Current news at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science

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Jaakko Litmanen

Doctoral dissertation: Biomolecules help understand lake ecology (Litmanen)

In his doctoral research, M.Sc. Jaakko Litmanen used biomolecule-based modelling to study the composition of the phytoplankton community in Lake Vesijärvi, as well as the diets of water fleas and calanoid copepods over a seven-year period.

Talvinen kampuskuva.

Ecologists meet in Jyväskylä 11.-14.3.2025

The Oikos-Finland 2025 conference will be held at the University of Jyväskylä on 11-14 March 2025. The conference will bring together current basic and applied research in ecology and evolutionary biology.

Opiskelija Jyväsjärven jäällä.

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How did you end up in your field? What inspires and motivates you in your field? Why would you encourage applicants to study with us at the University of Jyväskylä?

Matti Jalasvuori

PrecisionPhage receives EUR 1.2 million in funding from Business Finland

PrecisionPhage aims at furthering the utilisation of phage research and innovative phage technologies against global health threat of antibiotic resistance.

Anna Kuparisen NordForsk-hanke

New research to make fisheries more sustainable

NordForsk has funded a collaborative project on sustainable fishing to combat climate change and develop concrete measures for protecting marine biodiversity. The project is coordinated by the University of Jyväskylä.

Mikko Mönkkönen on matemaattis-luonnontieteellisen tiedekunnan dekaani.

Natural sciences in the sustainability transition: Scientists must build bridges to society

Education also provides the scientific capacity for developing new, sustainable technologies and ways of working, but alongside expertise, it also develops our ability to act according to these, writes Mikko Mönkkönen in Science blog..

Jyväskylän yliopiston teekkarilakki

University of Jyväskylä responds to the shortage of experts in security technology and data science by expanding Master of Science in Technology education

At the University of Jyväskylä, the Faculty of Mathematics and Science is launching two new Master of Science in Technology degree programmes: Technology for safety and risk management as well as Statistics and Data Science.

LIFE Revives -hanke suojelee raakkuja

A survey on the socioeconomic impacts of improving the status of the freshwater pearl mussel and its host fish

Participate in a survey concerning the socioeconomic impacts of improving the status of the freshwater pearl mussel and its host fish (salmon and trout), as well as restoration of their habitats.

Nordea to donate EUR 200,000 to research with focus on biodiversity impact in the Nordic countries

Nordea has donated €200,000 to the University of Jyväskylä. The donation is directed for developing open-access methods for assessing the biodiversity footprint of economic activities.

Jari Haimi

Insect researcher Jari Haimi’s career guided by deep passion and love for nature

Jari Haimi is a researcher who knows all kinds of invertebrates. “In the field of biology, the researcher must have an unwavering interest in nature", he says.

Jussi Lehtonen bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitokselta

ERC awards nearly €2 million to project that aims at a unified mathematical theory based on Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theory of sexual selection

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded significant ERC Consolidator funding to Assistant Professor Jussi Lehtonen from the Department of Biological and Environmental Science. The five-year funding is worth about 1,8 million euros.

Näkymä päärakennuksesta

Cutting-edge infrastructures selected for Finland’s research infrastructure roadmap – JYU to participate in five

The roadmap for Finnish research infrastructures for 2025–2028.

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