Current news at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science

The facility alterations and maintenance work in Ambiotica building have progressed according to schedule. The first facilities in the YAB and YAC sections are expected to be ready at the end of March.

The University of Jyväskylä is studying how different surfaces and materials can reduce the spread of viral diseases.

The City of Tampere, together with the University of Jyväskylä, has calculated the biodiversity and carbon footprints of the Tampere city organisation.

The Nanoscience Centre will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2024.

Using octobus DNA, octopus scientists have doscovered that 125 000 years ago a buch of Turquet’s octopus travelled from one side of the antartic to the other side to have octopedal relations with each other.

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.