Current news at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science

The Business Networking Day event was organised for the third time and larger than ever before. Business Networking Day is a networking event organised by three JYU faculties, which brings together students, companies, stakeholders and researchers.

The animated character ’Maggie’ tells the freshwater pearl mussel’s (FPM) and LIFE Revives project’s story on a new video.

Pitches by JYU born startups gave the potential investors an opportunity to dive deeper into the business ideas of the new companies.

For a species of tropical frog, researchers have recently discovered a surprising addition to things that adults find worth defending: suitable nurseries.

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Jyväskylä and the University of St Andrews has unveiled a new molecule in microbes that acts as a ‘distress signal’ when viruses are detected.

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For many researchers, Researchers’ Night is a highlight of the year. When thousands of visitors start to flow to Ylistönrinne in the darkening evening, biologists Aigi Margus and Sara Calhim will be ready.

Teea Kortetmäki and Elina Laanto received highly competitive five-year ERC Starting Grants from the European Research Council. The awarded sum for both projects amounts to almost 1.5 million euros.

The Nanoscience Center of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, hosts again the annual Nanoscience Days conference on 10th – 11th of October 2023 in Jyväskylä, Finland.

The cities are the most common interface where humans interact with other organisms, including micro-organisms like bacteria and fungi.

Aquaponic systems have their own unique microbial communities, which can affect the aquaponics' water quality and the growth of plants and fishes.

Throughout the course of her doctoral thesis, Chloé Fouilloux has used theoretical and empirical approaches to understand animal responses to risk.