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Nanoscience Days 2019 at Jyväskylä: The abstracts of Plenary Speakers on web

The Nanoscience Days 2019 (#NSDays2019) will be held on 8th—9th of October, 2019 at University of Jyväskylä.

Myyrän pelästyneeltä lajitoveriltaan saama kemiallinen viesti pedon uhasta lisää myyrien lisääntymistä, sanovat Jyväskylän yliopiston tutkijat Marko Haapakoski (vas.) ja Thorbjörn Sievert.

Secondhand horror: Indirect predator odor triggers reproductive changes in bank voles

Reproducing in a fearful world is tricky.

Kuvassa näkyy kudokseen kertynyttä solujen ulkoista DNA:ta (vihreänä), mikä on seurausta infektion aiheuttamasta soluvaurioista. Sinisenä normaali, solun sisällä tumassa oleva DNA ja turkoosina punasoluja. Mittajana 20 µm."Kuva: Kanoktip Puttaraksa/jyväskylän yliopisto

Researchers propose a mechanism how a common viral infection can lead to autoimmunity

Researches in Dr.

Henriikka Kivilä

3.5.2019 (Kivilä) Bottom sediment reveals that the climate change flows into lakes

Increasing amounts of dark coloured carbon compounds that originate from the catchment area flow into the Arctic and northern lakes.

University of Jyväskylä to award 9 honorary doctorates

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

Kuvassa on pH-responsiivinen DNA-origamikapseli (sininen), joka on ladattu entsyymillä (keltainen) korkeassa pH:ssa. (Kuva: Veikko Linko, Boxuan Shen ja Heini Ijäs/Aalto-yliopisto)

DNA folds into a smart nanocapsule for drug delivery

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.

Researchers developed a genetic treatment that removes antibiotic resistance from bacteria

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.

15.3.2019 Endophytic bacterial communities in arcto-alpine plant shape the plant and help it cope with stress

15.3.2019 New information about the regulation of an enzyme involved in cancers (Antenucci)

Palkitut vasemmalta: Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Jouni Taskinen, Peppi Taalas, Alexei Lobski, Hanna Pirinen, Mirka Saarela ja Akseli Mansikkamäki.

Heroes of research and teaching awarded in the Annual Celebration

The traditional annual celebration of the University of Jyväskylä was held on 6 March.

Invasive species like balsams displace local species.

The invasive species are likely to spread to a community that has not adapted to climate change.

Climate change increases environmental fluctuations and extreme weather phenomena.

Constance-järvi

Food webs essential for nature conservation efforts in the future

Lake ecosystems make annual environmental changes more predictable.

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