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Panda Ähtärin eläinpuistossa. Kuvat: Vesa Holm / Jyväskylän yliopisto

Giant pandas’ distinctive black and white markings provide effective camouflage, study finds

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

Insect research uncovers new insights and solutions to global concerns over antibiotics

Research into moths has uncovered a new dimension to debates over antibiotic use in animals and humans.

1 kk ikäisiä raakun poikasia, kasvatettu Konneveden tutkimusasemalla (kuva Jouni Taskinen, Jyväskylän yliopisto)

Freshwater pearl mussels to be revived – JYU leads large international conservation project

In a new LIFE project funded by the European Commission, the condition and habitats of freshwater pearl mussel (FPM) populations and their host fishes, Atlantic salmon and brown trout, will be improved in Finland, Sweden and Estonia.

Tutkimukset osoittivat, että talitiaisten poikasten altistuminen lyijylle ja arseenille vaikuttaa genomin metylaatiotasoihin.

Exposure to metals changes gene regulation in wild great tit populations

Epigenetic changes are one of the less studied mechanisms via which organisms adapt to environmental changes.

2.9.2021 Approaching microbial communities at the level on individual cells (Dutra)

M.Sc. Lara Ambrosio Leal Dutra defends her doctoral dissertation "Expanding the toolbox for molecular microbial studies: from communities to single cells".

27.8.2021 Co-existing protozoa increases antibiotic resistance gene persistence in bacterial populations (Koskinen)

Microbes are essential part of our biosphere and its web of intra and interspecies interactions.

Tulokset näyttivät, että Deinococcus radiodurans -bakteereista löytyvä fytokromi toimiikin fosfataasina, joka punaisen valon seurauksena poistaa kohdeproteiinistaan fosfaatin. Kuva: Heikki Takala ja Hanna Salomäki

The activity of an unusual phytochrome revealed

Scientist have revealed the biochemical activity of a model phytochrome in a new study published in Nature Communications.

Metsämyyrä on pääisäntänä sekä Puumala-virukselle että Borrelia-suvun bakteereille. Kuva: Ilze Brila

Human Lyme Borreliosis and Puumala hantavirus infection incidence follow rodent abundance variations in Northern Europe

A recent study shows the association between bank vole abundance variations and the incidence of Lyme Borreliosis and Puumala hantavirus infections.

Sammakkoisät kuljettivat nuijapäitä sopiviin oloihin jopa 20 metrin korkeudelle. Kuva: Andrius Pašukonis/Stanfordin yliopisto

From orange juice to sea water, and between the ground and 4-story building - Poison frog tadpoles can survive (almost) anywhere

A group of researchers from the University of Jyväskylä and Stanford University were part of an expedition to French Guiana to study tropical frogs in the Amazon.

Five new Academy Research Fellows for the University of Jyväskylä

The Academy of Finland has decided to fund five new Academy Research Fellows at the University of Jyväskylä.

Six top scientists from the University of Jyväskylä chosen as new members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has invited six new members from the University of Jyväskylä: Professor Tuomas Lappi, Professor Robert van Leeuwen, Professor Tapio Mappes and Professor Heikki M.

COVID-19: portti kestävään ja oikeudenmukaiseen tulevaisuuteen?

The COVID-19 crisis is a unique opportunity to move towards more sustainable and equitable society

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä highlight how the struggles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can guide us towards an equitable use of our shared environment and a transition towards sustainability.

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