Science has received a grant from Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation for their project entitled “The Impact of cellular structures on nuclear egress of herpesvirus capsids”.

Organisms defend against external disturbances using various metabolic and genomic methods.

Researchers at JYU.

Cannibalism is common throughout the animal kingdom.

Researchers from the LIFE Revives project found brown trout better survived a Flavobacterium disease outbreak if the fish had larvae of freshwater pearl mussel in their gills.

The traditional annual celebration of the University of Jyväskylä was held on 9 March, 2022.

Several national policies guide forest use in Finland.

Aquatic ecosystems are going through an unprecedented decline in biodiversity.

The high-contrast pattern of giant pandas helps them blend in with their natural environment.